Distractions & Interruptions
The most prudent of pilots will do all that is necessary to avoid getting distracted while preparing for, or engaging in, a flight. But...
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Unattentional Blindness – Expect the Unexpected
A very odd thing can happen if your mind is focussed on a task that requires a high degree of attention. You may not see everything that...
Preparing for an Emergency
Nobody wants an emergency to happen while flying. But everyone should be prepared for one in case it does. Knowing what to do in case...
Traits of the Superior Pilot
Is there somebody you would not fly with as the pilot-in-command of an aircraft in which you were invited to be a passenger? If a name...
Risk-Taking and Technology
A question that’s been getting asked with increasing frequency over the last decade is the following: Is pilot risk-taking behaviour...
Walking Around
A pitot cover left on, control surface locks still in place, a luggage door hanging open, a tie-down rope still fastened to the aircraft....
The ABCs of Canadian Airspace
Canadian airspace is divided into seven classifications. Each is identified by a single letter – A, B, C, D, E, F, G – and all follow a...
Categorizing Your Aircraft
Airplanes can come in all sorts of configurations, and can perform across the broadest of performance envelopes. They can be single-...
SOME WHATS ABOUT BIPLANES
When Alexander Graham Bell and his fellow Aerial Experiment Association members flew the first powered aircraft ever to do so in Canada,...
TO PUSH OR PULL
It’s a growing lament among automotive design buffs that sedans of today all look increasingly alike. Airplane afficionados must consider...
Top or Bottom?
Top or bottom: where do you like your wing? Placed at the top of the fuselage, it’s a “high-wing”. Fixed at the bottom of the fuselage,...
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