Meet the VFC's Recreational Fleet
MEET THE VFC'S RECREATIONAL FLEET
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o, what’s the scoop with Victoria Flying Club’s (VFC) new Recreational Fleet? Thank you so much for asking! Let me start with a brief backgrounder. During my tenure at the club (5 years or so) there has always been a challenge around aircraft availability. Instructors, recreational pilots and CPL ‘time builders’ all placing demands on VFC’s fleet of aircraft. Additional pressures come from requisite maintenance and the inevitable rescheduling that occurs due to weather.
Solution: a separate fleet of aircraft designed to meet the needs of CPL ‘time-builders’ and our recreational members. However, their challenges were obvious: funding, sourcing, acquisition, compliance, inspection, maintenance. Ultimately, the monumental task of bringing 4 ‘new’ aircraft online. A remarkable achievement in the best of times… to accomplish that feat amidst a global pandemic; miraculous!
Recently, a joint initiative between the VFC’s Board of Directors and its’ management team set out to address this problem.
PRICING Once again, membership has spoken and the VFC leadership has listened! Hourly rates for all but the Piper Arrow are $138/hr., WET!! The ‘Arrow’ is a complex aircraft, and its rental rate has been set at $165/hr., wet. Anyone who has spent any amount of time looking at rates in the current market will recognize these as awesome rental rates!
BONUS: Sustaining members get 15% off these already remarkably attractive rates. 10 AUGUST 2021
By Laurie Ingalls
INTRODUCTORY PROMOTION And there’s more good news: From now until the end of October, 2021, each complete hour of flight-time in one of the club's new recreational fleet aircrafts qualifies for a monthly draw! Winners receive a free hour in the Recreational Fleet aircraft of their choosing!
LET’S GO FLYING! Based on the response thus far, I know I’m not the only club member excited about this program! This initiative addresses a longstanding need here at the VFC and members of the Board, along with the entire management team, deserve kudos for having pulled this off! With the 75th Anniversary celebrations ahead we have much to be thankful for and I encourage you to come on out to the club, check out the new fleet and rekindle that passion for aviation that sparked your flying journey in the
first place!
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