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- Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:05 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: solar flares at 11 year high
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3244
Re: solar flares at 11 year high
Time to re-establish the Radio Range?
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:30 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Why??
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4357
Re: Why??
Cat is right. If I had to meet the standards as mentioned above I would not have made it. I believe, like Cat, that formal education does not create a better or more natural pilot. So far I have managed over 40 years in this business. Thank God I only had to learn to fly to become a pilot. I have al...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Old radial engine
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6129
Re: Old radial engine
I went out for another New Year dinner tonight. An old radial engine has nothing over me now. My wife had to "Roll" me out of there to go home.
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:16 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Old radial engine
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6129
Re: Old radial engine
According to Wikipedia only two were built before the project was halted in 1946. I wish I could have heard four of them on take off.
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Old radial engine
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6129
Re: Old radial engine
NoDriving Rain wrote:Would I be lying if isaid lycoming?
- Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:05 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Old radial engine
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6129
Re: Old radial engine
Does anybody know who made the largest Radial piston engine? It's easy to look up.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_XR-7755
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_XR-7755
- Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Oops... flew into US airspace
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3161
Re: Oops... flew into US airspace
Flying from Vancouver to any Canadian destination south of Active pass we cross the US boarder twice in each direction. I believe we are in US airspace for 2 minutes and it takes 3 minutes to scramble an interceptor, so they can't catch us. Not even a high speed Beaver.
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Old radial engine
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6129
Re: Old radial engine
Just pick any one, there's no such thing as a new one.
How about this one?
How about this one?
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 10:33 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2859
Re: Merry Christmas
To all my Avcanada friends,
Merry Christmas and a many wishes for a happy and successful 2013.
Bob Bates
Merry Christmas and a many wishes for a happy and successful 2013.
Bob Bates
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:30 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 578422
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
No Seneca I "Blackey", No problem, I just landed on the Clearwater strip (Williston Lake) and the front gear collapsed due to a small bracket breaking off allowing the nose gear to release. The main gear remained locked. It was 1979 and come to think of it, it was a Seneca I. Good eye "Aeroyt". Bot...
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:55 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 578422
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: My New Earphones
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1581
Re: My New Earphones
Ouch! I feel your pain. Etc. High XS. I really enjoyed protecting my ears and getting away from the weight and pressure of earphones. And they do hang on the throttle when I get in and out. It was a dark and stormy 0630 when I lost them as I was about to climb into the old Beaver for the first time...
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:41 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: My New Earphones
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1581
Re: My New Earphones
Update on my new earphones.
I dropped them in the damn pacific ocean this morning. Now if that didn't drain the color from my cheeks
That's 4 cellphones, one eyeglass lens, my earphones and 1 portable radio.
Bob
I dropped them in the damn pacific ocean this morning. Now if that didn't drain the color from my cheeks
That's 4 cellphones, one eyeglass lens, my earphones and 1 portable radio.
Bob
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:58 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
- Replies: 2153
- Views: 578422
Re: Pix From a Swamper - Remembering Craig Chenell
[/attachment] Hey everyone, I thought I'd share a few of my photos with y'all from this past summer. I really like the picture Peace Arm. I flew there for many years, until I moved to the coast. Is the bay the Clearwater? I could tell you some great stories about that place, As well as Bear Valley. ...
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:26 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: New notam website for Canadian pilots
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4975
Re: New notam website for Canadian pilots
Well done. Thank you for your time and effort.
Bob
Bob
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: My New Earphones
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1581
Re: My New Earphones
Yes, I fly a Beaver. They work very well in flight and take off. I hear no noise from outside, and the window is noisy without them. The engine is just a nice rumble and the firing strokes can be heard more clearly. Just keep in mind, it depends on how well you insert the ear buds in your ears. On a...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: My New Earphones
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1581
My New Earphones
I just completed my first week of using my new Clarity Aloft head phones. I highly recommend them to anybody thinking of a new headset.
http://www.clarityaloft.com/index.html
Bob
http://www.clarityaloft.com/index.html
Bob
- Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: TC Aviation Enforcements in COPA
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4055
Re: TC Aviation Enforcements in COPA
Here is my 2 bitches about the new license. 1 there are places to stamp for 52 medicals. That's good for ten medicals a year and 2 left over for the 5 years life of the book. 2 There are no pages reserved for your company documentations. So you still need to pack a folder of some kind for company ca...
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 3:51 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: C-206 baron stol kit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1513
Re: C-206 baron stol kit
That's the one. Just couldn't remember after all those years.
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:11 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: C-206 baron stol kit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1513
Re: C-206 baron stol kit
Caused by the change in airflow over the tail. Its not a Baron Stoll kit but one designed in the 70's in the States. I bought a 206 in 1977 and had it installed. The ailerons extent to 12 degrees, leading edge cuffs and wing fences added. It lowers the indicated stall speed to below the ASI lowest i...