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Like the Aviation Safety Newsletter says, “Learn from the mistakes of others as you won’t live long enough to make them all yourself”. That’s great advice. Pilots often have a lot of advice actually, and we’ve collected some of the better stuff here. Check it out. Hopefully you’ll pick up something that may come in handy on a flight sometime.
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Jim Trusty's Articles and Commentaries (17)
Jim Trusty was the FAA/Aviation Industry National Flight Instructor of the Year (1997) and the first ever Southern Region FAA Aviation Safety Counselor of the Year (1995). He appreciates your comments. You may write him at 103 Highland Drive Old Hickory, TN 37138, or e-mail at Lrn2Fly@bellsouth.net. He still works daily as a Corporate Pilot/ Flight & Ground Instructor/ FAA Aviation Safety Counselor/ Nationally Published Aviation Magazine Writer. You have been reading his work since 1973 in over 100 publications worldwide.
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Articles of interst to general aviation and pilots of every qualification
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Darren Smith is a seasoned, Airline Transport-rated Pilot and Certificated Flight Instructor with Instrument & Multi-Engine privileges. He holds the FAA Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor certificate.
When he is not flying, he is teaching Psychology & Aviation topics at Hillsborough (Tampa) Community College. Darren can be reached at cfidarren@yahoo.com or www.cfidarren.com
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This section of for article and stories that are of interest to owners, operators and maintenance personnel for fixed-wing, helicopter and anything else that can fly. Your stories are gladly accepted for publication. Visit our contact section and email the publisher for further details.
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The attached documents note that Transport Canada plans to restrict the authorization to hold a design approval to less than one percent of the approved organizations in Canada
Updated with the latest information and presentations from the group.
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Daryl's articles about aerobatics safety and pilot safety initiatives.
View items...Close Calls by Anthony Nalli (14)
Close Calls is a column detailing the “close call” experiences of fellow pilots. Determining a close call can be quite subjective but for our purposes here a close call will be any situation where a pilot suddenly realizes the presence of a nearby aircraft that they were otherwise unaware of. Personally, I describe a close call as “closer than I’d prefer.” I invite you to contact me at CloseCalls@PCAS.ca or 1-888-PCAS-123 (GTA: 416-225-9266) to anonymously share your stories. I will collect the details and prepare the article for Close Calls. The experience shared and lessons learned will be of benefit to all readers. Confidentiality will be assured and I will not use your name or aircraft ident without your permission.
View items...With the recent opening of the new 1 Hangar at 8 Wing Trenton, the Maintainers from 429 (Transport) Squadron didn't have to deploy to the United States to conduct a Home Station Check (HSC) for the CC-177 Globemaster III aircraft.
“One of the things that’s important to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is being able to reach anywhere in the Arctic within 24 hours,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Desmond Brophy, commanding officer of 440 Transport Squadron while deployed on Operation Nunalivut 2012 in Nunavut from April 10 to May 1.
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) proudly welcomed the 17th and final aircraft of Canada’s new CC-130J Hercules fleet on May 11, 2012 at 8 Wing/CFB Trenton, where it will soon be used to provide the Canadian Forces with vital tactical airlift across Canada and around the world.
“If you’ve never had a near-death experience, I’m here to tell you it’s something that lives with you for a while. In fact, I’ve been thinking about how lucky, blessed, charmed, or whatever it is I am ever since” confesses out pilot.
“If you’ve never had a near-death experience, I’m here to tell you it’s something that lives with you for a while. In fact, I’ve been thinking about how lucky, blessed, charmed, or whatever it is I am ever since” confesses out pilot.
In July 10, 1938 Howard Hughes and his crew departed Floyd Bennett Field, Long Island New York and flew round the world in a Lockheed 14 Lodestar. After circling the globe covering 14,672 miles in three days, nineteen hours, fourteen minutes and ten seconds, they returned to NY. Hughes 1938 round the world flight had taken just over 91 hours and established a record to be beaten sometime in the future.
The great majority of Canadian Forces (CF) personnel, approximately 85%, returning from deployment will not have to deal with any mental health issues. Some members, however, will have experienced symptoms of operational stress.
From childhood, he dreamed of being a career missionary pilot. The adventure and reward of flying for missions more than made up for the years of training.
Every career has a starting point and for Capt. Mark Levesque it was in 1971. The seventeen-year-old was sitting in his backyard in Sudbury when a pair of jets zoomed over his head. He looked up and asked himself, “Who are these guys and what do they do?” In the recesses of his mind, he was also wondering, “Could I do that, too?”
When you are offered an opportunity to go on a training mission with the CFB Comox Search and Rescue squadron, it feels much like a combination of winning the lottery, getting to eat free at your favorite restaurant and being a kid again, complete with excitement butterflying in your stomach. Having only set foot on military ground once before, I had a feeling the day would unwrap itself like a present.
Comox was welcomed that morning with inclement weather, snow had fallen and there was a good chance of rain. I hoped this would not alter the plans for the day, as I was eager to see the Buffalo up close and in action. During the morning brief...