Laurentide Aviation
870 Chemin St-Féréol J7T 1N3 Dorion-Vaudreuil, QC, Canada

Bravo Rachid pour ton 1er solo!

Today the Instructor Jonathan P had 2 students for their first solo...

Join ALM for the annual Cross Country flights to... USA here we come!!!

Nicole et Ronald sont basé aux Cedres et sont de grands contributeurs a l’image de marque de l’aviation générale pour le Canada... C’est dans l’intérêt public national!

"Everybody Talks About the Weather, But Nobody Does Anything About It" Mark Twain

As much of the USA is in a deep freeze, we thought it would be fitting to talk about recommendations for cold weather engine operation. Read all about it now https://www.lycoming.com/content/operating-cold-weather

An interesting information source offered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) intended for the general aviation pilot who flies aircraft certified for flight in icing, although much of the information is applicable to all pilots. With an operational focus, this course provides tools pilots can use to deal with in-flight icing. Emphasis is on avoidance, detection and exit, as well as the effects of ice accretion on performance and handling and the particular hazard of Supercooled Large Droplet (SLD) icing. This self-guided training aid contains imagery captured on NASA Icing Research flights, animation, pilot testimonials, case studies, and interactive demonstrators. https://aircrafticing.grc.nasa.gov/index.html

Now is the winter of our discontent... William Shakespeare

Who remembers the STOL runway located downtown Montreal next to the Victoria bride? This image captures the 06/24 runway as it existed in 1975

One fine hot summers afternoon there was a Cessna 150 flying in the pattern at a quiet country airfield. The Instructor was getting quite bothered with the student's inability to maintain altitude in the thermals and was getting impatient at sometimes having to take over the controls. Just then he saw a twin engine Cessna 402 5,000 ft. above him and thought, "Another 1,000 hrs of this and I qualify for that twin charter job! Aaahh.. to be a real pilot going somewhere!" The 4...Continue reading

"Wings for Doubting Thomas"

Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the ramp, Not an airplane was stirring, not even a Champ. The aircraft were fastened to tiedowns with care, In hopes that come morning, they all would be there. The fuel trucks were nestled, all snug in their spots,...Continue reading