I've flown many, many lessons with part-time students where we've basically spent half the lesson kicking-off the rust from the two weeks of not flying previously. Nothing wrong with that if you're training for fun, but that extra time to re-learn and remember things can really add up. This was me,...

The Government of Canada is inviting comments from stakeholder groups on the 3-year targeted regulatory review process, beginning with the examination of regulatory requirements and practices in 3 key sectors: agri-food and aquaculture health/bio-sciences transportation and infrastructure Targeted ...

Honestly I am baffled that this is still around but I'm glad it is! http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2017/10/10/commuter-airline-plans-airport-enhancements <snip> “Our team is committed to a large-scale project with Niagara District Airport,” Nowrouzi said during a media conference Tuesday at Billy ...

If you're really bored you can file an access to information request and see how long that takes
https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/welcome.do

Tom Clark of Global News interviews politicians in a 172 while sightseeing out of Rockcliffe.

http://globalnews.ca/tag/plane-talk/

Lisa Raitt doing a "ramp check" was pretty funny.

My condolences to the club and families of the deceased. http://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20161017X65629&AKey=1&RType=Prelim&IType=FA What really scares me is that I really wanted to go on this trip but couldn't. I understood it to be a fun excursion. I don't underst...

During my PPL I found a home simulator useful for practising the procedures of forced approaches. (e.g. panel checks, emergency calls, etc)

I hope this succeeds but lots of Niagara is not particularly well off (maybe just for now ... home prices are rising because of GTA spillover) ... regular GO train service is supposed to start in 2023 to Niagara Falls. I spend a lot of time in this area (it's also where I fly) so it's pretty excitin...

Does anyone think the government would do the same for Westjet if they needed help? They are putting maple leaves on the sides of their airplanes now... Or does history dictate there will only ever be one 'flag carrier'... I don't see why not, the feds have backstopped AC, BBD, and GM; unless they ...

On its own, it shouldn't have: the soft field landing is a landing in a soft field, not a soft landing in a field. None of the criteria are specifically "no bounces". Minimizing the speed at touchdown, and holding the nose gear up under control, are. As long as you do those two, within reason land ...

Plenty of blame to go around, and whatever the problem is ain't gonna be solved today, or tomorrow, or even in this generation. One thing that needs to happen IMHO is the centralized negotiations between the groups "representing" first nations (e.g. AFN) and INAC, this country is too damn big to com...

I bounced once on the soft field landing which I was sure was gonna fail me.

Took two years but here's something for cars ...
http://gizmodo.com/the-first-pupil-base ... 1750831379

Seems kind of slow around here so here's some plane talk. Recently did some circuits in a Piper Warrior to get back into flying. All my previous time was on a Katana. Walkaround: Piper is easier because you don't have to crank the prop to check the oil. Also there's no coolant to check and the engin...

Cm'on NavCan. Is there THAT much issue with liability not to extend the GFA's across borders so we can see where the cold front extends to, ect....and what's coming, without having to squint to use the U.S. product? :mrgreen: Navcan buys weather forecasting from Environment Canada. I have emailed N...

... Buying an airplane is not the most worthwhile thing I've done in my life, but it's pretty damned close. Best post on Avcanada lately for sure ... great information and inspiring! Not that scary, you just close your eyes and swipe your card :D Then you go flying and all fears are alleviated. Thi...

As you've mentioned flying is a combination of book smarts and ongoing hand-eye coordination. I was in a bit of a same boat as you (book smart, some trouble with stick-and-rudder) and ended up spending a lot of money on practice flights. Problem is that of course "knowing" is only half the battle an...

I think for me it was like 110 hours over 3 years. I had a day job at the time and was not on an integrated program.

Congrats K and hope you keep flying. I was frustrated with landings for a while but my instructor basically said it really just takes practice. As for flare height over the runway I only really got the hang of it (Barely) by doing glances out the side of the cockpit to basically see how high I was. ...