🛩 'Controlled flight into terrain'

Most of my US-based blog friends have voted. We will watch the news with baited breath from this side of the border.   🤞 It's been a wild ride. It will have an impact on Canada, and Canadians. One candidate doesn't understand how tariffs work. We spent 4 years confronting this. He doesn't understand the supply chain, the cars, for example, are built in both our countries, with different plants creating different parts of the while. He doesn't understand that businesses put the cost of tariffs onto the consumer. It's that simple.

Deep breath, people. We shall see what unfolds.

I was awake at 4:30 yesterday. Today I slept in until 5:30, I was so happy! 

I like watching and tracking flights, as my faithful readers know! I spotted this plane, C-GSGV, and tracked it. Well, you may laugh, but I was proud of myself. Between a secondary cataract in my left eye, and floaters in both eyes, I thought I did well. 😏 

Once I was back indoors, and looking at the radar, there was this one, Nov. 3rd: N331RF:

N331RF - Cessna 208B Grand Caravan [208B0754] - Flightradar24 .

This one was a bit strange, as well! KASI AVIATION SERVICES, from Quebec.

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 🛩 'Controlled flight into terrain'

Now, to my title piece, the OPP released this information:

A pilot from Elizabethtown-Kitley was able to walk away with just minor injuries after his small plane crashed near the Smiths Falls Airport. Officers with the Lanark County OPP responded to the Russ Beach Airport, just east of Smiths Falls, shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2024. A pilot had been conducting a training flight, simulating repeated take off and landing maneuvers, when the Cessna 172 lost power and crashed about half a kilometre from the runway. The pilot, who had been alone in the plane, was able to walk to the Smiths Falls Flying Club’s facility. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) was notified of the crash.

I had to look it up. Of course! 😎 

 I tracked the flight: C-GPTW. You can see where the track ends 500m from the airport. The pilot must have had a time getting back to the airport through the bush. This is a plane I often see around. It belongs to the Smiths Falls Flying Club. 

The Canadian government TSB investigates incidents. 

☔It's been cold, and rainy. Snow tires are on. We're ready. Today, however, we begin with a warm front from the US. Last week it was a cold front from the north! 

The lightning, and tornadoes are epic. I feel so badly for people affected by the weather on this continent, and across the pond.