2014 Flight instruction

[Oscar]

Awesome. Charging batteries right away.

[bfeist]

TAF AMD CYKZ 211504Z 2115/2124 09005KT P6SM SCT050
FM211900 14008KT P6SM SCT050 TEMPO 2120/2124 5SM -SHRA BR BKN020
OVC050 PROB30 2120/2124 2SM TSRA BR OVC020CB
RMK NXT FCST BY 211800Z=

I think Andy was pretty clear here....

In fact, I've never seen Andy be this brief and specific.

[Andy Hoffer]

TAF AMD CYKZ 211504Z 2115/2124 09005KT P6SM SCT050
FM211900 14008KT P6SM SCT050 TEMPO 2120/2124 5SM -SHRA BR BKN020
OVC050 PROB30 2120/2124 2SM TSRA BR OVC020CB
RMK NXT FCST BY 211800Z=

I think Andy was pretty clear here....

In fact, I've never seen Andy be this brief and specific.

Hi @bfeist:

I have absolutely no idea what came over me.  I mean, with approximately 1,025,109.8 words in the English language as of January 1, 2014, there is so much that can be said and so much artful prose available for saying it, and short of a bandwidth limitation or discretionary filter (of which I have neither), or the prospect of annoying an air traffic controller (who can really make your life miserable) with excessive verbosity, why on earth - or in the air even - would one opt for succinct shorthand. 

Especially when all the world's a stage!    

My apologies for such a terse and insensitive digest of the forecast.

I will endeavour to provide more fulsome meterological outlooks in the future.

Humbly yours,

Andy

[battlestu]

how does someone get .8 of a word?

BTW how is the forecast for tonight?

[Michael]

how does someone get .8 of a word?

Hell .

(Obviously, I meant 'hello'.)

[Andy Hoffer]

how does someone get .8 of a word?

BTW how is the forecast for tonight?

It happens when the word is evolving at the stroke of midnight and you've only written out 80% of the letters!

Tonight's forecast:

Super short form:  Beautiful!

Short form:
TAF AMD CYKZ 281810Z 2818/2906 13008KT P6SM OVC030 TEMPO 2818/2824 OVC020 FM290000 11008KT P6SM SCT040 RMK NXT FCST BY 290000Z=

Long Form (for Ben):
Terminal Area Foecast, Toronto, Buttonville, amended on the 28th of the month (May), 18:10 zulu (2:10 pm), for the period May 28, 18:00 zulu (2:00 pm) to May 29, 00:00 zulu (May 28, 8:00 pm). Wind: 130 degrees true at 8 knots (15 kmh); visibility greater than 6 statute miles; cloud base: overcast 3000 feet (above ground levell) ; temporarily from May 28, 18:00 zulu (2:00 pm) to May 28, 24:00 zulu (8:00 p.m.), overcast 2000 feet (above ground level); from May 29, 00:00 zulu (May 28, 8:00 p.m.), wind: 110 degrees true at 8 knots (15 kmh), visibility greater than 6 statute miles, cloud base: scattered at 4000 feet (above ground level); Next forecast at 00:00 zulu May 29 (May 28 at 8:00 p.m.)

Enjoy!!

Andy

[piker]

That's what I thought.  Perfect for flying from ski's 

[bfeist]

That's what I thought.  Perfect for flying from ski's 

The aviation industry has been "tweeting" since 1970. Someone should tell them that their database could be upgraded to hold longer words.

[Andy Hoffer]

That would take away the mystique!   

Andy

[piker]

Hey!  When I posted my reply above, Andy's forecasts was showing as just a jumble of random digits.  Hence my dumb joke 

Anyway, so, cloudy with a bit of wind...

[imran1042]

Hey!  When I posted my reply above, Andy's forecasts was showing as just a jumble of random digits.  Hence my dumb joke 

Anyway, so, cloudy with a bit of wind...

Correction: VARIABLE Cloudiness with wind starting at 13km East and decreasing to 9km SE by 8pm.    See y'all there

[Oscar]

Thank you Mike and Greg for allowing me to begin flying solo tonight.  It's a step closer to get my wing.   

I put on a Gopro tonight while flying the HK Flybeam.  It will be awesome if the sky is totally dark.  (BTW, Thanks Greg for helping me tuning the plane.  It flies much better now)

http://youtu.be/UG8AsQJYXJM

[sihinch]

Well done to all the students.  Despite being cold (Andy - what happened to your forecast  ) I had a great time.

I really enjoyed helping John Preston work on his landing technique - within a few minutes he was doing approaches like never before!    Also it was great to get Kevin in the air (but I would really think about a Spektrum radio, Kevin - try RCCanada perhaps for a second-hand one?) and then Eddie showed what he can do with a fixed wing plane - we look forward to you becoming a member now Eddie. 

Also, it was good to re-re-re-re-re-maiden my Nooner after another crash (and wing brace & firewall removal  )

And a certain lady had her first flight last night...........someone seemed quite chuffed! 

[thehaze]

Yes another fun night at TEMAC.


There was a lot of great flying by the students. Of note was Oscar completing his first solo flight with his Apprentice.


Thanks to all those who helped with instruction.


Until next week,


Mike

[Oscar]

Thank you Mike.  It's very exciting to able to fly solo.

I wonder, are there any instructor will be flying (or on site) this weekend?