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  1. MarkBrooks

    Markham Buttonville Airport Redevelopment | ?m | 1s | Cadillac Fairview | Glenn Piotrowski Architect

    Helped the flying club do a video with one last look at the airport the day it closed. Used a DJI drone ( with the airport managers permission). the video can be found here:
  2. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Thank-you for your questions, as they provide some interesting insights to the disconnect in this discussion. Perhaps caused by the relentless trolling from the anti-capitalist crowd on this forum, in order: Pickering is purposed as a utility airport ( see ASA report). On the low end, this...
  3. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Some more background on Buttonvilles future and what the timeframe is: https://pickeringairport.org/buttonville-to-pickering/ While it is possible that CF paid 2 million an acre to rebuild the airport into a london city style arrangement, it is unlikely. Buttonville will close, the question...
  4. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    The SAF discussion is an important one to have, although difficult on this forum do to the political background noise and trolling. Unfortunately a common problem for anyone pointing out the advantages of aviation. I would like to highlight its relevance to Pickering Airport. The number of...
  5. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    I am here for one simple reason, to seek out and understand different points of view. We live in a fragmented world of extremes where censorship, or the shout down is considered acceptable ( see above). Where people go out of their way to avoid or shout down anything that does not reinforce...
  6. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Literally more than a dozen references cited, here is a condensed picture version for the instagram folks. But I am fascinated by what motivates your trolling? Why promote such a fallacy that no references where provided? Why are you not embarrassed? most curious.
  7. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Some good questions: The advantages of air transportation over road is stark on both a regulatory and a technology level. Air travel is governed by a high regulated combination of federal authorities from each country working together at an international level through ICAO. Long term this...
  8. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Disprove my sources, you can start with the ICAO numbers. ( International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations Agency) or perhaps with the NACC (.National Airlines Council of Canada ).
  9. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    As a few previous posts seemed confused over the issue, here is a good explanation of how air travel, using existing aircraft, is in the process of becoming the most environmental friendly way to travel...
  10. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Durham region, and it's own airport authority will be in charge. The GTAA is too old school to win this bid... But they can try!
  11. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Haven't forgotten my favourite folks, Here is the latest, have at it. https://pickeringairport.org/e-regional-air-freight/
  12. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Having a beer and reading your post after doing two flights today And I think I see the block. you just referenced midsize to large jet aircraft that are not commonly used on any of the short haul routes expected to be the target of the first generation of electric aircraft. Humm... it looks...
  13. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    You got it! Pascan is the first Canadian airline to place an order for the ES-19. The first generation of electric will displace aircraft like the Saab340 and beech craft 1900. The Evtol are really better cheaper air taxi helicopters.
  14. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    All the post have multiple references, 6 on one, 12 on the other. Try reading and thinking before Commenting next time If you wish to be taken seriously.
  15. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    I got to admit that watching you guys talk to each other and reinforce your own false assumptions is an eye opener. A reminder to myself and other aviation ”propeller heads” tracking the building momentum in new aviation technology about the public perception /knowledge gap. You need to start...
  16. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Then you are confusing passenger aviation capacity with the need for a new utility / industrial airport, two different issues. Waterloo, now the busiest airport in the country, is refusing to expand beyond its current masterplan ( and why should they? ) oshawa is pushing business away and...
  17. MarkBrooks

    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    The sad reality is that it is all about lobbying and influence peddling in the press and behind closed doors to our elected decision makers. You can not just sit back and assume that logic, reason and the best interests of the Canadian people are foremost in the mind of our politicians...
  18. MarkBrooks

    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    Looks like at least one is going down in flames. The Flato develop in Markham is directly under the main departure path of the new Pickering Airport. Despite heavy pressure from a number of lobbying groups they have been unsuccessful in getting the feds to cancel the new utility airport. ( BTW...
  19. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    your asked the question, so I will answer it. In my case I made a commonly accepted statement in aviation circles, that thanks to the effects of the pandemic we would need new utility aviation capacity that pickering airport represents. This of course has now come to pass, as oshawa traffic...
  20. MarkBrooks

    Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

    Here is the zoning orientation, but the final version could change. The yellow line is the expected NEF 30. The approach surfaced are 3 km on a 1:60 slope. The areas zoned for a runway are twice as long, and wider than needed but that is what is in the PASZR( zoning regs). So the short answer...

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