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The Patrician

October 2012

The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

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Monthly Newsletter of The Victoria Flying Club

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The Victoria Flying Club

October 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.�

(Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946)

Board of Directors

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Labour Day Fly-Out

Water Egress Training Course 10

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

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

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The opinions expressed are strictly those of the authors.

www.flyvfc.com Phone: 250-656-2833 Fax: 250-655-0910

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Victoria Flying Club News Private Pilot Written Exam Seminar

VFC and Social Media In addition to the popular Victoria Flying Club group on Facebook, we have now added an official page. Get connected with event updates, polls, photos, contests, and lots of great information.

Thursday, October 11, 2012 1900-2200 In the VFC Main Classroom Instructor: John McConnachie Cost: $75

www.facebook.com/VictoriaFlyingClub

John has been helping students prepare for their private pilot written exam for a number of years, after very successfully navigating through the process himself. At his seminar, you’ll learn study techniques that will help you on your way to passing the written exam with flying colours!

We are also on Twitter! Ask a question, share information, and join the conversation.

www.twitter.com/FlyVFC

Please contact the office to register: 250-656-2833

Editor’s Note: In addition to bringing you The Patrician each month, I’ve also been given the fun job of managing our social media accounts.

Please come and say hello! ~ Christie Hall

Commercial Groundschool Suggested start dates are October 12 and November 16. Please call the office 250-656-2833 to register for your preferred date. The number of people registered will determine the actual start date.

Thanksgiving Monday Office Hours: 8am - 5pm

Seaplane Groundschool Call the VFC office to register for early October. Now is the time to learn to fly floats! Cost is $100.

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Fuel Tank Replacement at VFC

The appearance of some unusual equipment outside the flying club may have you wondering.

A few years ago Environment Canada gave notice that our underground fuel tanks should be replaced. The VFC Board of Directors has been working and planning for some time to include the expense of the project into our operating budget. The decision was made to replace our aging fuel tanks with above ground tanks for a number of reasons, one of them being that the Victoria Airport Authority would not allow new underground tanks to be installed.

After eighteen months of planning, design, and engineering, the tank replacement project is in full swing. As with any construction project, there will be some invonvenience while the work is under way. A number of our member aircraft parking spots have been re-allocated temporarily, and getting in and out

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of the private aircraft parking area around the equipment, not to mention the sizeable hole in the ground, presents some challenges! We apologize for the inconvenience, but want to assure everyone that the project is moving quickly, and the end result will be well worth it.

There are a number of long-term advantages to the fuel tank replacement project. There will be no environmental concerns with respect to the integrity of the tanks. Overall, we will have a safer facility, with new dependable equipment. We will have the ability to purchase larger quantities of fuel in one delivery (40,000 litres as opposed to the previous limit of 10,000 litres). This should lower the cost of fuel. Additionally, the new equipment will feature pay-at-the-pump capabilities. No more need to bring the fuel sheet to the front counter to complete your fuel purchase!

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OCTOBER Mystery Aircraft

Can you identify the aircraft shown Above?

Email: thepatrician@shaw.ca SEPTEMBER Mystery Identified

Despite a number of guesses, this particular aircraft was not correctly identified. Better luck this month!

From Tim: This month the Breguet (or Dassault) Atlantic. Designed for long range maritime patrols, it first flew in the early 1960s and is powered by Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop engines. Operators are/were France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Pakistan with just under 100 being built.

711 A Broughton Street

(street level, by Victoria Public Library)

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New Members

Achievements

Kevin Chesney

First Solo Kathryn Bailey

Jordan Hughes

Ian Baxter

Chuk Ho Cheung

Brenda Russell

Robert Camilleri

Chuck Saffin Tiffany Gartner-Bouffard

Texas Constantine

Paul Jablanczy

Harry Evans

Cortlandt Rehill PPL Written Test

Matthew Mosveen

Yves Moog

Sharon McKeown

PPL Flight Test

Brandon Coles

David Eastwood Anthony Sidhu

James Falcon

Dane Vye Takuma Mori

Leana Temoana

Jaber Almakhalas

Christopher Saunders

Liam Aloni

Elliot Humphries

Schuyler Clack

Ian Olsen

Michael Grossman

Nathan Harkes

Multi IFR Flight Test

Jessica James

Alex Dicosola

Howard Peng

Welcome to the Victoria Flying Club!

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Labour Day – Flying for Pie and Pemberton By: Eleanor Eastick

We flew the course of the 1860’s trail (Harrison Lake north then west to Howe Sound) in less than two hours, a hard journey of many weeks so long ago – and not nearly as much fun!

The Pemberton Valley is truly beautiful, wide, flat and only 670’ ASL. It is home to several golf clubs and the airport itself is a busy glider and parachute base. A hint of wind favoured runway 24 when the nine plane flyout arrived. The temperature was an acceptable 30C as the 25 happy participants made their way to the southwest end of the airport and through a gate to one of the golf clubs for refreshments.

The restaurant has a large roofed patio overlooking the airport and that is where we all settled after pushing several tables together to remain in a group.

There we sat, hangar-flying and chatting until we made our way back to the ramp to prepare for the flight home, although YYJ was not everyone’s home airport.

A picture perfect pilot and passenger day!

Check the photos on the next page or visit our Facebook page for the full album!

September 3rd this year was the best flyout in a decade! The weather was darn near perfect and the temperatures in the 20s – does it get any better? For sure, there was some of that pesky low marine cloud over the strait, but that was easy to go over or under.

The mainland and all the mountains spread out in glory in a slight heat haze as the Victoria flyout squadron headed for a pie and coffee break at Chilliwack before turning northwards over Harrison Lake and through the mountain passes over Lillooet Lake to Pemberton.

The runway at CYPS is sandwiched between the Green and Lillooet Rivers. The lake is a most unusual milky green in sunlight becoming jade green in shadow owing to the feeder rivers carrying soft sediment from glacial movement in the mountains.

For history buffs, these lakes and rivers were once part of the Douglas Road carrying men to the Caribou during the gold rush, before the completion of the wagon road in 1865. The route from the coast began at Howe Sound and followed waterways past Whistler into the Pemberton Valley. Paddlewheel steamers plied Lillooet Lake. (I wrote a book about this – don’t ask!)

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First stop CYCW for pie

From 6500’

Glacier fed lakes enroute So long to YPS! Photos courtesy of Dan Waldie and Kate Beckett More great fly-out photos at www.facebook.com/VictoriaFlyingClub Don’t miss out on the next fly-out!

Email: flyoutbug@gmail.com to be added to the mailing list.

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COPA and the Victoria Flying Club Present...

Thanksgiving - Monday, October 8th Open to ALL aviation enthusiasts!

Powell River (CYPW) The CYYJ-CYPW route is 83NM, so around 1.6 hours of air time in a Cessna 172. Â 0800 - meeting at VFC 0830 - wheels up 0915 - Powell River (breakfast) 1215 - wheels up 1300 - arrival back at VFC

Passengers are welcome to come along!

Seats are limited. Email us below to reserve yours.

Club Pilots are eligible to rent at a $20/hr discount!

Team up with other members to further reduce costs.

Private Owners may purchase fuel at cost: $1.58/L! Take passengers for the company and cost sharing.

Contact flyoutbug@gmail.com to register and/or to sign up to receive upcoming monthly Fly-Out invitations.

Get out of the circuit!

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First Solos

Brenda Russell Instructor: Graham Palmer

Chuck Saffin Instructor: Laura Van Buskirk

Kathryn Bailey Instructor: Brendan O’Hare

Courtland Rehill Instructor: Sean Tyrell

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First Solos

Ian Baxter Instructor: Alex Dicosola

Paul Jablanczy 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 ndividuals did safely land said flying machines at Victoria International Airport, incurring no ignificant

Tiffany Bouffard Instructor: Kale Haley

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

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Private Pilot Groundschool Monday and Wednesday 1900-2200 Victoria Flying Club Classroom * No groundschool Sept 3, Oct 8

DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTOR

Oct 01 Navigation Dirk Pritchard 03 Navigation Dirk Pritchard 10 Navigation Dirk Pritchard 15 ATC Jason Stewart 17 Review Colin Brown 22 Aerodynamics/Theory of Flight Kale Haley 24 CARS/Licensing Requirements Kristen Ursel 29 CARS/Licensing Requirements Kristen Ursel 31 Airframes and Engines Tyler Bishop Nov 05

Systems and Flight Instruments

Tyler Bishop

Human Factors & Pilot Decision Making

Alex Dicosola

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14 Radio and Electronic Theory Dirk Pritchard 19 Meteorology Simon Dennis 21 Meteorology Simon Dennis 26 Meteorology Simon Dennis 28 Meteorology Simon Dennis Dec 03 Meteorology Simon Dennis 05 Meteorology Simon Dennis

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for your chance to win an hour in a Cessna 172!

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Free VFC Classified Ads

Aircraft - Accomodation - Aviation Books and Gear - Help Wanted - Miscellaneous Email the details of your FREE Ad to: thepatrician@shaw.ca

Victoria Flying Club CHARTER SERVICE

TRAVEL BETWEEN VICTORIA AND BOUNDARY BAY NO FERRIES NO WAITING BE THERE IN 30 MINUTES Email tedk@flyvfc.om or Call 250-474-0213

VFC SMILE CARDS

The Victoria Flying Club is excited to partner with Thrifty Foods in their very suc-

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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