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• April 15, 2008
• 0:13

  Flight Training Blogs

   » ‎ My Flight Blog
  In February I posted about an artcle in AOPA Flight Training Magazine in which several aviation blogs were showcased. That article came on the heels of an article that promoted MyFlightBlog.com and se

• February 07, 2007
• 8:21

  No Go on Flight Exam Today

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  Environment Canada has a snow squall warning in place for Barrie extending to Oshawa. As I look out my window right now I see clear blue skies. It's amazing how 40 kms can make a huge difference when
• February 06, 2007
• 16:36

  Part Two of PPL Exam

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  The flight portion of my PPL exam is scheduled for Tomorrow morning. Hopefully the weather will hold up. The Weather Network is showing a temperature of -11°C and "a few flurries" for the time o
• February 02, 2007
• 8:24

  PPL Flight Test Update

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I passed the ground portion of the test. I decided against doing the flight portion because: 1. The TAF was showing 3SM visibility and Snow during the time of the test.
  2. The upper winds were
• January 30, 2007
• 21:23

  Flight Test Booked

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  The flight test that I have booked this Thursday might just be a go! The weather looks "decent" and could quite possi

• January 29, 2007
• 18:14

  Commercial Written Update

   » ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot
  Still taking daily practice tests and got my first 90+ score today which was most excellent! If I can get a few more over 90 then I will schedule the real thing. Right now my likely score is anywhere

• 17:15

  PPL Flight Test, Here I Come!

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I arrived at the airport a little early to make sure that I got all the info I needed for the dual flight. I had previously did less than spectacular on the pre-flight test and had to re-do a few ex

• 0:34

  Lesson 62 - More Dual

   » ‎ Winging It
  Sunday was a cold, gusty day with occasional snow showers so, I couldn't do a local solo. Instead, it was another dual session fine tuning maneuvers. This time we did the ones we didn't do on Thurs

• January 27, 2007
• 7:35

  Flight Cancelled

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  SPECI CYKZ 271219Z CCB 11005KT 2 1/2SM -FZDZ BR OVC002 RMK ST8= You know why if you can read the above. Otherwise, it says: "2.5 miles visibility in light freezing drizzle and fog. Overcast at 200

• January 26, 2007
• 3:13

  Lesson 61 - Dual to Racine

   » ‎ Winging It
  
• January 25, 2007
• 11:39

  COM Night Cross-Country MYFCMA

   » ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot
  Last night saw the completion of all my COM rating pre-requisites (except the written test) with a night dual flight to Camarillo, a little north north

• January 18, 2007
• 7:46

  Slippery When Wet

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  My lesson the other day was delayed because the runway friction index at Buttonville was .27. The minima for instructors is .30. The Canadian Runway Friction Index (CRFI) is a way of measuring how sl

• January 07, 2007
• 10:20

  Lesson 60 - Barely Legal

   » ‎ Winging It
  It has been another long dry spell but, I managed to get in the air today - for the first time in 2007. In fact, this is the first time I have flown since before Christmas. I had scheduled the airp

• January 04, 2007
• 23:31

  2006 At A Glance

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  Here is a look back at some numbers for 2006: Flying
  Hours Logged: 84.0 (18.6 Pilot in Command)
  Flights: 67
  Longest "Duty Day": 3.1 hrs.
  Number of blog entries: 194
  Numb

• January 02, 2007
• 14:18

  Commercial Pilot Pre-Reqs

   » ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot
  Messing with some $$$ figures this weekend, the possibility of completing my Commercial came up so I thought I would check on what I still need to do (other than the not insignificant task of being up

• December 23, 2006
• 13:57

  School Complete for 2006

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I got my marks today for the two classes I took last semester and with that I was able to complete 7 of the 10 credits needed in one year. I am taking one class next semester (Economics) which is the

• December 18, 2006
• 1:43

  Lesson 59 - Local Solo

   » ‎ Winging It
  Finally, a day with weather good enough for a solo flight. I had the airplane reserved for two hours and planned to go out to the practice area to work on maneuvers and then back into the pattern for

• December 16, 2006
• 19:00

  Taking Off From Runway 33

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  Taking Off From Runway 33
• December 15, 2006
• 16:33

  D-Day

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I finally had a flight today to go over some pre-flight test stuff. The winds were howling at 3000' (33KTs) and this was my first time in this "new" plane (C-GKJJ). This was with a new FI that I don

• 1:35

  Lesson 58 - Starting Checkride Prep

   » ‎ Winging It
  December 12, 2006
• 7:02

  Fickle Weather

   » ‎ Winging It
  It has been just over a week since my last flight. I missed a couple lessons because of the cold weather. Last Thursday it was too windy for me to go out solo and too cold for dual landing practice.

• December 11, 2006
• 21:26

  Still No PPL

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I have this entire week off work and a flight booked almost every day of the week in hopes of getting my pre-exam flight and PPL exam flight done. I made a promise to my friend two months ago that I w

• December 04, 2006
• 3:04

  Lesson 57 - Winter Is Here

   » ‎ Winging It
  Waukegan got over 15 inches of snow on Friday. The snow storm was followed by a major temperature drop over the weekend. I got in a short lesson on Sunday but, it was sure cold! The thermometer in m

• December 01, 2006
• 10:26

  METAR Decoding Help

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  METAR CYTZ 011500Z AUTO 07033G43KT 2SM -RA OVC008 03/02 A2960 RMK PCPN 3.0MM PAST HR PRESFR SLP026= What does "PRESFR" mean? I coudn't find it in the AIM. I'm guessing that it means "pressure fallin
• November 26, 2006
• 14:46

  Long X-Country Done!

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I decided to take the day off work on Friday and attempt my long X-Country trip that I needed to do as a requirement f

• November 22, 2006
• 13:39

  Persistence Pays Off

   » ‎ RJ Wannabe
  Today I received a phone call from the VP in Florida of the flight school that I attend. After a week of vacillating, the finally agreed to move me from Part 142 commercial training in to Part 61 trai

• November 21, 2006
• 10:11

  I Should Be X-Countrying

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  Today would be a perfect day for my necessary long x-country. Alas, work beckons me. METAR CYKZ 211500Z 22006KT 12SM SCT220 BKN250 01/M05 A3051 RMK CI2CI2 CONTRAILS
• November 19, 2006
• 13:46

  Flying Under Pressure

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  The ceilings were too low yesterday to do the pre-flightest work. So I decided to do some circuits and practice various types landings and take-offs. I'm trying to spend a few days each week going ov

• November 16, 2006
• 23:51

  Currency, Glorious Currency!

   » ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot
  Took a 172 to French Valley this afternoon. The hope had been to do some daytime touch and goes, have something to eat, then some night time stop and goes, and back home. But I underestimated the arri
• 15:40

  Instrument Current Again

   » ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot
  0.7 hours in the simulator, two approaches and I’m good until the end of Feb. I really really really mean it this time when I say I am going to keep all my currencies up.

• November 12, 2006
• 11:21

  Why I Haven't Been Flying

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  There are two main reasons why I cant get my arse out there to finish the last little bit of things I need to get for my licence. Weather
  This has had to have been the crappiest and wettest fal
• November 11, 2006
• 12:28

  My Toronto ACC Tour

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  (This is all from memory, so apologies if I get anything wrong) The tour of the Toronto ACC was awesome. Our tour guide was great, he was able to answer all of my questions. He's a controller as well
• November 08, 2006
• 18:37

  I've been sucking lately..

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  My flight on the weekend was the worst. I hadn't been flying in quite a while so I elected to make this flight a review and not the "mock test" flight. I told my FI that I wanted to review forced app
• October 29, 2006
• 22:36

  PPL Written: Done!

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I wrote my PPL exam Friday morning and passed with flying colours. If you ever decide to take the test at the Ontario/Toronto Transport Canada office here are some time saving tips: 1. Head to the TC
• October 23, 2006
• 21:02

  This is a non smoking flight

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  Spoke to my FI today to work out plans for the next week or so. Weather today prevented any flying.. at the windsock the winds were gusting to 22 knots and even at 3000' the FD was showing 30knots wi
• October 22, 2006
• 15:35

  Break over!

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I haven't been flying in over a week. It's been a good break since I had a lot of things to take care of (I'm now a proud owner of my first mortgage). This weekend has been a good opportunity to do s

• October 11, 2006
• 22:00

  Clear Left Prop ... Clear Right Prop

   » ‎ RJ Wannabe
  Cue: Theme from "The High And The Mighty"
  
  Oh what the heck, here...just listen to it. It will set the mood.
  
  
  
  
• 15:00

  Clear Left Prop ... Clear Right Prop

   » ‎ RJ Wannabe
  Cue: Theme from "The High And The Mighty"
  
  Oh what the heck, here...just listen to it. It will set the mood.
  
  
  
  
• 15:00

  Clear Left Prop ... Clear Right Prop

   » ‎ RJ Wannabe
  Cue: Theme from "The High And The Mighty"
  
  Oh what the heck, here...just listen to it. It will set the mood.
  
  
  
  

• October 10, 2006
• 16:53

  Where's That Landmark?

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I originally was going to go on a cross country flight on Sunday... but decided against it in favour of some practice instead. I headed out the Claremont training area to practice some forced approac
• October 07, 2006
• 0:01

  Study, On a Friday Night?

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I know I should be studying ... but I have having a hard time trying to find motivation on a Friday night. The weather looks like it is going to hold up for my x-country on Sunday. If this high press
• October 02, 2006
• 14:56

  Practice Makes Perfect!

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  The weather couldn't have been more perfect for flying this morning. The sky was mostly clear and the air was smooooooooooth. Wind was calm. Today was a solo flight to practice some air work (stalls,
• September 30, 2006
• 19:05

  On Deck for October...

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I elected to make today's lesson a ground briefing to go over some things that will happen during the flight test. I spent 0.8 hours going over some questions that I had about how the flight test is

• September 27, 2006
• 23:45

  Not Quite Instrument Current

   » ‎ Diary of a Private Pilot
  Tonight I met Serge at the airport for his turn to suffer my simulated instrument flying. He seems to enjoy it though, go figure. I needed 4 approaches and, as said earlier, I planned to do two ILS ap

• 23:38

  Being sick sucks

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I've come down with a cold that hit me pretty hard today. I was supposed to go on a solo flight today to prep for my pre-test flight on Saturday. That didn't happen. So instead I spent the day studyi
• September 20, 2006
• 13:59

  On the home stretch...

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  It's been a busy few weeks, nontheless my training is progressing nicely. My goal of getting my license at the end of the month might be pushed back a few weeks mainly due to weather. However I think
• September 13, 2006
• 22:27

  Learning about NDBs and VORs

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  Yesterday's class (instrument procedures) was all about NDB/ADF and VORs. Specifically I learned how to intercept an NDB track and fly it inbound or out. Also learned about VORs and how to track radia
• September 06, 2006
• 14:45

  Slipping.. Which Direction?

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  School started up again for me yesterday for this semester. An interesting topic was brought up during the lesson... which direction should you slip. I was always taught to point the ailerons into th
• September 01, 2006
• 12:11

  Canadian International Airshow

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  It's on! I plan on going to the airshow on Monday.. should be interesting. For those of you who can read NOTAMS: 060908 CZYZ TORONTO FIR CZYZ PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.1 OF THE AERONAUTICS ACT, AIRSPA
• 11:39

  X-Plane

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  The lesson in the sim yesterday went without a hitch. It still wasn't fully repaired so the rudders on the left seat were broken. Spent an hour doing things like unusual attitudes and mock flight exa
• August 29, 2006
• 13:35

  Simulator Broken

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I got to the airport yesterday and was told that the simulator was busted. No worries, we just hopped into a plane. Did a short field with obstacle take off and almost just as soon my FI told me to p
• August 28, 2006
• 10:50

  Dual Long X-Country a No Go

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  My FI called me at 6:30am in the morning to see what I thought of the weather and if it was sutable for our long x-country. I had gotten up at 6am to be prepared for the call. The flight was scrubbed
• August 23, 2006
• 14:03

  Solo X-Country a Success!

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  My Solo short x-country flight yesterday went without a hitch. It was the first time that I actually felt comfortable behind the yoke. My first x-country (with my FI) a week earlier was a disaster.
• August 21, 2006
• 15:15

  It's All About The Foggles

   » ‎ Fly With Blake
  I had to cancel my lesson today... it was going to be about instrument flying. There are two possible scenarios that the flight test exmaminer will ask you to use this technique: 1. Recovery from unu