Mark Brooks

A shot of Toronto Billy Bishop showing the new #YTZ hashtag on the field.

Mosport (official name: Canadian Tire Motorsport race track) on the east edge of Durham region just north of Bowmanville. Picture taken oct 5th (Sunday morning) looking east.

Tall ships arriving in Toronto harbour right now!
#Toronto #Sailing

For Canadians that don’t get it, this is the same Putin like rhetoric that started the spiral towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Except now the imperialism is American and the victim is Canada. He wants our land and money, not us. Stay calm and buy Canadian. #cdnpolitics

The Ontario provincial election is this Thursday, Feb 27th. Get out and vote! #Vote #Ontpoli #Cdnpoli

Video of the crash of the delta flight 4819 ( a CRJ900 with 80 souls onboard) at the threshold of runway 23 around 2:30pm today at Toronto Pearson Airport.
#AviationNews

On approach to Runway 26 at Waterloo airport. Teaching in a DA40. #aviation #pilot

On approach to Runway 26 at Torontos famous Billy Bishop airport last night. This view never gets old. #aviation #Pilot

Today Oshawa airport lived up to its reputation as a coyote paradise. #durhamregion

This is what 1 hour of flying a Canadian CL415 Water-bomber fighting the LA fires looks like on FlightAware.
#Aviation #LAFire

Like the start of a good horror movie, a thick fog has settled over Toronto.

I took the DJI neo out for a backwards walkabout to capture the ambiance.
#DronePhotography

It looks like the Russian airforce shot down a passenger plane on Christmas morning.

An Embraer 190 of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near Aktau, its tail full of holes. Early reports that some of the 67 were rescued.
The Pilots died trying.

#aviationnews
#planecrash

Merry Christmas 🎄 & Happy Hanukkah 🕎
May your holidays be filled with friends, family and good food!

Peace on earth, good will to all.

#MerryChristmas #DJINero #drone

Insurance scams are older than you may think. In 1943 Some joker filed an insurance claim when a Mosquito hit his car windshield.

Fun Tecnam Gran Lusso fact: Was burning only 0.6 gallons an hour of JetA waiting in line to takeoff at Oshawa airport today.

It is -25C in Austin this Morning!

Sunday, December 15 video of the last airworthy MARS Water bomber flying with only 3 engines near Victoria British Columbia Canada. #aviation

Apparently This is was strongest high pressure system ever recorded in Ontario. #Weather #Canada #records

High pressure system over Ontario, 30.92 inches mercury!
So if you forget to reset your altimeter before takeoff it will be reading 1000 ft off! #aviation #Ontario #Weather

Some pictures taken with my DJI mini 2 drone last fall at a Canadian Food grains bank event. Volunteers harvested a field of grain in Manitoba to feed the poor and hungry.
A great cause that you can help with a Christmas donation today! #Charity
foodgrainsbank.ca

Into Oshawa last night before the snow hit. You can see the improved LED runway lights and PAPIs on runway 30 miles away ( installed in 2017). #Avgeek #Pilots #aviation #Canada

Cruising past a ski hill near Grandfather mountain South Carolina. #aviation #Ski

Torontos port redevelopment is looking great! Complete with a new path for the rouge river including green space and new bridges. #Toronto #Ports OK so let me go putting water in. It ran out of water.

From August to November of this year I watched the demolition of part of Ontario Place while teaching out of Toronto Billy Bishop Airport. I assembled a few photos to capture the historic event. #Toronto #Ontario #Canada

A rainy cold day in Toronto with the occasional snow squall.
But good news, Billy Bishop Airport is running like a swiss clock and the mosquitoes are frozen until spring!
#Toronto #Canada

A summer view of downtown Toronto.
A video I uploaded to other platforms in June. #Toronto

As a pilot I have a birds eye view of Southern Ontarios agriculture industry. Here are two photo worthy well organized farms open to the public.
Archibald Orchard and Winery on Liberty Street just north of Highway 407 near bowmanville and Martins Family Fruit farm North of Waterloo. #Ontario

Uxbridge under an almost full moon two night’s ago just after sunset with my new iPhone 16 pro
#aviation #photography

A sad accident in a good aircraft. Part of the risk of being a pilot unfortunately.

As a flight instructor I occasionally fly in the early morning to take advantage of favorable winds. The Sunrises can be spectacular!