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CYKZ - Buttonville Airport staffed on Friday evenings.


Tony Kovacs 958372
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Tony Kovacs 958372
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I just wanted to let you all know that a group of us from Seneca College's Aviation Program at Buttonville Campus will be staffing CYKZ Buttonville Ground and Tower positions and flying there live from the airport between 7:00PM and 9:00PM on most Friday evenings to practice local VFR procedures at the airport. We would like to invite anyone else that is available and wants to participate to come check if we're onine and join us.

 

This is an excellent opportunity to experience great ATC done by real world aviation students at a Municipal airport in Toronto's CZYZ FIR. We hope to see you there if you can make it.

 

 

edit: by VATCAN1 Feb 19, 2008 Changed to Friday Evenings 19:00 - 21:00 EST by request of original poster.

Tony Kovacs

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Zachary Beard
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How's it been goin' up there Tony?

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Orest Skrypuch
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I'd love to come, but kind of a tough time to do so.

 

Any chance of having it also on some afternoons?

 

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Baqer Hussaen 987705
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Wicked! I used to work at Buttonville Airport in a highschool co-op....So controllers will be online Tuesday mornings? I don't quite understand, doesn;t Seneca train Pilots and not Controllers??

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Tony Kovacs 958372
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We are an Aviation school for flying but in order to have ATC at our home airport we trained our own controllers.

 

I would also like to point out that we have changed our online time to Friday evenings between 7:00 - 9:00 PM local EST.

Tony Kovacs

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Robert Vanderkam
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Saw you online tonight. Next time I'll land at Buttonville. I was already headed for Pearson. How large of aircraft can you handle there?

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Tony Kovacs 958372
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The largest aircraft that I know of is a B1900.

Tony Kovacs

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Romano Lara
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A regional airport huh? Why not change the schedule man, I think weekdays are hectic days for us.

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Alan Taylor 825557
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Bowing to public demand, I have been asked to make an amendment, informing everyone concerned that the Buttonville online "day" will now be Friday Evenings from 19:00 to 21:00 EST

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Chris Coates 1050321
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Hello Everyone.

 

I'm a brand new member as of today & this is my very first post. I live 15 nm due South of Buttonville airport & started my PPL training there back in 1986. I consider it my home airport & these days I spend time there on weekends watching students in the circuit & listening to the Tower controlers. I don't fly for real to often anymore.

 

Regarding the largest & fastest aircraft that fly in & out of Buttonville, well there is a Falcon 50 based there (I've only seen it fly a few times), and a few Falcon 10's, some Pilatus PC-12's, some Piaggio Avanti's & Piper Cheyenne's & of course many King Air's come & go. Those are the usual hot rods that you see there flying every day & there's about 100 resident GA aircraft.

 

Chris

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Zachary Beard
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I've flown an A310 out of there, but I'm crazy.

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Robert Vanderkam
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Welcome, Chris.

 

So I wouldn't take my 767 in there would I?

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Zachary Beard
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Welcome, Chris.

 

So I wouldn't take my 767 in there would I?

I may try it, good idea.

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Steven Black 813373
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Longest and biggest rwy is 15/33 at 3,902 feet and 100 feet wide. There is no ILS.

 

Be warned and judge accordingly.

 

VATCAN 1

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Kuo Evan Teddy 934905
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that's exciting. i am students from TAL and would certainly like to have ATC in CYKZ in VATSIM

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Robert Vanderkam
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Hi Kuo Evan Teddy,

 

What is TAL? Is it the flight college?

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Kuo Evan Teddy 934905
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Toronto Airways

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Kuo Evan Teddy 934905
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Just want to check. Are you guys still doing the CYKZ controlling? Cuz I have tried few weeks and had never seen controllers online.

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Michael Bonanno 984105
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Keep in mind - when CYKZ Tower is not online, any CYYZ DEP/APP or CZYZ Controller controls Buttonville. We love to see traffic in and out of the regionals, as it is a twist of the typical CYYZ Traffic

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Tonino Pullano 980348
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Does anyone know if CYKZ is still being staffed on those nights?

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Jody Turner 1018734
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Does anyone know if CYKZ is still being staffed on those nights?

 

No it isn't. But as Michael said, whenever CYYZ_DEP or a higher position is staffed, CYKZ is being controlled. So look out for that.

 

EDIT: Checking the CYYZ Roster, I don't believe that the people who were doing this are certified anymore

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Daniel Gustin 940540
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Does anyone know if CYKZ is still being staffed on those nights?

 

I can talk to Michael Bonanno to see if he can arrange to have some of us checked out on the tower.

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