The nagging question to me is........... If the winds and weather were as bad as they were and they were flying an unpressurized aircraft over such high terrain.............why would they depart in the first place and if they were having difficulty maintaining altitude etc would a 180 degree turn b...

Not too much to worry about on landing. If you land into the current you will have less ground (water) run after touchdown. If you land down current you will cover more water than normal to come off the step. Sometimes more than you think. Make sure you do a good inspection before you land so you do...

I still have to shake my head. Those of us who have accomplished what we wanted to accomplish in this career choice have no right to stand on a pedestal and judge those coming up the ladder behind us. You have a good career Doc, but don't stand there and tell these kids that are trying to make in in...

Where to begin? Apparently this has become another "bash Wasaya thread" lead by none other than Doc and whoever the sweet f!%k Brown Bear is. Here is the truth. There is a bond. If you don't like it, move on. The reason there is a bond is because less than half of you out there are good for your wor...

You want some interesting stuff on the B-24, read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. It's about an American who crashes in the South Pacific and spends over a month in a life raft before being taken prisoner by the Japanese. Great book, good history and some good stuff on the Liberator. True story too.

Crew did the right thing. 12000 feet of runway, put her down straight ahead. Now if we could only get them to use the same common sense with their radio calls...

Don't listen to anyone who says you stayed on floats too long. I had close to 6000 hrs on floats when I made the jump to the IFR world. Your low level, low vis experience from the float world will put you head and shoulders above the other f/os who came from instructing or working their way off the ...

On the airplane I fly it's active all the time. There's no turning it off. If the torque drops below a certain point with the throttle above a certain point, it automatically autofeathers. It also disables the other engine from autofeathering.

I don't doubt the results of the study but in my experience as a check pilot, I've seen a lot more problems with pilots who did not know what the fancy Auto-Pilot was doing because they didn't spend enough time using it to operate the plane. We lost a Cormorant due to this. Catch 22 I guess. More f...

No shit. They didn't need a study to figure that out.

Yes, it can be done. As long as you leave your southern attitude and preconceived ideas about the people up here down south. I did it. I would say I had a little more experience than you. Having done a lot of camping and fishing when I was younger. But I had never held a gun, owned a snow machine or...

The POL does not exist anymore. It was only for a short time so that those who already owned guns could continue to own them when they switched from the old FAC. The PAL is fairly quick and easy. Get the book, which you can download for free here. http://www.firearms-safety-course.com/ The site also...

Where? Cheapest by far is Dr. Lower in Thunder Bay. I've paid anywhere from $0 to $60.

If you are holding for any length of time, please do not park on the pad. You're not the only one using the airport.
That is all.

I haven't, but apparently it only works to other computers when calling overseas. Still free though.

Found this and I've been using it. www.knctr.com. Free local and long distance calling from your computer, and unlike skype, you can call cell phones and land lines. Works best if you have a headset on your end though. This isn't a spam post, I just thought that all you guys and girls who are spread...

oldncold wrote: It allows mgt. to take a look strategically at the work force and decide to eg. increase diversity ( more women , minority groups etc ).

I think that's the sound of a can of worms being opened.

who's transcanada? Regional1 airlines is the short answer... the A/C they are flying is a DH8 painted in the colours of a certain YQT based native joint venture partnership airline that is leasing the A/C (buying in the future?) but does not yet have their 705 operation up and running, so can't ope...

cdnpilot77 wrote:Thanks for the info guys...taxidriver, isnt Nogales in Arizona?

You're right. Don't know why I said Texas.

I drove from Toronto to Panama as well. We crossed at Nogales, Texas, which felt sketchy as hell, but turned out to not be that bad. We took the road down the pacific coast. Beautiful country and you have the added bonus of missing Mexico City. People were amazingly friendly. The beach is public lan...

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I agree whole heartedly that paying by the mile encourages dangerous decision making and should be banished. Me thinks you guys are all talking about the same operation, and perhaps a little persuasion from the group, society, (whatever they end up calling themselves) might be needed to bring this ...

I don't know of any operators on the coast who pay by the mile anymore. I think that went by the wayside with VHS. Most of us are paid by the duty hour, with a minimum number of duty hours per month during the winter, some are paid by the day, and some are on salary. When I left the Coast in 2007 I...

How's about we also use this opportunity to bring up the concept of paying pilots on a per mile basis? I'd really like to see that disappear. That's always seemed like a no brainer to me. Somebody back me up on this one. It's been a few years since I flew on the coast. Are there still guys out there...

I'll take a shot at answering this seriously. Out of your list, I would say VFR on the coast. Followed closely, or equal to the waterbombers. And here are my reasons. 1. Single pilot IFR - You have published minimums and routes to follow. You don't like it, you up and fu.. off. 2. Rotary Wing rescue...