Becoming an Aviation “YouTuber” Has Made Me a Better Pilot

Tom Comet aviation youtuber

By Tom Comet I recently had the very good fortune of surviving a winter forced landing in a single engine airplane in a remote part of Canada.  As luck would have it, just prior to that trip I decided to begin filming my flying adventures in order to start a YouTube channel. Little did I […]

Tom Comet on Sporty’s Pilots Discretion Podcast

Tom Comet on Pilots Discretion Podcast

I recently had the honour of being a guest on John Zimmerman’s awesome Pilot’s Discretion podcast.  John produces this show and it is hosted on the Sporty’s web site so there will be a lot of aviators listening to this for sure.  John and I chatted about my forced landing in the Lake Buccaneer and […]

Lake Rescue

SAR Tech parachute flares plane crash

This article that I wrote is the full written story of the forced landing in the Lake Buccaneer and it tells the story from Episode #1 and Episode #2 of TomAir.    Air Facts published the article HERE and I am told that it will also be published soon in the Canadian Owners and Pilot’s […]

Flying Across Canada Twice During The Covid 19 Pandemic

I wrote this article in 2020 during the Covid 19 pandemic and the Canadian Owners and Pilot’s Association (COPA) was kind enough to publish it it in their print magazine which was nice. — PACKING TO GO Last summer, while we were in the middle of the first round of the pandemic lockdown up here […]

Tom Comet on the Going Again Podcast

Going Again Podcast

Do you want to learn more about the backstory of the Tom in TomAir?  Check out my interview on the Going Again Podcast where I take a deep dive with my good friends, the amazing father and son stunt performer duo, Randy and Andrew Butcher.  I work with Randy and Andrew all the time in […]

A Drone Pilot Becomes an Airplane Pilot

Tom Comet - newly minted airplane pilot

I wrote this article back in 2018 and the good folks at Air Facts were kind enough to publish it.  This story is part of my history with aviation  so I thought I would re post it here. — A couple of years ago as I was embarking on a big career transition I started […]