In addition to flying kites I also fly drones, also aviation related.

I recently applied to an insurance company for a quote to insure my amphibious aircraft, although I have in excess of 20,000 hours as PIC on 20 or more aircraft types with SMELS ratings the quote came back requesting that I be checked out by a commercial or airline pilot before being allowed to go s...

Is this site now becoming political, not aviation related,

I also worked in that area on fire patrols. The first day on the job I spotted a fire,

It took a month but TC finally approved my medical, my audiogram test which showed only minimal hearing loss but The TC medical doctor decided to put the following on my medical, use of headphones must be used, I only fly with noise cancelling lightspeed headphones anyway. So nothing changes. I'm st...

It's quite common for pilots not to maintain their altitude when flying over unlighted dark moonless forest areas, Paying close attention to instruments at night and well above mountain tops , navigation at night is also more dufficult unless equiped with a good functioning GPS.

I did numerious flights over the clouds, in the winter time you will have low clouds and VFR on top is the way to go, just make sure your destination airport weather is ok for a descent out of clouds, when flying VFR on top its also good to have flight following especially in high density areas, in ...

The medical doctor in Toronto assumed I had a hearing problem, I went for a hearing test and passed with flying colors, Why he assumed I had a hearing problem in the first place is anybody's guess, Hearing test documentation has been submitted to him and now I'm waiting for him to approve my medical...

The plane is not to be used for training purposes under current insurance conditions,, pilot must have a landplane or seaplane rating, or both ratings to land on land or water,

I had posted an ad. on this site and received only two replies, one from a non licenced pilot, the other an airline pilot that I was able to meet in person, my notice was " Fly for cost of fuel" I expected more replies from pilots in the CYXU area, The advertisement read that you fly my aircraft a a...

I have an amphibian aircraft based in CYXU london, You can fly my aircraft for the cost of fuel and oil. Must have a pilots licence, must live in London or close by. For more information, my email, reddishlaser@yahoo.com. Aircraft burns 9.5 us gal hr.

It would appear that the HST was the tax we paid on aircraft starting in 2010, prior to that date no federal tax was paid on aircraft,

Aircraft are registered and certified airworthy by the federal canadian government, so why pay a provincial sales tax if the aircraft does not use the roads. As one person commented about provincial sales tax. And why do we pay the GST in the first place when the Government collects an income tax on...

Don't buy a Boeing MAX aircraft.

In the late seventies and early eighties I bought several general aviation aircraft, at that time there was no sales tax on aircraft or aircraft parts in Canada, The last two aircraft I purchased I had to pay sales tax, collected by customs Canada as soon as the aircraft entered Canada, does anyone ...

If that were the case a pilot would have to wait to be cleared by the TC doctor before he could continue flying, In all my years as a pilot only three times did I receive a letter from the TC medical officer, one last year for an audiogram, one in 2014 and one in 1985.

FYI, the name you gave me would be the last person I would ask to do a flight test, , I'll wait til the pandemic kills every human on the planet except me, then I can fly without having to kiss TC, a**.☺

Just received the new training requirements to fly the 737 Max aircraft,

When you hold a class one or class two instructor rating TC will do the test, if its a class three or four it can be done by a approved person. My flight tests in the past were always conducted by TC. Even though my student flight test records were 87%.

The medical doctor conducting your medical evaluation is in a better position than transport Canada's medical officer to see if you qualify for a pilot's licence, If you don't pass the doctor conducting the medical would say so,