A Lesson in Human Factors
Today I experienced my first live dose of human factors. I had previously promised to fly my friend back home as she didn't get to see her family much because…
Float Endorsement
I finally did it; I got my float rating! I had always thought that this would be a fun and interesting experience, but that doesn't even begin to describe what…
I have a thing about lights: they always amaze me. These are the lights at the airport in Caledon, Ontario [CNC3].
My First Night Flight
I just finished my very first flight at night, and it was absolutely amazing! The flight itself was actually more straightforward than I had imagined, but I guess that’s due…
The End of Year One
Today I completed the last flight of my first year at Selkirk College. This flight wasn't anything too out of the ordinary, but it did have some things that I…
Spins
For the past two days, I've been practicing various upper-air work activities. Apart from the stalls, slow flights, steep turns, slips, and forced approaches, I got to re-experience what it…
Golden Cross Country
As part of my flight training, I must do a cross country to Golden, British Columbia. The whole flight took 4.4 hours of Hobbs time and was quite an experience…
Castlegar FSS Tower Visit
Today a couple of friends of mine and I wanted to go visit the airport’s control tower. We’re fortunate enough that the really nice people at NavCanada told us that…
Free Falling
Today while heading back to the airport, we decided to toy with Newton's laws. We pitched up, then down again, causing a moment of continued upward motion as we tipped…