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Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jan 2022, 00:49
Replies: 32
Views: 22,902
Posted By BeechNut

Sunwing have canceled their return charter. And...

Sunwing have canceled their return charter. And now Air Canada and Air Transat have said they would deny them boarding.

Serves them right. I hope they have to hitchhike back to their new home......
Forum: Terms and Endearment
18th Mar 2020, 23:51
Replies: 633
Views: 614,357
Posted By BeechNut

Most of those people don't die in an ICU. It...

Most of those people don't die in an ICU.

It will be a big deal for you if you have a heart attack or are critically injured in a car crash, and there are no ICU beds to accommodate you. I live...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Dec 2019, 12:49
Replies: 119
Views: 50,663
Posted By BeechNut

No worse than with a petrol engine, I would...

No worse than with a petrol engine, I would imagine. My old Beech C23 glided like an anvil. I doubt a Beaver would be much worse! The longest flight is around 50 n.m. most of it over protected...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jun 2019, 04:20
Replies: 17
Views: 9,883
Posted By BeechNut

Bombardier sold that off ages ago. It is now...

Bombardier sold that off ages ago. It is now known as BRP.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Nov 2018, 20:32
Replies: 20
Views: 12,783
Posted By BeechNut

Indeed. I owned a Beech Sundowner for many years...

Indeed. I owned a Beech Sundowner for many years and if I needed a repair and it came out to under $1000 I'd go out and buy a lottery ticket, If figured I was lucky!

Maybe $360 is the price of a...
Forum: Canada
24th Apr 2018, 13:18
Replies: 3
Views: 1,370
Posted By BeechNut

Missed that one! I just sold my Beech Sundowner...

Missed that one! I just sold my Beech Sundowner last year... do you happen to have a link to a pic? Mine was distinctive, painted in the colours of the flying school in Chicoutimi (CFTA).
Forum: Canada
23rd Apr 2018, 22:13
Replies: 3
Views: 1,370
Posted By BeechNut

Pics show a Cessna. From reg data, a C182P

Pics show a Cessna. From reg data, a C182P
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2017, 01:14
Replies: 392
Views: 219,271
Posted By BeechNut

Canada too has a liquid ban.

Canada too has a liquid ban.
Forum: Canada
20th Feb 2016, 01:51
Replies: 292
Views: 78,409
Posted By BeechNut

@ Willie: CRJ was a derivative of the...

@ Willie:



CRJ was a derivative of the Challenger though, much cheaper and less risky to develop. The C-Series is BBD's first clean-sheet design. The C has almost killed the company as the...
Forum: Canada
26th Jan 2016, 00:22
Replies: 2
Views: 2,131
Posted By BeechNut

I've been submitting mine electronically for the...

I've been submitting mine electronically for the last couple of years without a hitch. I just did mine this month (alas, to declare my plane "in storage" save a few pennies).

It's not the most...
Forum: Canada
16th Sep 2015, 23:00
Replies: 22
Views: 8,363
Posted By BeechNut

I seem to recall that the 787s engines are...

I seem to recall that the 787s engines are no-bleed...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2015, 01:04
Replies: 473
Views: 479,797
Posted By BeechNut

This is exactly my experience with insuring my...

This is exactly my experience with insuring my own aircraft (a 1979 Beech Sundowner 180). Although the market for GA aircraft has tanked in my part of the world and the Agreed Value has declined. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2015, 19:30
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,643,496
Posted By BeechNut

In Canada at least, there are reportable...

In Canada at least, there are reportable conditions that a GP must report to Transport Canada. I am also obliged to self-declare GP visits on my medical when I visit my AME.

The problem is that...
Forum: Canada
23rd Nov 2014, 22:09
Replies: 21
Views: 8,060
Posted By BeechNut

Many years ago (about 32 to be exact), with a...

Many years ago (about 32 to be exact), with a freshly-minted night rating and well south of a hundred hours total flying experience, I was visiting my girlfriend in Kingston, Ontario, with my trusty...
Forum: Private Flying
17th May 2014, 18:44
Replies: 11
Views: 1,879
Posted By BeechNut

I passed my PPL back in 1981, and accumulated...

I passed my PPL back in 1981, and accumulated about 170 hours total time before getting married, buying a house and raising kids got in the way.

In 1999 I resumed flying after about 15 years of...
Forum: Medical & Health
7th May 2014, 14:22
Replies: 15
Views: 4,295
Posted By BeechNut

I'm nearly the same age as you (turn 56 in June)....

I'm nearly the same age as you (turn 56 in June).

I guess to shorten my earlier point: if one's goal is to simply pass the next medical without taking heed of the warning that the glucose level is...
Forum: Medical & Health
6th May 2014, 13:29
Replies: 16
Views: 26,004
Posted By BeechNut

Ask for a full set of blood tests, especially...

Ask for a full set of blood tests, especially ferritin, and iron levels.

It could be hereditary hemochoromatosis (iron overolad). The iron deposits land in the liver and cause enzymes to shoot...
Forum: Medical & Health
6th May 2014, 13:20
Replies: 15
Views: 4,295
Posted By BeechNut

Diabetes is an insidious and dangerous disease. ...

Diabetes is an insidious and dangerous disease. If your glucose level is near the max allowable, it may be just a matter of time before you cross that line. The impact of untreated diabetes is not...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Apr 2014, 00:30
Replies: 44
Views: 17,408
Posted By BeechNut

I own a 1979 aerobatic Beech Sundowner (180 hp). ...

I own a 1979 aerobatic Beech Sundowner (180 hp).

Loops, rolls, split-S, Immelmann, spins, basic stuff. No inverted oil system so no sustained inverted flight. Fairly quick on the ailerons;...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Dec 2013, 21:54
Replies: 137
Views: 59,691
Posted By BeechNut

I had a Beech Skipper for a while and it too had...

I had a Beech Skipper for a while and it too had time-limited wings, I think 12k hours if my memory's not too far off. It was a contemporary and competitor to the Tomahawk. I'm glad my current...
Forum: Medical & Health
16th Jan 2012, 15:34
Replies: 1
Views: 2,867
Posted By BeechNut

Early repolarization on ECG

Hi all, PPL here, class 3 medical (Canada). Anybody have experience with early repolarization discovered on ECG? From what I can gather it is a "normal variation" but some researchers think it can...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Aug 2011, 23:15
Replies: 201
Views: 133,836
Posted By BeechNut

aterpster There is a temporary class D and...

aterpster

There is a temporary class D and temporary tower set up due to the military exercises going on in the area at the time. NOTAM below:
Forum: Private Flying
1st Dec 2010, 00:13
Replies: 113
Views: 13,207
Posted By BeechNut

Dublinpilot: Well yes and no. If you...

Dublinpilot:



Well yes and no. If you lump all GA risk together then yes, you're correct. But then not all flights are of equal risk. Some of us, doing this as a hobby and not a necessity,...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Nov 2010, 18:40
Replies: 113
Views: 13,207
Posted By BeechNut

She's getting even with you. When I started...

She's getting even with you. When I started flying (same year as you incidentally), I used to love to brag about it. Then I got sick, at dinner parties, of talking about it: "yes, it's safe. My...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Aug 2010, 00:51
Replies: 6
Views: 1,527
Posted By BeechNut

Hmm, I wonder what the offspring will look like...

Hmm, I wonder what the offspring will look like when one crosses a J3 with a Cadillac...:}
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Aug 2010, 02:12
Replies: 411
Views: 243,394
Posted By BeechNut

No doubt referring to this crash, at Nairobi, and...

No doubt referring to this crash, at Nairobi, and not Jo'burg:

Lufthansa Flight 540 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Flight_540)
Forum: Canada
10th Jul 2010, 01:30
Replies: 6
Views: 1,292
Posted By BeechNut

With that kind of rent money, you can afford to...

With that kind of rent money, you can afford to be picky!

Outremont is very nice and posh. But the hippest part of town is the Plateau Mont-Royal. Lots of great places to eat and great scenery...
Forum: Private Flying
9th May 2010, 01:33
Replies: 11
Views: 1,454
Posted By BeechNut

Sounds like she said "yes" but really means "no"....

Sounds like she said "yes" but really means "no".

Women can be like that sometimes. Not just when they become exes :}

I firmly remember when I bought my plane "go ahead and do exactly what...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2010, 16:25
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,593,151
Posted By BeechNut

Well it's been a while, but I seem to recall that...

Well it's been a while, but I seem to recall that while I was taught to scan essential instruments from time to time (airspeed, altitude & engine mainly with the ball added in turns), I was also...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2010, 22:02
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,593,151
Posted By BeechNut

Has anybody bothered to study similarities...

Has anybody bothered to study similarities between this eruption and Mt. St-Helens in 1980 in N. America? I remember my car, in Eastern Canada, having a fine ash coating at the time. I don't recall...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Mar 2010, 00:00
Replies: 41
Views: 19,854
Posted By BeechNut

Usable fuel?

Usable fuel?
Forum: Private Flying
1st Feb 2010, 21:22
Replies: 20
Views: 7,319
Posted By BeechNut

I own a '79 Beech Sundowner. It has a terrific...

I own a '79 Beech Sundowner. It has a terrific forward view and flies with a slight nose-down attitude. You almost think you're in a heli. It has delightful controls, and really quick ailerons. ...
Forum: North America
15th Jan 2010, 15:25
Replies: 707
Views: 289,791
Posted By BeechNut

26 so far for Air Canada (1983 Cincinnati DC-9...

26 so far for Air Canada (1983 Cincinnati DC-9 fire was the last one).
Forum: Private Flying
24th Dec 2009, 23:08
Replies: 39
Views: 11,827
Posted By BeechNut

Light aircraft: a rapid means of locomotion for...

Light aircraft: a rapid means of locomotion for those not in a hurry...

Mine, alas, is strictly a toy in spite of great ambitions of business flying.

In my early aviation "career" (a term I...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Dec 2009, 23:26
Replies: 50
Views: 5,210
Posted By BeechNut

True but the total cost does go down in relation...

True but the total cost does go down in relation to how much you fly. The variable costs (fuel, oil) are in direct proportion to hours flown. The fixed ones aren't of course so the cost per hour...
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