Comments on: IFR Training in Canada

By: david

david — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 17:08:18 +0000

Training Guy: a lot of the training in Canada takes place through flying clubs, which are typically large-ish non-profit FBOs, though we also have for-profit flying schools. What part of Canada are you interested in?

By: Training Guy

Training Guy — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:15:57 +0000

Does anyone have the contact information for IFR schools in Canada?
Thanks

By: david

david — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:28:07 +0000

Most ILS approaches in Canada have an NDB where the outer marker would be in the U.S. (i.e. like an LOM). As Paul knows already from his IFR flying in Canada, there’s usually an NDB approach corresponding to each ILS approach, and it serves as a backup when the localizer is U/S. That’s what’s happening in Halifax right now.

By: Paul Tomblin

Paul Tomblin — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 20:02:23 +0000

The three large controlled airports in the north west of New York state, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, have all had their NDBs decomissioned. Now if you want to do NDB training around here you have to go to Penn Yann which is uncontrolled and the NDB is right on the field. I find those ones with the NDB right on the field (instead of coincident with the outer marker for the ILS approach a lot easier to fly because even if you’re homing instead of doing proper wind correction you’ll end up at the end of the runway.