On a side note, i'm going for a my discovery flight this weekend to see if I want to take my private pilots license. Does any one have some questions that I should be asking the flight school about the planes they use, flight time or random things that they have learned in getting their license? Any help would be appreciated.
Congratulations on getting started. You'll want to ask about what types of aircraft the school operates and the hourly rates, the number of instructors they have and availability.
You'll probably see these same tips everywhere, but here is some general advice:
1. Fly regularly. Gaps in your training will lead to time and money spent re-learning skills.
2. Study the training materials. Watch youtube videos posted by flight schools. If you have a good understanding of the concepts before a lesson, it will tend to go much smoother.
3. Make sure you have a good relationship with your flight instructor. Some are more suited to instructing than others, and some personality types don't mesh well. Don't hesitate to try another instructor if you are struggling.
4. Don't be too hard on yourself. Everyone has flights that didn't go as planned or landings that you would like to forget. Persevere and learn from those challenges.
Good luck!
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My AC flight to Heathrow in June was cancelled a few days after booking and I had to replan everything.
I don't think any service is safe.
Yeah but it's not really comparable to the horror show that is WJ transatlantic ops right now. It's borderline disastrous, and that's not really an exaggeration. They're literally flying people for free in the compensation they're paying for delays.
F-18 is in Kelowna today. It would take off, fly around the valley, sometimes then do a touch and go and fly around again, other times it would just land.
Did it at least four times today.
Anyone know what the deal is? Training? Why is it here? Where did it come from? What's with the weird little short flight?
Question - I heard that KLM is going to start sending Dreamliners to Calgary in the fall - I think it was 4x/week. Will there be a consistency to this - can someone book knowing they're getting the Dreamliner? I potentially will be going overseas in December for work and if I can, I'll book that flight.
F-18 is in Kelowna today. It would take off, fly around the valley, sometimes then do a touch and go and fly around again, other times it would just land.
Did it at least four times today.
Anyone know what the deal is? Training? Why is it here? Where did it come from? What's with the weird little short flight?
Most likely just training. They go on trips to keep up their proficiencies on different airports. When they fly the same airfield everyday it's good to get away and remember how to navigate into a circuit, use your charts, flight plan etc.
I don't think they are working on F18's at Kelowna Flightcraft anymore but they did some upgrades there years back, and you would see some test flights.
Haha wow!! Did anyone watch the video that CBC has posted in this news article? It looks like an internal (leaked?) video from Westjet - has some excellent information.
On a side note, i'm going for a my discovery flight this weekend to see if I want to take my private pilots license. Does any one have some questions that I should be asking the flight school about the planes they use, flight time or random things that they have learned in getting their license? Any help would be appreciated.
If you are flying strictly for pleasure and are doing your training at YBW, I highly recommend giving the 1999 7ECA Citabria at the Calgary Flying Club a try. Learning to fly in a conventional gear aircraft will give you inherently better stick & rudder skills that you will likely retain forever. It's also a heck of a lot more fun than a 172 or any other tricycle gear aircraft you would otherwise train in.
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Haha wow!! Did anyone watch the video that CBC has posted in this news article? It looks like an internal (leaked?) video from Westjet - has some excellent information.
It's not leaked per se, and note that the information in the video is in the text of the article. Nothing he said wasn't already public knowledge aside from directly stating that the Lake Charles was an epic fail.
On time performance and which tails are flying which legs are now easily publicly available, so revealing Omni plans doesn't say much either.
Question - I heard that KLM is going to start sending Dreamliners to Calgary in the fall - I think it was 4x/week. Will there be a consistency to this - can someone book knowing they're getting the Dreamliner? I potentially will be going overseas in December for work and if I can, I'll book that flight.
From October 30, 2016 to February 26, 2017 the 787-9 operates days 4,5,7.
From February 27 to March 25 the 787-9 operates day 4 only.
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If you are flying strictly for pleasure and are doing your training at YBW, I highly recommend giving the 1999 7ECA Citabria at the Calgary Flying Club a try. Learning to fly in a conventional gear aircraft will give you inherently better stick & rudder skills that you will likely retain forever. It's also a heck of a lot more fun than a 172 or any other tricycle gear aircraft you would otherwise train in.
Oh man I loved flying the Citabria. Didn't do it until I was working on my instructor rating, had I known how much fun tail dragging was I would have done it more to build up my commercial hours while working towards that license. Even in the relatively gutless Citabria it was just a joy to go flying. Oh and the fact that the Citabria was acrobatic didn't hurt either, fun to do loops and barrel rolls.
If you are flying strictly for pleasure and are doing your training at YBW, I highly recommend giving the 1999 7ECA Citabria at the Calgary Flying Club a try. Learning to fly in a conventional gear aircraft will give you inherently better stick & rudder skills that you will likely retain forever. It's also a heck of a lot more fun than a 172 or any other tricycle gear aircraft you would otherwise train in.
Thanks for the tip. If i get up to Calgary I will have to do that. But for right now all of my training will be at YQL
Just saw a WestJet plane have a missed approach or go around. Is there any way to find out why this might have happened? Flight is WestJet 286 according to flight radar.
Edit: Based on the flight radar, it looks like the initial approach was from the south but was aborted, and now they have turned around to land from the west. For the pilots on this forum, is it possible that a sudden shift in wind or change in the weather could cause them to abort the approach to come in from another direction?
Just saw a WestJet plane have a missed approach or go around. Is there any way to find out why this might have happened? Flight is WestJet 286 according to flight radar.
Edit: Based on the flight radar, it looks like the initial approach was from the south but was aborted, and now they have turned around to land from the west. For the pilots on this forum, is it possible that a sudden shift in wind or change in the weather could cause them to abort the approach to come in from another direction?
My guess would be unstable approach or traffic, wind was kicking up in a crosswind too at that time. Looks like they only had about 3 miles to get established on final which is more than doable, but not ideal nor typical for an approach on 35L.
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