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John Wanamaker: "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." Child of the Magenta: "95% of the info on my glass panel is irrelevant at this moment in flight; the trouble is I don't know which ... [sound of impact]."

Well, granted that wouldn't apply to urban centres in Texas :), but it does as you move more towards the northeast. People in urban cores like Manhattan, downtown Toronto, etc. tend to interpret a pickup truck as "redneck" (which is unfortunate, both because "redneck" is a stupid stereotype, and...

And check all the answers with your instructor. :)

:) That depends on where you live. Around here (in an urban centre), arriving in a pickup truck would be far more effective.

While I was still in hospital a few weeks ago, the guy who cleaned our room every weekday had an amazing beard — the kind that sticks way out and takes years to grow and care for. A regular medical mask fit over his face with no problem. Then we had a major COVID outbreak in our unit on a...

It's not great, though, when a coin toss effectively decides the game.

Yes, when a soccer game goes to penalties, it's really hard to say which is the better team based on the final result. It's a bit like a recent NFL playoff game that went into overtime (do we already have a thread ranting about the way the NFL does overtime?).

Is the Daytona 500 soccer or curling? :rolleyes:

Congrats to Team Senegal for winning the Africa Cup of Nations! I'm so happy for my work colleagues in beautiful Dakar. ⚽ Don't feel left out: doesn't the U.S. have its own little sports event coming up in a week or two? ;)

Q: What do you call the person who graduated last in their year in medical school? A: "Doctor".

I had a different kind of reinforcement. I was an active contributor to the FlightGear open-source flight simulator at the time, and every time I noticed something new in the 172s I was training in, I'd make sure it worked the same way in the sim (including realistic instrument lag).

I can see how slips with flaps would be useful, so that the wearers wouldn't have to pull them all the way up in the john on a cold day.

A few hours is too soon to know. I was still scared before every flight and sick after at that point in my training. But like a junkie, I kept going back for more. :)

It's a good idea to brace your hand in turbulence whether you're using knobs or buttons or a touchscreen. I remember when I was using knobs to tune a waypoint in bad turbulence before I learned to brace, and it went something like this: A_ B_ W_ D_ DAA_ D_ C_ CZ_ CY_ C_ CYAA_ CY_ CYO_ etc. One...

I haven't used the GPS 175 with its smaller screen, but the GTN 650 still lets you do a lot with knobs if you want to (despite misinformation to the contrary from its competitor), and for the times you need to use the touch screen — like selecting a procedure, as you mention — it's a matter of...

Maybe a subscription to a satellite internet service and VoIP?

In the NavCanada procedures, they're included with each airport's approach plates, typically as notes at the bottom of the airport diagram (see example below). When I first started flying to the U.S., I didn't even realise that I had to look somewhere else for them, but fortunately I was usually...

I can't post with any authority on this issue. I'd have to look through too many old AICs to find out. Perhaps another Canadian pilot knows something definitive.

This is true, or at least it was pre-pandemic. I haven't crossed the border since. You call after you land, and they give you a confirmation number that you checked in. It's a different experience than US CBP with their radiation detectors, etc, though I've found most of the CBP officers are...

If you're equipped with a radio at an uncontrolled airport with just an ATF (= US CTAF) or UNICOM, you need to report downwind and final, but I don't remember the exact details. I've never bothered checking, since I can't see any reason I wouldn't report them.