Monthly Archives: August 2005

Scenes from the shop floor

Posted on August 19, 2005 by David Megginson

The engine finally came off my plane earlier this week, and it should be on its way to Halifax today for a complete teardown and inspection after my lightning strike in July. I snapped a few cell-phone pictures while I … Continue reading →

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Grounded for a long time

Posted on August 9, 2005 by David Megginson

I’m going to be grounded for a long time — possibly a few months — so I might not be posting much to this blog. After reattaching my overhauled and tested propeller, the shop was unable to complete a compass … Continue reading →

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Quibbling: what's a runway?

Posted on August 8, 2005 by David Megginson

Aviatrix’s recent (and informative) post about alternate minima raises an interesting question: what’s a runway? For example, let’s take a medium-sized airport with a single paved surface, designated 09/27. Most of us, describing the airport to a friend in the … Continue reading →

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Look for rain or lightning?

Posted on August 6, 2005 by David Megginson

Michael Oxner has a posting about the weather capabilities of Canadian ATC radar, and mentions that many pilots do not have weather radar on board. That’s true — weather radar is pretty expensive — but a lot of us do … Continue reading →

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Air France Flight 358: Factual Information

Posted on August 3, 2005 by David Megginson

Update #1: preliminary info from the TSB on lightning, touchdown point, and thrust reversers Update #2: Environment Canada noticed the crosswind as well Other aviation bloggers have posted sensible things about yesterday’s accident at Pearson, mainly slapping down the media … Continue reading →

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Cell phone METAR/TAF experiment

Posted on August 1, 2005 by David Megginson

I decided to learn WML today (used for web browsing on cell phones and other small wireless devices), and METARs and TAFs seemed like a good, simple project. If you’re using a WAP-enabled device (i.e. your cell phone’s browser), try … Continue reading →

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