MAY 2019

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Career fairs, alumni that got their dream pilot job, news from the SD61 aviation program, read it all and more inside!

www.flyvfc.com 1 The Patrician News “To promote flying and aviation in general, and to teach and train Around the Club persons in the art and science of flying and navigating and operating all manner of heavier-than-air aircraft.” (Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946) NEWS and EVENTS NEWS and

BOARD OF DIRECTORS TABLE OF CONTENTS BBQ DAYS AT THE CLUB loves aviation or would like to learn Hope Air. This is an iconic Canadian Come join us for the third BBQ to fly! The Open House will include charity which provides free flights at the Club, put on by our new a 'Show and Shine,' providing a to financially challenged Canadians PRESIDENT Colin Williamson 2 News Around the Club Social Committee (Marius and fantastic opportunity for you to who must get to health care far VICE PRESIDENT Don Devenney Matt)! A chance to chill out, chat show off your aircraft. There is no from home. Three light aircraft with friends, and let others do the cost to be included. If you would will fly 12,000 km from the Lower SECRETARY Jennifer Zadorozniak 6 So You Want to Be a Commercial Pilot? cooking, dollar donations will go like to participate, you can contact Mainland across BC, Yukon, NWT, TREASURER Adrian Sudbury 10 Egress Training Our Future Young Pilots towards upgrades to our lounge. Ramona at the VFC office: 250-656- and completely circumnavigate DIRECTORS Iain Barnes 2833 or [email protected]. Alaska. The Give Hope Wings Crew John Ainsworth 12 Airmail, 100 Years of History PREPAIR plans to raise at least $250,000 for John Ryan VFC hosted NavCanada's annual SCHOOL DISTRICT 61'S Hope Air with this expedition; this Ken Teghmeyer 15 Plane Maintenance PrepAIR, with some 100 people will fund over 1,000 medical flights CAREER FAIR for people who really need our help. GENERAL MANAGER Ramona Reynolds attending in four separate Once again, VFC participated in the 16 First Solos and Member Achievements classrooms. All had a good time CHIEF FLYING Graham Palmer annual SD61 career fair, supporting In 2018, Hope Air pilots flew 6,600 brushing up on their knowledge and Victoria's youth in exploring their INSTRUCTOR 18 Ground School Schedules flights for BC residents alone! meeting with friends. future possibilities. Approximately CONTACT 1600 students passed through 19 Fly-Out Bug, COPA Quadrant HANGAR SPACE Jennifer's goal is to raise $20,000 the doors, with many expressing which would allow her to join the A spot in the hangar has opened up. 1852 Canso Road www.flyvfc.com P: 250-656-2833 interest in an aviation career. We Northwest Expedition this summer Talk with Marcel at the office to see Sidney, BC [email protected] F: 250-655-0910 are so happy to be involved in this as a Volunteer Flight Crew. Can if it could accommodate your plane. V8L 5V5 event, inspiring the next generation you support her? Check out her of flyers. fundraising page here: MAY OPEN HOUSE AND https://give.hopeair.ca/ SHOW AND SHINE GIVE HOPE WINGS fundraiser/2062479 Editor: Katy Earl We look forward to seeing VFC board member Jennifer [email protected] you on May 25th at our annual Zadorozniak is working hard to TEXADA ISLAND UPDATES Open House! Invite your friends, support 'Give Hope Wings.' GHW Our friends on Texada Island invite The Patrician accepts unsolicited submissions. neighbours, family members, (www.givehopewings.ca) is a flight VFC members to come out and colleagues, and anyone else who in June/July to raise money for visit! They will be holding their This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, with prior permission of the publisher or author. The opinions expressed are strictly those of the authors. PARKING SUBSCRIPTIONS If you’re interested in prime [email protected] paved parking spaces for your aircraft, http://flyvfc.com/subscribe-to-the-patrician we want to hear from you!

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Front cover photo credits: Instagram: burtonader Please call Dispatch to arrange a spot, or get on the at The second of two @rcaf_arc CF-18B Hornets to visit @ waitlist for hangar spaces 250-656-2833 yyjairport this week. • Photo to the right credit: Instagram: shakey_knees. Instructor Michael at the SD61 Jennifer Zadorozniak is fundraising Attendees express appreciation for "Turning final at Penticton." Career Fair. for Hope Air. PrepAIR.

2 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 3 annual Aerospace Camp and Fly-In in August 7-11, but in the meantime, you can visit their museum and check out NEWS and EVENTS their model wind tunnel, model rocket and rocket motor test stand, and Air Buzz flight simulator any time. Just send a MENTORSHIP: note to Doby at [email protected] or call at 604.223.2588 to Looking to brush up your flying skills? Email [email protected] MAY 7 COPA Flight 6 meeting and social let them know you are coming ahead of time. to find a mentor or be a mentor. MAY 12 Mother's Day WEBSTER APPLICATIONS DUE MAY 25 VFC Open House Application due dates for the Webster Memorial Trophy EVENTS NEWS and MAY 26 BC 99s Poker Run Competition, to find Canada's Top Amateur Pilot, are also approaching quickly! Supported by Air Canada and JUN 1 COPA 4 Kids NavCanada, this is an excellent opportunity to have some JUL 27 BC Aviation Museum Open House fun while getting your name out there. Winners receive scholarships, cash awards, and other prizes. Past VFC HIRING: Is your aviation-related event not listed? winners include Etienne White (2006), Yorgo Roumanis FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS

NEWS and EVENTS Let us know at (2005), Graham Palmer (1995), and Tracy Biddle (1993. [email protected] The story of her career is in the February 2018 Patrician!). Come teach with us! The application, flight test, fee, and online assessment of Send your resume to knowledge is due by June 15, 2019. More [email protected] information can be found here:https:// VICTORIA FLYING CLUB webstertrophy.ca Have news or a story to tell? Email us at [email protected] for a chance to have your news or story published in The Patrician. IFR / IMC Round PILOT Table This group meets on the last Saturday of LOUNGE the month, 2 pm. Contact John at [email protected] to join in. BEER & GOT AN EVENT?

BBQ You can host your event at the Club! CLUB EVENT Contact Customer Service to book your spot, or contact the Dakota Cafe Although VFC’s management team has negotiated our credit A fundraiser event to about catered possibilities. card fees down considerably over the last year, did you know upgrade the flight club What?! that VFC pays the equivalent of a half of an airplane per year in lounge! credit card company fees? BURGERS by donation Half a 172 DRINKS available We’d ask you to consider using cash, interact or e-transfer in ARRANGE rides accordingly! paying your account to reduce unnecessary fees, yours and ours, per year? because we’d like to spend that money on adding another plane to the fleet. May 25, 2019 NEED ADVERTISING? 3 pm – 8 pm Victoria Flying Club Advertising in The Patrician is affordable! Lounge Contact us for more information. [email protected]

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4 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 5 So You Want to Be a Commercial Pilot? Alumni Profile: Dane Campbell, First Officer Alumni Profile

Alumni Profile Alumni I don’t know if you’ve heard, two days driving to Hay River, and I look forward to building my was learning. I encourage other apparently there’s a pilot shortage? Northwest Territories. I spent the experience and skills with this students to do the same. Take Great! So, it’s easy to become a summer months living in a 5th fantastic operation. your studying to the lounge, watch commercial pilot, right? Guess wheel trailer outside the company aircraft arrive and depart while again. The path to professional hangar. As the temperature Student pilots consistently ask listening to the VHF radio, strike flying is long and difficult with plunged below zero degrees, I me the same two questions. up a conversation with those who no shortage of challenges and found a basement suite to live in. “How do I get through all the clearly have more experience obstacles. Hang in there! Countless At Landa, I made it over the 500- training spending minimal time than you. These are great ways to VFC graduates who are flying hour hurdle flying a Cessna 337 and money?” and “Instructor increase your intake of aviation commercially, myself included, are Skymaster, Amphibious Cessna Rating or Multi-IFR?” People knowledge. proof that it IS possible. 208 Caravan, and Beechcraft walking through the club doors A100 King Air. I flew charters for a discovery flight come from 2. Complete written exams as to lakes and aerodromes as well different backgrounds, face soon as possible. For example, "The discovery flight as a daily scheduled passenger different challenges, and have you already know that 100 flight changed my life." service between Hay River and different goals. There is no right hours are required to attempt the Yellowknife. answer to either question, merely Commercial written exam. Plan On January 7, 2017, I walked some advice from somebody who your studying so that at 100 hours through the doors of the Victoria Working for a small operation made it through. Hopefully I can of flying, you’re walking through Flying Club for the first time. After meant there were always jobs to provide some insight. Transport Canada’s front door. building a career in the financial complete. When I wasn’t flying When it comes to booking the industry as a bank teller, financial I was busy fueling, washing or Becoming a commercial pilot exam, just do it. Plan your study advisor, accountant and payroll cleaning, assisting maintenance, requires time and money. Sorry, schedule, choose a date, and administrator, I was looking for loading and unloading freight, there is no way around this. BOOK IT. a major change. I found it. The checking in passengers, answering However, you can do your part discovery flight changed my life. phone calls and emails, even to minimize both. Here are my 3. Prepare for your lessons! editing and formatting COM and recommendations: Flight instructors are thoroughly Over the next 17 months I SOP amendments for submission. prepared for each lesson. You completed the PPL, CPL, Multi- I’m very lucky and thankful for 1. Completely immerse yourself in MUST do the same. It is the Engine and Group 1 Instrument such an amazing exposure to aviation. Spend as much time as students’ responsibility to spend Ratings at the Victoria Flying Club. commercial aviation. possible at the flying club. I quit adequate time reviewing the I also wrote the Initial Aeroplane my day job and got hired working appropriate material before each Type Rating Exam (IATRA). In In February of 2019, I was hired by the line. After that it was simple, flight. early June 2018 I accepted my Kenn Borek Air Ltd. as a Beechcraft come to the flying club every first commercial gig flying for a 200 King Air First Officer flying single day. Whether I was working 4. Be flexible, make yourself as company called Landa Aviation. I Medevac and Charter in the North. the line, studying groundschool, available as possible. You’ll have to packed up my car and spent over The experience has been great or going up for a training flight, I build your life around weather and

6 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 7 the schedule of instructors You’ll have more flexibility do you face? What are your and aircraft at the flying club. choosing where you want short-term and long-term to live and work. You’ll start goals? I know firsthand the Kenn Borek Air - Mission Possible logging PIC time right from challenges and decisions "Flight instructing is a Kenn Borek Air has made a name for itself the world the beginning. student pilots face. I am over as the ballsy Canadian airline that can, and will. rewarding career that more than happy to help Their highly trained and steely flight crew have been Ultimately, it doesn’t matter where I can. Please reach out sharpens your skills." completing some of the world's toughest flights from which you choose. The and contact me if you have Alumni Profile the North Pole to the South, in deep coldness rivalling important thing is to finish questions or would simply 5. Strategize your summer temperatures on Mars. employablity. your training and start building like to chat about aviation. hours. As you build hours, You’ll find me at the club Instructor Rating or Multi- The world watched closely in June 2016 when eight you’ll become more appealing regularly on my days off. Don’t IFR? There is no right answer. Kenn Borek crew members conducted a difficult Alumni Profile Alumni to employers. Only then can hesitate to come say hello. Students must consider their medevac mission from Calgary to Antarctica, arriving you start being selective with I also welcome phone calls, own situation. only one day after winter solstice. It was the third job opportunities. text messages, or emails to time in history that anyone had flown in and out of connect. One big consideration of the South Pole in the middle of the Antarctic winter. the Multi-IFR is the cost 6. Become familiar with the ATPL hour requirements if you 250-661-3527 of obtaining both the VFC is proud to have several alumni go on to work for hope to one day be Captain [email protected] Multi-Engine and Group 1 Kenn Borek Air, including Dane! Instrument Ratings. Renting on a two-crew aircraft. Many instragram: flyboy_dane two engines is usually twice First Officers at the regional as expensive as one engine. level find themselves short You do the math! However, on PIC time when looking to flying multi-engine aircraft upgrade to the left seat. Don’t Images: 1. WIth a Buffalo C-46. under instrument flight rules be one of those people! 2. With a Cessna 337. 3. King is experience airlines want. Air A100. 4. (Right, from top, 7. Keep in mind you must left to right) Training days at Flight instructing is a be willing to move almost VFC. 5. Completing my 300NM rewarding career that anywhere to land that to Cranbrook. 6. Summer sharpens your skills while first job. Hint, it may be float flying. 7. My Commercial developing relationships with somewhere very cold! training is complete! 8. Time student pilots. If you love building. 9. Doing circuits with flying and teaching, then you’ll You must choose your own Dad at Comox. 10. With my love teaching people to fly. path. Consider your own mom at the Wings Banquet. 11. situation. What limitations Driving to north of 60°.

8 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 9 accident and headed back to the Egress Training classroom for pizza. For the next thirty minutes we Our Future Young Pilots debriefed the days events, and once the Dominos boxes were empty, each student was handed their certificate and wished well in their future endevours. Feature Article Recently we at Aviation Egress Islanders. Many survivors of aircraft equipment worked, we jumped in, Training Systems had the good accidents (on land and water) donned our life-vests, and learned Knowing that the Aviation industry fortune to work with a class of 14 can attest to the benefits of their how to stick together as a group as whole is rapidly moving into a enthusiastic students under the egress training. while transiting the water. critical pilot shortage I have reason care of John Sumner, the Aviation to believe we will be seeing many Feature Article Feature Instructor at Mount Douglas The group had already Next was life raft training, teaching of these young to be pilots seated Secondary School. This was in completed our Dry Egress (www. how to get in and how to help in cockpits all over the world conjunction with the Victoria egresstraining.ca) online course others by dragging them into the flying what ever aircraft they set Flying Club's ground school and prior to us meeting, thus they raft over the side, resulting in roars their sights on. John Sumner is a discovery flight program, giving had a good understanding of the of laughter and a class now similar great mentor and teacher with a students an understanding of what overall program. Together we to eight year olds at a pool birthday vision and should be congratulated to expect when entering the world went through the hour and a half party. From here we divided the as to his work in getting these of Commercial Aviation. classroom discussion, covering group in two and had each student future aviators headed in the right what was to take place only metres experience the tunnel, which direction. We met at our classroom pool away in the pool, then headed resembles an inverted four seat facility in Victoria early in the across the hall into a facility aircraft, and our SWET (Shallow Bryan Webster morning, fresh and ready to go. complete with Egress Training Water Egress Trainer) chair. After Aviation Egress Systems We proceeded to go over the simulators ready to go to work. three hours and many attempts www.dunkyou.com importance of egress training for in each unit plus our underwater 250-704-6401 everyone that flies over the water, After each student had touched, Cessna windows, the gang was well as is commonly the case for us felt, and understood how the versed in the unlikely event of an

10 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 11 The early Boeing aand Hubbard weren't the postal service Airmail only ones trying to stimulate a regular became known airmail service. On the Canadian side, 100 Years of History as the 'suicide the Aerial League of Canada, Victoria club,' and after Branch sponsored airmail attempts suffering many in their one JN-4A, the "Pathfinder," casualties, these with a well documented flight on young airlines May 18, 1919. Board members Lt. learned to Feature Article Robert Rideout and Lt. W. H. Brown work with the The decade of 1910 was Washington, D.C. and New York an Exhibition in Seattle, which transported mail between the mayors weather over one of many firsts in aviation City. Canada's progress quickly they successfully completed of Seattle and Victoria and the editors and above the history, and little Victoria was followed. on March 3, 1919. This flight of the Victoria Daily Times, the Seattle clock to keep among these early participants. June 24, 1918 saw the first resulted in a regular airmail Daily Times, and the Sidney and Island employees alive. Feature Article Feature Although in other parts of the sanctioned airmail flight in all service contract going to Review. world there had been attempts Canada. On July 9, the same Hubbard, commencing on at an airmail service by balloon happened in Western Canada October 15, 1920 between In August, the first trans-Rocky flight since 1785, the first unofficial with Katherine Stinson's Victoria and Seattle in a was completed by Captain Hoy, and airmail flight by airplane in flight between Calgary and modified C-700, and continuing Victorians Captain Cameron and North America happened on Edmonton. In late February in a Boeing B-1 flying boat. This Captain Gray flew the first airmail February 17, 1911. It took until 2019, Americans William Boeing was the first official scheduled flight between Victoria and Nanaimo. The first flight September 23, 1911 for an (President of the Boeing Aircraft air route between the US and cover flown official (authorized by the US Company) and Eddie Hubbard Canada. Victoria was now fully Big changes were ahead, and between Post Office Department) flight, (Chief Test Pilot at Boeing) flew on the map as a city keeping Victorians did not fall behind. Victoria and and the first regularly scheduled to Vancouver on a mission to up with the latest methods of Nanaimo, airmail service was inaugurated initiate international airmail international communications. Main source: The Aero Philatelist Annals, August 16, 1919. on May 15, 1918, between flight as a special feature of January 1980, Vol. XXIII, No. 2.

1919, August 16 1919, August 7 Captains Gordon Cameron and James Gray took Captain Ernest C. Hoy completes the first trans- 95 envelopes of mail from Willows Race Track to Rockies from Vancouver to Calgary and most Collerics Farm, Nanaimo, the first airmail between of the way back (his JN-4 crashed in Golden on these two cities. They flew another JN-4, the August 11). 'Pathfinder II.' 1919, March 3 First international airmail flight (still 1918, June 24 1918, July 9 experimental), between Vancouver 1919, May 18 1920, October 15 First airmail flight in Canada, with some First airmail flight in Western and Seattle, flown by Eddie Hubbard The 'Pathfinder' a JN-4A, flown by Lts. Rideout Eddie Hubbard commences his contract 120 letters (and a prohibited secret stash Canada, between Calgary and William E. Boeing while on a and Brown (also board members of the local Aerial with the US Post Office for the Seattle- of Mull Scotch), flown by Captain Bryan and Edmonton, by Katherine survey flight to Vancouver. They League) carried 3 letters, serving to establish Victoria route. He also carried mail back Peck and Cpl, E.W. Mathers in a Curtiss Stinson. flew a Boeing-built C-700 seaplane communications between the cities and familiarize from Victoria. JN-4, from Montreal to Toronto. and carried 60 letters. the pilots with the flight route for future business.

Image of The Pathfinder Hubbard and in flight leaving Boeing with Seattle for their bag of Victoria. airmail. Lake Union Seattle. Hubbard with Wikipedia. the Postmaster and Assistant Image of a cover, one of about 259, flown Katherine Stinson delivering Postmaster by Katherine Stinson to Edmonton, July 9, the mail in Edmonton. www. before takeoff. 1918. www.vicstamps.com vicstamps.com

12 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 13 Plane Maintenance To Decal or Not to Decal Feature Article Contributed by Leslie at compound with a microfbre works well. We recently had a tough decal removal Sea and Sky Eco Detailing If you use normally use wax on your and had to resort to a diferent method. paint, a cleaner wax will work well and This decal was from the 80’s and very Decals are necessary for identification protect the decals for months. A smooth thin so we couldn’t get anything more and they can also make your plane stand coating over a matte decal should be than tiny pieces flaking off. More heat Feature Article Feature out and look great. However, when they treated as a smooth decal. It is the matte and a wide scraper was the only thing age or if you decide to change them, texture that makes things diferent. You that worked. you face the challenge of taking them of don’t want to polish that texture of. In without damaging your paint. addition to a matte fnish a raised decal Once the decals are successfully should also be treated carefully, best removed, you may have additional Some of the issues you may deal with option is to clean the decal with some challenges. One such issue can be a removing a decal is UV damage, faking mild cleaner. ‘ghost’ visual of decals in the paint. or wear of over time, and/or ‘ghost’ This is when the old decals leave a marks on your paint after you remove Removing decals can also be a process. discolouration in the surface. The the decals. However if you follow our step by step decals have protected the paint and process we can share our best practices prevented the UV and oxidation to Decals themselves also present issues. with you. occur at the same rate. Usually this is Smooth decals can fade in colour after a colour diference but we have seen a spending time in the sunlight. They tend 1. The frst thing to do is clean around couple instances where the paint under to fade at a diferent rate compared to the decal so that no dirt can get the decal is actually raised. With either, paint because of diferent chemistry, scratched into the paint. bufng is necessary to get the level and and UV protection. Raised textured or colour closer to the rest of the paint. matte fnished decals present an issue of 2. The easiest way to remove the decals We begin with a couple of passes with changing the fnish if you try to polish, is with heat, like a hair dryer. It softens heavy compound, if after that you or possibly destroying or damaging the the glue and allows you to get a hold of find the colour hasn’t evened out, we decal its self. a corner to peal it of. recommend putting the new decal on and let your plane sit in the sun for a A smooth decal can, generally, be 3. A scraper may be needed to get it few months with no protectant (wax/ polished to restore the colour similar to started and we like the Skraper brand polymer/ceramic) on the discoloured paint (always test a small section as a that comes with a large one and a areas where the decals were. Let the sun test). Make sure you tape of the paint smaller keychain one. work for you for once. Once you see the around the decal if the paint is oxidized discolouration lessen, buf with a light at all and you are not polishing the paint. 4. Be gentle so the paint doesn’t get compound or polish and then seal the This will prevent a shiny patch of paint scratched. Very shallow scratches may whole area with your choice of sealant. around the decal. There are several ways happen but those can be dealt with to ‘polish’ a decal. A clay bar, used in later. Many thanks to Sea and Sky Eco Detailing automotive applications is one. A light for sharing this angle involved with airplane ownership. Editor.

14 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 15 First Solos and Member Achievements Member Achievements Member Achievements

Jacob Scherer Instructor: Mike Turner

Hans Babst Zeid Mohamedali "Without disruption of air traffic, these fearless, forthright, indomitable and courageous Instructor: Stephan Heinemann Instructor: Stephan Heinemann individuals did venture into the wild blue yonder in flying machines. Furthermore, these skillful individuals did safely land said flying machines at Victoria International Airport, incurring no significant damage to self or machine, thus completing first solo flights."

VFC Charter offers inexpensive, on-demand, and direct VFC CHARTER SERVICE transportation to places not serviced by other commercial Be there in minutes! carriers in the lower BC area. The charter service is operational in day VFR conditions. New Members First Solo CPL Written Please contact us for more information on destinations Anthony Green Hans Babst Garnet Roberts and costs. Benjamin Cioci Jacob Scherer Hayden Argyle Emmett Scott Kyle Argue Forest Huth Zeid Mohamedali Geoffery Pedder For more information or to book a flight Gregory Matte PPL Flight Test Email: [email protected] Navya Pottumutu Chloe Semail Call: 1-778-350-3213 Paul Chamberlain Daniel Bremner Roy Graham Ryan Wiens

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16 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 17 Ground School Fly-Out Bug Schedules COPA Flight 6 COPA Quadrant

Private Pilot Classes run Mon. and Wed. from 19:00 to 22:00. COPA FLIGHT Ground School Ground DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTOR May 1 Meteorology IV Sean 6 May 6 Meteorology V Sean Flight Captain (President) May 8 Meteorology VI Sean Rob Shemilt May 13 Flight Operations I Mike B May 15 Flight Operations II Mike B Co-Captain (Vice President) Allan Rempel May 20 NO CLASS - Victoria Day N/A The success of this event is • Meet all Transport Canada May 22 Radio & Electronic Theory Trevor Navigator (Treasurer) dependent on volunteers, pilots, recency requirements including May 27 Navigation I Andrew Art Reitsma and planes. Please consider this a minimum of five takeoffs and May 29 Navigation II Andrew as your chance to give back to landings within the previous six General Aviation and introduce months in the category and class June 3 Navigation III Andrew Would you like to volunteer as a future kids to our environment. of aircraft to be used. Ref: CAR June 5 ATC Andrew board member? COPA Flight 6 401.05 Recency. would love to hear from you! Finally, anyone acting as PIC (pilot in command) will be Our next meeting will be on Ground School Course: $350 Ground School Kit: $275 COPA Flight 6 will be holding required to have a Vulnerable May 7th. As always you neither Call Customer Service at 250 656 2833 to register for Ground School today! another COPA For Kids event Sector (VS) check done through need to be a member of COPA on Saturday June 1st. Following either a municipal police force National to attend. As your voice last year's event in which we or an RCMP detachment. COPA for the Freedom to Fly in Canada attempted to fly 50 kids, the Flight 6 can supply a form your participation is appreciated. weather did not cooperate on letter explaining our event and two separate dates and we were your volunteer position for the Email: [email protected] only able to get 25 kids up in the Vulnerable Sector check. All Blog: copaflight6.blogspot.ca smile cards air. pilots must be a current member VFC of COPA National and meet the Background photo lower from print & imaging Pick up your smile card today at the VFC This year, we will contact the following requirements. Instagram: dempspictures. Tsusiat office, and 5% of your grocery purchase kids that registered last time Falls. will go towards creating scholarships but didn't get a chance to fly, to art & framing and awards for VFC members. Since • Have an appropriate and the autumn of 2005, the Victoria Flying see if they are still interested in current Pilot Licence or Permit, Background photo upper book printing Club has received over $19,600 from the participating, after which time with passenger carrying from Twitter: https:// Thrifty Foods Smile Card program. These we will open up the remaining privileges, for the aircraft being twitter.com/wxgerminator/ Victoria: 905 Fort St., Victoria BC V8V 3K3 Tel: 250-385-9786 funds have been appreciated by all mem- spots. flown. status/967885115379585025. Sidney: 2411 Beacon Ave., Sidney BC V8L 2X2 Tel: 250-656-1233 bers of the club. Thank you Thrifty Foods! Fractus / scud clouds. 19 www.islandblue.com

18 MAY 2019 VFC | Aviation Excellence Since 1946 www.flyvfc.com 19 Photo: Matt Fenlon

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Do a Discovery May 25, 2019 Flight! Fly an airplane! 11am-3pm 'Learn to fly' info session VICTORIA at 1:30pm Try the FLYING simulator! CLUB Check out the 1852 Canso Rd. COMMUNITY DAY AND planes! Sidney, BC OPEN HOUSE Next to the control tower

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