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“To promote flying and aviation in general, and to teach and train persons in the art and science of flying In This Issue and navigating and operating all manner of heavier-than-air .” 2 News Around the Club (Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946) 5 Social Media Picks

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 6 The Little Pilot Shop

PRESIDENT Ramona Reynolds 7 Fondness for a Fleet [email protected] Contributed by Robert Stitt VICE PRESIDENT Howard Peng SECRETARY Colin Williamson 11 Income Tax Forms TREASURER Vernon Fischer DIRECTORS Steve Demy 13 First Solos and Member Rob Shemilt Achievements Rolf Hopkinson John Litherland 15 PrepAIR Tower Talk GENERAL MANAGER Gerry Mants Contributed by Simon Dennis CHIEF FLYING Graham Palmer INSTRUCTOR 17 Fly-Out Bug 18 Ground School Schedule 1852 Canso Road Sidney, BC V8L 5V5

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NEW ARRIVALS before a delicious dinner and the club. That’s what makes the Wings awards ceremony. Dress is semi-formal. Banquet special! The Club has purchased a new Cessna Tickets are $40 and are available to 172S. Expect to see it in the rental members and guests from the VFC Everyone is welcome to attend and offerings very soon! The call sign will be office. PPL and CPL graduates receive graduates are encouraged to invite GTEX. one complimentary ticket. Please RSVP friends, family, and guests. VFC by January 20th. members are certainly encouraged WEATHER CONSIDERATIONS to attend, even if they are not among We do hope you will join us for a night this year’s graduates. It is an inspiring We are experiencing freezing of celebration, great food, and a chance and encouraging evening for everyone! temperatures this winter, and we'd like to get to know other Club members. to remind you to plan to arrive early for MEETING ROOM RESERVATIONS your flight instruction appointments or Along with recognizing our graduates, a plane rental to allow de-icing time, if number of flight training bursaries are Are you looking for meeting space for needed. awarded (due date, January 23rd - see the application on page 4). your own Meetup, business meeting, or WINGS BANQUET, JANUARY 27 party? Contact Customer Service at the The Wings Banquet is a long-standing Club to book your spot or connect you Mark your calendars for Friday January tradition at the Victoria Flying Club. with the Dakota Cafe. 27, 2017 and plan to attend the Because our members are busy people Wings Banquet, in celebration of 2016 who all operate on different schedules, Have news or a story to tell? Email us at accomplishments by VFC students and it is not often that we gather together [email protected] for a chance pilots. Join us at the Ward Room (1586 as a group to celebrate what we have to have your news or story published in Esquimalt Rd) at 6:00 for cocktails accomplished as individuals and as a The Patrician.

Image: Register early for the first of Nav 's OpenAIR Series, to be held on February 11th from 0900 - 1200 at the Victoria Flying Club. Registrations are online at www.prepair.ca/openair. Image above: Instagram: cadestewart.

Aviation Excellence Since 1946 2 January 2017 VFC News

AIRCRAFT RENTAL DISCOUNT HOURS NEWS AND EVENTS Special holidays, e.g. BC Family Day JAN 1 Victoria Flying Club is CLOSED Monday to Friday, 1700–0930 JAN 2 New round of PPL classes starts $10/hr rental discount, or 0.2 simulator time credit per hour of flight JAN 10 COPA Flight 6 meeting and social (approximate value $20)

JAN 27 Wings Banquet Saturday and Sunday, 1700–0930 $15/hr rental discount, or JAN 28 IFR Round Table 0.3 simulator time credit per hour of flight FEB 7 COPA Flight 6 meeting and social approximate value $30)

FEB 11 OpenAIR YYJ - register at www.prepair.ca/openair FEB 13 BC Family Day - aircraft discount NEED ADVERTISING? pricing Advertising in The Patrician is affordable! Contact us for more information. [email protected] Is your aviation-related event not listed? Let us know at [email protected].

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Please Join Us At This Year’s Wings Banquet! Victoria Flying Club Flight Training Awards Application Form All current VFC students/members are eligible to apply for these awards. Applications must be submitted to Gerry Mants in the VFC office by January 23, 2017.

Name: ______

Home Phone: ______Cell Phone: ______

Email: ______

Please provide a brief statement describing how you plan to make use of the Flight Training Award, and also outlining your future aviation ambitions: ______

The Butler Flying Award Michael Cooper-Slipper Award Claude Butler served as president of the Victoria Flying Michael Cooper-Slipper was born in England January 11th Club several times over the years. He was a successful 1921 and he joined the AF Squadron 605 equipped with businessman, inventor, and a man with many visions. His Hurricanes, at the tender age of 17. At 19 he was awarded compassion and generosity knew no bounds. Claude the Distinguished Flying Cross for valour during the Battle always referred affectionately to his loving wife Jean, who of Britain. After the war he joined Canada and test was the Mayor of Central Saanich for several years, as “Her few the CF-100, CF-102, and Orenda powered F-86. He Warship.” He asked “Her Warship,” in his last moments, also flew a modified B-47 as a test bed for the AVRO Arrow to do something memorable and worthwhile on his behalf Iroquois engine. After his career as a test pilot he embarked for the Victoria Flying Club and this is how the Butler Flying on a career in aviation sales, first with de Havilland and then Award was born. with Field Aviation. Mike is survived by his wife Rita who resides in Victoria. Betty Wadsworth Scholarship Brian Smedley Award Betty Wadsworth joined the Victoria Flying Club in 1958 and was active in the support of general aviation all her life. As Brian began his aviation career as an Aviation Mechanic for a director of COPA and a member of such organizations the Flying Fireman. This led him to become a pilot for the as BC Aviation Council and the Western Canada Aviation Flying Fireman followed by the BC Government Air Services. Museum of Flight and Transportation, her contributions have After 24 years with the BC Government, Brian flew for been recognized by numerous awards and citations. Betty Ainsworth Lumber in 100 Mile House, BC. After retirement Wadsworth maintained her connection with the Victoria from flying, Brian was able to follow his lifelong dream to Flying Club where she learned to fly, and when she died in become a cowboy. He worked for many ranches in the April 1986 she left a portion of her estate to the Club. Since Cariboo his last one being the 112 Mile Ranch. 1991, the interest from this grant has been awarded each year to further a member’s training, qualifications, or skills at the Victoria Flying Club.

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Instagram: flyboy_21cxu. Winter flying in the Piper. Instagram: c_fisx. Midday, Dec. 16 2016.

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Aviation Excellence Since 1946 6 January 2017 Feature Article

Fondness for a Fleet Contributed by Robert M Stitt, Aviation Historian

I had always hoped I could return to flying the aircraft modern aluminum construction but also fabric-covered. on which I learned to fly, Canada’s very own Fleet 80 It’s a very rugged aircraft with tubing that dwarfs that Canuck. But I never imaged it would be in one of the found on designs like the more powerful Piper Super Fleets on which I gained my licence, or that I would need Cub and wings made to British 7g standards. She’s to completely rebuild it. aesthetically pleasing with perfect proportions and a graceful inverse curve on the lower fuselage. Fleet CF-DQE came back into my life while I was seeking a paint job quote for our group’s 172. She was sitting There is no washout on the wings, yet in-flight directional at Pitt Meadows, tethered out in the elements and control is very good with only a small amount of initial beginning to show signs of aging. She was 69 years- yaw using the ailerons with 'feet off.' Similarly, directional old after all. The aircraft restoration fraternity around control using rudder alone with ‘hands off’ produces only Duncan airport pledged support, an offer was made, a small amount of initial sideslip. There are no flaps, but and with, I’m sure, a heavy heart, Canuck devotee Bob full rudder with full opposite aileron produces a sideslip Gilmour passed over the logbooks to his last Fleet. that allows perfect alignment with the runway in a strong crosswind combined with a stone-like sink rate when DQE was one of 225 Fleet Model 80 Canucks, derived needed. The Canuck is a wonderful trainer, and one from the Noury N75 designed and built by ‘Bob’ Noury, never forgets the feeling of slipping off excess height and a former aircraft engineer with the Flying Club. three-pointing the aircraft onto the runway. She would become one of six Canucks operated by the Victoria Flying Club. The business of disassembling DQE began as soon as she had been trucked to our home in Cowichan Bay The Canuck is a high-wing, two-seat side-by-side tail- and it was soon clear she needed a complete rebuild. dragger with a fuselage of welded 4130 steel tubing, The tubular frame proved to be in good condition, but wood formers and fabric covering. The wings are of more just about everything within the fuselage – woodwork,

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controls, electrical, pullies – was looking and feeling tank and straps overhauled, antenna mounting plates tired. Within a few weeks every part – down to each added, and the fuselage tubing oiled to inhibit corrosion. nut, bolt, and washer – had been photographed, removed, bagged or tagged, and stored. The task felt The next phase will be removing the wing fabric for overwhelming at first but looking back, the Canuck is a a thorough inspection, to be followed by adding new simple aircraft and knowing the condition of every part fabric on all surfaces when the warmer weather arrives. is very reassuring. The overhauled 85-hp Continental C85-12J engine should be received from Vike Aeromotive of Kamloops The most formidable task promised to be stripping the by the summer. two-part epoxy finish from the frame. I began with hand tools, abrasive pads and elbow grease. But it became I’m imagining drawing up to the Victoria Flying Club and an increasingly miserable task and after six weeks of reuniting DQE with those that knew her. marginally productive effort in the damp winter climate I needed a Plan B. Five days later, following good advice Photos of project on the next page. and delivery to a local sandblast and painting facility, the frame was back in my shop, protected by a flawless layer Thank you, Robert, for sharing with us your progress with a of two-part epoxy primer. Lesson learned. very important part of VFC's early history! We look forward to hearing more about and seeing this beloved aircraft in Since then, I’ve painted the frame with a gorgeous the future! If you would like to learn more about the project, two-part ‘gunmetal’ Endura top coat. All woodwork please contact The Patrician's editor at flyvfcmarketing@ – floors, longerons, and frames – has been replaced, gmail.com for contacts and info. pullies, control cables and control tubes installed, the all-important brakes serviced, the firewall reworked, fuel

Aviation Excellence Since 1946 8 January 2017 Feature Article

Fondness for a Fleet, continued Contributed by Robert M Stitt, Aviation Historian

Images, left to right: DQE as rediscovered at Pitt Meadows. Cowichan Bay-bound via BC Ferries. Result of moisture in the carpeting.

Images, left to right: Peeling the onion. Sandblasting the frame saved many hours. Painted frame in rotisserie with new lower woodwork.

Images, left to right: Rudder and aileron tubes installed. Fuselage takes shape with new longerons. Replacement floor - there will be no carpet!

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Fleet 80 Canucks Operated by the Victoria Flying Club, Early History

All are still registered with the exception of CF-DZE.

CF-DQA 1947.01.23 Sold to the Victoria to Flying Club 1956.02.07 Nose over on run-up prior to first solo take off 1956.07.20 Engine ran rough on the approach to a practice forced landing. Unable to clear the ridge at the end of the field the pilot tried to turn back to the fields behind but the aircraft mushed into the ground and cartwheeled. Repaired. 1962.04.01 Sold to Ed Zalesky

CF-DQE 1956.08.28 Sold to the Victoria Flying Club 1967.08.08 Sold to the Aero Club of BC

CF-DQJ 1955.02.26 Sold to the Victoria Flying Club 1962.04.10 Sold to Ed Zalesky

CF-DQR 1954.06.10 Registered to the Victoria Flying Club 1967.08.08 Sold to the Aero Club of BC

CF-DZE 1948.12.31 Sold to the Victoria Flying Club for $1,350 1951.02.22 Entered a steep turn to the left, stalled, the left wing hit the water and the aircraft sank while flying at 200 feet near HMCS near Victoria, BC. Pilot and passenger killed. Cancelled

CF-EAU 1951.05.05 Sold to the Victoria Flying Club 1954.04.21 The pilot was cleared by ATC to taxi south to the SE end of the taxi strip. About a minute later RCN Avenger 343, having refuelled and while moving away from the pumps, was given clearance to taxi. After taxiing 460 feet, the Fleet was overtaken by the Avenger, struck from behind and dragged 76 feet before coming to a stop. The pilot of the Avenger was assigned blame. 1962.09.25 Pilot became lost but with radio/radar help was able to position over Port Angeles Coast Guard Airport, Washington State. The pilot overshot on his first attempt to land and on turning to go back he ran out of fuel. He landed straight ahead but made a heavy landing. Repaired. 1967.08.08 Sold to the Aero Club of BC

Aviation Excellence Since 1946 10 January 2017 2016 Tax Forms

Victoria Flying Club 2016 Income Tax Procedure

Please Note: Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) has recently been requiring proof of enrollment in the Commercial Pilot Program before allowing a deduction for the hours under the Private Pilot Licence. A letter from the Club confirming enrollment in the CPL is available to students actively pursuing a CPL (i.e., a Category 1 Medical, enrollment in Commercial Ground School, working towards a Night Rating or actively completing the dual requirements of the CPL). Members are reminded that all deductions taken are the responsibility of the person claiming the deduction on their tax return.

Instructions: Complete all areas of this form. There is no need to complete the form if you reached the maximum deductible hours per course in 2016. Mail/fax/or drop off this form to Dispatch.

Allowable deductions: As outlined by Revenue Canada Taxation 875 Heron Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L8

Licence or Endorsement: Private Pilot Licence Commercial Pilot Licence Instructor Rating Night Rating

Allowable Tuition Fees (Please read carefully):

Private Pilot Course Any number of dual flying hours. Solo hours to the extent that dual and solo hours do not exceed a total of forty-five hours. Revenue Canada has been requiring proof of enrollment in the Commercial Pilot Licence program prior to allowing a deduction for the PPL. (See above)

Commercial Pilot Course Any number of dual flying hours and solo hours to the extent that dual and solo hours do not exceed a total of sixty-five hours (Commercial Licence).

NO CREDIT MAY BE TAKEN FOR TIME BUILDING OR HOURS IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUMS.

Private Pilot Course Only

Ground school Jan 1 to December 31, 2016 $300.00 $______

______hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2016 ______hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2016 ______hours dual and solo claimed in 2016 and earlier re private license ______TOTAL CLAIM in hours (CANNOT EXCEED 45 HOURS)

January 2017 11 www.flyvfc.com 2016 Tax Forms Commercial Pilot Course

Ground school Jan 1 to December 31, 2016 $495.00 $______Ground school Retread $ 50.00 $______hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2016 ______hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2016 ______hours dual and solo claimed in 2016 and earlier re commercial license

______TOTAL CLAIM in hours (CANNOT EXCEED 65 HOURS)

Other Ratings

Rating: ______Hours: Dual______Solo______

To Be Completed By The Student

I, ______certify that:

I intend to work in the occupation of ______and that I was enrolled

in the course entitled ______in order to furnish me with skills in that occupation OR

I am qualified as a ______and that I was enrolled in the course entitled

______in order to improve my skills in that occupation.

My hours claimed for 2016, when combined with hours claimed in 2016 and earlier does not exceed the

maximums outlined of 45 hours for private and 65 hours for commercial course.

______Signature of Student Date

Do you wish your tax form mailed or picked up?______Tax Forms received by Victoria Flying Club prior to February 1, 2017 will be completed by February 28, 2017.

For Office Use Only

Date received ______Course ______

Hours: ______Dual $______Solo $______Ground Briefing: ______Dual $______Ground school: $______Total Hours Claimed: ______Private ______

Aviation Excellence Since 1946 12 January 2017 Member Achievements

First Solos and Matthew Cameron Member Instructor: Silvia Zilker Achievements

Matthew Mitchner “Without disruption of air traffic, these fearless, Instructor: Jessica Rabideau forthright, indomitable and courageous 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.”

Sam Godsell Instructor: Sean Tyrrell

New Members PPL Written Alec Miller Ron Steeper Arpita Monahan Jason Berndt CPL Written Jason Child Dai Hosoi Kenneth Pothier Eric Leocadio Megan Carpenter-Villa Pragadesh Devi Regina Campbell CPL Licence First Solo Richard Rebneris Matthew Cameron Matthew Mitchner Sam Godsell

Image: Instagram: nathaniel.213. Winter flying around the peninsula.

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Diploma in Business Administration —Aviation Option Combine flight training with a prestigious The unique program schedule means you can university business diploma tailored to the complete both your private and commercial aviation industry. pilot’s license and the Diploma in Business If you’re graduating or have recently graduated Administration. from high school and want to become a The only entrance requirements are successful commercial airline pilot, this program is for completion of Grade 12, the desire for a career you! in aviation, and the motivation to complete an Employers recognize that good pilots intensive business program. do more than fly aircraft; they are active To learn more or to apply, please contact: problem solvers, strategic decision makers, and Business and Management Programs superior communicators. The most successful T 250-721-8073/8072 are skilled in business management, [email protected] leadership, team building, and crew resource For information about flight training, contact management. the Victoria Flying Club: Classes are held at the Victoria International T 250-656-2833 Airport or at the University of Victoria campus [email protected] over a nine-month period.

Offered in collaboration with continuingstudies.uvic.ca/aviation the Victoria Flying Club

Aviation Excellence Since 1946 14 January 2017 Tower Talk TOWER TALK January 2017

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by Simon Dennis, YYJ Tower ATC, ATPL

The days are growing longer, cherry blossoms and patio When we set about creating PrepAIR, our full intent was season are just around the corner, right? Well, maybe not to launch a brand that would be able to expand beyond quite. Welcome to a new year. With December bringing our YYJ, a template that could be used across the province, and first significant snowfalls in three years to YYJ, rest assured potentially even beyond. We are pleased to see it doing we here at the tower have been re-certified in snow clearing just that and have in place strong support from Nav Canada operations by Transport Canada’s little known West Coast employees at these respective new sites to plan and present Snow Awareness Department (also known as SAD West at the inaugural seminars. It is our hope that the new sites, Coast) and are well equipped to handle our next severe along with Victoria, are effectively geographically positioned skiff. All kidding aside, everyone from pilots to the airport to offer a high number of BC pilots a location that is feasibly authority to tower staff dealt with the frozen stuff well, and it within reach. Darlene and I will be fulfilling an oversight role was a good test of the new de-icing pads and processes over for the non-YYJ seminars, ensuring that every one offers the at the terminal apron. I just have a feeling that we will see a same format, content, value, and accessibility to local users bit more precipitation of the frozen variety this winter before as has come to be expected, all of course completely free of we can officially gloat to the rest of the country. charge. It is of the utmost importance to us that every event, wherever it may be, bears the PrepAIR name consistently and PREPAIR SEMINARS represents that name to the high standards we have set out If you are reading this anywhere in BC (or plan on flying here for ourselves. this year from beyond its borders), and are looking to brush up on your knowledge and procedures this spring, this will These three new seminars, along with YYJ, will all take place be the year for you. The year 2017 brings a host of exciting in the spring of 2017. Specific dates are still being finalized announcements and will see PrepAIR rapidly grow. Building due to logistics and not wanting to interfere specifically with upon the success of our first two YYJ one-day seminars of the Easter holiday weekend, but you can expect that most 2015 and 2016, we are very pleased to announce that this or all will take place between late March and early May. year, not only will YYJ host its third seminar, but Nanaimo, The best advice is to stay tuned to the PrepAIR website as Boundary Bay and Kelowna will all host inaugural one-day specific dates and details are confirmed. All dates and times PrepAIR pilot refresher seminars as well. should be confirmed by mid to late January, and as soon as they are, online registration will open, also through our website.

Tower Talk Highlights Due to the fact that PrepAIR is no longer just our YYJ seminar, by the time you read this,PrepAIR’s web address will now be prepair.ca, NOT prepairyyj.com. Please update Victoria Tower Customer Service Survey your bookmarks as required to reflect this new address. We www.prepair.ca/survey felt this was a needed change to accurately reflect PrepAIR as a stand alone and Canadian brand, no longer YYJ specific. To access information on all of our seminars, please now fly over to prepair.ca/seminars. For those of you that have or will OpenAIR Forum subscribe to updates via the form at the bottom of each page Victoria Flying Club on our website, you can expect these via a regular newsletter February 11, 2017, 0900-1200 starting in January as well. Register here: www.prepair.ca/openair CUSTOMER SURVEYS As you may have heard, last month we launched a Nav PrepAIR YYJ Canada YYJ Tower Customer Survey through PrepAIR. To April 29, 2017 those of you that have responded, thank you very much. The feedback has been valuable already, and the majority of respondents are taking the time to add comments as well.

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Remember, positive, negative, indifferent, or anything in year and will provide a chance for users, in between annual between, we want to hear from you. It is a rare opportunity PrepAIR seminars, to have their questions answered and to truly know what you our users are feeling (a prime factor ideas shared with us here at YYJ Tower and PrepAIR. If you for the creation of PrepAIR in the first place), and I have no are looking for a face-to-face, procedural discussion in an doubt that most or all of you have an opinion to share. informal, open-floor atmosphere, this is a great opportunity. Besides, last time I checked, pilots don’t mind a casual chat ROUND TABLE SESSIONS - OPENAIR every now and then! This ties in nicely to my next announcement regarding PrepAIR. We are creating a series of round table question As you read this, registration for our first OpenAIR event is and answer sessions, more frequent, of a shorter duration, available at prepair.ca/openair. Please note that unlike our and much less structured than our day-long PrepAIR PrepAIR seminars, this event will not be Transport Canada seminars. The intent is to bridge the gap between an avenue accredited for pilot re-currency due to it being structured as such as our survey, and at the other end of the spectrum, our much more of a discussion versus a course. full day seminars. While we provide a question session at the end of every PrepAIR seminar, we are often time constrained Finally, should you have any questions regarding any of and inevitably end up with more questions than time allows. our events at PrepAIR, please do so now through our new contact email at [email protected], and I or Darlene will This new event will devote the majority of its time to open respond as soon as we can. Feel free to continue to use my questions, preceded by a short presentation containing an personal email below for any non-PrepAIR related comments airspace overview and any relevant procedural topics that or inquiries. we deem worth discussing at the time. The session will also include a summary of the current YYJ Tower Survey results Here’s to 2017 bringing you smooth skies and safe flying, and a discussion as to what our response to them may be. and we hope to see you at a PrepAIR event soon. We are calling this series OpenAIR, the first of which is to be held at the Victoria Flying Club on Saturday, February 11th, Simon Dennis is a YYJ tower air traffic controller, ATPL holder, from 0900-1200. co-creator of PrepAIR Pilot Accredited Inter-user Refresher seminars, and a former VFC instructor. For PrepAIR inquiries, he OpenAIR is open to any and all students and permit or can be reached at [email protected]. For any other reason, he is licence holders, free of charge, and presented by myself. It always listening at [email protected] as well. will be held at regular two month intervals throughout the

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Pick up your smile card today at the VFC office, and 5% of your grocery purchase will go towards creating scholarships and awards for VFC mem- bers. To date, the Victoria Flying Club has received over $17,738 from the Thrifty Foods Smile Card program. These funds have been appreciated by all members of the club. Thank you Thrifty Foods!

Aviation Excellence Since 1946 16 January 2017 COPA Quadrant FLY-OUT BUG COPA Flight 6

The evening ended discussing aviation owner maintenance The COPA Flight 6 Board consists of: and places to fly in 2017. We always welcome past members and especially first timers to COPA Flight 6. Flight Captain (President): Rob Shemilt The next COPA Flight 6 meeting will be Tuesday January Co-Captain (Vice President): Allan Rempel 10th from 7:00-9:00 PM at Victoria Flying Club. Normally Navigator (Treasurer): Art Reitsma we meet the first Tuesday of each month but with the first Tuesday just following the Holiday Season it was decided to move it a week later. This month's meeting will feature guest speaker Ryan Evans from Skye Avionics. Skye The December COPA Flight 6 meeting was attended Avionics has offices in both Campbell River and now in by nine dedicated pilots. As no formal presentation was Victoria, with an office located at YYJ inside the Victoria planned, the evening was a general round table discussion Flying Club. Skye Avionics focuses on avionics upgrades, about planes and flying. What else do plane crazy people installation, airframe rewiring, new equipment installation do when they get together? and service. Ryan will focus on the future of ADS-B and its impact on general aviation. Looking to upgrade to full glass The evening started off discussing the future of general panel? Come on out and meet Ryan and learn more about aviation and electric aircraft. We then segued into Skye Avionics. formation flying as a couple of COPA Flight 6 members are currently doing formation flying and are looking for Again, please join us at VFC, and you neither need to be other aircraft owners who would like to join in. From the a member of COPA National nor a Victoria Flying Club future of aviation to formation flying, we then heard about member to attend. Gordon Hindle's pursuit of the German Cavalon or Auto- Gyro. If you've never heard of this unusual flying machine, follow this link and learn about the Cavalon: Email: [email protected] https://www.auto-gyro.com/en/ Blog: copaflight6.blogspot.ca

Images: Glass panel examples discussed at the meeting.

January 2017 17 www.flyvfc.com Ground School Schedule

Ground School Schedule Winter 2016

Private Pilot Classes run Mon. and Wed. from 19:00 to 22:00.

DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTOR

Jan 2 Canadian Aviation Regulations & Licencing I Brett

Jan 4 Canadian Aviation Regulations & Licencing II Brett

Jan 9 Aerodynamics & Theory of Flight Iain

Jan 11 Airframes & Engines Dave

Jan 16 Systems & Flight Instruments Dave

Jan 23 Meteorology I Sean

Jan 25 Meteorology II Sean

Jan 30 Meteorology III Sean

Feb 1 Meteorology IV Sean

Feb 6 Meteorology V Sean

Pricing: Ground School Course: $350 Ground School Kit: $275 Learn to Fly package: $675

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