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News Around the Club
The Patrician
“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)
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT Colin Williamson VICE PRESIDENT Don Devenney SECRETARY Jennifer Zadorozniak TREASURER DIRECTORS Iain Barnes John Ainsworth John Ryan GENERAL MANAGER Greg Matte CHIEF FLYING INSTRUCTOR Mike Schlievert
1852 Canso Road Sidney, BC V8L 5V5
CONTACT
www.flyvfc.com info@flyvfc.com
P: 250-656-2833 F: 250-655-0910
Editor: Katy Earl flyvfcmarketing@gmail.com
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PHOTO CREDITS
Front cover photo: Jesse Bertucci. Wings Banquet 2020. Photo upper right: Instagram: burtonader. Dec. 17, 2020. "The Cyclone producing some wicked vortices."
HANGAR SPACE
Contact Marcel at the Club to see if a hangar spot is a good spot for your plane and to get on the waitlist.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 News Around the Club
6 I Learned about Flying from That Contributed by Greg Matte, GM
8 Notice of the AGM
10 How Clean Is Your Wing? Contributed by Captain (Ret'd) Stephen Klubi
12 WOAW
13 Operation: This IS You!
14 Alumni Profile: Jessica James
16 Wings Banquet 2020
21 First Solos and Member Achievements
23 Ground School Schedule
24 Thanks for the Share!
PARKING
If you’re interested in prime paved parking spaces for your aircraft, we want to hear from you!
Secure, pull-in/pull-out, easy access.
Please call Dispatch to arrange a spot, or get on the waitlist for hangar spaces at 250-656-2833
News Around the Club
DISCOVERY FLIGHTS AVAILABLE AGAIN Discovery Flights are available again. Please see our webpage for the latest information: http://flyvfc.com/ discovery-flight
COPA FLIGHT 6, NEXT MEETING The next meeting of COPA Flight 6 will be on Tuesday March 3 at 7pm at the Victoria Flying Club. All are welcome. Allan Rempel will be giving a presentation on his trip to Oshkosh in 2004 and the various adventures along the way. Oshkosh is an annual aviation extravaganza with over a half million attendees and 10,000 aircraft flying in from around the world.
PREPAIR YYJ 2020 We'll be hosting the popular "Prep Air" event on Saturday, 18 April. See https://www.prepair.ca/yyj2020 for details.
VFC OPEN HOUSE, "MAID IN THE SHADE" VISIT As part of the upcoming visit by the B-25 Mitchell bomber (15-22 June), the VFC will be conducting its annual Open House event on Saturday, 20 June.
MISSING PROPELLER FOUND The missing propeller from INH was found on Sunday, 01 March by Jeremy Francis on his grandmother's property along Glendenning Road near Mount Doug.
NEW CESSNA PURCHASED The most exciting news is that the VFC has bought a 2002 Cessna 172 S (tail # FGIM) from a private owner in Quebec. It will undergo an immediate engine and propeller overhaul, and should be ready for its cross-Canada flight to its new home at our Club in about 6-7 weeks.
TIME CHANGE Daylight Savings Time is starting up again on Sunday, March 8, which means our winter operating hours are also ending. We will return to our normal hours of 0800 to 2000.
VFC MENTOR PROGRAM The program continues! Would you like to meet other pilots to fly with, split the cost of flights, share knowledge on how to do things, get help getting into a new airport for the first time? VFC's mentors have their resumes posted on a special VFC Mentors bulletin board beside the Dispatch counter. Each mentor's resume includes their contact details, or you can email mentors@flyvfc.com for more information.
Have news or a story to tell? Email us at flyvfcmarketing@gmail.com for a chance to have your news or story published in The Patrician. NEWS and EVENTS
NEWS and EVENTS
MAR 3 COPA Flight 6 meeting and social MAR 26 VFC's AGM MAR 28 IFR / IMC Round Table APR 18 PrepAIR YYJ at VFC JUN 15-22 "Maid in the Shade" visit JUN 20 VFC Open House & BBQ
Is your aviation-related event not listed? Let us know at flyvfcmarketing@gmail.com
On February 18, GINH, with pilot Ryan McCall and father Warren as passenger experienced a crash. Ryan and Warren walked away with only minor scrapes.
VFC CHARTER SERVICE Be there in minutes!
VFC Charter offers inexpensive, on-demand, and direct transportation to places not serviced by other commercial carriers in the lower BC area.
The charter service 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: 1-778-350-3213
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