Hour Building (Canada)

[Saxon]

Hi Everyone,

I am an Instructor at Interlake International Pilot Training Centre, and have been a resident Expat in Canada for about 2 years now. Currently IIPTC is actively persuing JAA approval, but it is a slow time coming ! We do have hour building programmes for European pilots for both single (C172, C182), and Multi, (PA44).

Please feel free to P.M. me; details, questions, ect.

Blue Skies !

[aged]

Saxon

Do you guys have a website with rates, services etc detailed? If twin hours are anywhere close to C$170 its pretty good value for us! (at 2.4 = £70!)

Thanks

[Tim_Q]

Aged, found their site..http://www.iiptc.com There are some rates under 'courses'.
Just want to thank everyone for the advice , this thread isn't really in the right place, surprised scroggs or WWW haven't shifted it actually, but anyway...
I am also thinking of going over to Canada later next year, great place to fly and great prices too. Trouble is it's such a big place, too many places to choose from! Which area has the 'best climate'? By best, I mostly mean least rain, temperature is less of an issue, I'm after flying weather! .At the moment I am thinking of visiting September time.
Thanks,
T

[Canada Goose]

Tim_Q,

I can recommend Ottawa (www.ofc.ca) to stay and fly, that said Toronto and Montreal would probably be just as much fun. Ottawa however is quite central for Quebec city and Toronto. Summers are typically hot and dry with any rain coming in the form of thunderstorms and thundershowers, thus it's pretty difficult to get any real IMC exposure in the summer in this neck of the woods.

Vancouver is an awesome place to visit, however it is typically wetter, as is the whole of the west coast. Calgary can be hit and miss in September and they can have some wacky weather. I've know it snow in Calgary in the first week of September, unlike here in Ottawa were we've had a few dumps of snow already this past week......it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

After seven years away this goose is emigrating back to England. I shall be back just before xmas and opening the JAA pandora box.

Cheers,
CG

[ABO944]

flying in Canada

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to do some hours building over in Canada ?? Do I need to have a licence conversion or anything like that?

Thanks in advance


Tim

[SpiralDive]

Piece of cake! Show up with your license and give them your 45 bucks. Probably worth giving them a call before you go though.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/howdoi/2.htm

Have fun!

[carb]

I don't think that webpage is quite up-to-date. It's still straight-forward to gain the privilege of flying Canadian aircraft, but, I believe now they just issue a temporary (1-year or less) validation certificate, and to get it you'll need to hand them a written letter explaining what your intentions are, what kind of flying you propose (that would be "private recreational flying"!).

[Dupre]

You can get a foreign licence validation without any exams, but I do recommend doing the PSTAR test - 50 multi-choice questions, after a day or two study.

I've flown light aircraft in 4 countries, and they have ALL had differences, which though they might seem minor, CAN cause problems.

The PSTAR is free, and the 50 questions are just a selection of a total of 200 questions - so understand the 200 and you'll be fine (the 200 cover almost everything of importance).

That's my tuppence worth!

Dupre.

[AerBabe]

Try searching in the Private Flying forum. There have been a couple of threads in the last few months Good luck.

[Canada Goose]

PSTAR

Tim,

Dupre is along the right lines wrt the PSTAR, however it is mandatory. Other than that I believe it's a case of showing your licence and medical and getting a Canadian licence for a nominal fee .......

Good luck, there's good flying to be had .......

Cheers,
CG

[gar_can27]

hour building in canada

after 16 months of hell doing atpls i am now finished and need about 70 hours solo before starting cpl/ir. im thinking of going to canada and wondering if any one has been there recently and knows of any good places to do this at.i will be trying to go in the next few weeks so would appreciate any views on the subject

thanks

[minus273]

Hi there,

Well I did all my initial training in Canada and just got back a couple of months ago after doing the ATPL. I did all the training at the Moncton Flight College in New Brunswick. Very nice people and reasonable prices.

They have a web site I believe with prices etc.

You may want to go soon as weather will start to get bad later in year.

The admin lady will help you get it all sorted out. Her name is Elise.

I was able to get a room from her next to airport in shared house for can$150 for 2 weeks.

http://www.mfc.nb.ca/

Well hope that helps.

[pittss2b]

Flight Training in Canada

Harv's Air is very setup for international students and working toward JAA approval. http://www.harvsair.com Excellent rates, on site accomodations, better weather.

[yycpilot]

Flying in Canada

I am a Brit pilot living here in Calgary.
If anyone is interested in either hour building
or training I can be contacted for either
training organisations or accomodation
as I have a room for rent approximately 20kms
from either the International airport or nearby
smaller airfields.

[strafer]

Canada in the winter?

I'm looking to do some hour-building and would like to go flying in America, Jr. However, I can't go until January/February, so (possibly very stupid question) is there anywhere in Canada where the weather is suitable at that time of year? I'm not bothered about the cold, so long as it's mostly sunny.

PS America, Jr was first said by Homer Simpson, and he used to be an astronaut.

[Jinkster]

Kin cold I would imagine, probably central canada is clear (not sure but using knowledge of land masses - away from the sea)

[Canada Goose]

'kin right it's cold !!

Strafer,

It is cold, don't expect daytimes highs to get above zero C. I was back in Canada on business in early March and on my first morning in Ottawa at 7am it was -31C feelign like -43C with the windchill. These are very cold temps and certainly not the norm for early March. They did have a long cold winter this year - seems like I timed it right to repatriate myself !

All this said, some of the best flying can be had in winter. Good air density and viz +50m ...... If you're still keen on flying in Canada, you can try the Ottawa Flying Club www.ofc.ca ...... or maybe something in Montreal or Toronto. Montreal is a great place ! The west coast although milder is dull and rainy in winter so unless you're thinking of IFR, I'd pass on that, even though it's beautiful !

Good luck.
Cheers,
CG

[Dick Whittingham]

Except in Vancouver, where it is cold and wet, Canada is very cold in winter. I did some flight training at Portage la Prairie (where?) and we used to stop flying at 20 below because the hoods would warp and wouldn't shut. We operated off frozen snow with no prob at those temps, and had some good fine wx. Min temp was minus 70 farenheit one morning, as the Arctic front dipped down over Manitoba. Give my love to the Assineboine hotel.

Dick W

[pittss2b]

Flying in Canada, in winter

We fly right through the winter. Last year we had about 320 VFR days. When it's cold, the air is clear, and the flying pleasent once you get going.

Adam
www.harvsair.com

[paco]

You took the words right out of my mouth, Adam!

Phil