THE PATRICIAN January 2016
The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946
Happy New Year! Goals and Inspiration for 2016
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THE PATRICIAN January 2016
Monthly Newsletter of The Victoria Flying Club - Aviation Excellence Since 1946 In
“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.”
This Issue
3 President’s Message Ramona Reynolds 5 Wings Banquet Invitation and VFC Bursary Application
(Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946) Board of Directors President...................................Ramona Reynolds Email: president@flyvfc.com Vice President...................................Howard Peng Secretary......................................Colin Williamson Treasurer.............................................Rob Shemilt Directors............................................. Steve Demy Vernon Fischer Rolf Hopkinson General Manager.................................Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer
7 Top Five Things I’ve Learned at VFC Christie Hall 12 2016 VFC Challenge Around The World With VFC! 13 Goals - Plan, Commit, Fulfill Tracey Burns 14
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COPA Quadrant Eleanor Eastick
15 Fleet Captain Corner Steve Demy
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Editor: Christie Hall thepatrician@shaw.ca The Patrician accepts unsolicited submissions. This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, with prior permission of the publisher or author. The opinions expressed are strictly those of the authors.
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News from VFC
VFC News
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT VFC! From the VFC Staff and Board of Directors, we want to wish each of you a very Happy New Year! We are excited for the year ahead, and we look forward to connecting with each of you throughout the year either in the office, at VFC events, or even better, in the air!
Membership Invoices On The Way! Please look for your 2016 membership invoice to arrive in your mail box in the next few days. You’ll notice a small increase in annual membership rates, the first increase since 2007. We’re looking forward to another great year at the Victoria Flying Club, and we’re happy that you’ll be part of it! Temporary Membership (3 month) Social Membership Regular Membership Sustaining Membership
$50 $75 $125 $145
Income Tax Forms Now Available It’s that time of year again! Victoria Flying Club Income Tax Procedure Forms are now available, either in the back two pages of this issue, or from the VFC office. To ensure that you have everything you need to complete your taxes on time, please get your form completed and returned to the VFC office as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the form, please contact Gerry Mants, VFC General Manager, at 250-656-2833 or gerrym@flyvfc.com.
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Feature Article
Victoria Flying Club President’s Message Ramona Reynolds
thankfully she decided to work with the tools the MS Society already has. She started to earn her own money by cleaning her school after school and donated her pay cheques to her foundation. She had a meeting with the MS Society and she was able to clearly decide that her goal was to raise $1,100.00 in order to provide someone with MS a wheelchair.
I have a confession to make. I didn’t make a New Year’s resolution. I didn’t set a goal, review the last year, or look ahead to 2016. Mostly I was tired, kinda grumpy, and didn’t want to think about doing any more work thank you very much. Enter my kid. She loves to chat and she willingly admits that being a chatterbox is her greatest weapon against tired parents who, after enough time, will do anything to make it stop. She loves that part. She woke me up New Years Day and she couldn’t wait to find out what my 2016 Goal was. Tiny cold toes and non-stop chatter will get the coffee on in a heartbeat!
should start her own MS Foundation because she wanted to cure MS. Came outta nowhere. I think she actually said “we” should start our own foundation and “we” all know what that means. Although I loved that her go-to place was to start her own foundation, that was too much work for Mommy, and
The Victoria Flying Club community rallied to support her foundation with personal donations, participating in her LEGO Tournament, and filling your tummies with baked goods that her Grandma “helped her bake”. She received in-kind donations for prizes from friends of both VFC and the MS Society including: Christie Hall’s entire family, the Calgary Flames and Cherry Bomb Toys. She has raised $2,061.25 to date and continues
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Feature Article with her plan for world domination in order to benefit her foundation. She reports her progress to our family friend, Perry, who lives with MS. She loves him because “he’s kookie”. She has enthusiastically announced her 2016 Goal. This year she is going to be the Walking Champion of Canada! I’m not sure what that means; or exactly how that’s going to play out but I see a map of Canada in our future. What’s the point of all of this? She’s now NINE! She doesn’t think anything is impossible. She also inspired the 2016 VFC Challenge – Around the World With VFC. (see page 12 for all the exciting details!) She continues to ask if her mother, of all people, has set her 2016 Goal yet? And I tell her that I know my inspiration will find me… probably at about 6:00 a.m. with big ideas and freezing cold toes. This year I hope you will know that anything is possible, find your inspiration, and force us to stock up on charts we don’t usually carry!
Hang out at VFC more often. Fly often enough to stay current.
Onward and Upward!
Participate in the 2016 Challenge - Around the World with VFC
Ramona
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VFC News
Please Join Us At This Year’s Wings Banquet! Friday January 29 - 6pm
at the CFB Esquimalt Wardroom Reserve your tickets with Dispatch. Call 250-656-2833 Mark your calendars for Friday January 29, 2016 and plan to attend the Wings Banquet, in celebration of 2015 accomplishments by VFC students and pilots.
will also be awarded (see the application on the following page). The Wings Banquet is a long-standing tradition at the Victoria Flying Club. Because our members are busy people who all operate on different schedules, it is not often that we gather together as a group to celebrate what we have accomplished as individuals, and as a club. That’s what makes the Wings Banquet special!
Join us at the Ward Room (1586 Esquimalt Rd) at 6:00 for cocktails before a delicious dinner and the awards ceremony. Dress is semi-formal. 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 22th.
Everyone is welcome to attend and graduates are encouraged to invite friends, family, and guests. VFC members are certainly encouraged to attend, even if they are not among this year’s graduates. It is an inspiring and encouraging evening for everyone!
We do hope you will join us for a night of celebration, great food, and a chance to get to know other club members. Along with recognizing our graduates, a number of flight training bursaries
2014 PPL Graduates at last year’s Wings Banquet
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VFC News
Victoria Flying Club Flight Training Awards Application Form All current VFC students/members are eligible to apply for these awards. Applications must be submitted to Gerry Mants in the VFC office by January 27, 5 2015. 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
Michael Cooper-Slipper 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.
Michael Cooper-Slipper was born in England January 11th 1921 and he joined the AF Squadron 605 equipped with Hurricanes, at the tender age of 17. At 19 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for valour during the Battle of Britain. After the war he joined AVRO Canada and test few the CF-100, CF-102, and Orenda powered F-86. He also flew a modified B-47 as a test bed for the AVRO Arrow Iroquois engine. After his career as a test pilot he embarked on a career in aviation sales, first with de Havilland and then with Field Aviation. Mike is survived by his wife Rita who resides in Victoria.
Betty Wadsworth Scholarship
Brian Smedley Award
Betty Wadsworth joined the Victoria Flying Club in 1958 and was active in the support of general aviation all her life. As a director of COPA and a member of such organizations as BC Aviation Council and the Western Canada Aviation Museum of Flight and Transportation, her contributions have been recognized by numerous awards and citations. Betty Wadsworth maintained her connection with the Victoria Flying Club where she learned to fly, and when she died in April 1986 she left a portion of her estate to the Club. Since 1991, the interest from this grant has been awarded each year to further a member’s training, qualifications, or skills at the Victoria Flying Club.
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Brian began his aviation career as an Aviation Mechanic for the Flying Fireman. This led him to become a pilot for the Flying Fireman followed by the BC Government Air Services. After 24 years with the BC Government, Brian flew for Ainsworth Lumber in 100 Mile House, BC. After retirement from flying, Brian was able to follow his lifelong dream to become a cowboy. He worked for many ranches in the Cariboo his last one being the 112 Mile Ranch.
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Feature Article
Top Five Things I’ve Learned at VFC Christie Hall, Editor
Unlike most of you, I didn’t come to the Victoria Flying Club to become a pilot. I answered an online ad for a dispatcher position in the late summer of 2008. Over seven years later, VFC holds an unexpected and special place in my heart. The highlights are many and include the following: Issues of The Patrician produced: 75 Wings Banquets celebrated: 7 Open Houses attended: 15 Flights dispatched, photos taken, friendships created, laughs shared, Won Ton soups eaten, mistakes made and lessons learned: too many to count. Husbands acquired: 1 :-) While I never did manage to sit in on more than one ground school class, I have certainly learned a lot during the past few years at VFC. And so, here they are:
The Top Five Things I’ve Learned at VFC 1. Follow your passion. By far the best thing about VFC is the people. You’re January 2016
all here because you have a dream to fulfill or a passion to share. Having worked in many customer service roles through the years, I can honestly say that the people who walk through the front door of VFC are almost without question happy and excited to be here, and wonderful to work with and for. This is their happy place. People in that space are just fun to be around, and they have made me smile many times. Keep pursuing those dreams, sharing your passion for aviation with those around you, and achieving amazing things. It makes the world a better place. 2. You never know who you’re talking to. I can’t emphasize this enough. I have been repeatedly astounded by the back-stories of our members. Some of the most amazing people are having coffee at the table next to you right now! Also, while VFC provides a level playing field where everyone is a pilot, and without sounding terribly opportunistic, you never know who flies a 777 for an international airline, who has connections with the airline you’d like to work for, who owns a sweet vintage aircraft and would love to take you for a ride, who’s looking for someone to study with, or who just wants someone to come along on their 7
next flight. Take the time to get to know the people around you. They are all amazing! 3. There’s always more to learn. Always. As in, the learning never ends so you might as well embrace it. There’s a saying in aviation, “Good pilots never stop learning.” This could not be more true, and it applies outside of aviation as well. My work with VFC has provided many opportunities to learn new software, new systems, new information, new people, and new products. I would encourage each of you, whether you’re a recreational pilot, or headed for the airline industry, to seek out and take advantage of every learning opportunity that comes your way. It will make you a better pilot… and a better person! 4. When opportunity knocks, you should probably open the door. In the aviation industry, who you know is often as important as what you know, at least when it comes to getting your foot in the door. As much as I may have a physical reaction at times to the idea of “networking,” the fact is, shaking hands, joining the conversation, and asking pertinent questions has provided me with some huge and really cool opportunities. www.flyvfc.com
Feature Article This ties into number 2 and number 3. You never know who you’re talking to, and there’s always more to learn. By keeping these two things in mind in every interaction, you’ll become one of those people who is “lucky”, always in the right place at the right time, meets the right people, and never misses an opportunity. 5. Airplanes, and their pilots, are the coolest! (Preaching to the choir here, obviously!) I’ve stood, toes on the line at the edge of the ramp, as an F-18 takes off, been deafened by the Snowbirds on a low pass directly overhead, snuck into the hangar to stare at the F-86 Sabre “Hawk One,” waved at pilots and passengers of 737s and Dash-8s as they taxi past the Club, stared down at the ground from the right seat of a Cessna 172, and taken more aircraft photos than my hard drive has room to store.
I’ve listened to veterans share their tales of adventure, talked to nervous mothers while their fearless fourteen year olds fly their first solos, shared many smiles with pilots and passengers coming back from a fun flight, given high fives, handshakes, and hugs for milestones achieved, congratulated countless pilots on landing their dream job, and gotten to know some of the most amazing people who I probably wouldn’t have encountered outside of the Victoria Flying Club. I have been inspired more times than I can count. Your stories, your accomplishments, your challenges, and your commitment to aviation have all been the most incredible and unexpected gifts during my time at VFC. If this sounds like a goodbye, it kind of is. I’m moving on from my role at VFC and looking forward to some new projects and exciting opportunities in
2016 - most of them aviationrelated. With that said, I expect I won’t be a stranger to VFC, and hope to keep in touch with many of you on Facebook, by email, or over Saturday brunch in the Dakota. I’m also very pleased to introduce Katy Earl, who will be taking over a number of areas where I’ve been involved, including as editor of The Patrician, social media manager, and website coordinator. As you get to know Katy over the coming months, you’ll find that she is very smart, very interesting, and she loves aviation. She’s our kind of people! Wishing you all a safe and happy 2016, and with thanks for your friendship and support through the years. Christie Hall cmhall@shaw.ca 778.426.3452
A sincere thank you to everyone who attended the December seminar. I hope you had as much fun as I did! If you weren’t able to attend, please watch for more dates coming up in 2016. See you soon! - Jeff Lightheart
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VFC Achievements
FIRST SOLOS
Matthias Hoffecker Instructor: Brendan O’Hare
Bernd Buckner Instructor: Sean Tyrell
Michael Sudbury Instructor: Colin Brown
“Without disruption of air traffic, these fearless, forthright, indomitable and courageous individuals did venture into the wild blue yonder in flying machines. Furthermore, these skillful individuals did safely land said flying machines at Victoria International Airport, incurring no significant damage to self or machine, thus completing first solo flights.” January 2016
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VFC Achievements
VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS New Members Richard Purnell Chris Lai Ryan Argue Connor Russell Mike Greene Bailey Dill Stuart Pankiw Michael Thorne Lise Ellyin Peter Cochrane Attila Racz Dmitry Denisenkov
First Solo Bernd Buckner Matthias Hoffecker Michael Sudbury PPL Written Exam Nathaniel Ralphs Bryan Taylor PPL Flight Test Jack Luettger
CPL Flight Test Mike Turner Multi Engine Rating Ethan Budgen Sean Tyrell Instrument Rating Group 1 Schuyler Clack Kevin Skillings
PPL Licence David Lens Bryan Taylor
VFC CHARTER SERVICE
BE THERE IN MINUTES!
The Victoria Flying Club operates a charter service to a variety of destinations on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. VFC charter offers inexpensive, timely and direct transportation to places not serviced by other commercial carriers. The charter service is an on-demand operation (no set schedules) and is operational in day VFR conditions. Please contact us for more information on destinations and costs.
For more information or to book a flight Email: tedk@flyvfc.com Call: 1-250-474-0213 Aviation Excellence Since 1946
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2015 VFC CHALLENGE WRAP-UP
Current Standings: Club Aircraft 1 Kevin S (15) 2 Colin W (11) 3 BJ C (9) 4 Ian B (9) 5 Brenda M (8) 6 Don D (8) 7 Jessica J (8) 8 Ron J (7) 9 Bill K (5) 10 Brett W (5) 11 Rustom A (5) 12 Silvia Z (4) 13 Tom V (4) 14 Andrew Y (3) 15 Cortland R (3)
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16 Doug N (3) 17 Jamie W (3) 18 Joey M (3) 19 Callum E (2) 20 Crystal S (2) 21 Duncan C (2) 22 Howard P (2) 23 Scot E (2) Owner Aircraft 1 Norman Y (31) 2 Tom D (12) 3 John L (9) 4 Dave W (4) 5 Simon C (2) THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING!
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It’s been another successful year for the VFC BC Airport Challenge. Thank you to everyone who participated, shared photos, and took to the skies to visit new, exciting destinations in our amazing province. Winners will be officially announced and prizes awarded at the Wings Banquet on January 29th. Tickets available at the VFC office. Again, we want to give a sincere thank you to Doug Neal for keeping the online stats up to date. We so appreciate it!
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2016 VFC CHALLENGE
AROUND THE WORLD WITH VFC
We all know from ground school that the nautical mile was based on the circumference of the Earth at the equator. If you were to cut the Earth in half at the equator, you could pick up one of the halves and look at the equator as a circle. You could divide that circle into 360 degrees. You could then divide a degree into 60 minutes. A minute of arc on the planet Earth is one nautical mile. This unit of measurement is used by all nations for air and sea travel. To travel around the Earth at the equator, you would
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have to travel (360 degress x 60 minutes) 21,600 nautical miles, 24,857 miles or 40,003 kilometers.
How many times we can fly around the World as a Club? This Challenge is open to VFC flying members including student pilots, recreational pilots flying VFC aircraft, and recreational pilots flying their own aircraft. If you work for Air Canada, you can’t count those nautical miles. Maybe next time.
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Your mission should you choose to accept it is to track nautical miles, report them to Dispatch and enter to win a monthly prize. Prizes for first to get us around the World, most nautical miles flown over the course of a year, and other fun categories. Watch for full contest rules at Dispatch and on the website and social media.
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Goals - Plan, Commit, Fulfill
Tracey Burns, Executive Coaching and Consulting Happy New Year! Ah… it’s that time of year again, the gyms are full and there’s a sense of purpose in the air. You know what I’m talking about… New Year’s Resolutions: AKA Goal Setting. I read this article while browsing the website for The American Society of Training and Development. Did you know that the probability of completing a is: • 10% if you hear an IDEA • 40% if you decide WHEN you will do it • 50% if you PLAN how you will do it • 65% if you COMMIT to someone else that you will do it • 95% if you have a specific ACCOUNTABILITY appointment with the person you’ve committed to. Right now I’m up to big stuff in my Coaching Practice, shaking things up a bit. I’m definitely outside my comfort zone and well… that’s uncomfortable. However, I’m committed to my results, committed to my clients and I’m committed to making a difference so I’m clear that my commitment (idea) is bigger than my fear. I was out running several months ago when my idea January 2016
hit me like a bee on a helmet (that happened to me on a motorcycle once). I knew it was a good idea because I couldn’t remember running the route I took to get me home. So I did what I know to do, I stood at the kitchen counter and wrote the bullet points of my idea down on paper. The plan included a What By When, a crystal clear declaration of the result I intended to produce and the date I would produce it by. My blood pressure was high when I wrote it… in the moment I had absolutely no idea on how to fulfill on it. And then… I began telling people, it wasn’t for their benefit… it was for mine. I was strategic about it, there was no show, glitz, bragging or glamour. I just told the people I knew who would remember to ask me, “how’s that idea going?” And then… I told my Coach. If I tell my Coach anything I know that I will fulfill on it. I know how I work. At the same time I also said, “and here are the things I’m going to do to sabotage this idea”. I’ve done years of transformational work that have led me to this place of deeply knowing myself, my ways of self sabotage, the sneaky ways of my Survival Mechanism/ Gremlin, whatever you want to call the voices of fear. And… I’ve learned to apply 13
these simple steps to overcome them. 1. Plan – Create a “What” and a “by When”; 2. Commit – With 100% of your being; 3. Fulfill – Line up Accountability & create Structures of support. Oh and one last thing… keep things light, a sense of humour helps. If you’re not having fun – you’re not living!
Tracey Burns, PCC Executive Coaching & Leadership Development www.TraceyBurns.com www.flyvfc.com
COPA Quadrant
Submitted by: Eleanor Eastick
Over the course of 2015 we had presentations and tours by: BC Aviation Museum CASARA Angel Flight 443 Squadron Victoria Aerial Photo’s & Survey (UAVs) Catalina Restoration Project IFR Presentation COPA Safety Video Presentation Viking Air Tour Aviation Egress Systems Float Plane Crash and Surviving
The COPA Flight 6 Board consists of: Flight Captain (President) Rob Shemilt Co-Captain (Vice President) Allan Rempel Navigator (Treasurer) Art Reitsma
The December meeting featured guest speaker Peter Lagergren, a man with an extensive aviation background who talked about the 40 distinct types of aircraft he has piloted,
illustrated with a video and powerpoint presentation - and some personal anecdotes. It was a cold, wet and nasty night with a slightly smaller turnout than usual. Tuesday, January 5 will be the first meeting for 2016 and our Flight Captain has gathered some interesting information about winter flying and correct procedures in winter, hibernation of engines and flying in cold weather. Don’t miss it - it’s now colder here than back east; VFC Lounge, 7 PM. You don’t need to be a COPA member to attend. For further information contact copaflight6@gmail.com.
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 $14,000 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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FleetCaptain Corner FleetCaptain
Selecting an Aircraft Left to do its thing, FleetCaptain will distribute our planes’ maintenance times, so planes don’t end up in the shop in bunches. Maintenance will come due one plane at a time. That helps us in a couple of ways: 1) It ensures that aircraft don’t sit in a queue in the shop waiting to be serviced. Instead, planes are on the line ready for ßight. 2) It gives our maintenance staff some extra time to do optional work in addition to the required inspection items. That work might include improving avionics, enhancing the upholstery etc. These things improve the quality of the planes we ßy. In short, the club can keep prices down and quality up if FleetCaptain’s selections are mostly accepted. The trouble is, FleetCaptain is not always free to do its thing. Recently we’ve seen that 41% of aircraft dispatched have had the system’s selection overridden - in other words, a pilot has been allocated a plane other than the one the system wants to allocate. That leads to situations like the one we have at the time of writing: 3 planes will come due for maintenance within the next few ßight hours. When a pilot needs a particular plane, for example for a ßight test, a cross border ßight or an IFR ßight, there is no problem asking for a speciÞc plane. But when a pilot has some preference but not a clear reason, letÕs Þnd a better solution. IÕve heard “I’m just not sure of the Aspen unit”. Or “I’m not sure the seats move far enough forward for me”. OK, let us know! We’ll make every effort to sort these things out so you can feel perfectly comfortable in any of our excellent planes. Together we can make your ßight the best ever - and keep the shop work efÞcient too.
Steve Demy
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Victoria Flying Club 2015 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 deductible hours per course in 2014. Mail/fax/or drop off this form to Dispatch. Allowable deductions:
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Licence or Endorsement:
Private Pilot Licence Commercial Pilot Licence Instructor 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, 2015
$300.00
$___________
________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2015 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2015 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2014 and earlier re private license ________TOTAL CLAIM in hours (CANNOT EXCEED 45 HOURS)
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Commercial Pilot Course Ground school Jan 1 to December 31, 2015
$495.00
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Ground school Retread
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________hours dual Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2015 ________hours solo Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2015 ________hours dual and solo claimed in 2014 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 2015, when combined with hours claimed in 2014 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, 2016 will be completed by February 28, 2016. For Office Use Only Date received ____________________ Course _____________________________ Hours:
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Dual $______________
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Total Hours Claimed: ____________Private _____________
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