Episode 39 – Turboprops in Canada with Duncan Gillespie




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Summary: <p>Flying turboprops in Canada can be an exciting and rewarding career path. Certainly many of us avgeeks have dreamed of taking the controls of a Cessna 208 or Dash-8. For Duncan Gillespie, this was exactly the right path. In a continuation of our real world pilot series, Jason and Mark had a chat with Duncan to learn how he went from a love of flying to First Office aboard the Q400 with Air Canada Express operator, Sky Regional in Toronto.</p> <p>Duncan started his career with <a href="http://www.cameronair.com/" target="_blank">Cameron Air</a>, and from there moved to Porter Airlines, and finally Sky Regional. Listen in as he takes us through flying into Toronto Island at <a href="https://www.portstoronto.com/airport.aspx" target="_blank">Billy Bishop Airport</a>, how he got started, and even some technical details of flying the Q.</p> <p><em>Featured image courtesy of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BN2wsHYBJuA/" target="_blank">Duncan Gillespie</a>.</em></p> <p>Links mentioned in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Duncan Gillespie on Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/airlineflyingtoronto" target="_blank">instagram.com/airlineflyingtoronto</a> </li> <li>FlightCast on Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/flightcastaudio" target="_blank">instagram.com/flightcastaudio</a> </li> <li>FlightCast on YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/flightcastaudio" target="_blank">youtube.com/flightcastaudio</a> </li> <li>FlightCast Store: <a href="http://flightcast.audio/shop/" target="_blank">flightcast.audio/shop</a> </li> <li>Infinite Flight for iOS: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/infinite-flight-flight-simulator/id471341991" target="_blank">itunes.apple.com/us/app/infinite-flight-flight-simulator/id471341991</a> </li> <li>Infinite Flight for Android: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fds.infiniteflight" target="_blank">play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fds.infiniteflight</a> </li> </ul>