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by photofly
Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:28 am
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: IFR avionics TSO for homebuilts
Replies: 7
Views: 1057

Re: IFR avionics TSO for homebuilts

One reason why non-approved GPS's aren't allowed to be used for approaches is that they don't switch the CDI automatically from en-route to terminal to approach mode (0.3nm fsd) and then back to terminal mode in the missed approach.

Does your father's handheld GPS even drive (or have) a CDI?
by photofly
Mon Jul 24, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: IFR avionics TSO for homebuilts
Replies: 7
Views: 1057

Re: IFR avionics TSO for homebuilts

Also, I found this, which seems remarkably on-point: Airworthiness Evaluation of the Installation of IFR Equipment to Allow the Removal of the “VFR Only” Operating Condition from the Special Certificate of Airworthiness – Amateur-Built https://www.md-ra.com/docs/SI_500-024.pdf And that document incl...
by photofly
Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: Maintenance
Topic: IFR avionics TSO for homebuilts
Replies: 7
Views: 1057

Re: IFR avionics TSO for homebuilts

Does a homebuilt flying IFR require TSO'd GPS and other avionics? I'm leaning to yes, but I can't find a CARs reference. On the other hand, nothing on an amateur built needs to be TSO'd, so why would avionics? Any answers and associated regulatory reference appreciated. Installation of new parts ru...
by photofly
Sun Jul 23, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: Health & Fitness
Topic: Most affordable CAME for Cat 1 Medical?
Replies: 4
Views: 1280

Re: Most affordable CAME for Cat 1 Medical?

How much is being asked?
by photofly
Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:17 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Applying for PPL with expired Cat 1 medical?
Replies: 8
Views: 1197

Re: Applying for PPL with expired Cat 1 medical?

Well, I just emailed TC licencing in my region and I got a reply (yes, I know, and on a Sunday too). It is as I said:
Hello - yes we don’t downgrade a medical at licence time - it can only be done when the student goes for a medical.
The OP is safe to apply for the PPL.
by photofly
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:33 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Applying for PPL with expired Cat 1 medical?
Replies: 8
Views: 1197

Re: Applying for PPL with expired Cat 1 medical?

Your initial ADB will show the medical privileges you have on issue. In this case it will be Cat 3, so that is what the sticker photo in the medical section of the ADB will show. The initial ADB will show the medical certificate the applicant has on issue. Which is a Category 1. There is no such th...
by photofly
Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:38 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Applying for PPL with expired Cat 1 medical?
Replies: 8
Views: 1197

Re: Applying for PPL with expired Cat 1 medical?

I got a cat 1 medical approx. 2 years ago which then expired about a year ago. This is not correct. A medical never, ever, ever, expires. You hold a category 1 medical unless/until it is revoked by the Minister (which for practical purposes, never happens) or you surrender it. A particular licence ...
by photofly
Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Cessna 441 hard landing
Replies: 23
Views: 3359

Re: Cessna 441 hard landing

As an aside, the wingtip vortices are nicely visible in the dust clouds thrown up by the tires on the first and second contacts.
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: TC license authorization for a once off ferry of a Panama registered aircraft
Replies: 8
Views: 861

Re: TC license authorization for a once off ferry of a Panama registered aircraft

Does that mean you need both faa and Canadian licenses to cross the US/Canada border then in that plane? If you don't have a Panamanian licence then yes, you would need both national licences for a cross-border flight. Or, you have a crew of two, one with each licence, and switch PIC as you cross t...
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: TC license authorization for a once off ferry of a Panama registered aircraft
Replies: 8
Views: 861

Re: TC license authorization for a once off ferry of a Panama registered aircraft

I think my original post was vague, its a Panama registered aircraft, currently in the US to be ferried to Canada. Do I need a validation from Panama or can the aircraft be flown as is outside of Panama? Assuming Panama is an ICAO member, then If it has a certificate of airworthiness and a continui...
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 1:37 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig
Replies: 30
Views: 2201

Re: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig

I think we got here from someone saying that the OP should expect no flight school to want him as an experienced ME/IR instructor because it would put the ab-initio junior instructors' noses out of joint. If that was the position that any FTU took, they would be doing the OP a favour by not employin...
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig
Replies: 30
Views: 2201

Re: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig

5x5 wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 1:08 pm Certainly when customers realize they've been scammed, or when a company doesn't treat its employees and customers with respect, that's when unscrupulous businesses go out of business.
I couldn't disagree more strongly. The world is full of wildly successful unscrupulous businesses.
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:35 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig
Replies: 30
Views: 2201

Re: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig

What's possible in a realistic economic climate is paying instructors an above minimum wage salary, create a nice atmosphere with proper scheduling, and supporting them with student conflicts. Pay a bit more for experience. Students would have one main instructor, perhaps a couple other extra ones ...
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig
Replies: 30
Views: 2201

Re: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig

True, but you need to give them something to keep them interested in working for low wages. I think you should treat both your instructors and your customers with respect, which means in the first case paying a decent rate, and in the second case, working hard to find the best possible instructors....
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig
Replies: 30
Views: 2201

Re: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig

True, but you need to give them something to keep them interested in working for low wages. I think you should treat both your instructors and your customers with respect, which means in the first case paying a decent rate, and in the second case, working hard to find the best possible instructors....
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig
Replies: 30
Views: 2201

Re: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig

digits_ wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:01 am]
For most people the answer nowadays is 'whoever can get me the hours quickest'
If giving ME / IFR training hours to current instructors will keep them around longer,...
The more multi hours you give someone, the sooner they'll leave.
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig
Replies: 30
Views: 2201

Re: Flight Instructing as a hobby/side-gig

So the benefit to a flight school of having someone long-term to only teach those courses can be outweighed by the negative impact on the other instructors. And there was I thinking flight schools were there to give the best service to their students, when all along it was about giving the best ser...
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:26 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: RHO/RHO - RHO/THETA Questions on SAMRA
Replies: 10
Views: 481

Re: RHO/RHO - RHO/THETA Questions on SAMRA

digits_ wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:07 am but in retrospect only a mind reader would be able to fully understand that...
I was with you all the way :-)
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 4:29 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: RHO/RHO - RHO/THETA Questions on SAMRA
Replies: 10
Views: 481

Re: RHO/RHO - RHO/THETA Questions on SAMRA

We should be thinking about the intersection of two spheres then, which (ignoring the the part that would be underground) for the example given is a big nearly semi-circle in a vertical plane, that loops up from a point on the ground 40NM NW of Calgary up to a height of nearly 40nm and back down to ...
by photofly
Mon Jul 17, 2023 4:02 am
Forum: Flight Training
Topic: RHO/RHO - RHO/THETA Questions on SAMRA
Replies: 10
Views: 481

Re: RHO/RHO - RHO/THETA Questions on SAMRA

I think digits_ did try to make that point.

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