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- Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Buttonville Gets The Final Nail In The Coffin
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1598
Re: Buttonville Gets The Final Nail In The Coffin
I will miss Buttonville, as I miss King City, and Maple airports from times past, as well as a number of private aerodromes we have lost. We GA pilot/owners don't really contribute the value of the land we need for airports, when that land is desirable for urban use. I see growth in other aerodromes...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The Sealand RED V12 Diesel Beaver flies!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10275
Re: The Sealand RED V12 Diesel Beaver flies!
The engine is type certified for use with Jet A. Diesel fuel certification is planned for the future, though is not a priority for now. Jet A is very easy to get wherever a Beaver needs to operate.
- Wed May 31, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The Sealand RED V12 Diesel Beaver flies!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 10275
Re: The Sealand RED V12 Diesel Beaver flies!
For those near Toronto who might like to see the diesel Beaver before it heads back out west, I plan to stop into Burlington mid day Friday with it. Precise time to be determined....
- Tue May 30, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5662
Re: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
Very cool! I bet his forced approaches were good!I was checking out an actual 2-time Space Shuttle astronaut.
- Mon May 29, 2023 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5662
Re: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
I've read the posts, and given them thought, so I'm thinking a step back: What is the purpose of the BFR? A check of competency? Or, Instruction? I believe that the purpose is a check. Thus, the term "instructor" for the role of the check pilot is parallel, and not required. Sure, if it works that a...
- Mon May 29, 2023 10:00 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5662
Re: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
So my vote for para h would be h) recurrent training is a flight review as per CAR 405.11 (c) and shall be conducted in accordance with CAR 405.14 Instructor Guide for 24 month recurrent training 'Sounds good, if the "in accordance with..." does not actually require the check pilot to be an instruc...
- Sun May 28, 2023 5:52 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5662
Re: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
.......shall include all items normally covered during the flight test for the issue of that permit or licence;” That means the instructor MUST review everything,....... It's going to have to be a [trained] judgement thing. If the check pilot has concerns about the candidate's skills, dig deeper. I...
- Sun May 28, 2023 4:07 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Looking for a Freelance Class 3 or higher instructor in Niagara
- Replies: 6
- Views: 810
Re: Looking for a Freelance Class 3 or higher instructor in Niagara
Yes, Photofly's advice may be your better path. If your inquiry results in a good outcome, that's great for you. But your outcome will be better if you and the airplane are where the action is. With your experience, you should not need many trips to the airport where its going on to complete your tr...
- Sun May 28, 2023 3:59 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5662
Re: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
PilotDAR wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 4:56 pm It i kind of pointless for a pilot who regularly flies their Malibu to have to rent a 172 to demonstrate proficiency to an instructor who has no knowledge of flying the Malibu! Are you confident that the kind of pilot that would benefit from having to demon...
- Sat May 27, 2023 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5662
Re: Biennial flight review requirement coming to Canada from 2024
I support the spirit of what I understand from this. In my opinion, receiving "training" or exposure to piloting, is not a substitute for actually demonstrating the skills. I think that a proud pilot should not have any hesitancy to demonstrate their proficiency to another pilot. That said, I also a...
- Thu May 25, 2023 6:00 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Night VFR changes - latest proposals as of May 2023
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2262
Re: Night VFR changes - latest proposals as of May 2023
For example, the impetus to use the flight instruments on a clear night over a dark lake comes not from the meteorological conditions, which are fine, but the overall flight conditions - dark surface and no horizon visible. that came to mind as I read... VMC might not be VFC with zero surface refer...
- Thu May 25, 2023 5:54 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: One dead, one injured in helicopter.maintenance accident
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2417
Re: One dead, one injured in helicopter.maintenance accident
A sadly vivid reminder that when you apply power to an aircraft, you must consider where the aircraft could go if the power application results in unintended motion. I did today, and it started to go there - no problem, I had planned - but there was unintended motion, until I aborted and stopped it.
- Mon May 15, 2023 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Moving around the country and out of province vehicles?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1504
Re: Moving around the country and out of province vehicles?
No, the insult to my daughter was years before Covid. She has returned to her home province, and is well settled here.
- Mon May 15, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Moving around the country and out of province vehicles?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1504
Re: Moving around the country and out of province vehicles?
For one more reason, it's probably worth re-registering the car in the new province. My charming middle daughter did not right away when she moved to another province. She called me very upset that someone had smashed her back window while it was parked behind her apartment. 'Nothing stolen, just br...
- Wed May 03, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: 182 crash at Langley
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2095
Re: 182 crash at Langley
Isn't there a response standard for that category airport, as shown in the CFS? Be careful what you ask for... A local airport did that, and you were covered for crash/fire/rescue in your Cessna for every landing - and every landing had a $10 fee on top of the airport landing fee for the service be...
- Tue May 02, 2023 8:03 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Nasty Airport - Sedona, AZ.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 889
Re: Nasty Airport - Sedona, AZ.
The Sedona crash looks to me like a bungled attempt yo go around, following a poor landing. I opine that the Langley accident was more a case of a forced approach, with "I think I can.... Oh damn, a truck...". Both sad events, and different.
- Tue May 02, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: 182 crash at Langley
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2095
182 crash at Langley
CBC reports a crash at Langley:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.6830201
I was in there a couple of weeks ago in the Beaver, thinking about the roads close under three of the four approaches. I hope the injured recover okay...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.6830201
I was in there a couple of weeks ago in the Beaver, thinking about the roads close under three of the four approaches. I hope the injured recover okay...
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:25 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Exams affected by strikes
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2169
Re: Exams affected by strikes
Steady on people! Remember what it's like to be a little nervous before (and about) an exam? I do! Give the OP a break, they are one of us, looking for a little teamlike behaviour....
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Owner Maintenance flying to the USA
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1477
Re: Owner Maintenance flying to the USA
AMEs don’t have the authority to ground a plane Correct. It is the pilot's decision to fly a plane or not, based upon it's being in conformance with the airworthiness requirements applicable to its flight authority. Example: Years ago, I bought a 172, with the full intention to do a major rebuild o...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:52 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Easy on the throttle!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1223
Re: Easy on the throttle!
the sudden influx of air will shut the engine right down if you push the throttle lever in too quickly. Yes, that's another good way to teach easy on the throttle! I had my lesson with that in a Cub on skis on the lake.... The windmilling prop should restart the engine right away. No... I had to ge...