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Flight videos: transcripts
Those of you who have been having lessons with Ivan and me know that we record all our flights on video, including the airplane intercom and radio communications …
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No person shall operate an aircraft
When you get in your small airplane in Canada to go flying there are a bunch of requirements that it has to meet in order for the flight to be legal. The rules are scattered through the Canadian Aviation Regulations, so I thought it might be useful to gather together as many of them as… Read more »
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First solos: Justin, Fahad, George and Clive
I’ve let myself get behind on posting student news in recent weeks – and this is me starting to catch up.
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Checklists
All recent student pilots will be familiar with the difficulties of the dreaded checklist – that innocuous spiral-bound booklet or laminated sheet of terse instructions and checks whose contents torture and haunt the start of every flight…
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How young is too young?
Every so often I get an email or phone call from a happy family member who wants their young one to get a PPL or recreational pilot permit…
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First solo: Clive
Another student milestone reached…
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Wind shear in the circuit
Flying circuits this Friday with a student at CYTZ, I noticed an interesting phenomenon – that our progress on the downwind leg seemed unusually slow. We had a lot of time to level off from the climb out, pick a distant landmark to help fly a straight leg, contact ATC and ask for a touch-and-go,… Read more »
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The six jobs of the private pilot
Some years ago, flight crews on at least the largest airplanes had five members, each one of whom would have a full-time rôle to fill during the flight and without each of whom being present some important things wouldn’t get done.
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Flight test notes: centre of gravity
My colleague Ivan was prepping a student for their PPL flight test and he asked me if I knew a good online resource to help explain what effects moving the centre of gravity of an airplane has on its flight characteristics.
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First solos: Craig and Ilinca
More milestones have been afoot for Ivan and my wonderful students Ilinca, and Craig – both of whom recently made their first solo flights in FLYO. We and they are all looking forward to them passing their PPL flight tests!