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THE PATRICIAN FEBRUARY 2013

The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

FEATURE ARTICLE

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UPDATES from your VFC president

Photo: Howard Peng GROUNDSCHOOL SCHEDULES | CLUB NEWS | FIRST SOLOS | PHOTO CONTEST

THE PATRICIAN FEBRUARY 2013

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

“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.�

In This Issue

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(Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946) Board of Directors President..............................................Lloyd Toope Vice President.................................Don Devenney Secretary/Treasurer......................Colin Williamson Directors..............................................Sean Steele Steve Demy Sam Roland Dave Gustafson Cal Mjolsness General Manager.................................Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer

Feature Article: An Update From Your VFC President

9 Fly-Out News

14 VFC Income Tax

Procedure Forms

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VFC News

NEWS FROM VFC Annual General Meeting Who is Eligible to Vote Scheduled for March 7 at the AGM? The Victoria Flying Club Annual General Meeting has been scheduled for Thursday March 7 in the VFC pilot’s lounge. The meeting will begin, as it always does, at 6:00pm with wine and cheese. The business portion of the evening gets under way at 7:00pm.

What Happens at the AGM? The purpose of the Annual General Meeting is to provide an opportunity for discussion and decision making amongst club members. As a non-profit organization, we are governed by an elected volunteer Board of Directors. Three of the main functions of the AGM are to review prior year results, discuss plans for the current year, and also to elect new directors to the board.

While attendance at the AGM is open to all members, voting priviliges are extended to those with Sustaining Memberships and Life Memberships only. If you have been a member in good standing of the Victoria Flying Club for 24 consecutive months, then you are eligible to become a Sustaining Member. Sustaining Members pay slightly higher membership fees, but also receive a discount on aircraft rentals, fuel, etc. If you have been a member for 24 consecutive months, please pick up a Sustaining Member application from the VFC office, and plan to attend the AGM.

How Can You Get Involved?

The Board of Directors consists of a group of Victoria Flying Club members who use their

Join VFC online!

Sustaining and Life Members are eligible to be nominated for a director position. Nomination forms are available at the VFC office and nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the AGM. Directors must be nominated by two other Sustaining or Life Members.

Being involved with the VFC Board of Directors is a great opportunity to contribute to the future of the Victoria Flying Club, and to the local aviation community.

For more information, please contact VFC Manager, Gerry Mants, at info@flyvfc.com or 250-656-2833.

Cover Photo Morning commute from Victoria Harbour to Vancouver Downtown, photo taken from copilot seat of a Harbour Air DeHavilland DHC-3 Turbine Single Otter, 1500’ above Discovery lsland.

2012 Income Tax Forms

Thank you to Howard Peng for sharing such an amazing photo with us!

Please fill out the forms on page 1415 and return to the Victoria Flying Club offic ASAP. Aviation Excellence Since 1946

collective knowledge and skills to conduct club business on behalf of all members. They are governed by a set of by-laws and make decisions regarding aircraft and equipment, facilities, staffing, and various other areas of club business.

Email your photo contributions to: thepatrician@shaw.ca

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VFC News

Recently, the Victoria Flying Club took over hosting the live feed of ATC communicaiton online, thought the LiveATC. net website. The LiveATC feed required VFC to buy a dedicated VHF radio scanner and a PC with an audio subsystem on which we could install some files from LiveATC. VFC Board President Lloyd Toope undertook the challenge of getting the feed established, and said that the toughest part about setting up the LiveATC audio feed was trying to figure out how to limit what frequencies the scanner would monitor.

It was not obvious in the user guide.

Technical glitches aside, Lloyd was successful, and the feed is

now live. Anyone with an internet connection now has access to the CYYJ frequencies for Clearance and Ground, as well as Inner and Outer Tower.

Aside from the fun factor of listening in to what is happening in our local airspace, there are flight training benefits in having access to this information. For new PPL students, the radio and communication can be one of the most challening aspects of flight training. Being able to listen in to local flights provides an opportunity to become familiar with the local language, as well as standard aviation language.

Additionally, LiveATC.net provides access to archived files.

To review a flight, pilots can select the appropriate date and

time of a prevous flight and can use that as a learning tool.

When you visit the CYYJ page on LiveATC.net, you’ll also find quick links to CYYJ Flight Activity on Flight Aware, and CYYJ Airport info on AirNav and iFlightPlanner, as well as CYYJ METAR Weather. LiveATC.net is also available as an app for iPhone or Android.

Dave Pascoe, owner of LiveATC, has put the Victoria Flying Club logo on the page and gave VFC credit for the feed. Thanks to Dave for the great work on LiveATC.net, and to Lloyd Toope for doing the groundwork on the CYYJ feed.

To access the CYYJ feed: http://www.liveatc.net/ search/?icao=cyyj

Commercial Groundschool

Dispatchers Wanted

Commercial Groundschool will be starting soon. If you are considering CPL training, please contact the VFC office to include your name on the list. When we have enough names we will look at selecting dates that will work for the majority of the group.

See full details on Page 13.

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Call 250-656-2833 for more info.

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Photo of the Month

Congratulations to Colin McCann for submitting this month’s winning photo (above). From the archives... Flying over the Canada Day Celebrations. A unique view of the festivities.

Photo of the Month winners receive Pilot Shop prizes, and every entry is a chance to win the year end draw for a $100 VFC gift certificate. Below, Marie Woodruff celebrates winning the grand prize for 2012. Photo by Jeremy Howard of Nanaimo.

Also, our thanks and a special mention to Walter Salminiw for the above photo, taken during the New Years Day Fly-Out to Tofino. Winter flying at its best!

Thanks to everyone who submitted photos this month. Keep them coming!

To submit your photo of the month entry, please email (max one photo per month) to thepatrician@shaw.ca for consideration.

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Feature Article

UPDATES from your VFC president By: Lloyd Toope

2012 was a busy year for the Victoria Flying Club.

In compliance with regulations requiring above ground fuel tanks, the club started planning in 2008 for the replacement of the underground tanks. Tenders to build the new fuel facility were issued in December 2011.

Construction was delayed until May, 2012 because of costly engineering changes required by our landlord and our decision to include a 24 hour Point of Sale system to sell fuel to non-mem-

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bers. Our 50,000 liter Avgas facility went live in mid-January 2013 at a final cost of approximately $300,000. NOTE: All VFC members who purchase fuel from the club must pick up their new VFC POS fuel card from dispatch.

In an effort to harmonize and focus the activities of the members, the Board and the management team, the Board introduced the first ever VFC Strategic Framework in the September 2012 Patrician. The full text is available as a download on the VFC website. If you have not read it yet, please take a look. The VFC Strategic Framework has four Plans: (1) Member Plan – how we ob-

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tain and retain members (2) Product Plan – what we offer members, in terms of scale, scope and quality (3) Asset Plan – what we invest our capital in to generate revenue to sustain us (4) Organization Plan – what staff do Examining the product and asset plans, it became apparent that, to remain a sustainable organization in the long term, the club needed to upgrade our aging and maintenance-intensive fleet. We analyzed the results of a member survey taken last summer, and in October the board passed a motion to upgrade our fleet with low time used 172SP aircraft,

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Feature Article standardizing on Cessna’s NAV II avionics stack. In November 2012, VFC manager Gerry Mants negotiated financing with three providers, and in December VFC signed with the Bank of Montreal for a line of credit to purchase six 172SPs. In the 60 days to February 1, 2013, VFC purchased five 172SP aircraft with a sixth to follow shortly.

You will see them on the line in early spring.

with airplanes, ensuring that more pilots fly. With a standardized fleet, it will not matter which aircraft is allocated to a booking, so the next available aircraft of that type will be released as soon as possible to pilots ready to go.

Opposite: One of VFC’s new 172SP aircraft arrives at VFC after a long flight from Texas.

Photo by Tim Martin Below: Photos taken from another new 172SP enroute from Florida, courtesy of Steve Demy.

In September the Board implemented the first staff reorganization in over 10 years, introducing the new position of Operations Manager. Marcel Poland, previously Assistant CFI, is now the manager responsible for implementing operational efficiencies and managing the club’s Safety Management System.

Speaking of efficiencies, in the busy days of summer did you ever wonder why there seemed to be so many club aircraft tied down on the tarmac when the online booking system was full?

So did we. Investigation showed that, on average, a standard 2 hour booking generated a 1.2 hour invoice, meaning the plane was on the tarmac the other 50 minutes. Reducing the ramp time to just 24 minutes means in a six hour period an aircraft can fly four average flights instead of three. We plan to do better than that. This summer, VFC members will book a time, not a specific plane. Our new Dispatch and Line processes will more efficiently match pilots Aviation Excellence Since 1946

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Acheivements First Solos

New Members

Lisa Bettany Michael Fekete Arthur Reitsma Winston Chou Jordan Curts Scott Ross Thomas Claes Jordan Brockhurst Sarah MacDonald Michael Laverman Keegan Allen Nicholas Brown Brandon Fry Bill Finger Christopher Walker Brent Crawford David Dyck Congratulations Larry Burke

David Babin Jessica Rabideau Braydon Janzen

PPL Flight Test Brittany Mayo

PPL Written Test Chris Pratt Chuck Saffin

from the Victoria Flying Club!

And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen

1038 Hillside Ave. Victoria, BC 250-384-3811

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Mystery Aircraft

FEBRUARY MYSTERY AIRCRAFT Can you identify the aircraft shown below?

Email: thepatrician@shaw.ca

JANUARY Mystery Identified From Tim: This month it’s the Airbus A400M military transport which is sized between the Hercules and Globemaster III. Engines are made by P&W of Canada and the unusual propellers turn in opposite directions on each wing.

Skilfully identified by: Sam Fisher, Morgan, Chris Peschke, Nils Muzzulini,

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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Fly-Out News Family Day Fly-Out Just a short note to invite you to participate - whether by air or by foot (for those in the CYNJ area) - in our February Fly-Out to Langley and the Canadian Museum of Flight. This was a trip which we attempted in November but were weathered out, and it is time to give it another attempt. The backup plan (in case weather over George Straight is less than cooperative), is to fly to Nanaimo & Gilles Bay instead. This back-up plan of course is subject to change too based on the weather on the day!

If you live in the lower mainland please consider coming out to meet and tour with us even if you don't fly yourself. Larger groups are always much more fun for everyone!

Report from Jan 1st:

location is generally the Victoria Flying Club pilot lounge, but location & timing is subject to change at short notice. There is a specific email list for pilots & aviation enthusiasts wishing to remain in the loop as to meeting updates, please notify us if you wish to be added to it. You do NOT need to be a member of the VFC or of COPA in order to participate.

Don't miss out on our February plans. Please email flyoutbug@ gmail.com and get signed up (tentatively or not), right away!

Upcoming Schedule:

Despite some less than inviting clouds viewed from the ground in Victoria, 2 aircraft (4 people), made the trip out to Long Beach on January 1st, and were we ever rewarded! The intimidating cloud bank, by the way, which we ducked under / flew over, was only a mile or two thick and after that it was blue skies the whole trip.

~ Jonathan

COPA Flight 6 COPA Flight 6, meets by default on the first Wednesday of each month from 7-9pm. The

Mon Feb 11th Family Day (Langley) Fri Mar 29th Easter (Courtenay Airpark?)

Sat Apr 13th Mon May 20th Victoria Day Sat Jun 1st Mon July 1st Canada Day Mon Aug 5th Civic Holiday Mon Sep 2nd Labour Day Mon Oct 14th Thanksgiving Mon Nov 11th Remembrance Day Thu Dec 26th Boxing Day

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Fly-Out News

COPA Flight 6 and the Victoria Flying Club Present...

Monday, Feburary 11th (Statutory Holiday) Open to ALL aviation enthusiasts!

Canadian Museum of Flight - Langley (CYNJ) Please contact flyoutbug@gmail.com to register! (or to sign up to receive upcoming monthly Fly-Out invitations)

The CYYJ-CYNJ route is 41NM, so about one hour of air time (round trip) in a Cessna 172. Â Tentative Schedule: 0945 - brieĂžng at VFC 1030 - wheels up 1115 - tour through the Canadian Museum of Flight 1315 - lunch (optional) 1500 - wheels up 1530 - arrival back at VFC

Passengers are welcome to come along!

Seats are limited. Email us below to reserve yours.

Club Pilots are eligible to rent at a $20/hr discount!

Team up with other members to further reduce costs.

Private Owners who are VFC members may purchase fuel at cost!

Take passengers for the company and cost sharing. ** Note the museum will charge $6 admission per person.

(This is a discount - the regular $10 admission charge for adults.)

Get out of the circuit!

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First Solos

David Babin Instructor:Laura Van Buskirk

Jessica Rabideau Instructor: Hana Nakahara “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

Braydon Janzen Instructor: Alex Dicosola

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completing first solo flights.�

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Flight Training

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

DATE TOPIC

INSTRUCTOR

Feb 04

Airframes and Engines

Sean Tyrell

06

Systems and Flight Instruments

Sean Tyrell

13

Human Factors and Pilot Decision Making

Alex Dicosola

18

Radio and Electronic Theory

Kale Haley

20

Meteorology

Tyler Bishop

25

Meteorology

Tyler Bishop

27

Meteorology

Tyler Bishop

Mar 04

Meteorology

Tyler Bishop

06

Meteorology

Tyler Bishop

11

Meteorology

Tyler Bishop

13

Flight Operations

Kale Haley

18

Flight Operations

Kale Haley

20

Navigation

Brendan O’Hare

25

Navigation

Brendan O’Hare

27

Navigation

Brendan O’Hare

Apr 03

ATC

Jason Grist

08 Review Colin Brown

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Aerodynamics and Theory of Flight

Kale Haley

15

CARS and Licensing Requirements

Kristen Ursel

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CARS and Licensing Requirements

Kristen Ursel

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

Victoria Flying Club CHARTER SERVICE

TRAVEL BETWEEN VICTORIA AND BOUNDARY BAY NO FERRIES NO WAITING BE THERE IN 30 MINUTES Email tedk@flyvfc.om or Call 250-474-0213

Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond— for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

— Socrates

Submission Request Email: thepatrician@shaw.ca

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

Dispatchers Wanted!

Do you have....

• • • •

excellent customer service skills? the ability to multi-task? experience in an office environment?

Windows 7, Word/Excel 2010 skills?

VFC is hiring part-time dispatchers, and YOU could be one of them. Enjoy the challenges of this fast-paced and multi-facted position.

Sales and aviation experience an asset.

Email resumes to: Shannon@flyvfc.com

711 A Broughton Street

(street level, by Victoria Public Library)

Victoria BC V8W 1E2

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2012 Tax Forms

Victoria Flying Club 2012 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 hours per course in 2011. 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’s 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 TRANSPORT CANADA MINIMUMS. Private Pilot Course Only Ground school Jan 1 to December 31, 2012

$300.00

$___________

________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2012 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2012 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2011 and earlier re private licence ________TOTAL CLAIM in hours (CANNOT EXCEED 45 HOURS) Aviation Excellence Since 1946

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2012 Tax Forms Commercial Pilot Course Ground school Jan 1 to December 31, 2012

$495.00

$___________

Ground school Retread

$ 50.00

$___________

________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2012 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2012 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2011 and earlier re commercial licence ________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 2012, when combined with hours claimed in 2011 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, 2013 will be completed by February 29, 2013.

For Office Use Only Date received ____________________ Course _____________________________ Hours:

________________

Dual $______________

________________

Solo

Ground Briefing: ________________ Ground school:

$______________

Dual $______________ $______________

Total Hours Claimed: ____________Private _____________

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