august 2014 victoria flying club newsletter

THE PATRICIANThe Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

AUGUST 2014

GROUNDSCHOOL SCHEDULES | CLUB NEWS | FIRST SOLOS | PHOTO CONTEST

“Maid in the Shade”B-25J Visits VFC

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“To promote flying and aviation in general, and to teach and train 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)

Board of Directors

President...................................Ramona ReynoldsVice President....................................Firat AtamanSecretary......................................Colin WilliamsonTreasurer.............................................Rob ShemiltDirectors............................................. Steve Demy Howard Peng

Vernon FischerGeneral Manager.................................Gerry MantsChief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer

1852 Canso RoadSidney, BC V8L 5V5

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Phone: 250-656-2833Fax: 250-655-0910

Editor: Christie [email protected] Design & [email protected]

In This Issue 3 Cadet Updates

5 “Maid in the Shade”

11 BC Challenge Updates 13 Women in Aviation Gala Fundraiser and Silent Auction Invitation

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THE PATRICIANMonthly Newsletter of The Victoria Flying Club - Aviation Excellence Since 1946

AUGUST 2014

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VFC News

News from VFCGot Charts? With charts expiring every 56 days, it can be challenging to keep up to date. The Victoria Fly-ing Club regularly stocks up to date charts, but we want to make sure we have what you need. If you would like to receive a regular subscrip-tion for specific charts, please let us know, and we’ll be happy to stock them for you. We’ll set up automatic payments and will let you know when your charts arrive. To be added to the subscription service, please contact Marcel at the Victoria Flying Club office: 250-656-2833.

Aircraft Parking Available at VFCThe Victoria Flying Club has outdoor parking avail-able, in the paved area and on the grass. Please contact the club office to inquire about availability and pricing.

All of us at the Victoria Flying Club are saddened by the re-cent loss of members Michael Weir and Gerald Thom. These two long-time friends and avid pilots will be missed. We wish to extend our sympathies to the families of Michael and Gerald, and we hope that you will be comforted by great memories of these fine men in this very difficult time.

Remembering VFC Members

Mark Your Calendars: Important Dates!August 9 and 10 2014 Victoria's Largest Little Air Show

August 11-15VFC Summer Flight Camp(see page 17 for details)

August 16 Women in Aviation Panel (Pilots from Borek Air & Air Canada)

September 13Women In Aviation Gala at BCAM

September 20VFC Open House and Career Fair

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VFC News

Cadet Power Scholarship Students We’re excited to bring you updates from these great, hard-working students! Top: Next Generation of Women in Aviation! Royal Canadian Air Cadet Private Pilot course 2014 at Victoria Flying Club. Way to go girls - we are cheering for you!L to R Chelsea Nielsen,Erica Mul-der, Lucy Poirier, Taseem Kaur, Lyra Hindrichs, up top Leia Hoot) Bottom: After a long morning of writing their PPL Written Exams, the cadets enjoyed the opportunity get out on the ramp, check out the B-25, and meet the crew. These kids are fortunate to be studying at VFC this summer - there’s always something fun to enjoy when the work is done for the day! We wish the Cadets continued great weather, health, and energy as they finish up the flight training portion of their summer.

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VFC News

VFC Alumni On The Job

We were excited recently to receive a photo from two former VFC students and in-structors. Jeff Bujas (left) and Jeff Lightheart (right) are both flying for Central Mountain Air, and had the opportunity to snap a quick photo between flights on a recent pairing where they were scheduled to fly together. These guys are great examples of the successful combination of solid training at VFC, and hard work out in the industry. Well done guys!

We are still looking for pho-tos of our successful (and good looking!) alumni to share with prospective student pilots. If you completed any of your training, or worked as an instructor, at VFC and you are presently working in the avia-tion industry (in a plane or on the ground) then we really want to hear from you! We couldn’t be any prouder of your achieve-ments and we would love to share that pride with our new visitors and students!

So don’t be shy! Take a smiley photo of you living the dream, and email it to: [email protected] Also, the next VFC Career Open House is scheduled for Saturday September 20th. Please accept this invitation to come visit as our special guests on that day. We would be thrilled to introduce you to our visitors and prospective new student pilots. Please RSVP to: the [email protected].


Events


Flight Training

“Bombers, Burgers, Beer… and Bacon!”BBQ for Club Members, Staff, & B-25 Crew

By donation with proceeds going to fuel for the B-25Saturday, August 2, 2014 - 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The Victoria Flying Club is thrilled to host the Commemora-tive Air Force Airbase Arizona and their B-25J WWII Bomber, “Maid in the Shade,” from July 28 to August 3. The iconic aircraft will be on display for the public to tour through the aircraft, enjoy a flight, breath in the history, and learn about the unique roll these aircraft played in military aviation history. The B-25 Mitchell was made famous by the Doolittle Raid-ers on April 18, 1942. Sixteen B-25s took off from the deck of the USS Hornet and bombed Tokyo just four months after Pearl Harbour. This massive morale boost for the United States helped set the stage for the victories to come. The

B-25 served in many roles from bomber to transport. In the post-war years, it became best known for its role as a fire bomber. “We’re really excited to host the Commemorative Air Force and “Maid in the Shade,” said Victoria Flying Club president Ramona Reynolds, “It’s a great opportunity not only for our members to see an amazing historic aircraft, but we’re look-ing forward to welcoming the community in to see it as well.” “Maid in the Shade” will be available for public viewing from 8am to 4pm daily at the Victoria Flying Club. Cockpit tours are available for $5, or a family rate of $10. But for those looking to cross an item off their bucket

list, there are a limited number of flights available as well. The CAF was founded to acquire, restore and preserve in flying condition a complete collection of combat aircraft which were flown by all military services of the United States, and aircraft of other nations, for the education and enjoyment of present and future genera-tions. More than just a col-lection of airworthy warplanes from the past, the CAF’s fleet of historic aircraft, known as the CAF Ghost Squadron, recreate, remind and reinforce the les-sons from the defining moments in military aviation history. More information is available at: http://www.azcaf.org/pages/aircraft_bios/TB-25N_Mitchell.html

Victoria Flying Club Welcomes Historic WWII Bomber B-25J “Maid in the Shade”


VFC News

Chelsea NielsenInstructor: Hana Nakahara

Dustin LeibelInstructor: Dave Yates

Erica MulderInstructor: Brett Stevens

Jared HeavenerInstructor: Dave Yates

John HaynesInstructor: Bonnie Tidswell

Leia HootInstructor: Laura Van Buskirk

Air Cadets


VFC News

First Solos

Lucy PoirierInstructor: Iain Wallis

Lyra HindrichsInstructor: Laura Van Buskirk

Michael RayInstructor: Brady Tucker

Patrick CheungInstructor: Brett Stevens

Seto GugasyanInstructor: Brendan O’Hare

Taseem KaurInstructor: Hana Nakahara


Achievements

Ali HamoodInstructor: Kristen Ursel

Brenda McPhailInstructor: Kristen Ursel

“Without disruption of air traffic, these fearless, 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.”

Michael HollerInstructor: Brett Stevens

Tyler SutherlandInstructor: Iain Wallis


Mystery Aircraft

AUGUST MYSTERY AIRCRAFTCan you identify the aircraft shown here?

Email: [email protected]

July Mystery Identified:From Tim:

The DHA-3 Drover was a small trans-port aircraft built by de Havilland Aus-tralia in the 1940s and 50s. Adopted by the flying doctor service, it suffered performance and reliability problems. Only 20 were built.

Correctly Identified By:

VFC Member Tim Hamblin

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Feature Article

Wow! Things are really heating up in the BC Challenge now!

John Litherland has thrown down the gauntlet in a big way with a total of 44 airports visited so far - and the summer is only half over! But there a number of other participants also making a run for the title in the Over 20 Club. Keep it up everyone!

Important Note: The Cortes Island Airstrip will be removed from the challenge as it has been bought by a non-pilot and is now closed to the public.

You can find the updated map and current standings at: http://www.olantra.com/vfc/

Club AircraftAaron C (2)Aaron N (8)Adan T (8)Alethia F (5)Andrew H (9)Andrew K (8)Bart-Jan C (15)Ben H (2)Bonnie T (2)Brett W (6)Bruce R (4)Colin W (7)Courtlandt R (2)David V (2)Don D (6)Doug N (9)Jessica R (10)Joey M (3)Keegan A (8)Kevin S (4)Kyle H (9)

Lynn F (6)Matt M (4)Morgan B (4)Morgan S (20)Ramona R (2)Robin H (15)Schuyler C (5)Tim H (2)Walker R (9)Yaaseen M (6)

Owner AircraftDave G (29)Firat A (4)Glenn L (13)Jeremy P (3)John L (44)Ken C (22)Ken T (7)Norm D (3)Norman Y (24)

BC CHALLENGE - Your 2014 Adventure


Feature Article

If you don’t fly, you can’t win!

June Winners!Congratulations to this month’s participation prize winners, and a HUGE thank you to our sponsors!

Abbotsford Airshow Fly-in Pass Dave Gustafson Timber Guest House at Nimpo Lake Andrew Kott

Congratulations to John Litherland who was the first to fly to all of the airports within 125 NM. He nailed it on June 9 when he landed in Princeton. John has won a stay at the Walnut Beach Resort in Osoyoos.

July Participation Prizes:Buffalo Air Wear – T-Shirt and Flight Bag donated by our friends at Buffalo Airways from Ice Pilots NWT

Magnolia Spa Package – donated by the law firm of Devlin Gailus

More Prizes!

Did you know... Every pilot who flies into Wil-liams Lake is eligible to win one night in a two bedroom two bathroom cabin at Chilko Lake, BC donated by Nancy Opperman

Has anyone flown to Barkerville yet? Every pilot who flies into Barkerville is eligible to win a prize package including one night for two people and breakfast at the famously haunted St. George Hotel.

August Participation Prizes:Back Pack Emergency Kit donated by the Bella Coola Airport

Starbucks Gift Basket and $20 gift card donated by Starbucks at Westside Village

Fly in August and enter your photos at dispatch for your chance to win these great prizes!

For more details, contact dispatch: 250-656-2833.


Events


First Solos

Clear your schedule for Saturday September 13, and plan to join us at the semi-formal social event of the season! We’ll be celebrating Women in Avia-tion at the BC Aviation Museum, with vintage aircraft, live music, magic, and more! Tickets are available now at the Victoria Flying Club office, or online at Eventbrite.com. Search WAI (VI Chapter). This event is our first fund-raising event to raise funds for our outreach program and schol-arship fund. We will also use this event to launch a top-secret ongoing fundraising program that is interesting and really exciting! Sponsored by VFC, the BC Aviation Museum, and the Vic-toria Airport Authority, the event will feature live music by local duo McComb & Watson, wine and cheese, a cash bar, and some spectacular silent auction items! There’s something for every-one. Here’s a sneak peek at a few of our auction items:

Lexus for a weekend donated by Metro Lexus Toyota

“West Coast Trail by Goose”. Imagine a Grumman Goose low level flight along West Coast Trail via Victoria, Race Rocks, Sooke, Jordan River, Carmanah Lighthouse, Nitinat Lake, Lake Cowichan back to Sidney includ-ing a water landing and take-off. Timing: mutually agreed upon time. Best time of day is late afternoon so the sun is low over the Western horizon. Goose C-GYVG, Built in 1945 and donat-ed by Juergen Puetter

Stay at the all-season ocean-front Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa & Resort located in picturesque Parksville, BC.

Dan Dempsey has donated an autographed copy of his book: A Tradition of Excellence - Cana-da’s Airshow Team Heritage

Framed Vintage Wings of Cana-da Hawk One postcard person-ally signed by Christopher Had-field (on May 29, 2014) and Dan Dempsey (July 2013).

Framed original 1980 Dallas cast photo signed by Larry Hag-man, Linda Gray, Jim Davis, Pat-rick Duffy, Steve Kanaly, Victoria Principal, Charlene Tilton, and Barbara Belle Geddes

Flying the Frontiers Volume III - Aviation Adventures Around the World - signed by author Shirlee Smith Matheson

Recollections Scrapbook, (20) acid free-lignin free designer pages, and (2) rolls of matching ribbon

Gift Basket of Mary Kay Cosmet-ics donated by Catherine Dun-phy.

Tracey Burns, Executive Coach-ing For Life, Leadership & Busi-ness has donated a coaching package to our silent auction. Reach your goals faster with clarity and integrity.

Mind’s Eye Hypnotherapy has generously donated a hypno-therapy session to our silent auction. Break through your hidden barriers... maybe a fear of heights.

The reason we started the Vancouver Island Chapter of Women in Aviation was to create a progressive and safe commu-nity where inclusivity and equal-ity is a given; where we encour-age and support mentorship; and we provide opportunities for women and girls to develop and flex their leadership muscles. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation and aerospace ca-reer fields and interests. We provide year-round resources to assist women in aviation and to encourage young women to consider avia-tion as a career. WAI also offers educational outreach programs to educators, high school and university students, aviation industry members and young people. We are starting our outreach program with the Girl Guides and Pathfinders of Brit-ish Columbia so that they may attain their aviation badge as part of their Nationwide STEM Challenge. In addition, WAI pro-motes public understanding of the accomplishments and contri-butions of women in aviation.

Here’s how you can help! As a sponsor of $300 to $500 or more your organiza-tion would receive two free tickets to the event as well as inclusion on all of our adver-tising and promotion of the event, together with promo-tion at the event itself; and our undying devotion of course. If you would like to be a spon-sor, or if you have an exciting auction item to add to our growing list, please contact Ramona Reynolds at [email protected].

Women in Aviation Gala Fundraiser and Silent Auction!


VFC News

For more information on COPA Flight 6:[email protected]

For flyout information:[email protected]

July’s meeting of COPA was held on the second Tuesday of the month; the first Tuesday was July 1st, Canada Day and the day of a very big flyout to Alert Bay. Twelve planes and about 25 people descended on the little town, a neat and charming place. This was a good outing of COPA members and VFC mem-bers, private and club aircraft. Hurray! Let’s have more of those flyouts. The July meeting featured a presentation by Rob Shemilt and

Dan Waldie, lots of photos and commentary about their 2013 Canada Day flight to Nelson, a bit of a tricky place to get into! The next COPA meeting will be Tuesday, August 5 at the Catalina Grill House on the north side. Come on out for a sum-mary of where the VAA & CYYJ in general are at. If anyone has concerns that we can’t immedi-ately answer we’ll do our best to take them back to the VAA and get factual answers. No more rumours necessary. As always, come early for dinner at 6 PM, meeting starts at 7 PM. Let us know if you will be dining there so restaurant staff will have a heads-up. For more information, email [email protected] - any-one interested in cool aviation talk is welcome to attend.

2014 Flyout Schedule

Aug 4th - Hope / PembertonSep 6th - OsoyoosOct 4th - Chilliwack / Rowena`sNov 11th - Boundary Bay / Delta Air ParkDec 20th - Abbotsford

A $20/hr rental discount on VFC aircraft will remain in ef-fect during these days, and a new fuel discount (for owners) is being implemented for any VFC member participating in these flyouts.

Ready to put those mountain flying skills to use?

Come out to our next flyout! On August 4th, we will be fly-ing up to Pemberton via Hope. The stop in Hope is optional but it will be an easy stop to get a ticket for the VFC BC Airport Challenge!

There is no fuel avaliable in Pemberton however Squamish or Hope have all the fuel we need.

We will be having lunch at Meadows Golf Course.

If you are interested in golfing, please let me know and we will try to get a group rate!

Karl Hoener created a great website to help plan future fly-outs. Please follow the link below to sign-up for the fly-out. http://flightstat.ca/FlightLog.dll/FlyOuts

It would be great if we can get everyone using this new sys-tem. Of course if you any ques-tions, you can always email [email protected]

Please note that we are just testing this new system and there might be bug or required improvements. Please email us with anything that needs fixing!

Cheers Firat Ataman

Hope / Pemberton Fly-Out Information

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Women in Aviation

Aviation Excellence Since 1946

New MembersChelsea NeilsenSeto GugasyanPatrick CheungTaseem KaurJohnathan HaynesErica MulderLeia HootJared HeavenerMichael RayLyra HindrichsDustin LeibelLucy PoirierCassidy TorodeEdan LeslieBob RaftisChad MossingCliff MylreaRon deBruyneJames MiltonRoderick McTaggartCem UnerMyles McDowellCharlotte Tanner

William BoyleThomas James HotchkissBen KinkelaMichael De SantiRory ForbesGeorge FrobeenJordan BaratMichael Schur

First SolosAli HamoodBrenda McPhailTaseem KaurLyra HindrichsDustin LeibelLeia HootMike RayLucy PoirierJared HeavenerSeto GugasyanPatrick CheungErica MulderChelsea NielsenJohn Haynes

Michael HollerTyler Sutherland

PPL Flight TestRonald JohnsArt ReitsmaMichael Chadbourne

PPL WrittenEric ThiessenArt ReitsmaAllen Vanderbyl

PPL LicenceIan BaxterEric ThiessenArt ReitsmaMichael ChadbourneGordon Ritchie

CPL Flight TestJordan Griffith

CPL LicenceJordan Griffith

VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS

VFC SMILE CARDS 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 members. Thank-you Thrifty Foods! To date, the Victoria Flying Club has received over $14,000 from the Thrifty Foods Smile Card program. These funds have been appreciated by all members of the club. Thank-you Thrifty Foods!

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COPA Quadrant

711 A Broughton Street(street level, by Victoria Public Library)

Victoria BC V8W 1E2

Submission RequestEmail: [email protected]

Photos, stories, letters, articles, adventures, classified ads all accepted.

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Flight Training

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Monday and Wednesday 1900-2200Victoria Flying Club Classroom

DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTORAug 06 Review Colin 11 CARS and Licencing Requirements Kristen 13 CARS and Licencing Requirements Kristen 18 Aerodynamics and Theory of Flight Iain 20 Human Factors and Pilot Decision Making Laura 25 Airframes and Engines Dave 27 Systems and Flight Instruments DaveSep 03 Radio and Electronic Theory Brady 08 Meteorology Sean T. 10 Meteorology Sean T. 15 Meteorology Sean T. 17 Meteorology Sean T. 22 Meteorology Sean T. 24 Meteorology Sean T.To Register for Groundschool, or to purchase a Groundschool Kit, please

contact the Victoria Flying Club office at [email protected] or 250-656-2833.

PRIVATE PILOT GROUNDSCHOOL


Aircraft - Accomodation - Aviation Books and Gear - Help Wanted - MiscellaneousEmail the details of your FREE Ad to: [email protected]

VFC Classifieds

Fly between Victoria and destinations on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Charter an aircraft and take up to 3 people.

(restrictions apply)

VFC CHARTER SERVICE BE THERE IN MINUTES!

For more information or to book a flightEmail: [email protected]: 1-250-474-0213

Photo: Patrick Pelletier

Discover the Beauty of Flightlearn to fly gliders in the Alberni Valley

www.avsa.caAlberni Valley Soaring Association

transitioning to gliders is simple with previous flying experience[

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