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Where will they take you? +1.651.451.1205 wipaire.com/floats CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS 4 PRESident’S CORNER WE ARE LIstENING to YOU 6 MAILBOX PICKERING MISPRINT 8 NEWSLINE AN INNOVatIVE APPRoacH to APPRoacH PlatES 16 INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS A BRIEF compIlatION FROM RECENT TCCA REpoRts 20 AVIATION ACCEssORIEs THE INTERNET AND THE COCKPIT 26 18 AVIATION SAFETY WHat to DO WHEN THE GAUGE READS FEATURE ZERO 24 EXCERPTS LAC LA BICHE 2020 MIKE DaVEnpoRT REcoUnts HIS OSHKosH EXPERIENCE Way out west from the traditional hub of Canadian winter fly-ins is a small northern Alberta town of 2300 inhabitants. Lac La Biche was first settled around 20 REGIONS 1800 by French Canadians and Métis active in the fur trade, and its economy LOCAL NEws AND MEMBER ActIVITIES continues to be natural resource based. It is also home to one of Canada’s 38 ON THE HORIZON biggest and best winter fly-ins. MARK yoUR CALENDARS 42 BOOksHELF ON THE COVER: Helicopters, twins and over a hundred single-engine aircraft BOOKS by CANADIAN AUTHORS participated in Lac La Biche 2020. Cover photo by Stacey Skyrpan. ABOUT CANADIAN AVIatION Clark Morawetz Flight [email protected], 905-809-4835 Québec COPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jonathan Beauchesne, Treasurer B.C. & Yukon [email protected], 514-585-3959 EDITOR David Black Steve Drinkwater [email protected], 604-351-6851 Mathieu Delorme [email protected] [email protected], 514-248-5379 604.229.1629 Kate Klassen [email protected], 604-366-8211 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Atlantic Bill Mahoney, Eastern Vice-Chair Shannon Swanson Alberta & N.W.T. 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Non-Members $30 per year Doug Ronan Single Copy Price $4.95 [email protected], 705-327-4730 (includes mailing in Canada) COPA FLIGHT | APRIL 2020 3 FROM THE TOP PRESident’S CORNER WITH BERNARD GERVAIS MARK YOUR CALENDARS COPA CONVENTION COMING UP SOON In late June this year, just after the ers. We’ll also be holding our Annual Saint-Jean-Baptiste holiday in Quebec, General Meeting (AGM). we’ll be holding the COPA Convention Located about 30 minutes from Mon- and Trade Show at Saint-Jean-sur- treal, you could plan a whole vacation Richelieu airport (CYJN). Just south around those dates and take in all that BAS Inc. FE 2011 BASBAS Inc. Inc. FE FE 2011 2011 of Montreal, this ex-British Common- the surroundings have to offer. Register BAS Inc. FE 2011 wealth Air Training Plan airport has right away on copa2020.ca. BASBAS Inc.Inc. FEFE 20112011 three runways and a tower. Starting Better yet, you could extend your stay U S C O M B E • • L C E S S F T N with a special barbecue on Thursday, a little and attend the ice-breaking wel- A A R • C H P I C P June 25, our hosts, the CYJN Pilots and come reception evening of IAOPA2020 E E E N2849A R B Hangar Owners Association (or COPA on Monday June 29 and to meet with A I R C S R E A I Flight 160, with over 200 members), an international crowd of general avia- R F INC O T BAS S S S AF CE ETY AC are opening up their hangars and let- tion pilots attending the biennial IAOPA HARNESSES AND ting us use them for the seminars, dem- World Assembly being held at the Fair- BEECHCRAFT • LUSCOMBE • [email protected] • PIPER os and booths as well as the bistro and mont Queen Elizabeth hotel in down- cold beverage areas. Come and join a town Montreal. Visit iaopa2020.com for [email protected] N2849A whole community of pilots and volun- details and to register. N2849A [email protected]@[email protected]@basinc-aeromod.com teers. We will also invite our American BAS INC friends from the northeastern U.S. to BoarD ELECTIONS — AIRCRAFT SAFETY HARNESSES AND ACCESSORIES come on over. Aircraft Spruce will have Participate! a huge booth with lots of supplies so Last but not least, if you are reading you can purchase whatever you need, this in early April, the election process and at a special price. for over half of our Board of Directors Under-wing camping with showers should be ongoing. The elections take – everything will be available to have place online. Go to copanational.org/ a first-class fly-in. We’ll have our COPA about/elections to see who the nomi- booth with plenty of COPA and Red nees are and to vote. (If your regional Canoe clothing, hats and other pro- director is not up for election, you will motional items. We’ll also have staff on not see anyone, and you won’t be able hand to answer your COPA questions. to vote.) If you still want a paper bal- Expect many aircraft on static display, lot, please call the office and we’ll send many of them rarely seen, including a you one. few surprises. Exciting seminars, such As always, if you have any questions, as how to fly to the Bahamas, getting please give me a call or write me at your engine to TBO and many oth- [email protected]. www.basinc-aeromod.com 4 COPA FLIGHT | APRIL 2020 LE MOT DU PRÉSIDENT BERNARD GERVAIS MARQUEZ VOS CALENDRIERS POUR JUIN CONGRÈS COPA ARRIVE BIENTÔT À la fin du mois de juin de cette année, que notre assemblée générale annu- juste après la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, elle (AGA). À environ 30 minutes de nous tiendrons le congrès et foire Montréal, vous devriez planifier des commerciale COPA à l’aéroport de vacances autour de ces dates et pren- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (CYJN). Juste dre avantage de tout ce que la région au sud de Montréal, cet ancien aéro- a à vous offrir. port du Plan d’entraînement aérien du Vous pouvez vous inscrire immé- Commonwealth britannique compte diatement sur copa2020.ca. Mieux trois pistes et une tour. encore, vous pourriez prolonger un Débutant par un barbecue spécial le peu votre séjour et assister à la soi- jeudi 25 juin, l'Association des pilotes rée de réception de bienvenue de et propriétaires de hangars de CYJN l'IAOPA2020 le lundi 29 juin, afin de qui nous accueille (ou le Club COPA rencontrer des pilotes d'aviation gé- 160 avec plus de 200 membres), nous nérale du monde entier qui assister- ouvre ses hangars et nous permet de ont à l'Assemblée mondiale biennale les utiliser pour les séminaires, démon- de l'IAOPA qui se tiendra à l'hôtel strations et kiosques, ainsi que pour Fairmont Reine Élizabeth au centre- les zones bistro et boissons froids. ville de Montréal. Rendez-vous sur Joignez-vous à toute une communauté iaopa2020.com pour plus de détails de pilotes et de bénévoles, où nos amis et pour vous inscrire. américains du Nord-Est des États-Unis sont aussi invités à venir faire un tour. ÉLECTIONS au conseiL Aircraft Spruce aura un grand kiosque D'ADministration — avec beaucoup de fournitures afin d’y ParticipeZ ! trouver tout ce dont vous avez besoin, Enfin, pour votre association, si vous à un prix spécial. lisez ceci au début d'avril, le processus 600, Chemin des Patriotes Du camping sous l’aile avec douch- électoral de plus de la moitié de notre St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Quebec es, tout sera en place pour avoir un conseil d'administration devrait être en (450) 658-2041 [email protected] rendez-vous aérien de première classe. cours. Les élections ont lieu EN LIGNE. www.aviationbl.com Nous aurons notre kiosque COPA Rendez-vous sur copanational.org/fr/ notre collection de vêtements et des elections-2 pour voir qui sont les can- items Red Canoe, des casquettes et didats et pour voter (Si votre région YOUR SPECIALIST: autres articles promotionnels, en plus n’a pas d’élections, vous ne verrez pas du personnel sur place pour répondre les candidats et vous ne serez pas en à vos questions COPA. Attendez-vous mesure de voter.) Si vous voulez un à de nombreux avions en présentation bulletin de vote papier, appelez au bu- statique, quelques surprises et des reau et nous vous enverrons un.