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The Patrician May 2012

The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

Getting to Know YYJ The best plane-spotting locations at Victoria International

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The Victoria Flying Club

May 2012

Celebrating Over 65 Years of Aviation Excellence

In this issue:

“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.�

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(Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946)

7 PEP - Volunteer of the Year Marie Woodruff

Board of Directors

Plane-spotting at YYJ

President......................................Lloyd Toope Vice President.........................Don Devenney Treasurer......................................Kim Sterling Secretary.............................Colin Williamson Directors.........................................Sean Steele Steve Demy Sam Roland Dave Gustafson General Manager........................Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor.........Graham Palmer

Editor/Publisher: Christie Hall thepatrician@shaw.ca Midnight Design & Communication info@midnightdesign.ca

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Victoria Flying Club News Summer Booking Policy

KMY Performance Upgrade

Please take a moment to read the following 2012 Summer Aircraft Booking Policies.

We have purchased a new prop and made some other changes that have increased KMY to 180 hp and increased the useful load to 875 pounds.

Try it – you will like the changes.

Beginning June 18th to September 3rd inclusive, the following policies will apply Monday thru Friday to Recreational Flying/Time Building, not Dual Training:

Mountain Groundschool

1. For Recreational Bookings, Including Time Building, but not Flight Training between the hours of 17:00-00:00 there is a $10 discount per hour for the rate the member is charged.

The next Mountain Groundschool Seminar will be held at the Victoria Flying Club on Saturday May 26.

The cost is $75. Please contact the office to register.

2. The minimum daily flying requirement for multiple day bookings is 3.5 hours.

Victoria Flying Club Summer Hours

Example: A five day trip will require a minimum of 17.5 hours of flight time (5 x 3.5). Any un-flown time will be billed at full rate.

To accommodate all the great evening flying through the summer season, the office of The Victoria Flying Club will be open the following hours:

3. Peak Time (10:00-17:00) Bookings when made in excess of a two-hour booking block requires that a minimum Flight Time of 50% of the total booking time be flown.

Example:

8am to 8pm 7 days a week!

1. A four-hour booking requires a minimum of two hour of flight time. For a 1.5 hour flight within a 4 hour booking block, the member will be charged an extra 1/2 hour at the regular rate.

2. A six-hour booking requires a minimum of three hours of flight time. For a 2.0 hour flight within a 6-hour booking block, the member will be charged an extra 1 hour at the regular rate.

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SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS FUN.

THOSE PEOPLE ARE PILOTS. YOU CAN BE ONE.

EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS

VICTORIA FLYING CLUB AVIATION OPEN HOUSE SAT URDAY MAY 26, 2012 10am -3pm

1852 Canso Rd. Sidney BC 250-656-2833 www.flyvfc.com info@flyvfc.com Photo: Katsu Tokunaga

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First Solos Mark Thomson Instructor: Dave Kupchenko

Anastayzia Rybak Instructor: Kale Haley

Rob Smith Instructor: Marcel Poland

Alistair Vittery Instructor: Kale Haley

“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 significantdamage to self or machine, thus completing first solo flights.�

Schuyler Clack Instructor: Yasuhiro Koide

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Getting to Know YYJ Plane-spotting at Victoria International - Part One

By: Christie Hall

Victoria International, or YYJ, is the ninth busiest aiport in Canada and also the eighth favourite aiport in the world, according to a recent online survey. So not only do we live in an amazing area of the world, but our airport is awesome. Could life get any better?

However, as most of you know, there is much more to YYJ than the main terminal and the Victoria Flying Club. We recently spent some time on a sunny Sunday travelling the perimeter of YYJ, documenting our favourite spots for watching aircraft, because obviously our life is very glamorous and exciting, and this is what glamorous and exciting people do on a weekend!

Most of you will be familiar with a lot of these locations, but there might be one or two little gems you weren’t aware of. Next time the sun shines, grab your

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camera and your coffee, hop in the car (or better yet on your bike!), and go explore YYJ. See if you can figure out where each of these eight photos were taken. If you can handle the suspense, we’ll include the locations, and a helpful map, in next month’s issue.

Visiting each of these spots will not only afford you the opportunity to get a great view of the air traffic, but you’ll be able to learn some local history while you’re at it. And with the right person, it makes for a fun and inexpensive date. And who doesn’t love a good aviation-themed date?

Note: All of these photos were taken in locations that are very much open to the public. So you wno’t need to go climbing any fences or crossing into restricted areas to find these spots.

Source: http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/ life/10-most-loved-airports-981939

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PEP-Air’s 2011 Volunteer of the Year By: Christie Hall

Marie Woodruff (right) receives a presentation from BC Minister of Public Safety, Shirley Bond tions.

During the recent National Volunteer Week, I Marie forwarded me the following, taken from happened upon a familiar VFC face in the news. Marie the website of the Provincial Emergency Program Air, Woodruff received the honour of being named PEPalso known as PEP. http://www.embc-air.org/ Air’s 2011 Volunteer of the Year. I contacted Marie to find out more about the award and to learn about her

“The Provincial Emergency Program Air, or PEP AIR, is a BC-wide volunteer aviation association volunteer role with PEP Air. dedicated to the promotion of Aviation Safety, and to the

Marie’s involvement in aviation began in August of 1992 when she joined The Victoria Flying Club. provision of air search support services to the National Search and Rescue Program.

She was recruited into PEP (Provincial Emergency Program Air) by some fellow flying club members in

Membership is open to aircraft owners and pilots, as well as to those who wish to receive training 1994 to assist with ground support tasks, and later became a spotter in 1996 and a Radio Operator/Navias spotters and navigators. Members receive training gator in 2004, participating in the National Search and in fields such as aviation safety, meteorology, survival awareness search techniques and procedures.

Rescue Competition at Comox in that same year. She

PEP AIR augments Canadian Forces (CF) prihas received a Certificate of Appreciation for her work mary resources during actual SAR missions and often on compiling PEP Air History. Currently Marie takes and circulates meeting minutes, co-moderates a Yahoo assume personal risk in challenging environments and Group Page for the Victoria PEP group, as well as writ- adverse weather... to help those in distress. ing articles for provincial and national SAR publicaMay 2012

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Currently, PEP AIR has over 100 aircraft that are crewed by more than 900 pilots, spotters and navigators. There are many other equally important groundrelated duties and assignments that members might undertake. PEP AIR volunteers have given more than 25,000 hours of their time in volunteering in the last year alone.

PEP AIR is an associate member of the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, or CASARA, and works closely with 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron with the Canadian Forces located at 19 Wing, Comox, BC.”

In addition to her involvement with PEP, Marie assists with the Down But Not Out presentations by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre at The Victoria Flying Club, recruiting volunteers, and generating interest among other club members. If there is any job to be done around the club, Marie is generally one of the first to volunteer.

Don Devenney, vice-president of the Victoria Flying Club, once commented that there are a lot of groups that would be happy to have Marie Woodruff as a volunteer. He makes a good point. In a day and age where people are busier than ever, volunteerism is an often forgotten civic duty. Marie is someone who has not forgotten.

When asked why she volunteers with PEP, Marie gives two reasons. The first is that while the physical demands and time commitments of Ground SAR and Coast Guard are not for everyone, assisting with PEP Air fits with her skills and interests. Marie’s other

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motivation for volunteering with PEP Air stems from a long-held admiration for the Air Force, specifically the Search and Rescue component.

Anyone who knows Marie is familiar with her keen interest in aviation and helping out where she can, in her modest, unassuming way. Her volunteer role seems second nature to her, a desire to give back that is fuelled by a concern for the welfare of others.

In Marie’s own words: “I don’t know what else to say... except it’s a team effort. We’re all in this together...that others may live.”

Next time you see Marie Woodruff around The Victoria Flying club, pass on your congratulations to her. And if you have an interest in volunteering with PEP Air or CASARA, Marie is a great source for all the information you might need. As Marie pointed out, it’s good timing for this story to appear in The Patrician, as May 6-12 is the upcoming Emergency Preparedness Week. This is a great opportunity to not only give some thought to your own level of preparedness for an emergency, but also to consider how you can help when others are in an emergency situation.

Visit the PEP Air website to find out how you can volunteer in the role of pilot, navigator, spotter, flight operations, logistics, administration, security, and communications. http://www.embc-air.org/join-us

A big thank-you to Marie Woodruff, for her ongoing volunteer efforts, and for sharing her story.

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Achievements

New Members

First Solo

Dane Vye

Alistair Vittery

Matthew Sager

Mark Thomson Anastazia Rybak

Peter Michl

Schuyler Clack

Glenn Brinkert

Robert Smith

Kevin Bedard

PPL Written Derek Doerksen

Joel Greenhalgh

Mike Criddle

Mikayla Anderson

Kevin Smith Matthew Vogel

Walker Redshaw

Brian Tennant

Diane Shepherd

Sherjit Dhadwal

Simon Pearce

Ryan Cheung Dan Welch

Gerald Thom

PPL Flight Test

Dao Chen

David Vucko

Nick Chandler

Nicholas Vanderweff Ariana Rumenovich

Katie Smith

Alex Terhart

Trevor Hicking

Brandon Schwazer

Stephen Greenlees

Jamie Wellbourn CPL Flight Test

Jarret Stuart

Cameron Spurr

Robert Diamond

Class IV Written Exam Hana Nakahara

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Thanks to Dan Waldie for passing this along. This is an actual approach chart that the Jeppesen Company made and presented to Captain Chesley Sullenberger (Sully) and the crew of US Airways Flt 1549 as a gift.

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May Mystery Aircraft

Can you identify the aircraft shown Above?

Email: thepatrician@shaw.ca April Mystery Identified

The aircraft is a SAAB Scandia which developed at the end of World War 2 as a DC-3 replacement. First flight was in November 1946. The plane could seat 2432 passengers with a 1000 KM range. It was ordered by ABA Swedish Airlines before ABA became part of SAS. They ordered 11 and VASP (Brazil) and Aerovias do Brasil ordered 6. VASP purchased the remaining Scandia’s from SAS in 1957 and operated the type until 1966. ~ Jim Fretwell Flying club member It’s a Saab 90 scandia. ~ Morgan

From Tim: This month it’s the SAAB Scandia. Yet another supposedly DC-3 replacement which came out in the late 1940s and could carry up to 32 passengers.

Only 18 were built and they served with Scandinavian Airlines System in Europe and VASP in Brazil.

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I have to offer an editorial apology to Daryl Williams regarding the identification of the March Mystery Aircraft. Daryl suggested that it was CT/4 which is, in fact, the same as the Victa Air Tourer. So it appears that Tim hasn’t stumped all of us quite yet, but I’m sure he’ll keep trying! Thanks to Daryl for bringing that to my attention, and to Tim for clarifying. ~Christie www.flyvfc.com

Private Pilot Groundschool Monday and Wednesday 1900-2200 Victoria Flying Club Classroom DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTOR

May 02 Navigation Clint Elliott 07 Navigation Clint Elliott 09 Written Exam Prep Seminar John MacConnachie 14 Review Brad Fraser

16 Aerodynamics, Theory of Flight James White 23 Airframes and Engines Dave Kupchenko 28 Systems and Flight Instruments Dave Kupchenko

30 CARS & Licensing Requirements Kristen Ursel June 04 CARS & Licensing Requirements Kristen Ursel

06 Human Factors & Pilot Decision Making Brad Fraser 11 Radio & Electronic Theory Dirk Pritchard 13 Meteorology Simon Dennis 18 Meteorology Simon Dennis 20 Meteorology Simon Dennis 25 Meteorology Simon Dennis 27 Meteorology Simon Dennis July 04 Meteorology Simon Dennis 09 Flight Operations Yasuhiro Koide 11 Flight Operations Yasuhiro Koide 16 Navigation Clint Elliott 18 Navigation Clint Elliott 23 Navigation Clint Elliott 25 Written prep seminar John MacConnachie 30 Review Brad Fraser

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

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Scholarship Opportunity The West Canada Section 99’s are pleased to offer a scholarship in the amount of $1500 to women pursuing training or study in the field of aviation.

The award can be used towards further flight training, training in a field related to aviation, or towards a research project related to aviation.

Applicants must: • have completed a Private or Recreational License • live in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba or the Yukon or Northwest Territories • agree to complete training within 18 months of receiving the scholarship, and submit a written report

Application deadline is July 31st 2012 For the full scholarship application form, please contact the Victoria Flying Club at info@flyvfc.com or 250-656-2833 or visit www.canadian99s.org .

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Poker Run Sunday, June 3, 2012 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM Poker Hands $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00

Airports: Oliver, Penticton, Kelowna, Vernon, Salmon Arm, and Kamloops.

Terminus Kelowna Flying Club at 2:30 PM The Kelowna Flying Club will be providing lunch from Noon until 3:00PM.

Rain Date will be announced if needed.

All monies raised will go to aviation educational programs for children and aviation related scholarships. Organized by the Canadian Rockies Chapter of the Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots.

Any questions contact: Angelee Skywork in Kelowna: (250) 868-2656 or cell (250) 215-2875 or Betty Lee Moore in Vernon: (250) 309-2881

Canadian Rockies Chapter 99s

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cessful Smile Card Program. 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 $12,000 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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