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THE PATRICIAN JULY 2013

The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

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THE PATRICIAN JULY 2013

Monthly Newsletter of The Victoria Flying Club - Aviation Excellence Since 1946 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)

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- Don Devenney

Board of Directors President.........................................Don Devenney Vice President...........................Ramona Reynolds Secretary......................................Colin Williamson Treasurer...........................................Wayne Clifton Directors..........................................Dave Gagliardi Steve Demy Dave Gustafson Cal Mjolsness General Manager.................................Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer

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VFC Flight Training Team - Ramona Reynolds

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Cadors Corner - Graham Palmer

New Pilot Shop at VFC

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News from VFC

VFC News

Victoria Flying Club Quiet Hour Pricing – in effect June 1st to Sept 30th Day and Time

Discount Available (Choose One)

Monday to Friday 1700-0800

$10/hr rental discount

0.2 simulator time credit per hour of flight (approx value $20)

Saturday and Sunday

$15/hr rental discount

0.3 simulator time credit per hour of flight (approx value $30)

1700-0800

2013 Cadet Welcome Dates to Remember Fuelling Station The Victoria Flying Club would like to extend a warm welcome to the Cadets of the 2013 Power Scholarship Program.

Beginning July 2nd, these hard working young women and men will undertake training with the goal of obtaining a Private Pilot’s Licence before summer’s end. They and our VFC instructors will put in some long days and weeks this month, and into August.

We have enjoyed working with the Cadets in previous summers. They are always an outstanding group of young people.

When you see them around the club over the next few weeks, please offer them a warm welcome and your best wishes for a successful summer.

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Remember, a good pilot is never finished learning!

The VFC Fuelling Station now has lighting and is available 24/7.

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You can use Visa or Mastercard to pay for your fuel purchase at the pump.

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Come on in to the office for more information and to pick up a swipe card for the pump.

Seaplane Groundschool

Cessna 172SP Course

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Mountain Groundschool

Phone the Victoria Flying Club office for details and registration.

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VFC News

Board of Directors Update

by: Don Devenney, VFC President We’re half way through our fiscal year and three months into the new Board’s term - a good time to update you on what’s happening at the board and club level. It’s been a very busy time for the Board and staff and, while I won’t be touching on everything we’ve been doing, I do want to catch you up on some of the major projects and initiatives we’ve got going, Here are some of the projects we’ve been working on…

Fleet Renewal. Probably the most visible of our projects, the Fleet Renewal project grew out of a combination of factors – lack of commonality, member complaints of inconsistent avionics, requests for advanced features like GPS, etc. A survey of our members was conducted to determine the characteristics that people looked for in a rental airplane, a business case was developed, financing was secured and over the winter we purchased seven “S” model Cessna 172s. They’re great airplanes and a pleasure to fly. Kudos to all involved in getting these airplanes here and on-line for our members to use.

New Dispatch System. Anybody remember looking at the booking system last summer? It was

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full, right? We were solidly busy, right? Actually no, we weren’t.

An extremely detailed analysis of six months’ worth of bookings showed that on our busiest day last summer our airplanes flew an average of 3.2 hours, on a day when they had potential to fly 12 hours or more. Clearly we weren’t optimising the use of our aircraft with the end result being that our members were having trouble getting airplanes to fly at the time when everyone wants to be flying.

Something had to change!

Championed by Director Steve Demy, and with contributions from the board and many staff members, we undertook to revise our dispatch system with the goal of accessing the untapped capacity in our fleet. After much analysis we moved to a system of booking time slots, much like you would book a rental car or hotel room, instead of booking specific aircraft. Over 400 hours of volunteer time was spent to develop software that would streamline the whole aircraft dispatching process. The end result?

When renting an aircraft you now no longer have to complete dispatch sheets or log books or make numerous trips to the airplane with cards, red fuel cans, etc. You just show up, complete a simple information form and we have an airplane for you to fly. Most of the time you don’t even need to book in advance (although we do prefer it).

As for efficiency, we’ve made huge strides. We had a day in May where we flew 52.5 hours with 12 aircraft, averaging 4.4 hours per airplane. This means we flew a higher average per airplane, with 12 aircraft, on that day than we did last year on our busiest day with 15 aircraft. And this year we had

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capacity to spare. What does that mean to you, the renter? It means that we can (and have!) relaxed somewhat our policies around longer rentals.

So c’mon out and fly! We’ve got an aircraft waiting for you!

Pilot Shop. We’ve run our own Pilot Shop for years with varying degrees of success. However, we were approached by Contrails Aviation recently and their proposal gave us pause to re-think the pilot shop business. Contrails wanted to rent the space from us and take over running the Pilot Shop. Board Secretary Colin Williamson, Director Dave Gustafson and General Manager Gerry Mants reviewed the proposal and saw an opportunity for us to free up staff time that could be focused on our core business as well as provide the Club with steady rental income and an enhanced Pilot Shop. Contrails moved into their new space on June 15th and are now up and running. The shop looks great and I encourage you to drop by and pay them a visit.

Technology Upgrade. Led by Don Devenney and Lloyd Toope we set about to upgrade the Club’s technology infrastructure so that our staff would have the reliable computers, software and network infrastructure that they need to do their jobs efficiently. Along the way we’ve added some LCD “notice board” screens to the front lobby and set up a connection to Live ATC so that CYYJ’s ATC feed is now available on the internet. And we’re not finished….

Website. We’ve known for some time that our website wasn’t making the grade and you reinforced

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VFC News responses to our Member Survey.

We listened, and we are now in the process of upgrading the Club’s website. Vice-president Ramona Reynolds will be representing the Board on a Web Team headed up

by Gerry. Look for the new site sometime in the early fall.

Fuel System. As most of you are aware, this one wasn’t our choice.

Environment Canada and the Victoria Airport Authority advised us a number of years ago that our underground fuel tanks had to be replaced with an above ground system. We spent several years putting money away and last fall were able to get the project under way. After a lot of work by Gerry, Marcel and a number of Board members we now have a 50,000 litre fuel tank with an automated, fully lighted point-of-sale system that allows us to sell fuel to anyone who wants to buy it 24 hours a day.

Safety. Safety is the Board’s highest priority. With this in mind, Director Dave Gagliardi undertook a multi-year review of all VFC-related CADORS reports, the results of which were shared with the Board and CFI Graham Palmer.

This study and Graham’s on-going CADORS oversight will be a key component of our safety programs going forward.

Member Survey. Long on the Board’s list of things to do, Don Devenney got this one off the ground this month, as many of you are aware. The survey went out to over 500 Club members and – as of this writing – close to 40% of you have responded.

Your responses were immensely valuable and will be a great help as we start to look at new programs, policies, etc. Some of the things

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you told us were unanimous and emphatic to the point that we have chosen to act on them right away (the website and our extended rental policies are some good examples) rather than wait until the survey analysis is complete.

We’ll come out with a more complete breakdown of the survey results in the future but for now here are some of the things you mentioned or asked for: • 68% of you are “Flying Members” and have been for a number of years. We think that’s great however we’d also like to remind you that after 2 consecutive years as a Flying Member you can apply to become a “Sustaining Member”. Sustaining membership comes with voting rights and a 10% discount on some items and services, so it’s a pretty good deal.

Check with Customer Service for details.

• 76% of you rated our Customer Service staff as “above average” or “outstanding” • 40% of you rated our online booking system as “good” or “above average”.

• Based on comments received, many of you didn’t know our on-line booking system is now cross-platform. Yes, it works on Macs, mobile phones and tablets!

And yes, we could have done a better job of communicating that to you. To access the new system please follow the link on the club website – any bookmarked links may not work.

• You LOVE Graham Palmer’s CADORS column in the Patrician.

• Based on comments received, a large number of you are not happy with the website, its content and its currency. As mentioned above, we’re on it!

• 85% of you (!) would like more seminars, specialty courses, lectures, etc. We’ve listened and we’re working on it.

• 41% of you would like to find other pilots to fly with, while 45% of you want the opportunity to fly with and learn from more experienced pilots. Stand by for an aviation version of “Match.com” :^) Those of you who are, or have recently, undergone flight training can expect to receive a second survey shortly. This survey will be focused entirely on your flight training experience and we hope that once again we’ll get a great response.

And that’s some of what your Board has been working on recently. We’re excited about the recent developments and look forward to transforming your comments and suggestions into activities and programs that help the Club progress even further.

• 56% of you use the Patrician as your primary source of Club news.

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Feature Article

VFC Flight Training Team

LEADING THE INDUSTRY By: Ramona Reynolds

By now you’ve had an opportunity to meet our new fleet of 172 S Models. We’d now like to provide you with an opportunity to meet our flight training team who are leaders in their industry.

If you would have asked our Chief Flight Instructor, Graham Palmer, what he wanted to be when he grew up he would have told you that he wanted to be a bird. He had always known that he wanted to fly. It was a goal that always seemed possible since his grandfather had flown Lancaster bombers in WWII, his father was an airline pilot and his mother was a flight attendant, although she would prefer to call herself a stewardess.

Graham has received most of his own flight training at VFC starting with his Private Pilot License 1991.

He was the 1995 runner-up for the Webster Trophy and flew his Cessna 140 across Canada both ways to compete when he was 21.

Now with over 10,000 hours, he is a Class 1 Instructor and holds float, Multi-IFR, and tail ratings.

When VFC offered an aerobatics and EMT program he held those ratings and instructed the program.

In addition to his myriad of duties as a Chief Flight Instructor, he is also a Transport Canada Pilot Examiner; and provides expert opinions for law firms dealing with accident or insurance claims.

With his focus always on safety and incident prevention, Graham finds flight instructing extremely

rewarding.

Heofgets see apeople from all walks life to attain dream that they have probably had for a very long time. As he says: “People don’t decide they want to learn how to fly on Friday at 2:30.

They’ve probably had the dream for a long time.” He helps them get past barriers so they can find the good times in flying.

Everyone at the Victoria Flying Club is pleased with the appointment of Jason Stewart as Assistant Chief Flight Instructor. Jason received his Private Pilot License in 1995 and his Multi-IFR in 1998 back in the days when CF-HDP was owned by the Club so he’s been flying that plane for a long time. He originally became an instructor with the Club in 2002, and addition to his Class 1 Instructor rating, he is also a Multi-IFR Transport Canada Pilot Examiner.

He brings a wealth of commercial and international flying experience to the position. His career has included flying a LearJet25 all over North America for Medivac; flying a Cessna Citation jet for a private owner; and continues to fly the Challenger 604 jet as Captain.

While retaining his current duties as Professional IFR Flight Centre Chief Flight Instructor, Jason is looking forward sharing his “big jet” experience with his students, many of whom have their eye on a career in the airline industry.

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Feature Article Our Operations Manager, Marcel Poland, first attained his Private Pilot Licence at Victoria Flying Club in 1987. After receiving his Aviation Diploma from Selkirk College in 1991, which included his Commercial Pilot Licence and Multi-IFR, he opened a sight-seeing and chartercompany with his brother based out of Victoria and Duncan which expanded to banner towing and flying for the forest industry.

The part of his job he loves the most is having the opportunity to teach and mentor student pilots and club members continuing with their aviation training.

We’re lucky at the Victoria Flying Club to have a team who bring such a high level of experience and training expertise. Their goal is providing the best training

opportunities and member experience. Each of them is genuine, approachable and care about our members’ success. They are tremendous problem solvers and really do want to hear about your experience at the Club. If you can’t find these busy guys in the sky then you’ll find them with their families on the water or a rink.

Marcel became an instructor at the Victoria Flying Club in 2000, and has been instructing here ever since. Until 2005 when he became a full time instructor with VFC, he flew twin otters as a First Officer with West Coast Air. With his move from Assistant Flight Instructor to Operations Manager Marcel’s focus is on safety and the flow of people in the air and on the ground. He is the main facilitator of the VFC Safety Committee, the Safety Management System CoOrdinator, line supervisor, and is a Transport Canada Pilot Examiner.

Operations Manager, Marcel Poland

711 A Broughton Street

(street level, by Victoria Public Library)

Victoria BC V8W 1E2

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Flight Training

CADORS CORNER By: Graham Palmer, CFI With the intent to enhance awareness, and to continue to develop and encourage Best Practices amongst our Pilots, CADORS Corner continues for the month of July with a compilation of the Victoria Flying Club’s June Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System Reports. Where applicable, CADORs Corner provides strategies in an effort to assist Club Pilots in avoiding similar occurrences themselves.

For the month of July, we continue with a discussion of Airspace, reviewing the airspace to the North of CYYJ over the Gulf Islands, as well as highlighting the importance of understanding and acknowledging regular and modified departure procedures. Additionally, we’ll visit communication failure procedures.

I’ve received some positive feedback from members and readers over the past few months, and a common comment made: “I hope I never find myself in CADORs Corner!“. It’s important to understand that no one is immune from getting a CADORs report, as a matter of fact I got one this month. Whether or not a mistake is made, or if a violation of the CARs takes place is irrelevant, CADORs Corner provides us all with an opportunity to develop awareness and to learn.

During the month of June we had 5 CADORs reports, 3 of them on the same day. While none of our CA-

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DORs reports elicited enforcement action from Transport Canada, they do highlight the importance of understanding the intricacies of the airspace around CYYJ, and associated departure & arrival procedures.

In our first CADORs report listed below, (2013P0722) we find a pilot whom was initially assigned the Shawinigan Lake Departure from Clearance Delivery. While the author of this report unceremoniously describes this procedure in a manner to defame the pilot, a review of this situation revealed that the Pilot was assigned an amended “Cowichan Departure” with his Takeoff Clearance. It is important to understand that this is a fairly common practice in CYYJ, as traffic dynamics can change minute by minute.

Always remember that the takeoff and departure phase of flight is one of the most important times for a pilot to remain vigilant; not only to monitor the aircraft systems, but to attentively monitor Tower Communications. It is not a time for casual conversation with passengers; again the concept of a “Sterile Cockpit” should be discussed during your preflight briefing. And while doing so, consider adding a few more minutes to discuss airside safety prior to escorting your passengers’ airside. All of these items will not only serve to enrich your passenger’s experience and ensure their safety, but also demonstrate your professionalism as a pilot.

In the second CADORs report below, (2013P0723) a licenced pilot new to CYYJ, while proficient with handling the aircraft, did not clearly understand his departure clearance and local procedures.

Explained simply, in Victoria, Inner Tower clears you to takeoff and

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climb to 1500’, Outer Tower clears you above 1500’ to 2500’, and Terminal clears you above 2500’.

It’s an automatic switch from Inner to Outer Tower above 1000’, and Outer Tower will advise you to switch to Terminal. The bottom line is: When in doubt ask! Despite previous notions or experiences ATC is here to help you, and if you feel that you have been mistreated, there is a course of action that you can pursue.

In CADORs (2013P0726), the pilot navigated a course from the North West tip of Saltspring Island South East bound through Trincomali Channel towards Pender Island.

This area is somewhat troublesome, as the delineation of airspace boundaries is quite obscure.

If you carefully trace the airspace boundaries and castellated lines in this area you will discover that this area is controlled by CYYJ Tower from 1200’ to 2500’. The reason that this area is controlled is twofold; the first reason being that when weather conditions preclude harbor to harbor Seaplane traffic from operating higher level in Victoria Terminal Airspace, Victoria Tower will manage & coordinate this North / South flow of traffic for assigned Transit Routes. Secondly, there is a high volume of low-level U.S. Seaplane traffic transiting North West and South East to and from sport fishing camps & lodges along the coast of BC. While CADORs (2013P0791) shows up under our file, and involves Victoria Flying Club aircraft, it does not implicate that one of our pilots had made an error. On the contrary, it indicates that as one of our aircraft was lined up in position, the pilot of the other aircraft on short final initiated and

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Flight Training communicated an overshoot because they felt that there was insufficient spacing for a safe landing. In CYYJ It’s important to understand that during times of peak demand, ATC will utilize the concept of HIRO (High Intensity Runway Operations) in order to increase operational efficiency by maximizing runway utilization. One method to achieve this objective is by minimizing aircraft spacing on approach, as well as planning rapid departures between arrivals.

Regardless of the operation, always remember that if you ever feel uncomfortable with the flow of traffic you find yourself in, fly your aircraft the way you want and communicate your intentions, or concerns to ATC. You are the Captain of your aircraft, and you are ultimately responsible for your flight safety.

this particular situation my Comm failure was due to an electrical failure; in most other cases Comm failures are normally due to a Comm panel switching issue, or pilot unfamiliarity of avionics.

Trouble shooting a Comm Failure should start with the basics: 1. Check that you have selected the correct frequency.

2. Check that the volume is set (It’s poor airmanship to turn down the radio volume to converse with passengers).

3. Ensure that your headset is plugged in, try re-sinking the jacks.

4. Ensure the correct Comm is selected on the Comm Panel.

5. Try using the other Comm.

6. Try using the hand mic. (try it next time you fly)

7. Squawk 7600.

8. Attempt cellphone contact. (Add Tower & Terminal to your contacts) In summary, pre-flight planning, analyzing airspace, and thorough passenger pre-flight briefings are important factors in flight safety, and CADORs mitigation. Always remember though, that no matter how much you prepare prior to flight that there is always a possibility that things can happen in-flight beyond your control. This is when you’ll be asked to dig deep into your knowledge and experience, thereby proving the point that currency and recency should not be viewed by pilots to be merely minimum CARs Standards. ....continued page 9

And lastly we discuss my report, CADORs 2013P0843. On a local Training Flight in the Seaplane I experienced an electrical system failure due to a broken field wire on the alternator. Interestingly enough, during the post flight selfdebrief of the situation I remember hearing a strange feedback noise through the intercom while taxiing out on Pat Bay. During the run-up, the ammeter indications showed normal. Once airborne, it was noticed that side-tone on the radio was fading, and eventually the Intercom completely fade out.

As I cleared Tower on descent for Bedwell Harbor the Radio display flickered and the ammeter began registering a 5 amp draw. In an attempt to re-establish contact with Tower the radio display went blank.

Shutting off all electrics except for the transponder I selected 7600, and pulled my cellphone and called CYYJ Tower and advised them of the situation, and my intentions. In

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Flight Training 2013P0722 – Proximity / TCAS Alert / Loss of Separation / NearMidair Collision A Victoria Flying Club Cessna C152 (C-GUZR) on a local flight was issued a Cowichan Bay departure at 2500 feet. On his way outbound he did a 180 degree turn and headed towards Shawnigan Lake without informing ATC. A Coast Helicopter College Robinson R22 (C-GKWX) from Victoria, BC (CYYJ) to Nanaimo, BC (CYCD) was a mile behind him at 1500 feet. No operational impact.

2013P0723 – Proximity / TCAS Alert / Loss of Separation / NearMidair Collision A Victoria Flying Club Cessna C172 (C-GSDZ), on a local flight, departed from Victoria, BC (CYYJ) and

climbed to 3000’ without contacting outer tower or Victoria terminal.

2013P0726 – ATM/CNS A Victoria Flying Club Cessna C172 (C-GXTZ) on a local flight from Victoria, BC (CYYJ) entered the control zone without contacting ATC. Communications were established 4 miles inside zone.

2013P0791 – Runway incursion - vehicle, aircraft undershoot/overshoot A Victoria Flying Club Cessna 172S (C-GWLY) on a local flight from Victoria, BC (CYYJ) was instructed to line up and wait at whisky runway 27. A Victoria Flying Club Cessna 172P (C-GINH) on a local flight from Victoria, BC (CYYJ) sequenced for runway 27 in the

circuit. C-GINH on final reports reported that they were going around due to an aircraft on the runway.

C-GWLY did not receive a takeoff clearance and C-GINH did not receive a touch and go clearance. No impact to operations.

2013P0843 – System/component failure or malfunction [nonpower plant] A Victoria Flying Club Cessna 172E (C-FSTY) departed Bedwell Harbor, BC (CAB3) for the Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome (CAP5) and experienced an electrical failure. The aircraft squawked 7600 and contacted Air Traffic Control via cellphone with situation and intentions. The aircraft landed CAP5 safely. No operational impact.

MOUNTAIN GROUNDSCHOOL SATURDAY JULY 27 9-1 $75 Call dispatch to register: 250-656-2833

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First Solos “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 significant damage to self or machine, thus completing first solo flights.�

Adan Thornton Instructor:Colin Brown

Matthew Sager Instructor: Sean Brenton

Matthew Seaman Instructor:Jeff Bujas

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Flight Training

PRIVATE PILOT GROUNDSCHOOL Monday and Wednesday 1900-2200 Victoria Flying Club Classroom

DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTOR

July 08

Aeordynamics and Theory of Flight

Jeff

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Airframes and Engines

Sean

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Systems and Flight Instruments

Sean

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Human Factors and Pilot Decision Making

Alex

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Radio and Electronic Theory

Kale

31 Meteorology Tyler Aug 07 Meteorology Tyler 12 Meteorology Tyler 14 Meteorology Tyler 19 Meteorology Tyler 21 Meteorology Tyler

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Flight Operations

Kale

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Flight Operations

Kale

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Navigation

Brendan

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Navigation

Brendan

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Navigation

Brendan

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ATC

Jason

18 Review Colin

To Register for Groundschool, or to purchase a Groundschool Kit, please contact the Victoria Flying Club office at info@flyvfc.com or 250-656-2833.

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Mystery Aircraft

JULY MYSTERY AIRCRAFT

Can you identify the aircraft shown here?

Email: thepatrician@shaw.ca June Mystery Identified From Tim: The Grumman Duck amphibian was designed in the 1930s as an air-sea-rescue and utility aircraft for the US military. It had a 750 h.p.

Wright engine and over 300 were produced.

Correctly identified by: Angus Forsyth, Charles Encell, Daryl Williams, Callum Elsdon As always, a big thank you to Tim Martin (aka Spotter Tim) for supplying the Mystery Aircraft each month. We really appreciate the photos, the knowledge, and the enthusiasm for all things aviation! Thanks Tim!

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Achievements

VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS New Members

Jordan Visco Peter Hollemans Keith Kinney Jordan Turko Josh Nelson Bryden Ashton Jason Hanley Juergen Puetter Michael de Meulles Justin Hitchborn Steve Corner David Lens Robert Saunders Ali Hamood

First Solos

Adan Thornton Matthew Sager Matthew Seaman

PPL Flight Test Sara Reimer Andrew Yan Keegan Allen Paul Sprentz Romy Done Darren Cullen

PPL Written Yaaseen Mall Chris Saunders Paul Tambeau

PPL License Andrew Yan Yaaseen Mall Keegan Allen Paul Sprentz Mark Sudul

CPL Flight Test David Eastwood Luc Arsenault

Multi Engine Flight Test Tyer Bishop Hana Nakahara

Class IV Instructor Rating Brett Stevens Dave Yates Brady Tucker

Victoria Flying Club CHARTER SERVICE

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VFC News

New Pilot Shop at VFC Contrails Aviation is based out of the Victoria Flying Club in Victoria. BC. Specializing in pilot supplies and Aviation apparel and Gifts, we really cater to a wide variety of people. All the way from the Plane spotter who likes to sit at the end of the runway, the future pilots who love aviation, Student Pilots looking to take flight for the first time, the Weekend flyer and private pilots, and even the commercial pilots.

We are also the only authorized Boeing Merchandise Dealer in canada bringing in a large selection of Boeing toys, gifts and apparel.

With a large selection of Special order products there really isn’t anything we can’t get.

Hours are the same as the VFC Officd Hours - 8am-8pm.

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

Wanted to Buy: $22,000 XC Night VFR Aircraft Amateur Built A/C with 6 Pack or EFIS, Night VFR with Landing Light, Aluminum or Composite, Low to Mid SMOH. Willing to consider share options on the Mainland.

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