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by enbt
Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:00 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: TC Charge for Medical Renewal
Replies: 10
Views: 1547

Re: TC Charge for Medical Renewal

For years and years I never got charged the $55 for the medical. But then every few years a final notice or equivalent would appear in the mail demanding several hundred bucks in back fees or they would send it to collection agency. I always wondered why they didn’t have my address for routine bills...
by enbt
Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Which Beaver is Better
Replies: 10
Views: 3921

Re: Which Beaver is Better

An amphib gets you twice the maintenance and half the load vs the same plane on straight floats. If you are trying to make money, straight floats is the way to go. Amphibs are for private guys or government.
by enbt
Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Sunglasses: To Polarize or Not to Polarize
Replies: 11
Views: 1441

Re: Sunglasses: To Polarize or Not to Polarize

I never understood the hate for polarized glasses. It's all I use and I love them. Colours are richer and more saturated with increased contrast, meaning everything looks better. There aren't too many screens in the planes I fly but I can see them all clearly. And if you are flying floats it helps y...
by enbt
Mon Jul 03, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Marketplace
Topic: Wanted: Float block time central Ontario
Replies: 0
Views: 1077

Wanted: Float block time central Ontario

Looking to see if anyone has a Husky, Cessna, or even Beaver on floats or amphibs they would be willing to rent out block time on. Looking in the Sudbury/Parry Sound area. Could also be interested in a partnership opportunity for same if anyone knows of one available. Thanks!
by enbt
Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:52 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: DHC-2 Aviation Headset
Replies: 9
Views: 1529

Re: DHC-2 Aviation Headset

I use the Lightspeed Zulu in a -2 and 3T, works great! Better passive noise cancelling than Bose but I still always keep a spare set of batteries in my bag.
by enbt
Wed Jun 21, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23
Replies: 12
Views: 2916

Kodiak Quest down Van Isle June 21/23

I didn’t see this posted anywhere yet. This sounds like it could be one of the Telus machines? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-tahsis-inlet-100-plane-crash-transportation-safety-board-1.6883650 Two people are dead and two injured after a plane crashed on Vancouver Is...
by enbt
Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Missing Caravan
Replies: 32
Views: 11938

Re: Missing Caravan

https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/rescue-crews-searching-for-missing-plane-6629206 Search efforts are continuing for a second day for a plane that has been reported overdue. Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton tweeted that a search is ongoing for a Cessna 208 plane that had been travelling...
by enbt
Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:27 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: Truckers convoy
Replies: 1591
Views: 91140

Re: Truckers convoy

There it is, I knew I had seen the 44% number somewhere. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/almost-half-of-canadians-sympathetic-to-concerns-and-frustrations-of-ottawa-trucker-protest Leger surveyed 1,546 people between Feb. 4 and Feb. 6 and found that, while 62 per cent of all respondents stro...
by enbt
Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:13 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: Truckers convoy
Replies: 1591
Views: 91140

Re: Truckers convoy

The 44% who say they support truckers, which is more than enough to win an election. I don’t know where you got the 44% number but let’s go with it. Now subtract 44 from 100. What result do you get? Is that number larger than 44? No? There you go. There it is, I knew I had seen the 44% number somew...
by enbt
Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:04 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: Truckers convoy
Replies: 1591
Views: 91140

Re: Truckers convoy

The 44% who say they support truckers, which is more than enough to win an election. I don’t know where you got the 44% number but let’s go with it. Now subtract 44 from 100. What result do you get? Is that number larger than 44? No? There you go. I was wrong. It's actually 54% as per this Angus Re...
by enbt
Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:36 am
Forum: Covid
Topic: Truckers convoy
Replies: 1591
Views: 91140

Re: Truckers convoy

Unfortunately (for him), we are united against him. We are? Who is this we? The tens if not hundreds of thousands of people from across the country who lined the roads and overpasses in sub freezing temperatures in January to cheer the convoy on. The folks who raised over $10 million in the space o...
by enbt
Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:41 am
Forum: Covid
Topic: Truckers convoy
Replies: 1591
Views: 91140

Re: Truckers convoy

Trudeau has dug himself quite a hole, and he just keeps digging. It will be interesting to see how he gets himself out of this. In doing so he has united the country is a way not imaginable even a month ago. Unfortunately (for him), we are united against him. JT is usually a savvy politician but he ...
by enbt
Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:15 pm
Forum: Covid
Topic: From last year's heroes, to this year's enemy
Replies: 30
Views: 2878

Re: From last year's heroes, to this year's enemy

Like this? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/dozens-windsor-essex-hospital-staff-1.6185369 172 Windsor, Ont., hospital staff suspended without pay for not getting COVID-19 shots Suspended workers have until early October to get 1st first shots or face termination About 172 staff members at Wind...
by enbt
Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:01 am
Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
Topic: Thunder Bay airport accident
Replies: 66
Views: 16222

Re: Thunder Bay airport accident

No flight control abnormalities according to this preliminary report.

https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news ... rt-4235497
by enbt
Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:09 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Podcasts
Replies: 6
Views: 815

Podcasts

Looking for suggestions for aviation podcasts. Especially anything Canadian or bush flying focused.
by enbt
Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Dr. Lower Passed Away - Thunder Bay
Replies: 9
Views: 1727

Re: Dr. Lower Passed Away - Thunder Bay

Sad to hear. That guy was a legend! I had my first few medicals done by him when I started flying around the year 2000, and I remember wondering "how old is this guy?". Anyone know? Quite a colourful guy.
by enbt
Sat Oct 24, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Question for the float/bush pilots!
Replies: 10
Views: 3112

Re: Question for the float/bush pilots!

Hi there, I’ll take a stab at answering your questions. 1) 4-5 months max for seasonal operations. Mid May at the earliest to mid October at the latest - in Ontario this would be an operator where you got on at the start of the year and stayed till the end of hunting season. I’d imagine the season w...
by enbt
Sun Aug 09, 2020 6:52 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Too long radio transmissions
Replies: 9
Views: 1610

Re: Too long radio transmissions

The opposite of this are the folks who try to say as much as possible, as fast as possible, making their transmission completely incoherent.

There’s a happy medium between these two ends of the spectrum.
by enbt
Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: Employment Forum
Topic: How to Become an Air Tanker Pilot?
Replies: 3
Views: 1755

Re: How to Become an Air Tanker Pilot?

LifeAt90Kts wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:01 pm Floats! Lots and lots and LOTS of float time.
Yup, good advice. Plus a good bit of multi, and flying boat time too if you can get it (if you're wanting to be on a 215/415). Fire fighting is one of the most recession proof sub industries in aviation.
by enbt
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:46 am
Forum: General Comments
Topic: Fly-in operator recommendation as a customer in Armstrong
Replies: 4
Views: 1383

Re: Fly-in operator recommendation as a customer in Armstrong

I've worked for them both, as well as Thunderhook. Wabakimi Outfitters specializes in canoe trips, whereas is it a bit of a side gig for Mattice Lake. Wabakimi doesn't have their own planes, but Mattice does. So if you're wanting to fly, Mattice might be a better bet. That said, working for Bruce he...

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