Over the course of the last 12 months, I’ve been working on attaining my P.Eng. designation with Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO). As of October 2018, I’ve obtained the designation and wanted to make a post covering the process. The Process The first step was to mail in an application. I printed and filled out…
In March 2017, I moved to Toronto and with the change, left my airplane partnership in Vancouver. This meant I had to find another way to fly. I ended up choosing Durham Flight Centre for their convenience (located at Oshawa airport, CYOO) and the fact that they have quite a nice Arrow II available for rental.…
Contrary to what most non-pilots think, a lot of flying is actually very mundane and uneventful. There is a saying among pilots that flying is 99% boredom punctuated by 1% moments of sheer terror, indicating that routine flying can quickly become exciting – but not in a good way. Something that’s always helped me stay on…
Yesterday, a buddy and I made it up to Lillooet (CYLI), which has an airport I intended to visit last summer but had to cancel multiple attempts due to thunderstorms. Yesterday being a crisp, clear January day made it a prime opportunity to see the airport. We flew the leg to Lillooet via Hope and…
I did another low pass over YVR, this time over runway 26L with a friend who’s camera is significantly better than the Sony action camera I normally use.
It was my great honour this September to be featured on the cover of Aviation News Journal Magazine. Accompanying the front page photo is a short bio of yours truly to accompany the cover photo, mostly describing how I got into aviation and hope to inspire others to do the same.
What does one do when on vacation in Toronto during a sunny July? Go flying of course! I chose to fly out of Toronto City Airport (CYTZ) for a touch and go at Oshawa (CYOO) before returning for a few orbits around downtown. The weather was fantastic (albeit a bit hazy), and the air was very smooth once…
Preparing for a flight is something every pilot does in his or her own particular way. We’re taught the basics in PPL ground school and demonstrate a prescribed method for the checkride, but it takes hours (and years even) of experience beyond the basic training for each pilot to enhance and refine their own methods. With the…
Tofino has been a destination I’d had in mind for some time before finally being able to make the trip. The airfield is an old military field with three large runways, located only a 10 minute walk from a gorgeous beach. It’s also known for intense fog in the mornings even during the summer, so…
Yesterday marked the longest flight I’ve done to date at about 188 nautical miles (or 347 km). It was an excellent November day with just some SCT 125 clouds and smog/haze, so I chose to take the opportunity to push a bit further into the interior than my last flight to Princeton. My eventual goal…