Up in the skies!

Gardening is tricky, we need rain, and the bugs are horrid. I had several blackfly bites and a tick biting me inside my bra! It kept itching, and then I looked. 

Historical Tick Counts

 Many know I watch the skies as I sit on the back deck. I wonder who they are, why they are going in circles, and how much fuel they are using! I'm trying to relax, and I'm reading an excellent book. No bugs. Then I get distracted... 

This Cessna is registered to an American according to my research. My curiosity was piqued. I wonder how much fuel per km they use. I'll bet they are people who complain about the Carbon Tax! 😖😏

You can track their trips.

CFEEM

This one belongs to the Smiths Falls club. They had a busy May 24, 9 a.m.!

This one, in the US, caught my eye on the radar. Wonder what they were doing!

This is an Ornge Air emergency vehicle. You wonder what has happened and where they are going.

Having lived in Muskoka, there were a fair number of small plane crashes. It happened here, too.

A military helicopter went over. I could hear it, but I couldn't see it!

military helicopter from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The 3-D view on Flight Radar is amazing! You can see another plane on the radar page. GLDD is a frequent flyer, a 3050'.

They are tricky to video! Others don't appear on the radar.

airplane from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

This one caught my attention. 

This guy flies out of Carp. "CAR Standard 549 - Amateur Built Aircraft" built in 2011.

C GOGO airplane from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Cinnamon and I were watching Fred at the same time. Cinnamon was in the chair and decided to get down and keep an eye on things.

Let us see what today brings. All the best.

Look to the skies!

 Our trees are cleaned up, more on that another day. Firstly, tennis!

🎾 We were watching tennis in Spain. They have been having models as ball girls wearing little cropped tops and short skirts. There was fooferaw, and they appeared the next day in skorts.  

 "Was the decorative ball crew not enough objectification?" - Tennis fans scream misogyny at Madrid Open as presence of models as ball girls goes viral

 

A New York based company, IMG, is now in charge of the ball kids, and they introduced ball models for the high profile men's games, says Eliza Wastcoat is a Tik Toc video. The regular ball kids work the outside games in more modest clothing, while the ball models work in t-shirts and skirts.

 River asked, "Why does the deer fence not just stay up all year so you don't have to put it back up each spring?"

Good question! I don't like the look of it in winter. I have been trying to rake and weed the garden before I put up the fence. It's a pain working around it. Also, I need to pluck off the lily bugs. The deer are mostly off in their summer habitats and I haven't seen them. 

🇺🇦 War on Ukraine

✈Today, Russia celebrated Victory Day, an annual holiday marking the defeat of the Nazis, amid mounting anxiety following a series of attacks and over a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. It was a watered down event. They were busy bombing Ukrainian civilians.

 🛩 The weekend was busy here with air traffic. It keeps me sharp following it all. It's not that bending and weeding, and throwing cement water fountain pieces around wore me out! It was such a nice weekend, people were out and about.

 

It was really busy in the skies May 6 and 7th. I had various levels of success! I nearly tripped in the first clip!

 

weekend air traffic from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

🐦I don't know if this is the kestrel that nests not too far away. It is a bird of prey!

 

hawk from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I've stopped feeding the ducks, now that things are warmer. They are hanging about. They do fly pasts, as well, heading for the pond. When they have ducklings, they aren't overhead much at all.

ducks 1 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Small Airplanes - how safe are they?

It's tourist season! They go round and round and round!

Airplanes from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
It seems as if everyone is up in the air. I counted 6 or 7 flybys. I just hope they all are good pilots! Incidents, per 100,000 km flown are down, but it only takes one to devastate a family.



Airplane incoming from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
You hear it, you can't see it, then you see it! Don't land on my house!

Pilot killed in jet crash at Ottawa air show

The pilot of a home-built airplane was killed Friday afternoon at a small airport west of Ottawa. Scott Manning, of Toronto, died when his BD-5 jet hit the ground at the Carp Airport at 12:14 p.m.

Plane crash kills 3 Minnesotans on Ontario fishing trip
Three northern Minnesota outdoors lovers who were on a fishing trip in Canada died when their Cessna 182 float plane crashed on the shore of a lake north of Minnesota, officials said.

How safe are private aircraft?

Mid-air collision and 2 other crashes in Canada in a week

May 14, 2012

Three small-plane crashes in one week are raising questions about the safety of private airplane travel in Canada. In Canada there are about 32 fatal crashes a year involving a single-engine aircraft, according to the Transportation Safety Board. In the U.S., there are about four or five fatal crashes by private aircraft every week, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Transportation Safety Board Data

In 2012, a total of 290 aviation accidents were reported to the TSB, a 13% increase from the 2011 total of 257 but comparable to the 5-year average of 292. Of the total, 239 involved 

Transportation Safety Board Data