Category Archives: General

Listening For “Air Force One” On The ATC

For everyone who wants to celebrate Barack Obama’s first visit to Canada, you may want to listen to the ATC for the Air Force One callsign.  Conviently, LiveATC.net has the terminal, tower, ground and cleareance frequencies setup for Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.  You can find the link to the streaming audio here, or if you [...]

Quick Flight to Dryden

I took an hour and a half flight from Dryden to Thunder Bay today in a Cessna 172SP.  The winds were calm, but light flurries as I took off.  Things cleared up when I got close to Dryden.  Landing was a little hard and could use a bit of work.  This flightw as flown IFR, [...]

Amazing Photo of Plane Crash Rescue

 

This is an amazing photo taken by Janis Krums of the rescue attempt of U.S. Airways Flight 1549. It beats CNN by far!  I believe it was taken from a ferry helping with the rescue.  Amazing job by the pilot making an emergency landing.
 

Rethinking Traditional Flight

There’s one thing the Bernoulli principal does not explain: upside down flight.
I’m listening to a lecture by Ira Flatow from Insight Cruises where he is explaining why the Bernoulli principal is wrong.  Instead of explaining all the details, you can listen to the lecture here.
I wonder if this has any effect on X-Plane’s wind modeling in their flight simulator.

Thunder Bay Aiport Air Traffic Control Now On LiveATC.net

 

 I noticed that you can now listen to the air traffic control frequencies for  Thunder Bay International Aiport on LiveATC.net.  They are currently streaming the frequencies for:
Thunder Bay Ground: 121.9 
Thunder Bay Tower: 118.1 
Thunder Bay Terminal: 119.2 
Winnipeg Center (CZWG) – Marathon Sector (GND/FL280): 132.125 
I just heard a CF-18 flying over my house, and then the controller said, “Follow [...]