After a few false starts, I finally was able to buckle down this year and focus on getting my instrument rating, and I’m thrilled to say that I passed my flight test this morning! It was touch and go; I really muffed
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After nearly 3 months of planning, the big day is finally here: we’ve left Toronto and are on our way to the Bahamas. It took a lot of work to get to this point, because planning such a long trip for someone
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Content: flight planning; visas; COVID; more flight planning; getting advice on Bahamas flying; planning food; weight and balance; weather;
Since the pandemic began, we’ve been going on road trips, and early on we discovered Killarney Provincial Park – a little secluded gem on the north shore of Georgian Bay – and fell madly in love with it. We’d go back over
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This is a tough one. My mother passed away on September 28, 2021, unexpectedly. It’s taken me a long time to come to terms with that – I’m still processing it and have my moments where it hits me hard. I never
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Wow, did that near-miss video ever get some attention! I had hundreds of comments from pilots and viewers out there, most of whom agreed with my lessons, but also many ripping into the other pilot. That other pilot actually called me up
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The incidents continue with Mona in the right seat! Back in August we decided to fly down to Sarnia for a fly-in at the airport there. It’s named after Chris Hadfield, and he was going to be there to meet people. It
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Saint Catharines is the main city in the Niagara region, which most people know for the Falls, but it’s also Canada’s largest wine-producing region. There’s a great little airport that about 7 km from the city, and also only about 11 km
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The bad luck continues. After everything this plane has been through already (propeller overhaul, cracked exhaust headers, flapping oil doors, etc.), I was hoping my annual inspection in March would go nice and smoothly. Sadly, it wasn’t mean to be. My AME,
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With the weather warming up and us tired of the lockdown in Toronto, we decided we needed to get out of the city and explore a bit. So we finally got to use the plane for what we really want, which is
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