Does anybody have a link to the address? Does anybody know what I'm talking about? The site you can use to pay your medical online......aka electronic rape. My ass already hurts and I haven't even paid it yet.

threads should be locked after 6 months so some moron doesn't bump something to the top and get everyone all excited.

180 wrote:I've kept my mouth shut this year, but after reading the Bamaji thread where "people" were defending $150 a day for an experienced float pilot, well, here's my rant for 2008...

you do realize that thread is from 2006, right? Maybe they're paying more now.

What else would you expect from a study funded by Boeing? They are trying to win a major contract. They probably used the same "independent analysists" that tobacco companies use when they need to produce a report showing that smoking doesn't cause cancer.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860 John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living in the White ...

What did you get your 1000 float hours on? 1500TT and 1000 float should get you straight into a Beaver but it wouldn't hurt to have a little bit of time on type too.

It was something of a circus there, as was mentioned.

a portion of the right maingear was replaced six days before that accident -- using parts intended for the nose gear. The parts were "reconfigured by maintenance personnel" for use by SAS on the main gear, according to the report. How could they possibly attempt to blame Bombardier when they were p...

There's some good spotting info here:
http://www.contrailsphotography.com/spottingyul.html

Coming into Thunder Bay

Wow great job on the landing and getting the passengers outta there. Compare with the video from the incident in September, these guys did a way better job IMO. Big difference in the two incidents. The one in September the gear collapsed without warning. In this latest event the crew knew well in a...

Wow great job on the landing and getting the passengers outta there. Compare with the video from the incident in September, these guys did a way better job IMO.

I can never believe how little talk there is of alternatives especially in aviation, because at this point it is unlikely that airplanes will ever run on anything other than fossil fuels. All climate change issues aside, oil is non-renewable which means at some point we are going to run out. I can't...

Yeah I saw it. Sounded just like TC aviation. Everytime the guy called to clarify something he got a different answer. Basically it's a low speed car (top speed of 50km/h). They're selling like hotcakes all around the world but TC won't give them the approval to sell here. So there's no point in hav...

Thanks guys for all the advice. Think I'll take a closer look at Cornwall.

Can anyone help out with a few schools that offer this and give a recommendation. I know there's a place in Cornwall, pretty sure there has to be a couple in Ottawa. What about Kingston/Belleville/Peterborough? I can stay in either Brockville or Belleville.

There was an article on this a few years ago in Canadian Aviator, just before AOG went under I think. It was called the Hot Wings Caravan and they definitely had one flying. They added winglets on the tips that went straight up so it looked kinda funny actually. I believe there was also some other w...

I've got an S5 but haven't done any long exposures with it yet. Done lots with SLR's though. Definitely use a tripod. I always found it helps to have a bit of a moon to light up the foreground. At 100 ISO I was usually shooting around 30-45 sec at f/3.2 - 4 - there's a fair bit of guesswork with tim...

Me too! 1200 TT, 950 floats.

or this one, also by Dave Hadfield http://www.hadfield.ca/Northern/DC3.html DC-3 I met a friend a while ago, abandoned in the winter snow; A thing that meant the world to me when I was young. A DC 3, a sight to see, a lesson from antiquity, That opened up and taught to me what I've become. Chorus We...

After how many beers did you start seeing this light?

Well anything by Gordon Lightfoot gets my vote. But since deskie doesn't think Early morning Rain qualifies, how bout this one http://www.hadfield.ca/Waltz/Bush_Pilot_Song.html Bush Pilot's Song As my floats touch the water, the sun’s behind the trees. And the lake is barely rippled by the evening’s...

In the meantime this thread will have to do

http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopi ... sc&start=0

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/09/07/flight-turbulence.html Nine passengers on a WestJet flight from Calgary to Halifax were injured Thursday night when a sudden 300-metre drop threw them around like rag dolls, passengers say. After the flight landed safely at Halifax Stanfield International Ai...

Better hope the tips are good.