The Journal of the Canadian Owners and Pilot’s Association FlightFEBRUARY 2018 River WOAW WEEK Rendezvous NEW AWARDS, COPA Grows Montebello NEW SWAG Magic (P.38) SOLID STATE MAGS RELIABILITY FOR EXTRA COST ALL ToGETHER Now SEARCH TEAM COORDINATION FINAL CALL foR NOMINATIONS COPA BOARD LOOKING FOR NEW BLOOD More than 80 Classified Ads (P.44) PM#42583014 Flight coNTENTS EDITOR Russ Niles [email protected] 250.546.6743 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Steve Drinkwater DISPLAY ADVERTISING SALES Katherine Kjaer 250.592.5331 [email protected] CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES AND PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Maureen Leigh 1.800.656.7598 [email protected] CIRCULATION Maureen Leigh accOUNTING Anthea Williams ASSISTANT ADMIN Rajei Gill COPA Members $15 per year Non-Members $30 per year Single Copy Price $4.95 (includes mailing in Canada) 36 COPA BOARD Bernard Gervais, President and CEO FEATURE Executive Committee Jean Messier 36 WINTER RENDEZVOUS Chair, Quebec Director In 2019, COPA, with the help of the Quebec Bush Pilots Association, will Bram Tilroe take over the organization and presentation of Montebello Magic, the fly-in Western Vice-Chair, Alberta & NWT Director at the historic Chateau Montebello on the Ottawa River between Ottawa Brian Chappell and Montreal. The event began in 1991 with a group of Challenger ultralight Eastern Vice-Chair, Maritimes Director owners and has grown into the largest winter flying event in the region. Jim Bell COPA spoke with long-time organizer Claude Roy about the event. Secretary, Manitoba & Nunavut Director Jonathan Beauchesne Treasurer, Quebec Director Elected Directors DEpaRTMENTS Shane Armstrong, Saskatchewan 4 PRESIDENt’s CORNER PILOT SHORTAGE IN THE NEWS Larry Biever, Alberta & NWT Joe Hessberger, BC & Yukon 6 MAILBOX RADIOACTIVE INSTRUMENTS, AIREON IssUES Phil Englishman, Conrad Hatcher, Cheryl Marek, Southern Ontario 9 NEWSLINE NOMINATIONS CALL, NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOLARSHIP Bill Mahoney, Newfoundland & Labrador Brian Pound, Maritimes 14 COLUMNS ELECTRONIC IGNITION, IFR CURRENCY Lloyd Richards, Northern Ontario 24 ON THE HORIZON MARK YOUR CALENDARS Honorary Director John Bogie 28 NEWS BY REGION AWARDS AND WINTER EVENTS Canadian Owners and Pilots Association 75 Albert Street, Suite 903, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7 COVER ART: Winter is no excuse to stop flying and Montebello Magic attracts 613-236-4901 | www.copanational.org dozens to the ice of the Ottawa River. Photo by Jean-Pierre Bonin Find us on Facebook COpa FLIGHT | FEBRUARY 2018 3 FROM THE TOP PRESIDENt’s CorNER WITH BERNARD GERVAIS WE DESIGN AND& BUILD HANGARS Individual • Corporate • FBO’s • T-Hangars PILOT SHORTAGE GETS ATTENTION MAINSTREAM MEDIA INVESTIGATING LABOUR ISSUES Here’s wHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU: Architectural & Engineered Drawings The second week of January saw anoth- To showcase our aerodromes and Municipal Applications & Permits Airport Applications & Approvals er story come out about the shortage give a serious and well-needed taste for Transport Canada & NavCan Applications of pilots (January 8 CBC news: “Who’s flying, there are plenty of opportunities Complete Construction going to fly the plane? Pilot shortage we should never pass up such as our could get worse for regional carriers”). COPA for Kids events, Women of Avia- Questions? Phone 519.857.7639 As air traffic grows somewhere tion Worldwide Week coming up March or visit www.secandco.com around 5% to 7 % worldwide year 7 to 11 or what the Canadian Council after year, we just can’t fill the seats in for Aviation & Aerospace has done in If you already have a design or drawings, send it along for a free estimate. the flight decks around the globe fast partnering with groups and organiza- BAS Inc. FE 2011 Email (CAD or PDF) to [email protected] enough. The biggest increases occur in tions like COPA to get something called BASBAS Inc. Inc. FE FE 2011 2011 or fax 519.679.2200 BAS Inc. FE 2011 the Orient and South-East Asia, where the National Outreach Event going this BASBAS Inc.Inc. FEFE 20112011 year-on-year growth rates can reach summer, across the country. U S C O M B E • • L C E S S over 30% (IATA Annual review, 2017). So We’ve got to keep that stream flowing F T N A A R • C H P C I before it’s too late. It’s our responsibility. P it’s a domino effect taking place all over E E E N2849A R B the world. The big airlines can’t easily fill A I R C S R E the void, they pick on the regionals that COPA AT WORK A I R F INC O T BAS S S S AF CE ETY AC get their pilots taken and in return the Propellers: A few months ago I men- HARNESSES AND regionals recruit the instructors in flight tioned we were asking the regulator, BEECHCRAFT • LUSCOMBE • CESSNA • PIPER schools. I was recently interviewed by Transport Canada, for an exemption [email protected] the CBC and the message I conveyed to the mandatory ten year propel- [email protected] N2849A is that GA is the feeder system to all of ler overhaul on non-commercial light N2849A [email protected]@[email protected]@basinc-aeromod.com this, where it all starts. The individual piston operations. The paperwork of any age that looks up to the sky and was submitted in mid-November and BAS INC AIRCRAFT SAFETY HARNESSES AND ACCESSORIES decides to give flying a try, whether we expect to have an update within soaring, paragliding, motorized fixed or the next few weeks. rotary wings, starts with a dream real- ized at the local flight school or flying British Columbia hangar assessments: club. A local FTU needs a local aero- Many BC members have seen their drome and a local aerodrome needs hangars reclassified as “Industrial understanding and appreciation from its Warehouses”, a decision that puts the operator and neighbours. As our Eco- buildings in the same classification as nomic Impact Study (available on our commercial storage facilities in areas website) explains, GA is the core of avia- such as downtown cores. There may tion and has a $9.3 billion dollar impact or may not be an impact on the taxes on the Canadian economy. Future flight paid in the end, but COPA is looking instructors, corporate, regional, and air- at the bigger picture and working on line pilots come from the same commu- a plan to have hangar owners treated nities as any of us, but only if they have a fairly by the assessment agency. More desire to fly and an airport to go to. details in our E-Flight and website. www.basinc-aeromod.com 4 COpa FLIGHT | FEBRUARY 2018 LE MOT DU PRÉSIDENT BERNARD GERVAIS Oshawa Airport Hangarminiums INC. 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Au cours du mois dernier, on a encore Pour mettre nos aérodromes en All units are Steel• T-Hangars Pre-Engineered Buildings with •insulated C-Unit AttachedConveniently walls and Box roofslocated Hangars as at wellthe Oshawa as Executive Airport, rapporté une nouvelle concernant la valeur et susciter les désirs pour just 60 km from Toronto City Airport • 65’Electric x 50’ Twin Bi-Fold Hangar441 Doors.Aviator Units Lane, Oshawa, Ontario pénurie de pilotes (Radio-Canada, 8 l’aviation, plusieurs occasions • 50’ x 45’ Twin Hangar Units Conveniently located at the Oshawa Executive Airport, janv. : « Recherche désespérée de pilotes s’offrent à nous dont nos événements just 60 km fromFor moreToronto information, City Airport specs and photos, visit All units are Steel Pre-Engineered441www.oshawaairporthangarminiums.com Aviator Lane, Oshawa, Buildings Ontario with insulated walls or call 905-436-2600 d’avion »). COPA pour enfants, la Semaine mon- and roofs as well as Electric Bi-Fold Doors. Quand le trafic aérien mondial diale des femmes de l’air qui a lieu du For more information, specs and photos, visit www.oshawaairporthangarminiums.comConveniently located at the Oshawa Executive Airport, 5 au 11 mars ou ce que le Conseil can- just 60 km from Toronto City Airport croît annuellement entre 5% et 7% 441 Aviator Lane, Oshawa, Ontario année après année, on ne peut tout adien pour l’aviation et l’aérospatiale Call For more information, specs and photos, visit simplement pas remplir les sièges du a concocté en partenariat avec 905-436-2600Oshawa Airport www.oshawaairporthangarminiums.comHangarminiums or call 905-436-2600 poste de pilotage au même rythme. d’autres groupes et organisations INC. EST. 2009 C’est en Orient et Asie du sud-est où comme COPA, soit le Programme de l’on retrouve des taux de croissance sensibilisation nationale à l’aviation, Hangarminium Units available for purchase or rent: • T-Hangars de plus de 30% (rapport IATA 2017). qui aura lieu à travers le pays tout au • C-Unit Attached Box Hangars C’est donc un effet en cascade d’une long de l’été. • 65’ x 50’ Twin Hangar Units • 50’ x 45’ Twin Hangar Units portée mondiale. Les grandes lignes Il est de notre devoir de ne pas tarir aériennes ne peuvent combler le vide, la source essentielle au monde de All units are Steel Pre-Engineered Buildings with insulated walls and roofs as well as Electric Bi-Fold Doors. recrutent auprès les lignes régionales l’aéronautique.