Let me set it up for you: Swiss air 1311 experience bird strike after take off and declares an emergency. Russian ATC is seemingly oblivious at how to handle an emergency and makes a stressful situation even more so by pestering the pilots for unnecessary information. Once on the ground, engines shut down, the pilot [...]
A sad event transpired today: an airplane crashed in Markham after taking off from Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ).
Here are some news reports about the crash:
Burlington pilot, passenger killed in plane crash
Two dead after small plane crashes into building north of Toronto
Plane crashes into building north of Toronto, 2 dead
Here is the aftermath
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A commenter on a post regarding the PPL tests had trouble with the following question:
The average wind applicable to a direct flight from Winnipeg (CYWG) to Brandon (CYBR) at 5,500 ft would be (1) 290°M at 30 kt. (2) 290°T at 30 kt. [...]
The 2010 Canadian Aviation Expo took place during the weekend of May 1st to 2nd. I had the chance to attend again this year but I wasn’t as impressed with it as I was last year.
The usual suspects were all there:
Cessna with its Caravan, 172 and Citation Mustang
Diamond with its DA40, DA42 and D-JET [...]
I flew my short cross country solo back in February during reading week. It was a cold, overcast day with quite a bit of snow on the ground. Having not flown for over two weeks, the first flight of the day was a checkout with Ashley making sure I haven’t forgotten how to fly.
As soon [...]