I'm flying the 172 in the picture from the newspaper.. Cudmore thought the strip would be a good thing for the island.. the rest of the island (or at least the majority of the island) didn't agree with him.. windsocks were constantly being torn down and damage was being done to the strip surface.. h...

I'm not disagreeing with you, and I'm assuming this is your "opinion" and not based on any document.. by your own admission your saying that anyone operating a seaplane, especially in congested area's should know the rules of the road and again I agree.. sometimes you have no choice but to mix with ...

so does the pilot of a seaplane need to have a boat licence to operate on the water? or does the seaplane rating on the pilot licence suffice?

if so, can you operate a boat based on the seaplane rating on your pilot licence?

what are you putting in the hanger?

the McDonalds at the terminal in Denpasar (Bali) used to have a McDurian ice cream cone... really.. they did.. people using a cab used to have to tie it on the back bumper..

it did taste better than it smelled

just to set the record straight the date was july 17, 1985 the aircraft belonged to flight centre victoria PA-31 C-FKQJ, it was serial #350, not a PA-31 350 pilots name was Mark Bitton aircraft crashed shortly after departing williams lake for quesnel aircraft only had 3 or 4 bags on it at the time ...

stupid part is we don't own the land, lease only from the VAA.. the buildings are reducing in value..

there is no such thing as a "new one" and if you can find one of the half dozen flying you'll see theres a substantial price tag Okay, maybe I should have said "another" Mallard. I was specifically hinting at the substantial price tag, and correlating it to what i'm sure was a substantial price tag...

Time for someone to offer for sale a fuel flow transducer that transmits to the gauge from where fuel belongs: the other side of the firewall! Is this a little hint as to what might have been involved in the fire. I know that some style of guages such as oil pressure are designed so that it actuall...

Here is the Mallard being slung out by a Sikorsky Skycrane and then on the barge in Grenville Channel heading south. Wow... Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a new Mallard? :shock: considering only 59 were built and there's only about a half dozen piston mallards left flying in the world.. there is no ...

not to nit pic AP but the picture on the barge is headed to rupert, not victoria..

Bernie

the mallard has no stall warning system of any nature.. pre stall buffet is minimal, and the aircraft stalls about as quickly as you feel the onset of buffet.. obviously the turn and increasing bank angle didn't help.. the other thing about the mallard is the tendency for airspeed to diminish very q...

In most cases its to ensure your logging all your flights... You never fail to bill the customer, but sometimes you forget to write the trip in the log book

I'm normally just a lurker here because of the abuse that seems to be so common place on avcanada but I can't help myself not weighing in on this one... As a long time water pilot and current multi engine flying boat pilot I'll throw my 2 cents in.. XS and J31 and hawker have it nailed.. When I watc...

you know I think it's time I'll just ride off into the sunset and leave this site to people like bulawrench that have all the answers for the industry.....maybe I should pop down for a visit ., I'm going to delete this site off my computer so give me a call at home if you get a chance...bulawrench I...

nice post 79K20driver....unfortunatly it wasn't directed at you or WCA, I know nothing of the plight of the folks that work there or run the place...I know what I read here but have to say if I believed everything I read here I'd own a few bridges out there....I hope the issues at WCA are resolved b...

it saddens me to read these posts and see what has happened to a great industry...it makes me glad I walked away from it and now just enjoy it from a recreational standpoint...I won't disagree that over the years there's been some "interesting" individuals running company's....if I had the power to ...

so bulawrench you have 25 years in the industry as what prey tell...I tend to think maybe you've never held a position as op's mgr or CP with an operation say with 10 or more airplanes and maybe say 25 or more pilots....you sound more like the ranting of a pilot that just never made it any where in ...

you make some pretty strong accusations bulawrench when you say crimes are committed....what's your back ground that makes you such an expert on the matter

the other issue with the PA-31 is that unless it left the factory with all the equipment installed it's not approved... aircraft that were modified at other shops after, even though identical equipment was installed don't cut it, you have to see the original equipment list to figure that out..one of...

Nick Chapmen was terminated as ops mgr by transport for allowing maintenance over sight. when it was pointed out to transport at the tribunal that the MCM showed that the PRM reported directly to the president and not the ops mgr they indicated that's not the way they like to see it even though they...

I've had a PA-32 300 now for over 25 years, (1973 model) and your right the oleo's can be a pain....mine uses a quad ring as the main seal, don't know what years they went from an o-ring or when they went back to an o-ring, but the quad ring is a pain....what I've seen with mine is that it's not unc...

your right ., complaining takes up so much time and energy there's really no time to work.....

if you've ever had pilots working for you, you'll understand why joe talks to his dog....it's probably a more intelligent conversation

try quark expeditions...done both the arctic and antarctic with them on the russian boats and they were great....