The Patrician
VICTORIA FLYING CLUB
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“My soul is in the sky.” ~ William Shakespeare FEBRUARY 2010
The Patrician Monthly newsletter of the Victoria Flying Club
FEBRUARY 2010
In this issue:
The Victoria Flying Club est. 1946
4 Upcoming AGM
“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)
5 ABC Gathering By: Colin Williamson
Board of Directors
11 Updated Groundschool Info
President………………………………….….Lloyd Toope Vice President…………………………..Colin Dormuth Treasurer……………………………………….Ellen Wood Secretary……………………………………….Rob Shemilt Directors………………………………………..Sean Steele Colin Williamson Don Devenney Dennis Arnsdorf General Manager………………………….Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor……………..Graham Palmer
14 Printable 2009 Income Tax Forms Editor/Publisher: Christie Hall thepatrician@shaw.ca
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Liam’s First Solo – Thursday January 7th, 2010 He’s too young to drive a car, but old enough to fly a plane around the circuit as pilot in command for the first time.
Hi Christie, Things are going well here in Ottawa. I have been flying pretty regularly out of CYRO Rockliffe with the Rockliffe Flying Club, although my past 3 flights have all been cancelled due to weather or maintenance. I went skating on the Rideau Canal last night, my first time on skates in 40 years. The flying out here is quite good although I miss the mountains. The challenges of the weather here are very different. RFC lost 3 airplanes (and 18 others parked at the airport) to a tornado in April. The good news is that the insurance companies seem to have turned to very quickly and most aircraft were replaced or repaired within a few months. I must tell you, it's a little disturbing to open a journey log and find the previous entries are: destroyed by tornado followed by an extensive repair list and then 1 test flight...and you're next!! My walkaround was pretty thorough I can tell you. Thanks for taking on the Patrician, it makes my day when I see it in my e-mail. Cheers, Chris Peschke
Three days after his 14th birthday, Liam Aloni made his first solo. The day was cold, not too windy and runway 27 was in use. CYYJ was very busy that day - lots going on, lots to look out for, but Liam was checked out and ready to go, a very cool pilot as he waited his turn for take-off. The circuit was uneventful as far as the flying went, the landing was great, followed by a gentle roll-out and the new pilot taxied off on Sierra after waiting for a Q-400 to go past on its way to 27. It was huge event for Liam’s Mom and Dad (who taped the flight), family friend Kathleen and Sue and myself, the two pilots in the cheering squad. It will be three more years until Liam can get his PPL, but he has now taken the first step towards his life-long dream of being a pilot. Happy flying and Blue Skies, Liam; we are all so proud of you! Eleanor Eastick
*************************************** The premise is fun, and the flying is amazing…..this guy can really handle a tail dragger! Franklin Air Show From Don Devenney
Left to Right: Sue Rothwell, Liam Aloni, Eleanor Eastick
Editor’s Note: You guys seriously need to watch that video. Jaw-dropping flying skills. Thanks Don!
Thanks Eleanor, for sending that along. Congratulations and Happy Birthday to Liam!
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y p p a H ne’s i t n e l a V ay D
Valentine’s Day is not for everyone, I admit.
Many of you might
scoff at the obligatory roses and chocolates. But I believe that inside the heart of every pilot, there lives a romantic soul, one whose dreams far exceed the bonds of earth. The Patrician is for those who love aviation, whose hearts soar farthest above the earth. Publishing The Patrician is an absolute privilege for me, and a true labour of love. I am inspired by so many of you, who challenge yourselves to learn more, who achieve lifelong dreams, and who succeed in the ambitious aviation industry. For all those who pursue the love of flying, for those who appreciate the romance of taking to the skies, I dedicate this issue of The Patrician. To all my very favourite aviators, and to one in particular, I wish you a
Happy Valentine’s Day.
High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . . Up, up the long, delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or ever eagle flew — And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
~John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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- Christie
Notice of the
Annual General Meeting of the
Victoria Flying Club March 11th, 2010 6:00 - wine and cheese 7:00 - meeting meeting to take place in the vFc member’s lounge
If you have been a member in good standing of the Victoria Flying Club for 24 consecutive months, you are eligible to become a Sustaining Member. Sustaining and Life members will have voting privileges at the AGM. Sustaining and Life members are also eligible to be nominated for Director positions with the Board. Directors are nominated by two other Sustaining or Life Members. Nomination forms are available from the office, or at the meeting. There may also be nominations from the floor at the time of the meeting. If you have any questions about becoming a club Director, please contact VFC Manager Gerry Mants at 250-656-2833.
Cover Photo
Wouldn’t you rather be flying?
This month’s cover photo features Tomohisa Sudo, on a stop in Pemberton while completing a mountain flight. Tomo recently returned to Japan, after a stint at VFC, wherein he completed his PPL, as well as his Night Rating, IFR Rating, and Mult-Engine Rating, while working towards his CPL. We wish Tomo all the best in his aviation career!
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KINCARDINE A B C GATHERING AERO
BIKES
CARS
By: Colin Williamson and Kim Schliper
On New Year’s Eve we were at a party where we played a game called “High and Low”. Each of us had to stand up and tell everyone else what was our low point and our high point of 2009. For both my wife, Kim, and me it was the same – the low was my father passing away in June at home in Midland, Ontario and the high was our 10,000-km motorbike ride from Victoria to Ontario (and back!) in July and August.
Aside
from wanting to spend time with our family back east, we also wanted to do something special to mark the 30th anniversary of our first date way back in 1979 when we went to see Bob Marley at Maple Leaf Gardens. We share many great loves – each other, flying, motorbike touring, and this big beautiful country of ours. I am also a bit of a car-nut, owning a pair of Mustangs including a 1966 convertible. So when my brother, Paul, who lives in Kincardine, Ontario, phoned and suggested we visit the Kincardine ABC Show – ABC meaning Airplanes, [motor]Bikes and Cars – plans started to fall into place. Rather than do the usual WestJet trip to Ontario, why not take the Goldwing?
Colin and Kim on the Goldwing
Why
not, indeed! The unseasonably cold temperatures across the country (8°C in Canmore, Alberta; 11°C in Marathon, Ontario) and the 2,000 kms of torrential rain across Manitoba and Northern Ontario could be why not, but ride we did – and Kim still seems to like me! Despite the weather, we had a wonderful trip with much visiting of family along the way. The ride was truly awesome. Canada is amazingly beautiful…and huge, vast, enormous – words cannot describe it.
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Just prior to the August long weekend we rode the Goldwing from Toronto to Kincardine on the shore of Lake Huron. The bike got a thorough cleaning and polishing to get it ready for the ABC Show. We even decorated it with a BC flag flying from the antenna.
hopped off, stashed our riding gear in Goldwing’s trunks, and sauntered off to enjoy the show.
Late in the afternoon before the show, we went to Kincardine Municipal Airport in Paul’s truck to meet Kim’s brother, Eric, who arrived in his 1947 Stinson 108. The airport has two paved runways: 05-23 at 2083’ long, which is too short for large aircraft, and 13 -31 at 4085’. The wind was blowing strongly out of the south-west making 23 the desired runway. Eric’s Stinson barely used ¼ of 23! Some other aircraft were also arriving for the show, and the larger ones were forced to land on 31 despite a serious crosswind from the left. We watched a B25 Mitchell crabbing into the wind and touch down still in the crab – not the smoothest landing. We later learned it was the pilot’s first crosswind landing in a B25. Not bad all things considered!
Spitfire on take off
Straight away I had to go check out the Spitfire, a Mark 9 that had seen action post D-Day in a Canadian squadron. It sports a then-unofficial small Canadian roundel with the maple leaf painted in the middle. Curiously, there is a very grumpy looking Mickey Mouse painted on the Spit’s cowling. I asked the aircraft’s owner about it, but he only smiled in response. Rumour had it that he’d won a lawsuit against Disney – and that’s why Mickey looks so unhappy. It seems Disney provided the funding for the Spitfire, a Messerschmitt 109, a Hawker Hurricane, and a couple of other less esoteric planes, as well as the funding to operate them… hmmm, I’d sure like to know how to organize that kind of a deal! I volunteered to fly the Spitfire. The owner just laughed and suggested I get in line with “a hundred other guys”!
For a small-town show in only its second year, the
B25J Mitchell on take off
The
Sunday of the show the weather improved remarkably. Still a bit breezy, but beautiful clear blue skies and temperatures in the mid-twenties. We arrived at the show just before noon on the Goldwing. A volunteer at the entrance smiled broadly and somehow wordlessly communicated as we rolled in, “You putting that in the show?” I nodded. Turned out we were the entrants from furthest away! The volunteer directed me onto the airfield where a couple of dozen other bikes were parked between the B25 and a Canso, right near a gorgeous Spitfire. We
ABC Show attracts an astonishing number of people and an amazing range of stuff. As well as the Spit, there was a B25 Mitchell, a Canso flying boat, a few Harvards, a Cornell and a Chipmunk, a Fokker Triplane and a Sopwith 1½ Strutter, and an assortment of vintage Cessnas, Pipers and of course Eric’s Stinson. There were also some modern home-builts and a glider. The motorbikes ranged from vintage Harleys through modern and custom ones, Hondas and BMWs both old and new, sport-bikes, touring bikes, and even a vintage snowmobile.
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The cars ranged from 1930s-era Model A Fords
We will certainly be going back to this show, and I
through the 40s, 50s and 60s, both domestics and imports. Some were lovingly restored back to original condition, others creatively modified into striking hotrods. There was also an excellent collection of model airplanes that put on a superb aerobatics show complete with white “smoke” trailing behind.
highly recommend that if you are in Ontario on the August long weekend that you take yourself there. Perhaps a club fly-out destination?
The ABC Show has a remarkably easy-going and friendly feel to it. Blake Evans is a super friendly guy who is a key organizer of the show. He’s the sort of fellow who is quite capable of talking the leg off a donkey. Needless to say he was the MC of the show and ran the trivia quiz, handing out aviation videos to whomever could get to centre-stage first. (Jeopardy quiz: what is Castle Bromwich?) Blake also arranged a friendly discussion on stage between two former foes of World War II: an ex-Spitfire pilot and an exMesserschmitt pilot. It was very touching to hear these two former enemies now chatting amiably with each other, simply being two pilots who share a common love of flying.
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Fokker DR-1 Triplane taxis in
The highlight of the ABC Show, for those devoted (demented?) enough to stay until the very bitter end, was hearing and watching all those vintage planes take off, one by one, each one saluting us with a low-andover then disappearing into the wild blue yonder, the wonderful sounds of their engines fading away like the last notes of a symphony. Canso on high speed low and over
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Achievements
New Members Robert Cooke
Evan Hunter
Keith Andrews
Ryan Clancy
Iain Barnes
Jack Coates
Daniel Baker
Andrew Harton
Peter Gulliver
Stephen Chapman
Matthew Cumming
Dan Boria
Naniel Nanninga
Vinay Punwani
Chenxi Zhang
Dale Rice
Vic Bassra
Joyce Osagie
First Solo Liam Aloni Janne Suominen PPL Written Claire Matson
Multi-Engine Flight Test Tomohisa Sudo
PPL Flight Test Class IV Instructor Justin Munkholm Written Exam Brady Tucker Kristen Ursel Hirofumi Kamei Jared Reid CONGRATULATIONS! Gwen Hill
Michael Hughes Nathaniel Blanchard Kelly Black Ben Smith
IFR Flight Test Justin Neepin
PPL LICENSE Jared Reid
WELCOME TO THE VICTORIA FLYING CLUB
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“Westjet Flight 463 on Final at Sunset” Submitted by: Kevin Stokes Selecting the winning photo gets more difficult with each issue! Thanks for all the great entries. Congratulations to K e v i n Stokes, this month’s winner. Keep the photos coming! Each photo entry will be eligible for a monthly prize from the pilot shop. Also, every photo submitted through the year will be entered into a draw for a $100 gift certificate from VFC. One entry per month, per person please. Send your favourite aviation related photos to: thepatrician@shaw.ca by the 15th of each month to be eligible.
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A very honourable mention goes out to Colin McCann for his excellent photo of MEK. Thanks Colin!
The Victoria Flying Club is very excited to partner with Thrifty Foods in their successful Smile Card program. Pick up your smile card today at the VFC office, and 5% of your grocery purchases will go towards creating scholarships and awards for VFC members. Thank-you to Thrifty Foods for their support!
Smile Card Total to Date: $8455
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Monday and Wednesday Evenings Upstairs at the Victoria Flying Club 1900-2200 Date
Topic
Instructor
Jan 27
Aerodynamics/Theory of Flight/Licensing
Koide Yasuhiro
Feb 01 03 08 10 15 17 22 24
Airframes and Engines Systems and Flight Instruments Canadian Aviation Regulations Canadian Aviation Regulations Meteorology Meteorology Meteorology Meteorology
Mike Chow Mike Chow Yasuhiro Koide Yasuhiro Koide Simon Dennis Simon Dennis Simon Dennis Simon Dennis
Mar 01 03 08 10 15 17 22 24 29 31
Meteorology Meteorology Human Factors and Pilot Decision Making Flight Operations Flight Operations Navigation Navigation Navigation Radio and Electronic Theory Review (Tower Tour and Written Exam Seminar)
Simon Dennis Simon Dennis Brad Fraser Yasuhiro Koide Yasuhiro Koide Jeff Lightheart Jeff Lightheart Jeff Lightheart TBA John McConnachie
Apr 07
Review
Brad Fraser
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February 26—March 21 Upstairs at the Victoria Flying Club Dates and Times Below Date
Time
Topic
Instructor
Feb 26 27 28
1700-2100 830-1700 830-1700
Radio and Electronic Theory Licensing Requirements and CARS Theory of Flight and Aerodynamics
Mike Chow Yasuhiro Koide Yasuhiro Koide
Mar 5 6
1700-2100 830-1230 1300-1700 830-1700
Airframes and Engines Systems and Flight Instruments Human Factors/Pilot Decision Making Crew Resource Management
Mike Chow Mike Chow Brad Fraser Brad Fraser
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1700-2100 830-1230 1300-1700 830-1700
GPS Flight Operations Navigation Navigation
Graham Palmer Jeff Lightheart Jeff Lightheart Jeff Lightheart
Mar 19 20 21
1700-2100 830-1700 830-1700
Meteorology Meteorology Meteorology
Simon Dennis Simon Dennis Simon Dennis
7 Mar 12 13
Sign up for Commercial Groundschool at the VFC office. CPL Groundschool Course: $495 CPL Groundschool Kit: $200
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Mystery Aircraft January Mystery Model: B.121 Pup Manufacturer: Beagle Aircraft Limited, Shoreham Airport, UK About 150 of these all metal aerobatic trainer/tourers were made in the 1960’s. A further couple hundred of the military version, named Bulldog were also made. Canada turned it down in favour of the Beech Musketeer. Thanks for the correct guesses: Alistair Crooks, Michael Hill, Robert Herbison, Jeremy Prpich & Rhys Peraton
February Mystery Your mission: Identify the aircraft. Contact: thepatrician@shaw.ca
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Victoria Flying Club
2009 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 2007. 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, 2009
$250.00
$___________
________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2009 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2009 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2008 and earlier re private licence ________TOTAL CLAIM in hours (CANNOT EXCEED 45 HOURS)
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Commercial Pilot Course Ground school Jan 1 to December 31, 2009
$495.00
$___________
Ground school Retread
$ 50.00
$___________
________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2009 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2009 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2008 and earlier re commercial license ________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 2009, when combined with hours claimed in 2008 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, 2010 will be completed by February 28, 2010. For Office Use Only Date received ____________________ Course _____________________________ Hours:
________________ Dual $______________ ________________ Solo
Ground Briefing: Ground school:
$______________
________________ Dual $______________ $______________
Total Hours Claimed: ____________Private _____________
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