Could also have been an exchange crew member from south of the border where that same sight picture would indeed be a P3.

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Not sayin' that you'd want to do this on a certified A/C but for the OM crowd, there's always this solution:

https://backcountrypilot.org/forum/cess ... pair-17062

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photofly wrote: ↑Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:48 pm Typical replacement interval for aircraft seatbelt webbing is 12 years, I believe.

Is that a CARS thing?

I wonder how well known that is....

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Good, solid write up PilotDAR! Thanks for your regular contributions to this forum. OK, PilotDAR's writeup reminded me of something that I think is overlooked in GA. While we're on the subject of safety belts, it's worth having a think about the age of the belts you're depending on to save your life...

C.W.E. wrote: ↑Tue Dec 25, 2018 11:21 am Awesome, simply awesome.

That really was awesome!

Big thumbs up to Mr. Potter & Mr. Hadfield.

I really appreciate the pilot to pilot narration.

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It would be interesting to know what their landing weight was. SNIP! I heard/read somewhere (local media?), that the timeline for getting the A/C removed depended on offloading the significant fuel load. They went on to say that they fueled in Chicago and had enough endurance for the next leg to An...

C.W.E. wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:20 pm

All I could see in the original photos was the front of the plane. Must have been an exciting ride for the lobsters

Wouldn't they be picking up lobsters in Halifax, not delivering them?

Yup, the importer has an office at YHZ.

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[quote=Judging from the tire tracks off the end of the runway, it looks like the gear were all down Sure does look like that, but where is the gear?? It's 8 feet high. They must be sunk into the mud. I was wondering that myself - best guess is that it folded backwards but stayed attached for long e...

180078 CYHZ DEBERT
CCQ3 FUEL 100LL NOT AVBL
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If the enbedded ELT GPS were powered by A/C power Maybe there’s one that is. Or maybe it’s not permitted by the design criteria. I don’t think the absence of such a feature is because of a lack of intelligence on the part of system designers. :lol: :roll: :lol: :roll: :lol: :roll: :lol: :roll: :!: ...

My comment was to say that if there was a GPS receiver embedded in your ELT then having it active while the aircraft was in operation would be intelligent. So, anyone out there know if this is the case I’m sorry, I thought I answered that: because having any circuit in the ELT active while the airc...

Not to be difficult but to nitpick just a little bit, the spec. allows for a minimum of 50 seconds warm-up for the first message to be transmitted. It has to do with the heated crystal oscillator in the transmitter coming up to temp and on frequency so you need to push the button about a minute bef...

but in the 30 seconds preceding the crash you can activate the ELT and have a signal go out while it's still good. One needs to temper one's expectations with how well this will work. Unless your ELT is connected to an approved GPS source it will take at least a few minutes to get a position. A who...

Regarding the antenna - even a broken off antenna still acts as a poor transmitter. An ideal 1/4 wave dipole on 406 MHz would be about 18cm long, but even a short wire antenna that's a couple cm will transmit, just with a weaker signal. See: key fobs operating on 433 MHz. The problem is that it's s...

Something to keep in mind with the SPOT is that the tracking service is not standard - it is an option you have to pay extra for. With just the standard SPOT service a message is only sent when a user pushes a button on the device This statement is not correct, the basic service includes tracking. ...

One thing that's confusing right away is that thousand (Mille) and Miles (Milles) sound awfully similar. So 3 miles south at 2000' would be "trois milles au sud a deux mille pieds"? My personal Quebecois translator tells me that you pronounce them the same and you know by context which is meant! D 8)

To keep this discussion productive, does anyone have a link to a phraseology guide in French? There's a chance I may fly through Quebec some day and I'd like to pick up the basic phrases. I suppose I could just translate the English phrases but I'm not sure if it would be exactly what's used. Also,...

Highly recommend them, have two sets of DC style in service. The mod is easy as long as you're not dangerous with a soldering iron. Unless you're flying all day every day and feel that you need the comfort of the premium brands they're a good economical choice to save your hearing. Get the gel ear s...

Armchair. Thanks i was thinking of crossing Maine near Houlton after gassing up at CYFC Crossing straight to the Sherbrooke area and then down to Bromont later this winter to get some snowboarding in with friends. Maybe I should pick another route. Is flying over US without landing a big process? I...

digits_ wrote:

Pavese wrote: 2) CDN temporary flight permit obtained.

How would you fly the US part of the leg with this? I thought this was only valid in Canadian airspace...

Not remembering that detail, probably accepted based on CDN A/C and CDN C of A(?)

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If you eliminate any non-STC mods (i.e. 337 etc.) and repairs/overhauls needed to comply with CDN rules (e.g. the prop overhaul issue) then the $10k is considerably high for the importation bureaucracy. Case in point, a simple Cessna single, bought in the US & imported: 1) De-registered in the US, C...

There is an other great pilot story behind this accident. Well done for the Aircranes pilots. http://skiesmag.com/news/article/Aircranes-assist-at-Greek-waterbomber-crash-- Heads up work by the Erickson crews! :smt023 BTW, Erickson pilot Mike Strasser (see the skiesmag link) is co-author of the Chi...

Hi aviators, A friend is looking for a vintage aircraft to have as a background for a photoshoot. Him and his soon to be wife are getting married in August and wanted to have shots taken. They live in the Southern Ontario area. Any help on contacting the right person to make this happen would be ap...

Hi Folks, Normally I don't need airport maps but I am venturing in to the world of multi engines and find myself in need. Being to cheap and poor to buy a flight supplement, I'm looking for a website to get them from. Any help would be appreciated. PZL http://www.navcanada.ca/en/products-and-servic...

Out of interest, the $47 OCXO in the Mouser catalogue - the cheapest one they stock - is listed as -40C +85C +-50 ppb. I wonder if you can get an OCXO that's significantly worse than that; I can't think why anyone would make one. Which is the one you have in mind at Digikey? The transmit spec you q...