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The Patrician VICTORIA FLYING CLUB

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VFC’s Ice Pilot - Chris Barton ~ Interview on pg. 5 JANUARY 2011

The Patrician Monthly newsletter of the Victoria Flying Club

DECEMBER 2010

In this issue:

The Victoria Flying Club est. 1946

3 2011 Wings Banquet Invitation

“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)

4 VFC Flight Training Awards Application

5 Ice Pilot—an interview with Chris Barton

Board of Directors

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President………………………………….….Lloyd Toope Vice President…………………………..Colin Dormuth Treasurer……………………………………….Ellen Wood Secretary……………………………………….Rob Shemilt Directors………………………………………..Sean Steele Colin Williamson Don Devenney Steve Demy General Manager………………………….Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor……………..Graham Palmer

Borego Springs California Aerobatic Competition—Sam Roland Editor/Publisher: Christie Hall thepatrician@shaw.ca Midnight Design and Communication midnightdc@shaw.ca

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100LL Price Increase

VFC on Twitter

VFC has been able to hold its aircraft rental rates for the past three years with the exception of a fuel surcharge applied for five months in the summer of 2008. The surcharge was removed in October 2008 when prices stabilized. Unfortunately a significant upward trend in the cost of fuel has begun again and it appears that it will continue for some time. To manage this increase we will reluctantly have to reinstate the fuel surcharge on aircraft rentals during the month of January 2011.

The Victoria Flying Club has recently joined Twitter.

For those unfamiliar, Twitter is a social media website which allows an individual or organization to post short, timely updates. You can receive Twitter updates, called Tweets, by choosing to follow the persons or organizations of interest to you.

VFC will use Twitter to keep our members informed and up to date on all the latest happenings around the club. You can join us on Twitter, by searching for @FlyVFC on twitter.com. Or, click on the link below.

Similarly we anticipate members who buy fuel from us will see some sharp fluctuations in our retail price over the next few months.

http://twitter.com/#!/FlyVFC

Please direct any questions regarding the reimplementation of this surcharge and fuel pricing in general to Gerry Mants at the Club.

CYYJ ATIS by Phone Many people are not aware that you can listen to the ATIS anytime by calling: 1-877-517-2847 Get the latest conditions, quickly and easily, before you leave home.

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The Victoria Flying Club cordially invites you to The 2011 Wings Banquet Friday, January 21st at the Wardroom (1586 Esquimalt Rd.) Reception: 6:00 Dinner: 7:00 Attire is semi-formal

Everyone is welcome to attend!

VFC members and their guests are welcome to attend and celebrate the achievements of the previous year. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in advance. 2010 recipients of Recreational Pilot Permit, Private Pilot License, Commercial Pilot License, or Instructor Rating receive one ticket free of charge. Please RSVP to the Victoria Flying Club by January 15th.

Flight Training Awards A number of flight training awards are presented each year at the Wings Banquet. If you are currently flight training at the Victoria Flying Club, you are eligible to apply for these awards. The application form can be found on the next page, or is available from the VFC office. Applications must be submitted to the VFC office by January 15th.

2010 Wings Banquet - Wings and Awards Recipients

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Victoria Flying Club Flight Training Awards Application Form Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Home Phone: _________________________ Cell Phone: __________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________________________

Please provide a brief statement describing how you plan to make use of the Flight Training Award, and also outlining your future aviation ambitions:

__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ The Butler Flying Award Claude Butler served as president of the Victoria Flying Club several times over the years. He was a successful businessman, inventor, and a man with many visions. His compassion and generosity knew no bounds. Claude always referred affectionately to his loving wife Jean, who was the Mayor of Central Saanich for several years, as “Her Warship.” he asked “Her Warship,” in his last moments, to do something memorable and worthwhile on his behalf for the Victoria Flying Club and this is how the Butler Flying Award was born.

Betty Wadsworth Scholarship

Michael Cooper-Slipper Award

Betty Wadsworth joined the Michael Cooper-Slipper was born in Victoria Flying Club in 1958 and was England January 11th 1921 and he active in the support of general joined the CAF Squadron 605 aviation all her life. As a director of equipped with Hurricanes, at the COPA and a member of such tender age of 17. At 19 he was organizations as BC Aviation Council awarded the Distinguished Flying and the Western Canada Aviation Cross for valour during the Battle Museum of Flight a n d of Britain. After the war he joined Transportation, her contributions AVRO Canada and test few the CFhave been recognized by numerous 100, CF-102, and Orenda powered awards and citations.

Betty F-86. He also flew a modified B-47 Wadsworth maintained her as a test bed for the AVRO Arrow connection with the Victoria Flying Iroquois engine. After his career as Club where she learned to fly, and a test pilot he embarked on a when she died in April 1986 she left career in aviation sales, first with a portion of her estate to the Club. de Havilland and then with Field Since 1991, the interest from this Aviation. Mike is survived by his grant has been awarded each year to wife Rita who resides in Victoria. further a member’s training, qualifications, or skills at the Victoria Flying Club.

*Please Note: only students/members of VFC are eligible to receive these awards

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www.buffaloairways.com www.icepilots.com www.history.ca

With the Season 2 premier of Ice Pilots NWT set to air on the History Channel January 12th, The Patrician got in touch with Chris Barton to get some inside scoop. Barton, 22, is well known at the Victoria Flying Club, having completed his Commercial licence here, and worked on the line crew for three years. Chris now works for Buffalo Airways, one of Canada’s most unique airlines. He’s not the only VFC pilot to venture north. Chris Mathison spent some time with Buffalo Airways before moving on to another airline, and Graeme Ferguson is currently with Buffalo. Curious about life in the North, and the world of Buffalo Airways, The Patrician had a few questions for Chris.

What is your position with Buffalo Airways?

At Buffalo I am a Flight attendant on the DC-3/ Rampie/Courier Driver. Anything else that needed to get done, I’d probably do that too.

What is an average day like for you at work?

An average day at Buffalo, as a rampie, usually starts about 6am. Help get the C-46 ready for its food/mail flight up the Mackenzie Valley, then the “sched” (scheduled flight) lands. You’ll off-load all the freight, help sort it into delivery vans. If they need you on a route then you would do that all day.

If not, you do odd jobs all day outside or in the hangar. In the afternoon you help get the sched ready for its flight back to Hay River. On a good day, you’re home by about 5:30pm.

The weather is a little different from down in Victoria. What is it like working outside in such cold temperatures?

Working in the cold isn’t so bad. I think the average winter temp is about –23. You get used to it. I definitely notice when it dips below –30 though.

Coldest I’ve worked outside in is –52 including wind chill.

What has been your best experience so far?

How did you land the job?

I got hired at Buffalo off an email I sent them. I think I got pretty lucky though. I was doing the blanket email thing and they called me and basically offered me the job. I haven’t seen many others get hired that way.

People mostly just show up and if they need someone then they hire them.

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My best experience at Buffalo was the first time I flew the DC-3. It was before I had my multi-IFR rating. Pretty cool to say the first multi-engine plane I flew was a DC-3. Not to mention it was IMC in icing. Another favourite for me was I got to go on a trip to Kugluktuk in Nunavut, the first time I saw the Arctic coast!

Worst experience?

Everyone has a bad day at work sometimes. Mine was just a combination of cold temperatures, really long hours, things just not working properly.

It’s safe to say that you were known at VFC for your unique sense of humour. What’s your funniest moment on the job at Buffalo?

The funniest thing about Buffalo...The people here are awesome, really easy to have a laugh and joke around my co-workers. Makes a long day bearable.

Do you have any advice for current VFC PPL/CPL students? How can other young pilots get started with a job like yours?

To get a job like this… I don’t really know. This job definitely isn’t for everyone. Takes a pretty “tough” person to work under these conditions and for certain bosses. Someone willing to invest a lot of time for an opportunity to fly. Some people just show up, others send emails. They get a lot though, so it’s easy to get over-looked.

Perhaps the most important question we have for you: Will we see you in Season 2 of Ice Pilots?

Yeah, I will be on the TV machine this coming season of Ice Pilots, only a little though I think because I was working down in Hay River while they were filming. They didn’t come down to Hay too much. They are currently filming the third season. I’m around a lot more for that. We never know how much of what they film they will actually use on the show though.

Thanks for your time Chris, and for chatting with us about life in the North, and your work at Buffalo Airways.

We wish you all the best in the coming year, and we look forward to following your career on Ice Pilots!

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This month’s winning photo: Jeremy Walz submitted this photo of Edmonton International, taken during his CPL cross-country flight.

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Each month in the Patrician, you have the opportunity to win prizes from the pilot shop.

Submit one aviation photo per month for your chance to win. Each photo submitted through the year is entered in a draw for a $100 Victoria Flying Club gift certificate at the end of the year. If you submit a photo each month, that gives you twelve chances to win! Submit your monthly photo by the 20th of each month to: thepatrician@shaw.ca

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Monday and Wednesday Evenings 1900—2200 Date

Topic

Instructor

Jan 03

Canadian Aviation Regulations

Dave Kupchenko

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Canadian Aviation Regulations

Dave Kupchenko

10

Human Factors and Pilot Decision Making

Brad Fraser

12

Flight Operations

Yasuhiro Koide

17

Flight Operations

Yasuhiro Koide

19

Radio and Electronic Theory

Dave Kupchenko

24

Navigation

Jeff Lightheart

26

Navigation

Jeff Lightheart

31

Navigation

Jeff Lightheart

Review (Written Exam Seminar)

John McConnichie

07

Review

Brad Fraser

09

Airframes and Engines

Dave Kupchenko

14

Aerodynamics, Theory of Flight, Licencing Req.

Yasuhiro Koide

16

Systems and Flight Instruments

Dave Kupchenko

21

Canadian Aviation Regulations

Dave Kupchenko

23

Canadian Aviation Regulations

Dave Kupchenko

28

Meteorology

Simon Dennis

Mar 02

Meteorology

Simon Dennis

07

Meteorology

Simon Dennis

09

Meteorology

Simon Dennis

14

Meteorology

Simon Dennis

16

Meteorology

Simon Dennis

Feb 02

To sign up for Groundschool, or to purchase your Groundschool Kit, please contact the Victoria Flying Club Office at 250-656-2833.

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To Identify the aircraft above, please email: thepatrician@shaw.ca

Last Month’s Mystery Manufacturer: Fairchild Model: C-119 Packet (also known as Flying Boxcar) A U.S. built military transport from the late 1940s/ early 1950s. Canada had 35 and they were replaced by the Hercules in the 1960s. Some were converted to gattling-gun ships by the USAF in Vietnam. This one is in use as a civilian freighter.

Congrats on the correct identification: Darren Rich, Doug Blackie, Jim Sutherland, Ryan Bert-Vidal, and the VFC Maintenance Team!

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New Members

Wouldn’t you rather be flying?

Tax and financial planning

Aaron Bernhard

Rapid refunds (electronic filing)

Colin Lundeen

Personal, corporate and estate tax

Brian Krieger Don Louden

OWNER

Geoff Williamson

Evelyn J. Andrews-Greene, CA VFC Sustaining Member since 1983

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David Christensen Trevor Harton

#202-31 Bastion Square Victoria BC V8W 1J1 CHARTERED

ACCOUNTANT

Achievements First Solo

PPL Written

CPL Flight Test

Sandeep Sidhu

Takeshi Shimodaira

Akio Shiojima

Taylor Yakubowich

Peter Massicotte

Marty Allard

Mike Hughes

Jesse Low

INRAT Exam Imran Ismail

Nate D’Arcy

CPL Written

Stephen Weller

Phillip Ludwig

IFR Rating

Abdulmoulla Algazal

Kim Sterling

Yasuhiro Koide

Iain Wallis

Milos Petrovic Malcolm Fletcher

PPL License

CPL License Tyler Bishop

Peter Massicotte

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Borego Springs California—Aerobatic Competition From: Sam Roland I was just down in Borrego Springs, California at an aerobatic competition, and my safety pilot took this video from the backseat. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=em3_73l-N28 The video is of the Sportsman 2010 sequence. I've created a poster that illustrates the maneuvers so that anyone can follow along! (on the following page) For me, personally, the part of the video I find most interesting are the sounds. I love the scream of the air as we rip through it at 5G and 200mph, but I also enjoy the balance created by the relative silence of the hammerhead and spin where only the engine can be heard. Even my voice can be heard in the spin (maneuver 2) as I say "one-half" (turn) and "here we go" as I initiate recovery.

I've also attached a couple pictures of the aircraft I was flying ... a Giles-202. It's performs as well as an Extra 300.

If you are interested in learning some aerobatics, you’ll want to talk to Sam Roland. About once a month, he organizes a well qualified instructor from Canadian Flight Centre in Boundary Bay to come to VFC for the day to teach aerobatics to interested VFC members.

If you’d like more information, you can contact Sam at: sam.roland@gmail.com

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Images courtesy of: Allen Lynch

Taylor Yakubowich Instructor: Sean Brenton

Stephen Weller Instructor: Sean Brenton

Iain Wallis Instructor: Yasuhiro Koide

Abdulmoulla Algazal Instructor: Marcel Poland

“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 individuals 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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Images courtesy of: Allen Lynch

Sandeep Sidhu Instructor: Yasuhiro Koide

Nate D’Arcy Instructor: Tristan Nano

Marty Allard Instructor: Yasuhiro Koide

Jesse Low Instructor: Dirk Pritchard

Congratulations from the Victoria Flying Club!

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