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THE PATRICIAN DECEMBER 2013

The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

Merry Christmas

From the Victoria Flying Club

On Return from Cranbrook Photo: Karl Hoener

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THE PATRICIAN DECEMBER 2013

Monthly Newsletter of The Victoria Flying Club - Aviation Excellence Since 1946 In This Issue

“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.”

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(Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946)

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Two Airshows in September in Reno

Board of Directors President.........................................Don Devenney Vice President...........................Ramona Reynolds Secretary......................................Colin Williamson Treasurer...........................................Wayne Clifton Directors..........................................Dave Gagliardi Steve Demy Dave Gustafson Cal Mjolsness General Manager.................................Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer

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Fly-Out News

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Your 2014 Adventure

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Gettin’ There: Princeton

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News from VFC

VFC News

Wings Banquet: Save the Date!

CoPilot Course

Mark your calendars for Saturday February 1, 2014 and plan to attend the Wings Banquet, in celebration of 2013 accomplishments by VFC students and pilots. Check for details and ticket information in the January Patrician.

The Victoria Flying Club is pleased to announce a new Course offering: The CoPilot Course. Created specifically for your favorite flying companion, this course is also an ideal way to introduce anyone curious about learning to fly into the world of aviation. Course objectives lay out a framework which allows a prospective CoPilot to enhance their present enjoyment of flying by providing practical flight skills, as well as knowledge of radio & airport procedures, navigation concepts, and weather considerations.

New Year’s Resolutions?

Now’s the time to make plans, and set yourself some aviation goals for the year ahead. Start planning a trip, gear up for a new rating, or finish your licence. The possibilities are endless!

Reminders

The course consists of 3 lessons in the Flying Club’s Redbird Simulator, and 3 Flights in a Cessna 172SP. CoPilots will learn the basic fundamentals of aircraft control, including: Straight & Level Flight, Turning, Climbing & Descending, as well as basic Take-off & Landing Practice.

• The VFC office is currently open from Monday to Friday, from 8am to 5pm.

• The office will be closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Included with the course are selected Ground School Topics, and the issuance of a Radio Operator’s Certificate. A CoPilot may start Training at any time, and all Simulator & Flight Experience logged is creditable to a Private Pilot Licence should one decide to continue.

• If you have booked a flight that will occur after hours, please call the office while the staff is there to make arrangements.

• Now is a great time to complete your Night Rating! Talk to your instructor today to get going! Note: The quiet hours pricing remains in effect, making a Night Rating even more attractive!

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We are pleased to offer the CoPilot Course now for only $995; contact the office for details and to take advantage of this introductory rate! This year, give the gift of flight for Christmas!

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VFC News

merry Christmas

From the Victoria Flying Club As we reflect on the past year, and look forward to the year ahead, we want to extend our thanks and appreciation to each of our members and staff who have given so much to the Victoria Flying Club.

We wish you a holiday season filled with family and friends, peace and joy. And remember that every smile, every visit and every expression of thoughtfulness will make a difference to someone’s life.

All of us here at the Club wish you and your families a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year. ~ Gerry Mants -

Manager, Victoria Flying Club

Santa’s Flight Test Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from Transport Canada, and the TC examiner arrived last week for the preChristmas flight check.

In preparation, Santa had the VFC linecrew elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer.

Santa got his log book out and asked his instructor to make sure all his paperwork was in order. He knew they would examine all his equipment and truly put Santa's flying skills to the test.

dolph's nose. Everything was in top shape, thanks to Gary’s crew of AME elves. The examiner painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance calculations for sled's enormous payload.

Finally, they were ready for the check ride.

Santa got in and fastened his seat belt and shoulder harness

and checked the compass.

Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's surprise, a shotgun. "What's that for?!?" asked Santa incredulously. The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you this ahead of time," as he leaned over to whisper in Santa's ear, "but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."

The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and even Ru-

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VFC News The Shepherd

experience. However, some time after he lands at the airfield—the fictional RAF Minton—he learns that his saviour was Johnny Kavanagh, a wartime RAF pilot who had been stationed at Minton and who had guided crippled bombers home. The Vampire pilot also learns that Kavanagh disappeared over the North Sea in his Mosquito on his last mission, on Christmas Eve 1943, exactly fourteen years before.

The Shepherd is a 1975 novella by Frederick Forsyth.

The Shepherd relates the story of a De Havilland Vampire pilot, going home on Christmas Eve 1957, whose aircraft suffers a complete electrical failure en route from RAF Celle in northern Germany to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. Lost in fog and low on fuel, he is met and led (or shepherded) to a disused RAF dispersal field by the pilot of a De Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber of World War II vintage, who has apparently been sent up to guide him in.

Forsyth created this original work as a Christmas gift to his wife after she requested a ghost story be written for her. Written on Christmas Day 1975, and published near that time a year later, the idea came while trying to think of a setting away from the typical haunted homes, and seeing planes flying overhead. Many have speculated references to preexisting RAF folklore.

While Forsyth was a former RAF pilot and could have heard and adapted such a story (either with or without the intent to do so) no references or anecdotal evidence have been put forward to support such claims.

His attempts to find a rational explanation for his eventual rescue prove as troublesome as his

Since 1979, the story has been broadcast annually in Canada on the CBC Radio One news programme As It Happens. Read by the late Alan Maitland, the recording always airs on the last episode on or before Christmas Eve. But if you just can’t wait for Christmas Eve, you can hear the full text of The Shepherd here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2_bLEqmBi0

Please enjoy a safe and happy holiday season.

Celebrate responsibly.

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VFC Alumni

VFC Alumni: Erik Rogers, Victoria BC Completed VFC Training: 2004 Currently: First Officer, Airbus 330, Air Transat

Getting a Fix on our VFC Alumni Are you a VFC Alumni currently employed in the aviation industry?

1. Your hometown or where you are from.

We would love to hear from you!

2. What year you finished your training at VFC.

Email a photo to thepatrician@shaw.ca with the following information...

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3. Your current position and what aircraft you fly.

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First Solos

Julien Criticopoulos Instructor:Hana Nakahara

Sean Gemmill Instructor: Brady Tucker

William Toogood Instructor: Sean Tyrell

Zach Nicol Instructor: Sean Tyrell

“Without disruption of air traffic, these fearless, forthright, indomitable and courageous individuals did venture into the wild blue yonder in flying machines.

Furthermore, these skilful ndividuals did safely land said flying machines at Victoria International Airport, incurring no significant damage to self or machine, thus completing first solo flights.�

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Feature Article

Two Airshows in September in Reno By: Dan Waldie This past September marked the 50th Anniversary of the Reno Air Races. This was our first trip back to the races since the accident in 2011. My wife rustled up all our points and booked us with Alaska Airlines to fly to Reno through Seattle. Alaska doesn’t have 737 service direct from Vic-

toria or Seattle so we flew down on a Bombardier Q400. Nice plane and great ride even if it is just a turboprop. The trip started out with a delay in Victoria for fog and eventually ended in Reno almost 12 hours later. Our hotel room at the Atlantis never looked better.

We thought this year we would add a couple extra days on the

front end of the trip so we could take in the Great Reno Balloon Races. Each day, Friday through Sunday, fans gather in the very, very early morning hours to watch this spectacle of colour.

We had to stay up through the night before in order to get there that early! Good thing Reno is a 24/7 town. What a sight when we got there! The ‘dawn patrol’ lights up the dark, early dawn sky. As the twilight gave way to dawn we were treated to a magnificent sight of 4-5 balloons illuminated only by the flame from their burners.

As the early morning got brighter many more of the balloons took to the cool calm air without a trace of wind to impede the sequence of filling the balloons with cool air then heating it to make the balloon rise. The balloons are held down by ballast and a ground crew consisting of one hefty guy holding onto the retainer line from the apex of the envelope and a crew of 3-4 holding the basket down with a couple more handling the filling of the balloons.

There were flying fish, stage coaches, soccer balls, and even a giant strawberry. What a sight to see all the different shapes and colors of these magnificent aircraft. By 0800 there were over 100 balloons in the air.

An incredible sight of color and sounds of propane burners flashing on for a couple seconds as these aircraft rose silently in the early morning air.

Exhausted from staying up all night we made our way back to

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Feature Article the hotel for some well deserved sleep. After relaxing in the sun by the pool for a couple days we ventured by shuttle bus out to Reno Stead Airport. This is on the northern edge of Reno and is at an altitude of 5050 ft asl so density altitude is definitely an factor for most of the piston powered aircraft.

Most of the aircraft do qualifying runs Monday through Wednesday with the races starting on Thursday. The Biplane class starts early in the morning then progresses to Formula One, T-6, Sport, Jet and finally the Warbird Unlimiteds in the afternoon. The racing heats all lead up to the Bronze, Silver and Gold races with the final race on Sunday afternoon being the fastest of the fast... the Warbird Unlimiteds in the Breitling Gold class. This is really something to see and in

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my opinion what most of the fans come for. Here are multi-million dollar racing machines that are modified for one purpose only and are pushing incredible horsepower. They are doing something they were never designed to do but what a sight, smell and something the fan will never hear or experience anywhere else. The Warbird Unlimited class has P51A-D Mustang, Corsair F4U-4, Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat, P40 Warhawk, Yak 11, Hawker Sea Fury, F7F Tigercat, even a P51XR with counterrotating propellors all making an appearance in the Breitling Gold final.

Along with the racing action there is access to the pits where fans can rub shoulders and talk to crew and pilots of these magnificent machines. There are static displays of new jets and

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piston and turbine aircraft that you can get up close to. There was a carbon fibre cub there this year that captured my interest.

Unfortunately the displays were markedly down from our previous visits. Budget cuts and the massive increase in insurance has made it a struggle for the producers to keep this one-of-akind, fabulous show going.

There are usually some great airshow performers such as Kent Peitsch flying a routine in the 1942 Interstate S-1 Cadet, or David Martin flying an Extra 300S. Jim Peitz flies an aerobatic routine in a stock Beechcraft F33C Bonanza. It is surreal seeing an aerobatic routine flown in a stock Bonanza. Red Bull pilot Michael Goulian flew a great show in his Extra 330SC. One of the treats this year was Michael racing a jet powered

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Feature Article dragster down the runway. The dragster was capable of 400 mph and usually just beat the Extra... but not by much.

Aviation legend and hall of fame member Bob Hoover was in attendance with his P51 Mustang ‘Old Yeller’. Bob was the original pace plane pilot at Reno and flew in many airshows with the Mustang then repeated the routine in the Rockwell Shrike Commander.

Anyone who has seen one of his shows knows it is truly unique. To see Bob do a power off, 16-point hesitation roll is nothing short of amazing.

A new highlight this year for us was the fundraising dinner on the Saturday night before the finals on Sunday. We were treated to a wonderful 5 course sit down dinner, a silent auction of some terrific items and a very entertaining segment with up to 20 “Legends and Mavericks” who were happy to answer questions and generally mingle with whomever wanted to speak to them.

These are a couple of fantastic aviation events that take place every September in Reno and is something every aviation enthusiast should take in at least once. Put it on your bucket list...there is nothing like it.

For more info check the websites: renoballoon.com airrace.org

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VFC Achievement

VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS New Members Jacob Varga Aaron Neyrinck Peter Morris Sean Boxem Jonathan Blackhurst Peter Hejjas Daniel Mason Antonio Clemente Katie O’Neil Denis Byrne Katherine Snell

711 A Broughton Street

(street level, by Victoria Public Library)

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First Solos Sean Gemmill Zachary Nicol William Toogood Julien Criticopoulos PPL Flight Test Alethia Forsberg Brad Townsend Wanjohi Mugo

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PPL License Alethia Forsberg

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

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COPA Quadrant

Try a Different Plane Event Currently we have 3 aircraft; RV-9A, PA-28, Grumman Yankee. And we are still looking for more. Dont be shy!

On December 8th you will get a chance to fly in one of these aircraft. At this time, since we do not have many aircraft, it will be pretty low key. Meet up, talk about each others planes and go for a quick flight.

Each PIC with their pax pilot will decide what they want to do; circuits, practice area or whatever else comes to mind. Pax pilot will be expected to contribute to the cost of flying which will be

COPA Flight 6 Seeks New Members

Our local COPA Flight 6 was resurrected a year ago and has been growing in attendance every month, particularly since moving the venue to The Catalina over on the north side of CYYJ. This gives members a chance to come early and dine and socialize before the actual meeting begins at 1900.

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disccused between the PIC and pax pilot.

If you like to participate with your plane or fly in one of these aircraft email flyoutbug@gmail. com

Coming Up December 8th - Try another plane 14th - Monthly Meeting 16th - X-Mas Night Fly-Out 26th - Boxing Day Fly-out

you like to sign up, please email flyoutbug@gmail.com and indicate if you have a night rating!

Boxing Day Fly-Out We will doing another night flyout in December! This one will be XC for those need practice your skills! Come out for a dinner at Abbostford on Dec 28th!

More details to follow.

COPA 6 presents: Fly-Out Bug

X-Mas Night Fly-Out Our very first X-Mas night flyout will be on December 16th.

Meet at VFC for 1600. We will be heading over to Ladysmith and over Victoria and possiably enjoying a dinner afterwards. If

You do not need to be a member of COPA or VFC to attend any of our events!

Meetings, generally held on the first Wednesday of each month feature a topic of interest to pilots. Plans for 2014 include such subjects as mountain flying, meteorology, US Customs procedures, aircraft systems, pilot medical issues - lots of useful information for pilots and their passengers.

All pilots and students are welcome - you don’t have to be a member of COPA to participate.

Contact us at copaflight6@ gmail.com to join up and receive news of planned activities.

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For more information on COPA Flight 6 email: copaflight6@gmail.com

The next meeting of Flight 6 will be January 8, 2014.

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Mystery Aircraft

DECEMBER MYSTERY AIRCRAFT Can you identify the aircraft shown here?

Email: thepatrician@shaw.ca

November Mystery Identified From Tim: This month the Leopard Moth produced by DeHavilland (UK) from 1933 to 1936. It was a threeseater with the pilot in front and two passengers behind where a duplicate set of controls with removable joy stick allowed the passenger(s) to take over. Also the telescopic leg on the landing gear could be turned 90 degrees so the fairings acted as air-brakes.

Correctly identified by: Daryl Williams and Tim Hamblin Aviation Excellence Since 1946

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VFC News

BC CHALLENGE - Your 2014 Adventure

The Victoria Flying Club is excited to announce a new challenge for pilots. Starting January 1 2014 and running until December 31 2014, the Victoria Flying Club is challenging pilots to visit as many airports in BC as possible. The event, known as the “BC Challenge”, will have two categories. The first category will include pilots flying club aircraft and the second category is for owners flying their own aircraft.

The rules for the challenge will be quite simple: • Pilots must be members of the Victoria Flying Club • The pilot in command of an aircraft can count both departing and destination airport as visited when flying a cross country flight. Local flights will not be counted as the intent of this challenge is to get pilots flying cross country.

receive one ticket for each new airport visited. These tickets will be put into a monthly draw for some really cool prizes. Each month the draw count will be restarted so plan your airports carefully.

Like everything in aviation there will be some paperwork. Upon returning to the club the pilot must notify the front desk about the airports visited. The front desk will record the achievement and place the information on the results poster for everyone to see. The results poster will show individual results plus the furthest airport visited by a competitor. This will allow everyone to see the results as the year progresses.

Our last rule is that for each airport visited the pilot must: •

the aircraft (or both) at the airport.

• Alternately, the pilot can provide a piece of trivia about the airport or the region. For example, did you know that Chilliwack has the best pie at any airport in BC? What about that the first airplane ever to land in Nelson was in 1912 but it wasn’t until 1971 that a permanent airport was constructed.

Now it’s time to have a little competitive fun and travel to new airports in BC….it should make for some great stories and adventures! For more information, contact the VFC office at 250-565-2833.

Watch each issue of The Patrician for BC Challenge updates and, most importantly, be safe and have fun!

Take a photo of themselves or

Not all airports in BC will qualify for this challenge. Private airports and airports with unsuitable runway surfaces will be excluded. The club has excluded airports with gravel, grass and other non-paved surfaces to protect aircraft from damage. The complete list of qualifying airports, approximately 70 of them, will be posted on the VFC website and will be available in the club.

Along with the two categories there will be awards for the number of airports visited and for the furthest airport visited from Victoria. Both awards will be offered in each category and will be given out at the Annual Wings Banquet in 2015. A monthly draw will also be made for all pilots registered in the challenge who have visited at least one airport that month. Each month a pilot will

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Flight Training

PRIVATE PILOT GROUNDSCHOOL Monday and Wednesday 1900-2200 Victoria Flying Club Classroom

NOTE: NO GROUNDSCHOOL ON OCTOBER 14, OR NOVEMBER 11 DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTOR

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ATC

Jason G.

04 Review Colin

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CARS & Licencing Requirements

Kristen

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CARS & Licencing Requirements

Kristen

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Aerodynamics & Theory of Flight

Jeff Bujas

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Human Factors & Pilot Decision Making

Laura

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Airframes and Engines

Sean T.

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Systems and Flight Instruments

Sean T.

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Radio and Electronic Theory

Sean T.

15 Meteorology Tyler 20 Meteorology Tyler 22 Meteorology Tyler 27 Meteorology Tyler 29 Meteorology Tyler Feb 03 Meteorology Tyler

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Flight Operations

Colin

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Colin

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Navigation

Brendan

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Navigation

Brendan

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Navigation

Brendan

To Register for Groundschool, or to purchase a Groundschool Kit, please contact the Victoria Flying Club office at info@flyvfc.com or 250-656-2833.

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Pilot Briefing

GETTIN’ THERE aviation information for local destinations Destination:

Princeton (CYDC)

Why Go? Princeton is a great flight when you want to stretch your wings and look further afield. About 1.25 hrs direct or 1.8 hrs via the VFR Route from Victoria, Princeton is a single runway airport where they really go out of their way to look after General Aviation pilots. They have a modern terminal building that is complete with kitchen, wireless, washrooms, comfy furniture, etc. and even have courtesy cars that visiting pilots can sign out and drive into town with.

Whether you choose to fly direct from Hope or follow the VFR route along the Hope – Princeton Highway you’ll experience a flight that is just a little more challenging and good practice for your mountain flying skills. NOTE: If you’re flying Club aircraft you are required to have taken the Mountain Flying Course to do this flight.

Getting There There are basically two routes you can take when flying to Princeton, and the difference is what you decide to do when December 2013

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you get to Hope. You can go direct over top of the mountains to Princeton or you can take the VFR route along the Hope – Princeton Highway. Both routes are popular so I’ll cover both of them here. You might consider going direct one way and the VFR route the other.

Regardless of which routing you’re planning on, the trip from Victoria to Hope is essentially the same. If you’re planning on the Direct route make sure you request an altitude of 7500 or higher on your initial contact with Victoria Terminal. They may not give it to you right away but they will work you up there eventually.

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Plan your routing to stay south of Abbotsford – it will help you miss some of the special use areas. Victoria Terminal will release you somewhere after Abbotsford. If you’re going Direct they’ll pass you off to Vancouver Centre who will provide you with a “Flight Following” service. If you’re planning on the VFR route, resist the urge to descend; staying at altitude will help you miss the low level traffic going in and out of Chilliwack.

As you approach Hope you need to maintain a listening watch on the Hope frequency and broadcast your location and www.flyvfc.com

Pilot Briefing intentions. There can be a lot of glider activity and transiting VFR traffic in this area and you need to stay vigilant. It’s a good idea to check NOTAMS prior to departure to see if the gliding special use area is active for the time you’ll be passing through.

If you’re taking the VFR route you’ll pass over the town, proceed east for a short distance and then take care to ensure you pick the correct valley on your right. Check your compass heading to confirm. The valley rises as you head towards Manning Park so watch your altitude.

This is a gorgeous route and is great fun to fly as you follow the twists and turns through the valleys. This is a popular route so be on the lookout for other traffic at all times.

If you’re taking the Direct route, you’ll pass over the town; once east of Hope you’ll set your course for Princeton. If you’re getting Flight Following from Vancouver Centre, they may, depending on your altitude, cut you loose about 10 miles east of Hope. You can reconnect with them later in the flight but it’s not necessary as by the time you can contact them again you’ll want to descend. When you’re about 8 nm back from PrincAviation Excellence Since 1946

eton you’ll cross a ridge and a valley will open up. This is a good place to broadcast your intentions and to start a descent. Descending directly towards the airport will be a fairly aggressive descent so you’re much better to circle out in the valley to keep your descent more comfortable.

Regardless of which route you’ve taken as you approach the airport you’ll want to broadcast your intentions.

Princeton is uncontrolled so follow the Uncontrolled Aerodrome procedures to overfly the field, determine the runway and land. Oh, and you’re not on the coast anymore… check that Princeton’s elevation is 2,298 ft., which puts the circuit altitude at 3,300 ft.

Once you’re down, taxi to the terminal building. You can park out front of the terminal.

In fact, there are even tiedowns buried in the ground in front. (I did say they look after you, didn’t I?). Check out the Terminal building, sign out the car & go to town for a burger, visit the weather station…there’s lots to do.

Local Knowledge Flying into Princeton is a great experience no matter which route you choose.

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• The runway can be a bit “wavy” and has numerous tarred crack repairs.

• On departure, if you’re planning the Direct route back, you’re better off climbing in the valley and then proceeding on course.

Weather Princeton has a METAR but no TAF. There is a weather station on site however while they can give you current conditions they can’t provide you with a weather briefing. Other Princeton weather factors to be aware of are: • You will need good weather for this trip. Cloud often packs up around Hope. Check the VFR Route Forecast on Nav Canada’s page and the weather cams for Hope and Manning Park.

• Heat. It gets really hot at Princeton in the summer so be prepared for density altitude calculations.

• Wind. It can get very windy, particularly late in the afternoon.

Important Links & Contacts Princeton Airport (great site!):

www.princetonairport.ca

Town of Princeton: www.princeton.ca

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VFC News

Join VFC online!

Help Wanted at VFC Are you interested in a career in aviation?

Ready for your first job in the industry?

The Victoria Flying Club is actively looking for new line crew and dispatchers.

Find out more about what’s going on at your favourite flying club, read interesting aviation articles, and keep up to date with news from the world of aviation. Send interesting links, post photos, tweet comments.

If you are a hard-working team player with exceptional customer service experience and the desire to learn new skills, drop your resume off at the VFC office asap.

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START YOUR CAREER IN AVIATION TODAY

WATCH YOUR FUTURE TAKE FLIGHT

Did you know....

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You can obtain your Private Pilots Licence from the Victoria Flying Club before you graduate highschool?

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Within two years of graduation, you can complete your Commercial Pilots Licence AND a Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Victoria?

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Commercial flight training at VFC meets the requirements for the Canada Student Loans Program and StudentAid BC?

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Victoria Flying Club alumni are currently flying for international airlines, charter companies, and the military?

Your future is cleared for take off!

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VFC Classifieds Aircraft - Accomodation - Aviation Books and Gear - Help Wanted - Miscellaneous Email the details of your FREE Ad to: thepatrician@shaw.ca

AIRCRAFT FOR SALE! Offers on $30,000

Economical fun 1966 Alon A2 Aircoupe 2 Radios, intercom GPS TTSN 2370.2 TTS Major O/H Continental 90 HP with all new components 223.0 Photos of all stages during O/H. All Logs since new! Only reason for selling due to unexpected illness!

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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 $12,000 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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