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I could go on and on about how

I could go on and on about how

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A laugh or two...

Student's first xc is today, and the weather is totally marginal. Not marginal as in officialy MVFR, but marginal as in yucky everywhere. There's an airmet for IFR around the route of flight Student

I found this anecdote on a site called Computer Stupidities. It has nothing to do with flying, just serves as a reminder to me not to be pigheaded and cont

Well, it's been a while since the IFR Pilot has updated this little on-line journal. Worse yet, it's been two months since the IFR Pilot has actually done any flying. (The sim session at the local Ame

The flight was nothing out of the ordinary... I got to the airport, passed the security and then I went into the pilot's lounge to get my weather briefing. The flight took me to Charlotte, NC! Unfortu

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Haulin Ass

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One of the disadvantages of being an independent instructor is the lack of proper briefing space before a lesson. In the summer it's not a big deal because it's easy to improvise in the hangar. In t

In my current gig, I'm going to be working on a lot of software for Linux. This is good. I've always preferred UNIX-style operating systems to Windows. I see Windows as an operating system for r

While filling in my application for a new FAA medical yesterday, my eyes caught a glimpse of the form I'd filled in last year.
"Time in last 6 mos: 15 hours."
I smiled, scribbling the number

The flight was nothing out of the ordinary... I got to the airport, passed the security and then I went into the pilot's lounge to get my weather briefing. The flight took me to Charlotte, NC! Unfortu

(I gotta bitch about some things in my life or I'll go nuts. Read if you wish, if you don't...you're not missing much and I won't be offended.)

Well, the rental car in Texas wound up costi

Despite the fact that I’m sure it’s going to come off as such anyways, I’ll try n

In what we thought was a slow news week, the UCAP gang managed our longest episode yet. Winter weather and things to keep in mind when flying this time of year.  Raytheon is looking to sell its G

Saturday December 9th as noted in my previous post will be a quick fun trip to KESN in Easton, MD followed with grounmd transportation into St. Michaels. The second half of the

Final for 08R in Vancouver

Most of my friends and family would probably agree that I'm not th

This is pretty damn cool. I haven't seen this video on the interwebs before. Notice how the engines spool up just before the plane snags the arrester cable, just in case it misses the cable and has

Saturday December 9th as noted in my previous post will be a quick fun trip to KESN in Easton, MD followed with grounmd transportation into St. Michaels. The second half of the

Winter has arrived - for real this time. I drove to Mirabel earlier this evening to do an arrival and shuttle the crew back to Dorval. All through the day we had had ice pellets and freezing rain in