Goodluck on finding one to rent if you go that route, they are usually occupied with boats, cars, RVs, woodwork shops, hot rod shops or anything else that doesn't resemble or have anything to do with an aircraft.

Looks like fun! There is an unstarted BD-5 kit near me for sale, small and fast, but not a project I have time for

I think Mable lake in the B.C. interior is live at airpark or a fly in resort anyway. The nice thing about a live in airpark is all your neighbors enjoy airplanes. I imagine if you bought a place on a Lake and parked a float plane there you'd have at least a few neighbors that would hate you, especi...

Besides, Continental and Lycoming strongly recommend their engines are brought up to operating temperature for 1 hour every week or so, so their is your reason to go flying.

But how do we define necessary travel? Everything is so vague right now it's ridiculous, some people go to the grocery store everyday and others go once a week, it's still essential. My Dad goes everyday, he doesn't meal plan, lives one day at a time, I think it's ridiculous and it's really unnecess...

How about taxiing for other than departure? Lets say we're taxiing across the field to the self serve fuel pump. Lets say its a VFR aircraft, getting ready to depart when the weather improves. I don't see why not, I was told I could taxi a plane across the airport once without a valid C of A, as lo...

This again? Why wouldn't you be able to? Everything has a risk, your kid could bust his leg on the trampoline, requiring emergency services. Was jumping on the trampoline necessary? No, but it's going to happen. Why is flying for fun any different?

So the lesson here is don't taxi with leaky brakes, flat tires or buckets of gravel dragging behind your plane whatever the visibility is. Seriously though GA is a pretty loose, broad, and vague term. Departing out of an airport in bad weather in a Cessna 140 is a bit different than in a P210 with f...

Here you are, RNAV equipped with out a GPS.

aircraft spruce 275 https://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/el/ledlighting_replacement/whelenparplus36.php, yes you can buy a lot of bulbs for that price, however paying 115/hr to put them in doesn't take long to pay it back Are there really aircraft owners out there that actually pay an AME to swap o...

lownslow wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:19 pm

jakeandelwood wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:40 pm Classic aviation job ad, 9 paragraphs long and not one single detail about the job.

Doesn’t really inspire confidence in the folks running the place, does it?

No it doesn't, even their website is very vague.

Although they last longer those LED landing lights don't last forever like they claim, they either start to flicker or just quit working altogether. I've heard they also can cause noise issues with your radios. You can buy a lot of GE incandescent bulbs for $400.

Classic aviation job ad, 9 paragraphs long and not one single detail about the job.

One thing about owning vs renting is you have to fly lots to justify it. The more you fly your owned plane the cheaper per hour it becomes but it becomes more expensive per year because of the gas. The hour figure that is the tipping point will be different for every plane. I've owned a Cessna 210 f...

there are probably more hospital visits from idiots cutting off their fingers with skill saws and falling off ladders than small plane incidents. I think you're slightly math challenged on the number of folks engaged in light airplane flying vs working on their house in your analysis. Man this site...

My insurance company told me for anyone other than me sitting in the left seat and flying they have to fill out a form with all their experience, ratings, hours on types etc, they will then review it and if approved will be put on the policy. Transport canada says you simply need liability insurance...

.......until your wife dials 911 because you fell of your roof and impaled yourself on a garden gnome, then all those emergency responders you mentioned will be on their way to your house to pick up the virus you or your nosey neighbour have.

Not to mention all the weekend warrior/Mike Holmes wannabes. The home improvement store are booming right now with all these people not working, there are probably more hospital visits from idiots cutting off their fingers with skill saws and falling off ladders than small plane incidents.

I'm on Vancouver Island and it's basically just a big spring break here, many stores are closed and have restrictions but there are people out and about everywhere. One popular park near me that was supposed to be closed was so jam packed with people lately they had to block it of with concrete barr...

won't the renters will have to be OK'd by your insurance company if they are at the controls? Just because Transport Canada says something is legal doesn't mean your insurance company is going to be OK with it, in the end they really have the final say.

Anyone who has ever owned a Chrysler product from the 60's or 70's will have valuable experience in how to use throttle manipulation and the accelerator pump to keep the old pig running especially when cold

Anyone who has ever owned a Chrysler product from the 60's or 70's will have valuable experience in how to use throttle manipulation and the accelerator pump to keep the old pig running especially when cold

Then just raise the price. Don't add a sneaky surcharge later You mean like just raise our federal taxes instead of the sneaky " Carbon Tax" ? There’s nothing sneaky about a carbon tax. Proposed bill. First reading. Second reading. Third reading. Senate. Royal Assent. Gazette. Numerous publications...

So the theoretical scenario is, you wander out to what ever aeroplane you are going to fly and do a walk around/DI what ever you want to call it. You find no faults, no snags, no issues, etc. You then, for what ever reason, wander away from the aeroplane for some amount of time. In said amount of t...

How's double, triple checking something negligent? I check to see if the front door is locked at least 6 or 7 times before I go to bed, crazy maybe but hardly negligent. If you do the walkaround, then the towbar is still attached afterwards, I would call that negligent. No, negligent would be never...