THE PATRICIAN JANUARY 2014
The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946
Night Flight Over Victoria
Photo: Firat Ataman Pilot: Jonathan Wallace
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THE PATRICIAN JANUARY 2014
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.”
(Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946) 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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VFC’s Olympic Challenge
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Photo of the Month Grand Prize Winner for 2013
1930s Airline Travel
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2013 VFC Income Tax Procedure Forms
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News from VFC
VFC News
Wings Banquet: Saturday February 1st
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.
Reminders • The VFC office is currently open seven days a week from 8am to 5pm.
Join us at the Ward Room at 6:00 for cocktails before a delicious dinner and the awards ceremony. Tickets are $40 and are available to members and guests from the VFC office. PPL and CPL graduates receive one complimentary ticket. Please RSVP by January 24th.
• The 2013 Income Tax forms are available from the office, or on page 17 of this issue. Please return your completed forms to the office ASAP.
711 A Broughton Street
(street level, by Victoria Public Library)
Victoria BC V8W 1E2
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VFC News
VFC’s OLYMPIC CHALLENGE
The Victoria Flying Club is claiming the largest Go Canada sign in the nation, and inviting businesses, organizations, and individuals to one up them in the Go Canada giant sign challenge, with the winner taking home gold medal bragging rights for the most popular large scale sign of support for Canada’s Olympic athletes. The Go Canada sign challenge is the brain-child of Marcel Poland, Victoria Flying Club Operations Manager and avid hockey fan. In anticipation of the upcoming Sochi Olympics, Marcel and his crew constructed a Go Canada sign that is over 100 feet long and roughly 12 feet high, by placing one letter of the sign in each of the flying club hangar windows facing out onto the VFC ramp. January 2014
The Victoria Flying Club currently lays claim to the largest Go Canada sign in the country, but wants to challenge other airport tenants, flying clubs and flight schools, as well as corporations and arenas across the country to join them in a show of support for Canada’s athletes by constructing their own large scale Go Canada sign, and competing for the most votes on the flying club’s Facebook page, where photos of each entry will be on display. The rules of the Go Canada giant sign challenge are simple. Competing organizations construct a large scale Go Canada sign, and then send it to the Victoria Flying Club Facebook page to be included in the club’s Go Canada album. Public voting will take place between now 3
and the end of the Sochi Olympics on February 23, 2014. The photo in the Go Canada album which receives the most Facebook “Likes”, will be the winner, and although that doesn’t come with the kind of hardware Canadian athletes will be bringing home from Sochi, bragging rights to Canada’s biggest and best show of support for our athletes is definitely an honour worth celebrating. With just a few weeks before the start of the Sochi Olympics on February 7 2014, the Victoria Flying Club presents this cross-Canada challenge, and welcomes entrants to submit their photos as soon as possible to increase their chances of collecting the most Facebook “Likes” in the Go Canada giant sign challenge. www.flyvfc.com
VFC News
VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS
New Members Lee Denny Kendall McLean Peter Lagergren Tomoki Beniya Ron Wright Matthew Hocker Mark Biernacki Ernest Engelbrecht Justin Pomeroy
PPL Flight Test Michael Beaudoin
IFR Flight Test Tyler Bishop
PPL Written Exam Richard Rebneris Paul Smith Adan Thornton
INRAT Written Exam Ben Hartman Elissa Boyd
First Solos Richard Barnard David Lens Brett LaMarsh Eric Thiessen
CPL Flight Test Andrew Kott
PPL License Adan Thornton
CPL Written Exam Jessica Rabideau Jordan Griffith
VFC CHARTER SERVICE Be There in Minutes!
Fly between Victoria and destinations on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Charter an aircraft and take up to 3 people. (restrictions apply)
For more information or to book a flight Email: tedk@flyvfc.com Call: 1-250-474-0213
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VFC Alumni
2013 Photo Grand Prize Winner
There is something about aviation and photography that seems to go hand in hand. Perhaps it is because flying offers such a unique view of the world, that we feel compelled to capture each special moment in the air. This year’s collection of Photo of the Month entries is remarkable in its display of perspective, experience, and beauty. Each photo entry is eligible for the year’s grand prize draw for a $100 Victoria Flying Club gift certifcate. The winner is selected by a random draw. The 2013 Photo of the Month grand prize winner is: Howard Peng. Thank you Howard, for regularly sharing your photos with us!
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First Solos
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Feature Article
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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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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Flight Operations
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. January 2014
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Feature Article
JANUARY MYSTERY AIRCRAFT Can you identify the aircraft shown here? Email: thepatrician@shaw.ca
December Mystery Identified From Tim: The Enstrom 480 shown is a lesser-known US designed and manufacture light helicopter with a turbine engine and seating for 4/5 people. We didn’t have anyone correctly identify the December Mystery Aircraft. Better luck with January!
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Feature Article
1930s Airline Travel *submitted by Leon LeChasseur (source unknown) Flying the airlines in the thirties was a lot more fun than it is now. It was more leisurely and had more class. People like these, the risk takers (especially with their own money) were the backbone of the UK. They flew from the first airline operations across the Channel in 1919. If people had serious money in the 1930s and traveled internationally, they may well have flown on one of these large (130 foot wingspan) Handley Page bi-plane aircraft, which were the mainstay of British Imperial Airways at the time. They carried 26 passengers in first class only, in three different compartments. The first class saloon, the bar and cocktail area, and the smoking section. These machines were ubiquitous, extremely safe (no passenger in a HP-42 was ever killed in
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10 years of international and domestic operations from 1930 until 1940), very comfortable in seating, leg room and service, hot meals were served on bone china with silver cutlery, free liquor flowed, overnights were in the very best hotels. There was no rush, no waiting in lines and everyone was well dressed. Flying along at a few thousand feet, one could see, (down to the quality of the washing on the backyard clothes lines) every interesting feature passing below. At 95 to 100 mph. one also had time to look at the passing
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panorama. It took four days to a week (depending on headwinds and weather) to fly from London to Cape Town, South Africa. By only flying about four hours a day, staying at the best hotels in Europe, Cairo, Khartoum and Victoria Falls. All stops to India also made for an interesting choice of destinations. Old fashioned and good mannered ideas and behaviour, like dressing up to have evening drinks on the balcony and certainly not ever being in a hurry - one can only salivate at how pleasurable that would be.
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VFC Achievement
COPA Flight 6 News:
Events Calendar: Saturday January 18th to Tofino, CYAZ
Flight 6 joined with the Nanaimo Flying Club for their Christmas party held on December 14th at CYCD. Next year, plans are for the Flight to have its own party at the home airport. Santa will be informed when and where! COPA and VFC are working together to get more flyouts off the ground, with discounts available for Club members on non-stat holidays during the low season. These are exciting times with new destinations and some night flights planned as well. The full schedule of flyouts will be published next month.
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Saturday, February 15 - CYGB, Texada Island ********************** Don’t miss this important event: COPA, VFC and CASARA have joined together to host a presentation by the442 Squadron SAR team, Saturday, March 1st, 1300 in the VFC Lounge. There will be both a pilot and a technician who will speak for about 40 minutes prior to opening it up for questions. While aimed at general aviation pilots, all aviation enthusiasts are of course welcome. Come, learn and live!
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Contact copaflight6@gmail.com to join up and receive news of planned activities. The next meeting of Flight 6 will be January 8, 2014, 1900 at the Catalina Topic for Discussion: building and flying home-built aircraft
Join us! You do not need to be a member of COPA or VFC to attend any of our events! For more information on COPA Flight 6:copaflight6@gmail.com For flyout information: flyoutbug@gmail.com
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COPA Quadrant
GETTIN’ THERE aviation information for local destinations Destination:
Abbotsford (CYXX)
Why Go? Abbotsford is a popular airport for training and chances are you’ve been there with an instructor. As a student pilot you’ll probably do a touch-and-go there on your way to Chilliwack. It’s usually one of the stops on a night cross country flight and if you ever do IFR training you’ll
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come to know the airspace around Abbotsford better than your own backyard. However, despite all these “stops”, we don’t often stay very long and that’s too bad.
Flying to Abbotsford is a great experience and one of my favourite flights. It’s a short flight (usually 0.6 or 0.7 Hobbs time), and while you have a couple of more steps to work through it is not a complicated flight. Once you’re there you can look at the
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collection of interesting aircraft that Conair( the forest fire fighting company) has on the field, you can pop over to the TradEx to see the latest exhibition or hit The Baron for something to eat. The airport is a ways out of town so if you want to get into Abbotsford proper you’re going to have to make transportation arrangements.
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Mystery Aircraft Getting There We’ll leave you to work out the details of the flight plan however as you work on your flight plan here are a couple of points you may find useful: • After flying to your initial departure fix out of Victoria (usually Stuart Island or Beaver Point) you’ll likely be routed via East Point and Cherry Point. Both of these waypoints are easy to identify on the map and in the air. • This is an over water flight so you’ll need to ensure you have appropriate altitude. • Because of the altitude you’ll be flying at you’ll be in Victoria Terminal’s airspace. During your flight Victoria Terminal will switch you from the initial contact frequency (127.8 at time of writing) to a second Terminal frequency (132.7 at time of writing). It’s a good idea to have that second frequency queued on your radio. After departing Victoria, Tower will switch you over to Terminal so you can get clearance to continue your climb. After contacting Terminal, finishing your climb and getting settled at your final altitude I’d recommend tuning in Abbotsford ATIS (119.8 at time of writing). In addition to the usual ATIS information, listen to see if Abbotsford has their Outer Tower open. It’s not always open, but if it is this is how you’ll find out about it. Aviation Excellence Since 1946
As mentioned above Terminal will have you change frequencies, usually just after East Point. When you contact Terminal after the frequency change let them know you have the Abbotsford ATIS. Terminal will keep you at altitude until somewhere around the mainland shoreline. Shortly after crossing the shoreline Terminal will switch you over to Abbotsford Tower. Give them a call and let them know where you are and what you want to do…the rest is easy.
by airport vehicles so DO NOT park across it.
Have a taxiway diagram handy and know where you want to go. If you’re going to The Baron you can park in front of the restaurant. If you’re just there for a couple of hours you’ll likely end up parking near the tower but check with Ground to be sure.
Weather
Departing Abbotsford is fairly straightforward and pretty much a reversal of the route you took to get there. If you’re going off Rwy 19 they’ll usually give you a right turn (assuming you’re returning to Victoria) which saves some time.
Local Knowledge Here are a few things to be aware of that you may not find in the CFS or see written down anywhere: • When parking in front of the Baron or beside the Tower you’ll see white lines painted on the tarmac that resemble a “roadway”. This IS a roadway used 12
• There are no run-up bays for Rwy 01/19 (the most commonly used runway) so you can either do your run-up where you parked (watch your prop blast!) or at the edge of the taxiway just near the entrance to the runway. • There is a penitentiary located 1 mile east of the threshold of Rwy 25. You can’t be lower than 300 feet if overflying it.
Abbotsford has both a METAR and TAF available. Other weather factors to be aware of include: • Turbulence. On a warm / sunny day as you descend in the vicinity of the airport you may find it turbulent.
Important Links & Contacts Abbotsford International Airport: www.abbotsfordairport.ca
The Baron Bar & Grill:
www.thebaronbarandgrill.com Printed copies of all the Gettin’ There articles are available. You can pick them up at the Customer Service Counter at the Club.
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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!
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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
VFC Alumni: Tomo Sudo, Sapporo city, Hokkaido Japan Completed VFC Training: CPL January 2010 Currently: Flight Dispatcher
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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Pilot Briefing
Brett LaMarsh Instructor: Brendan O’Hare
David Lens Instructor: Sean Tyrell
Eric Thiessen Instructor: Tyler Bishop
Richard Barnard Instructor: Tyler Bishop
“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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VFC News
Victoria Flying Club 2013 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 2012. Mail/fax/or drop off this form to Dispatch. Allowable deductions: Licence or Endorsement:
As outlined by Revenue Canada Taxation 875 Heron Road, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L8 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, 2013
$300.00
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________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2013 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2013 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2012 and earlier re private licence ________TOTAL CLAIM in hours (CANNOT EXCEED 45 HOURS)
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VFC News Commercial Pilot Course Ground school Jan 1 to December 31, 2013
$495.00
$___________
Ground school Retread
$ 50.00
$___________
________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2013 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2013 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2012 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 2013, when combined with hours claimed in 2012 and earlier does not exceed the maximums outlined of 45 hours for private and 65 hours for commercial course. __________________________ Signature of Student
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Do you wish your tax form mailed or picked up?______________________________ Tax Forms received by Victoria Flying Club prior to February 1, 2014 will be completed by February 28, 2014. For Office Use Only Date received ____________________ Course _____________________________ Hours:
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Dual $______________
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Ground Briefing: ________________ Ground school:
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Dual $______________ $______________
Total Hours Claimed: ____________Private _____________
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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! Al Whalley 250-380-2502 email alonflight5@shaw.ca
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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