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Keynote speaker is Transportation COVER ART: Saint John’s beautiful Safety Board Chair Kathy Fox. COPA Flight 193, along with Atlantic Aviation, setting on the Bay of Funday welcomes Saint John Airport and Hilton Saint John are jointly hosting the event, which COPA delegates in June. includes important business meetings with plenty of fun social activities. Photo by Paul Mifsud Flight Larry Biever, Alberta & NWT Joe Hessberger, BC & Yukon EDITOR COPA BOARD Phil Englishman, Southern Ontario Russ Niles Executive Committee [email protected] Conrad Hatcher, Southern Ontario 250.546.6743 Jean Messier Cheryl Marek, Southern Ontario Chair, Quebec Director ASSOCIATE EDITOR Bill Mahoney, Newfoundland & Labrador Steve Drinkwater Bram Tilroe Western Vice-Chair Brian Pound, Maritimes DISPLAY ADVERTISING SALES Alberta & NWT Director Lloyd Richards, Northern Ontario Katherine Kjaer Brian Chappell 250.592.5331 Honorary Director John Bogie [email protected] Eastern Vice-Chair Maritimes Director CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES AND PRODUCTION Jim Bell Canadian Owners COORDINATOR Secretary and Pilots Association Maureen Leigh Manitoba & Nunavut Director 1.800.656.7598 75 Albert Street, Suite 903, [email protected] Jonathan Beauchesne Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7 Treasurer 613-236-4901 | www.copanational.org CIRCULATION Quebec Director Find us on Facebook Maureen Leigh Ex-officio Bernard Gervais ACCOUNTING President and CEO Anthea Williams COPA Members $15 per year Elected Directors Non-Members $30 per year ASSISTANT ADMIN Single Copy Price $4.95 Saskatchewan Rajei Gill Shane Armstrong, (includes mailing in Canada) C OPA FLIGHT | APRIL 2018 3 FROM THE TOP PRESIDent’S CORNER WITH BERNARD GERVAIS WE DESIGN AND& BUILD HANGARS Individual • Corporate • FBO’s • T-Hangars SaFEty’s SUcceSS AVGAS FAILURE Here’s wHaT WE CAN DO FOR YOU: Architectural & Engineered Drawings Most of you reading this will likely too high, causing concern for aircraft Municipal Applications & Permits Airport Applications & Approvals have seen last month’s first annual fuel gauges — particularly those of Transport Canada & NavCan Applications Safety Issue. We are thrilled at the the capacitive type — and shut down Complete Construction level of positive feedback we received production at the country’s only avgas from the membership and how much refinery in Edmonton. Since then, Im- Questions? Phone 519.857.7639 many of you valued the articles and perial Oil has conducted testing at all or visit www.secandco.com information included. One member affected airports and determined that If you already have a design or commented to me: “it reads like the majority have fuel that is safe to drawings, send it along for a free estimate. a double-issue of Flying, but with use. Unfortunately, they have not re- BAS Inc. FE 2011 Email (CAD or PDF) to [email protected] sumed production and so airports are BASBAS Inc. Inc. FE FE 2011 2011 or fax 519.679.2200 articles relevant to Canada.” As we in- BAS Inc. FE 2011 dicated, we are tying the March issue now running low on existing supplies. BASBAS Inc.Inc. FEFE 20112011 in with the General Aviation Safety We are aware that some are arranging U S C O M B E • • L C E S S to import avgas from the US, though F T N Campaign and the goal is to make it A A R • C H P I C P an annual staple for Canadian pilots. this appears to only be possible with a E E E N2849A R B As we go to press, we are just under significant markup in price, something A I R C S R E one month to go in the voting for this that will severely curtail springtime A I R F INC O T BAS S S S AF CE ETY AC year’s Board of Directors elections. We flying. Your COPA staff in Ottawa con- HARNESSES AND have a record number of candidates tinue to dialogue with Imperial Oil as BEECHCRAFT • LUSCOMBE • CESSNA • PIPER running for the seven position this year they seek to determine the cause of [email protected] and the level of interest and discus- the contaminated fuel. We are hopeful [email protected] N2849A sion the process has generated is an that a resolution will be found soon N2849A [email protected]@[email protected]@basinc-aeromod.com encouraging sign that the members are and that flying activities can get back engaged in the organization and care to normal. BAS INC AIRCRAFT SAFETY HARNESSES AND ACCESSORIES about its long-term future. It is your or- This incident highlights the impor- ganization and we encourage all of you tance of the work COPA has been par- who haven’t voted to do so — either tially funding fro the last few years at online on copanational.org or by re- the National Research Council Canada questing a paper ballot from our office. to examine possible “drop-in” replace- In order to be counted, ballots must be ment fuels for 100LL, as a complement completed and received at COPA no to the Piston Aviation Fuels Initiative, later than close of business, April 3. or PAFI, being undertaken in the US. Canada’s direct contribution to the AVGAS PAFI is the testing in radial-engine air- Anyone who has turned on the news craft by the NRC (their Harvard Mk IV), in recent weeks has likely heard about and with their various test engines in the avgas shortage affecting airports their altitude chamber. Phase 3 of the across the country. Imperial Oil dis- current program expects to wrap up covered a batch produced after Dec. later this year, with project conclusion 28 had conductivity levels that are estimated next year. www.basinc-aeromod.com 4 COPA FLIGHT | APRIL 2018 LE MOT DU PRÉSIDENT BERNARD GERVAIS Oshawa Airport Hangarminiums INC. 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Un membre n’a pas repris la production et les Call For more information, specs and photos, visit l’a même qualifiée comme une double aéroports se trouvent maintenant en 905-436-2600Oshawa Airport www.oshawaairporthangarminiums.comHangarminiums or call 905-436-2600 édition du magazine « Flying », mais pénurie.