Has anyone ever tried one of the discount/rebranded ANR sets like the following Aircraft Spruce ANR model: http://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog/avpages/skycom.php Have used my passive DC's for a decade and love the fit, was thinking of doing the Headsets Inc ANR mod to them, but for almost no increm...

Also, to the OP: For further consideration/discussion with your instructor, related to your flight (I'm going to agree with everyone that you 100% did the safest thing). If you were a licensed, more experienced pilot, what other options might there have been? Is it possible that the snow shower bloc...

One of the things that has got me through the years is If I find myself asking a go-no go question to start with, I probably should not go. If it was OK to go you will not be asking yourself the question. Good discussion and very timely with the weather. I know what you mean by this, but this could...

I want a trip report if you go. I'm suffering a serious shortage of tales about fun flying stuff to vicariously live through here. I'll second that call for someone to post an interesting flight. Been in a drought myself stuck at work 24/7. First person to post a picture of the Christmas lights ove...

incidentally, I've run into people who've thought that cabin crew could some how benefit from logging their time, and one person who was under the impression that any time spent in an airplane was loggable, even crammed into coach on your way to Winnipeg. I'm sure I've seen a log book somewhere - m...

I've always enjoyed taking up new pilots -- far too many people start a PPL and then quit for whatever reason. Opening their eyes to the world post PPL where they could split flights, fly a new type, land on some grass strip that in no way resembles the airports they fly out of etc, I'd like to thin...

I'm surprised the payout is only for 5 years too if you lose your license - is that industry standard for aviation? Maybe that's why it's not advertised as a traditional own-occupation disability insurance? Probably the claim rate for this type of thing is high in pilots compared to others. I'm not ...

Something else to keep in mind when flying after maintenance is that, if anything should seem unusual, you must as always remember to fly the airplane first. Everyone knows this but actually committing to doing so does not happen 100% of the time. The majority of things that might be worse after mai...

So I'll ask my instructor to practice it with me sometime and won't let him go home until I can reach that level. :smt040 Sadly, the odds are your instructor is a fairly new pilot him/herself, and is also not allowed to fly in significant winds, so you will instead be left to learn this on your own...

When you overfly the falls more than 2000 feet above the usual legal minimum over a built up area, and find yourself squinting to appreciate the falls, just remember you are somehow doing your bit as a private fixed wing pilot to prevent commercial helicopters from crashing into each other far below...

I have had a great arrangement like this in the past -- paid the owner enough to cover the fuel I burned plus his annual and insurance over the course of a year's flying so he thought it was worthwhile too. Often we flew together and split the flying. It was a good setup but one that is uncommon. Fo...

Have you considered a Champ instead? 2 usable seats and a little wider/more comfortable all around. Performance is basically the same, and they cost less. Less nostalgia I guess.

The only reason I'm a member is because I like to read the airplane ads every month Here's a handy tip for you: - obtain a copy of any COPA (or other published) classifieds from 1980-2000, rewrite 2014 overtop of that date - add 10 hours per year to the total time on each personal aircraft being ha...

What kind of tips do these dedicated books provide? Admittedly I am a low pilot tail-dragger pilot, but I was taught fairly informally to: - keep the plane pointed straight down the runway at all costs - do everything else slower than you think (slowing down, raising or lowering the tail, turning of...

Sometimes I dream that I am caught wrestling the local flight school's 172 around the circuit, with page #3 of the pre-landing checklist missing.

Piss the bed every time.

Never purpose-flown over a huge event to say for sure, but from being in the air a few times coincidentally in general it's not worth it. Didn't seem like they burst much more than a few hundred feet above the ground.

digits_ wrote: So what requirement is missing in this case for it not be a murder charge ?

A body...

It's exciting to see this kind of thing happen in Edmonton. Thank you to Tom and the rest of the museum staff - I'm sure to say this is a lot of work is an understatement. I look forward to coming out to Villeneuve soon.

I find it very hard to understand how this thread has went on so long for what is clearly an unsafe situation that has no reason to exist. Who was the PIC when your instructor was asleep? Who was utilizing their experience and judgement to keep you alive? If someone felt you were OK to safely conduc...

It's going to be very hard for you as a new pilot to be confident on this no matter what anyone ends up telling you, and you're going to be left with deciding "do I put money on this or not". Planes need to fly more, and so do us pilots, so it would be great if there were more owners out there offer...

PilotDAR: Agreed. Seems unlikely to me any director that collected proxies did not see this coming. The last edition of the COPA newspaper went out of their way to provide a one-sided opinion on the matter, and solicit proxies, specifically recommending to name one's local director. That's why I can...

Landed a few times at his house; he had some beautiful aircraft (and trucks) in his hangars and loved to show them off each time I dropped by. Will be missed.

You'll find some differences in what controllers will ask of you depending I'm sure on a lot of things, the controller, the amount of nearby traffic and airspace etc. Ultimately if you can identify who you are, where you are, and what you want, things will work out. You'll also find that flight foll...

Situations in which an engine's operation disrupt efficient airflow over the wing would also increase stall speed. I suppose a typical piston twin, with both props feathered, would disrupt less flow over the wings than with props windmilling, but whether this is true or not might depend on the nacel...

From what was outlined at a recent talk by NavCanada, I think the chance of raising the Class C above Parkland to be very unlikely. Approach paths for YEG are being tweaked in a way that is going to be putting more and more controlled traffic over Parkland. Their suggestion was to get clearance over...