First Solos and Member Achievements

New Members Adrian Vethanayagam Alexander Hering Amy Nantes Angelina Hurcombe Brad Bickford Brendan Martin Casey Benner Cedar McDonald Ilia Kuldoshin Ryan Molle Steven Hurcombe

First Solo Tyler Cullimore PPL Written Kurt Alisch Thomas De Bie

PPL Flight Test Albert Frauendorf

CPL Written Mairina Frederiksen

CPL Flight Test Cam Devlin Jennifer Zadorozniak Member Achievements

Tyler Cullimore Instructor: Ryan Greenwood

"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."

Scholarship Feature

In honor of International Women's Day (March 8), we feature an award for women, available through the Ninety-Nines organization:

FLY NOW AWARDS

Beginning in 2019, there are new deadlines and new eligibility requirements!

The Fly Now Awards are semiannual awards of up to $6,000 based on completion of specific training milestones. They are available to Student Pilot Members of The 99s who meet eligibility requirements. To be eligible, applicants must hold a student pilot certificate (or provide evidence that they meet their country's flight training requirement), have been an official Student Pilot Member three months prior to the application deadline, have logged 5 hours in the six months prior to the application deadline and show financial need.

The Spring Fly Now Award Application deadline is April 1 each year. Membership join date must be no later than January 1 of that year.

The Fall Fly Now Award Application deadline is October 1 each year. Membership join date must be no later than July 1 of that year.

More information about the scholarship and others are here:

https://www.ninety-nines.org/fly-now.htm https://copanational.org/en/aviation-career-and-scholarshipguide Image above: Rachel Allen and Mathew Mosveen accepting awards at the Silver Wings Awards. VFC member award recipients in 2019 included

Mathew Mosveen, Al Michaud Memorial Bursary ($1,000) Rachel Allen, Anne and Rudy Bauer Memorial Bursary ($1,000) Grant Diamond, BCAC “Career” Training Scholarship ($1,000)

VFC alumni are often winners of the awards, such as (recently), Nathaniel Ralphs, Nathan Goebel, Nadia Scott, Natasha Shoebridge, and Jennifer Zadorozniak. Will you be next?

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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. Since the autumn of 2005, the Victoria Flying Club has received over $20,000 from the Thrifty Foods Smile Card program. These funds have been appreciated by all members of the club. Thank you Thrifty Foods!