Never did. Not even on jacks. Maybe I should have? I always thought it was a pretty foolproof system. The gear is only held up by hydraulic pressure from the power pack. Pull the emergency extension and the pressure is removed. Gear falls into place. The nose gear is aided by the wind and the wing r...

At the risk of being called a conspiracy theory tin foil hat guy. Canada has no capacity to manufacture a vaccine even if we had one to make. We are last in line to countries that will make it for their citizens first. We went for months without any leadership and we will have people die because of...

How bad is your single engine control, and for how long? Because heading does not equal track. If an engine failure caught you by surprise, your plane is going to be skidding along with the ball or brick not centred. Try turning the plane with rudder alone. It’s the same idea and not very effective....

Obviously nobody reads the comments sections on your airlines social media posts.

I’ll give you a clue as to what will actually get passengers flying again.

https://youtu.be/mBS0OWGUidc

https://youtu.be/PCuLLM3dSro

No doubt.

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Centre, 001, request climb 370.

001, unable 370 due traffic.

People who assume the industry will recover rapidly have forgotten a few things. -People and businesses will not forget the money they lost, and will be as reluctant as ever to book for any trips that are not necessary. -It’s not just this disease. It’s the next one. Any whiff of COVID-21 or anythin...

I used to drive along and see skid marks on the road going nearly straight across it and wonder how on earth someone possibly made them. Now thanks to dash cam footage, I know. I used to be quite afraid of flying tail draggers considering how many wind up severely damaged. Now I know about that too....

Smithers is over one set of mountains and Terrace is over two with not much in between. Prince George is following shallow valleys and short mountain until you reach the plateau and you have Ft St James for a diversionary field if things go south plus the BC Rail right of way the whole way there. It...

If you live in a van, you have lost the game of life! You can’t spin it into a positive. What is a positive? Hot bunking in a squalid crash-pad with a dozen other dudes? Taking one or two of your GDOs each block to do some heavy petting with CATSA and play the game of musical chairs and inevitable ...

No. The trimmed speed depends on power setting. Generally, more power will reduce the speed, and less power will increase it. This is why you have to pull back to best glide, and on a go around you have to push very hard to get to best rate. I cheat. I know where the trim wheel has to be and move it...

I’ve known/met quite a few ex-CX guys over the years. A-scale (before it was even A-scale) and B-scale who came back here to Canada to work in quiet and low paying sectors of aviation. Money is the only thing going for it.. sort of (I believe D scale is a thing now and no more paid accommodations in...

We are getting a bit off topic here, but yes to the cowlflaps. I don’t have the numbers for a 337, but IIRC, in the Navajo you could get about 50 extra feet of climb per minute with them closed. Both sides with an engine failure. The problem with the 337 cowl flaps is they don’t have limit switches...

I didn’t feel any safer in a 337 than I did in a 206. Stall speed is higher, turn radius larger, the fuel management is more complex than nearly every turbine aircraft in existence, twice as likely to have an engine failure, and the remaining engine was quite unlikely to get you back to an airport....

Trudeau Derangement Syndrome is also prevalent. Even though he’s the reason why many in aviation are still paying bills instead of declaring personal bankruptcy. Trump’s good ol’ buddy BJ just locked down the UK for an entire month. Stop pretending that the Federal Government can wave a magic wand a...

Absolutely pathetic.

You exit the apron at Echo, hit TOGA on Delta, do a step turn on Delta 7 and then on to 26L.

Takeoff trim is considerably more nose down than power-off best glide trim. That means an aircraft trimmed for takeoff, when left to its own devices after a sudden loss of power, will end up flying considerably faster than best glide airspeed, and need back pressure (and therefore back trim) on the...

If all the airlines need is a loan... let them go to the banks and ask—just like any of us would. Let the banks look at assets and liabilities and cash flow and come up with an amount and interest rate that is satisfactory. If the banks say no... why on gods good earth should the taxpayer say yes!? ...

So why would Canadian airlines be expected to refund when they received ZERO financial aid from the Government ? Because they were unable to deliver the service they sold? The same reason that if I bought a TV from a store and then the TV was undeliverable I would expect a refund. You want the gove...

I was flying gliders......... You don’t say. You guys are the quintessential aviation social justice warriors. Clean your own house before you worry about someone else’s. The club at my former field had many dead pilots and wrecked gliders from doing entirely stupid and preventable things.. not thi...