Cobalt Aviation http://www.cobaltaviation.com Cobalt Aviation provides a variety of flight training services, as well as sight-seeing and aircraft rentals. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:32:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Scholarship winner from Cobalt Aviation goes to Clive Nivens http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2011/07/14/scholarship-winner-from-cobalt-aviation-goes-to-clive-nivens/ http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2011/07/14/scholarship-winner-from-cobalt-aviation-goes-to-clive-nivens/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:39:03 +0000 Erissa Yong http://www.cobaltaviation.com/?p=689 Clive Nivens, the son of Neil Ivens of Nivens Aviation ( AMO at CYPK) won a full scholarship from Cobalt Aviation this Summer.  He has been awarded a full Private Pilot License scholarship. All costs paid in full by Cobalt Aviation to obtain his license by year end.  He will follow the Air cadet program provided by our Chief Flight Instructor, Russell Yuen.  Clive is young, enthusiatic about flying and has just returned from a missionary trip to China and Australia. He speaks Mandarin and English fluently and plans to be a commercial pilot. He is studying to be an AME concurrent with his PPL. Congratulations Clive. It pays to be a good kid in the neighbourhood eh?

]]> http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2011/07/14/scholarship-winner-from-cobalt-aviation-goes-to-clive-nivens/feed/ 0 FLY the YUKON 2010 http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2010/10/26/fly-the-yukon-2010/ http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2010/10/26/fly-the-yukon-2010/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:42:40 +0000 Erissa Yong http://www.cobaltaviation.com/?p=350 July 18, 2010  "RUDY" the C182 huffed and puffed and with a full tank of fuel (75 usable to be exact), and a cargo of 100 pounds, he lifted off 26L at CYPK with Kapitan Erissa,  the G-spot Susan and Chrissy the Navi on board.  Fun just broke lose that day at 21:00 Zulu time!  Rudy was going on an adventure with 100 other planes from all over the North American continent. An adventure planned by the Century Flight Club, headed by none other but the famous Mr. John Lovelace,  the producer of WINGS OVER CANADA, and currently, the producer of THE AVIATORS featured on Global TV once a week.  He wanted to shoot 100 planes flying to the YUKON. Destination: WHITE HORSE.  Enroute, Rudy landed in Quesnel, Smithers and Deaselake BC. On route, He ran into strange pilots, hairy clouds and gusty runways…..

Pictures will tell a 1000 tales….. so here are some for you to savour. Talking of savour… I apologise, if a roasting pig is not kosher …or Haram.  I might have been offended too a few years ago when I tried to be vegetarian.  Pork rules, as Emeril ( the infamous chef on Food TV) would say.

Note:  Okay… inside story…. Susan is called the G-Spot because her  duty in the plane was to handle the SPOT …our personal satellite tracker.  During the trip, the first words out of her mouth, muttering to herself, everytime she climbs aboard,  was " Gee… the SPOT is not working… I wonder why". Hence her nickname.  As for the NAVI…. that’s a scary story. Navi  thinks navigating in the air is like reading a map on the road. Half way flying up the Alaska Hyway she decided she needed some "road signs"  to appear to her in the clouds or in the blue yonder, coz she got us hopelessly lost at one time. I found out later she thought when I asked her if she knew what the "Compass Rose was, she thought it was a "movie".  I kept saying,  look for the compass rose to find out our bearing….. and she ignores me half the time.  But Navi knows it all. She insisted at one point my Garmin 530 GPS was making a mistake !!!   I should ignore the GPS was her comment.  Okay, I tried…. and……She mistook  the HUGE Kluane Lake for "the Stewart River".  Got us flying to Alaska instead of Dawson City. ( I know, I am the Kapital… the responsibility rests squarely on my shoulder) !!  So, we endearingly nickname her the NAVI.  As for me, I am just the KAPITAN. "plane" and simple.  Huh, it was a good think I believe in the mantra…." the fuel on the ground is useless to you"…. so, I always top up. SO, when Chrissy the NAVI misleads me ,  I have plenty of fuel to find our way home. LOL

3 things we learned from the flight

1) the runway behind you is useless

2) the fuel on the ground ( at the ramp) is useless

3) the sky above you is your friend.  ( when lost… climb… but NOT into the clouds).

3(a)…… STAY AWAY From the CLOUDs when flying VFR.  Oh yeah, and check Carb heat when the air is moist !!

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]]> http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2010/10/26/fly-the-yukon-2010/feed/ 0 These pics are of our student ANDREA waiting to go for her Flight test last Sunday and PASSing the test http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/05/01/these-pics-are-of-our-student-andrea-waiting-to-go-for-her-flight-test-last-sunday-and-passing-the-test/ http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/05/01/these-pics-are-of-our-student-andrea-waiting-to-go-for-her-flight-test-last-sunday-and-passing-the-test/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 00:50:06 +0000 Erissa Yong http://www.cobaltaviation.com/?p=161 These pics are  of our student ANDREA waiting to go for her Flight test last Sunday and PASSing the test. She got a Congrats Cake from the school !!  Way to go, Andrea.  Yeah!  A new pilot is minted !!

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]]> http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/03/01/erics-first-solo-flight-congratulations-on-erics-well-deserved-success/feed/ 1 THese are pics of ANDREA FLIGHT TEST PASS and her cutting her cake… http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/03/01/these-are-pics-of-andrea-flight-test-pass-and-her-cutting-her-cake/ http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/03/01/these-are-pics-of-andrea-flight-test-pass-and-her-cutting-her-cake/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:30:53 +0000 Mayur Jobanputra http://www.cobaltaviation.com/?p=142 utube full red sonja movie

THese are pics of ANDREA FLIGHT TEST PASS and her cutting her cake…

]]> http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/03/01/these-are-pics-of-andrea-flight-test-pass-and-her-cutting-her-cake/feed/ 0 current rates for instruction and scenic flights http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/02/18/current-rates-for-instruction-and-scenic-flights/ http://www.cobaltaviation.com/2009/02/18/current-rates-for-instruction-and-scenic-flights/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:16:11 +0000 Erissa Yong http://www.cobaltaviation.com/?p=106 The current rate is $145 for the aircraft ( wet) and $45 for a pilot/instructor to fly you per hour. That is $190 an hour plus HST.

Our time is based on the HOBBS gauge for flight time. Briefing time is $45 per hour for minimum of  18 mins. of briefing per flight.  Some student pilot will also require de-briefing.

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Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an aircraft. The girl from Tucson, Arizona got the Sport Pilot certificate lately and became the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.

Jessica Cox of Tucson was born without arms, but that has only stopped her from doing one thing: using the word “can’t.”

Her latest flight into the seemingly impossible is becoming the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.

With one foot manning the controls and the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox, 25, soared to achieve a Sport Pilot certificate. Her certificate qualifies her to fly a light-sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet.

“She’s a good pilot. She’s rock solid,” said Parrish Traweek, 42, the flying instructor at San Manuel’s Ray Blair Airport.

Parrish Traweek runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didn’t come close to Cox’s abilities.

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And with continued success, we hope to see you back at next year’s Open House too !!

Check out our Grand Opening Photos!

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