July 2015

THE PATRICIAN JULY 2015

The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

Join Us For An Amazing Summer At The Victoria Flying Club!

GROUNDSCHOOL SCHEDULES | CLUB NEWS | FIRST SOLOS | FEATURE ARTICLES

THE PATRICIAN JULY 2015

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

“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)

In This Issue

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B17 - Sentimental Journey - Pt. 3

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Conflict - There is a Silver Lining Tracey Burns

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Fleet Captain Corner Steve Demy

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BC Challenge Map

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FormFest 2015 Photos

5 COPA Flight 6 News

6 VFC Summer Flight Camp

7 When Opportunity Knocks

Ramona Reynolds

Board of Directors President...................................Ramona Reynolds Vice President...................................Howard Peng Secretary......................................Colin Williamson Treasurer.............................................Rob Shemilt Directors............................................. Steve Demy Firat Ataman

Vernon Fischer

Rolf Hopkinson General Manager.................................Gerry Mants Chief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer 1852 Canso Road Sidney, BC V8L 5V5

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Phone: 250-656-2833 Fax: 250-655-0910

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News from VFC

VFC News

HELP WANTED!

Welcome 2015 Power Scholarship Cadets!

Start Your Aviation Career At The Victoria Flying Club

We’re excited to once again be working with a spectacular group of young people this summer. Twelve recipients of the Air Cadets Power Sholarship will be training for their Private Licence over the next few weeks. These cadets from across the province have worked hard to get here and they are well-deserving of the opportunity. Each summer our instructors work diligently alongside the Air Cadet students, and that shows in the high success rate of this top-notch group of students.

When you see the cadets around the club over the summer, please give them a warm welcome. We wish them all the best in the weeks ahead!

HELP

We are seeking new members of our Customer Service, Dispatch, and Line Crew teams. This is a great opportunity for someone looking for up to four shifts per week for the next year (or more!).

Outstanding customer service skills are an absolute must. The ability to work both independently and as part of a team is also important.

Contact: Marcel Poland 250-656-2833 marcelpoland@flyvfc.com

Celebration of Life Bob O’Brien was a long time member of the Victoria Flying Club. He flew up until 2002 after nearly 60 years as a pilot.

Bob lived here in Victoria from 1966, and was a member of the Victoria Flying Club for many years. He passed away in March 2015.

Please join us to remember Bob O’Brien July 23, 2015 4-6pm Fireplace Lounge University Club University of Victoria

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SUNDAY, July 12 1300-1700 COST: $75 Full details available at Dispatch.

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VFC News

B-17 ‘Sentimental Journey’ - Part Three Remember how much fun we had last year when the B-25 Maid in the Shade came to VFC? We’re going to do it all again this year... bigger and better! And YOU can be involved. Keep reading to find out how you can be part of the team at VFC and get an up close and personal look at this year’s guest of honour... the B-17 Sentimental Journey!

The Victoria Flying Club is looking forward to hosting the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force this coming Summer August 10th - 17th with their Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ‘Sentimental Journey’. As this is a Flying Tour, the B-17 will be available for flights, and when not airborne available for touring on static display.

This year the Victoria Flying Club is calling upon members to act as volunteers to assist in making this year’s week-long visit an even greater success.

For anyone interested in helping out with the visit of this historic aircraft, please email Graham at graham.palmer@flyvfc.com.

Continued from last month...

Early projects included restoration and repainting in combat color, installation of the chin and ball turrets and restoration of the navigator’s station back to original condition. Members soon learned that restoring July 2015

an airplane meant trips to junkyards, bargaining, trading or begging anyone who had a needed item, or contacting businesses that might be able to fabricate parts that could not be located. By the end of 1981, they were ready to put all the pieces together.

Under skilled hands, Sentimental Journey literally began to come apart. The grounding orders listed these areas of concentration: painting, re-skinning, wiring, radio room, bomb bay doors and top, ball and tail turrets.

The interior was stripped of all paint and grease. Paint stripper was sprayed throughout the interior and members armed with toothbrushes stepped in to clean the nooks and crannies.

The aluminum skin was removed from around the nose, cockpit and back to the top of the bomb bay for new sheet metal. The entire aircraft was rewired and a new instrument panel constructed, complete with lettering and artwork. The radio room was outfitted with a new radio operator’s table and radio racks.

Throughout the restoration, Boeing Aerospace in Seattle donated valuable assistance by providing pictures and engineering drawings. During a visit by Sentimental Journey to the Seattle plant in 1979, shop personnel installed a new nose turret, the first major piece of

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equipment of the restoration.

The most difficult task was locating a top turret. One was eventually found through Art and Birdine Lacey, who owned the “Bomber Gas Station” in Milwaukie, Oregon, where a B-17 had been sitting on top of their station for over 37 years.

Harsh weather and vandals had done significant damage, but the top turret was still intact. A deal was struck between both parties, the Arizona Wing would provide much needed work for the “The Bomber,” and the Laceys would donate the top turret to Sentimental Journey.

First, the members had to prepare the parts they would need for the Lacey’s plane. A new glass nose and facsimile top turret were fabricated along with a fiberglass tail. In July 1981, a team arrived at Art Lacey’s gas station, and in 48 hours had replaced every piece of glass in the plane and all three missing doors. A dummy fiberglass top and tail turret were installed, topping off the work with a pair of simulated .50 caliber machine guns for the chin and tail turrets. The crew reported that there were no words to describe the Lacey’s hospitality. By August 1982, the top turret, along with the “Cheyenne” tail turret, were installed on Sentimental Journey.

Over the next three years, restoration continued on Sentimental Journey. The work

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VFC News was performed outdoors since the wing still did not have a hangar. In 1985 ground was broken for the wing’s permanent hangar facility. With the new facility, repairs to Sentimental Journey could now be performed inside. As the hangar and museum grew, so did the number of aircraft the wing was restoring.

In subsequent years, Sentimental Journey has made her appearance at hundreds of air shows and exhibitions.

By 1986, Sentimental Journey was making an average of 60 appearances annually throughout the United States and Canada. Disaster struck in 1988 when brake failure during a landing at the Burbank Airport in California extensively damaged the underside front section of the aircraft and took six months to repair.

With the end of the summer air show schedule, Sentimental Journey returns to Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, to undergo general repairs and restoration work. Many people don’t realize that this is an ongoing project. An average of 80,000 people tour through Sentimental Journey during the summer months. The amount of work to be accomplished during the winter months can be staggering. Everything from engine changes to aircraft repainting has to be performed before the next air show season starts in early May.” ~ Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing.

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Commemorative Air Force, Arizona Wing B-17 “Sentimental Journey” Visiting the Victoria Flying Club August 10-17

We’re expecting a crowd and you can join in the fun! To volunteer with security and traffic control, please contact CFI Graham Palmer graham.palmer@flyvfc.com 4

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COPA Quadrant

Submitted by: Eleanor Eastick

Guest speaker for the June COPA meeting, Jeff Morris, kept us interested, amused and amazed with the running of Angel Flight, the volunteer organization of which he is CEO. It is a very well run outfit under Jeff’s tireless efforts rules, regulations, permits and a maze of red tape with Transport Canada are all sorted out and

the wonderful organization rolls on giving help to so many sick people and their families. Bravo Jeff and your Angels!

The next COPA Flight 6 meeting will be July 7th, 7:00 PM in the VFC lounge. Bryan Webster, COPA’s western representative will take the reins in President Rob Shemilt’s absence, and give a presentation on ForeFlight. Most of us seem to be using ForeFlight Mobile for flight planning, charts, weather, airport information and more.

It’s an amazing system. Don’t

miss this chance to hone up and bone up on the modern way to plan your flights.

Come along to the VFC lounge, 7:00 PM, July 7th for this informative get-together. You don’t need to be a member of COPA to take it in. For more information, contact copaflight6@gmail.com.

ForeFlight Seminar July 7 - 7PM VFC Lounge Presented by COPA Flight 6 & Bryan Webster No Charge!

Everyone Welcome!

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Join us for the Victoria Flying Club

2015 SUMMER FLIGHT CAMP!

Five days of flying, field trips, and fun!

Date: August 17-21 Time: 9:00-3:30 Age: 11-14 Cost: $675 LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE! Registration forms available at the VFC office or online at www.flyvfc.com.

Campers will receive healthy snacks, but will need to bring their own lunch.

Campers will also receive a revised groundschool kit which will include a log book and other items.

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For more information, please contact the Victoria Flying Club. info@flyvfc.com or 250.656.2833 Aviation Excellence Since 1946

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Feature Article

When Opportunity Knocks...

Ramona Reynolds, VFC President We are very lucky at the Victoria Flying Club in that we have plenty of opportunity for skill development and growth. There are no shortage of wise men and women around here.

The way I operate is that if I am looking for opportunity then I will find it; if I cannot find it then I create it. I’ve written about mentorship and finding opportunities to seek out mentorship previously in my blog and in The Patrician, but my journey over the last year and a bit was met with some unexpected challenges that had me seeking additional learning opportunities.

This culminated in my application and acceptance in a Mentorship Program by the Aviation Leadership Foundation and the BC Aviation Council. (For the all the juice about getting there see Red Boot Lady’s Blog post: http://www.iamtheredbootlady.blogspot.ca/2014/11/lightin-dark-places.html) Last year as the new President of VFC, it was important to me to get out into the greater aviation community so that I could learn everything I could about how this world works and to refine my leadership skills in order to focus them in providing you with what you needed here.

The ALF and BCAC’s mentorship program is based on the idea of a mentorship triad that breaks out of the traditional concept of mentoring and deliberately resists hierarchy.

In a triad everyone is “both student and teacher, expert and apprentice” (Margaret Wheatley, 2007). The Aviation Leadership Foundation’s core vision is that there is “A Leader in Every Chair” and the triad con-

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cept is about inclusivity and collaborative learning.

My “community leader” mentor is hometown boy, Glenn Oerzen, who earned a science degree in physics from UVIC. During his 12 year Air Force Career he flew the CT-114 Tutor as an instructor, standard pilot and Lead Solo for the Snowbirds in 1991/92. He flew the CC-130 Hercules in strategic airlift and Arctic search and rescue. He joined Air Canada in 1996 as a pilot and was Flight Operations Manager and Chief Pilot for 8 years until recently leaving his position in the office and is now, once again, enjoying flying the line full time. He is also one of the advisors for BCIT’s Aeronautics Program.

My “youth leader” mentor is Rina So who is from Korea and has a BA in linguistics from UBC and graduated from the Airport Operations program at BCIT this year.

She enjoyed two practicums in the safety department at Pacific Coast-

al Airlines and in the Emergency Planning department at Vancouver Airport Authority. She now works for one of the International airlines at YVR. Then there’s me. In the triad I’m the “emerging leader”. I’m not saying they got the short end of the stick but I sure didn’t.

Together we attended mentorship sessions, a leadership learning series and the annual Aviation Leadership Forum; and we had some fun together too! Who am I kidding? It was all fun!) What I want to brag about here is the fun part.

At the end of May, Glenn took our triad through Air Canada’s base at YVR. We toured the Flight Operations Center and got the skinny on what happens when you show up for work as a pilot for Air Canada.

We reviewed a flight plan of a London-bound flight out of Vancouver. It felt like it was about a thousand pages but it might have been something like 26 pages. That my friends, is quite a weight and balance. I was fascinated by the various forecasting tools and

Above: Glenn Oerzen

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Feature Article (other weather information including a plan for following the jet stream that is the air current that’s several thousand miles wide and several thousand miles long found almost seven miles up in the atmosphere where the troposphere meets the stratosphere at the point called the tropopause. While I’m sure I learned all about that in Meteorology, I have never had to consider that while preparing my flight plan in one of our 172s.

We toured the crew training center where we also met someone from Glenn’s triad from the previous year who has been accepted into the Air Canada Rouge crew training program. She is a student pilot, soon to be flight attendant and an active member with the ALF. The crew training center has a simulator for everything: rows of heads for perfecting how to put on that oxygen mask; each type of door found on the five different models of planes that Air Canada flies; two different models of life rafts; and all the other standard and safety equipment you can think of. The training center was huge - warehouses, hangars and classrooms forever. There is so much to learn there and even after their long, long day of training the trainers took the time to speak with us. And without telling too much about my top-secret-world, did you know that there is an Air Canada Flight Attendant Barbie?

You can buy it at the gift shop there.

I may or may not have gotten lost in the maintenance hangar because it was so gigantic. Unfortunately,

Above: Ramona and Rena departing YYZ in the snow at night in the Airbus A330 - because we’re that awesome! there wasn’t much going on because they do most of the regularly scheduled maintenance at night.

speaking” speech before take off!

Who do you think is writing this story?

Although it was all my favourite part, then came my favourite part: the flight simulators! Simulator training is intense at Air Canada and progresses from wooden simulators, to multi-screen simulators like the CAE Simfinity, and then onto the full flight simulators.

The training center at YVR has five different full flight simulators including (but not limited to): the Airbus A330; 767; a 737 that Air Canada no longer uses but other airlines do; and the brand spanking new Bombardier Dash-8 SIM.

There was so much to take in at the Vancouver base. They even have a daycare on site for YVR employees called Little Wings Daycare that began as a Maintenance and Engineering initiative in 1991.

I had the privilege of flying the left seat of the Airbus A330 out of Toronto on a dark snowy night. I’m not going to lie to you, of course I did the whole “this is your Captain

Watch for it: “Landing a Job in Aviation: Planning Your Route From Student to Commercial Airline Pilot.” This seminar, taught by a commercial airline pilot is coming to the Victoria Flying Club in the fall of 2015.

Sounds like another good opportunity!

If you are interested in developing, refining or participating in our mentorship program we’d sure love to hear from you.

Please feel free to drop me an email: president@flyvfc.com.

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I know that none of this unusual and fantastic opportunity would have found me if it was not for the mentorship program that I am participating in. You may know that Victoria Flying Club also has a mentorship program. I would invite you to join us in the final development and refining of that program so that we may offer it to you and all of our members, not just as another opportunity for skill development and growth, but also as an opportunity to have some fun!

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Feature Article

Conflict - There Is A Silver Lining

Tracey Burns, Executive Coaching and Consulting It is safe to say that no matter how effective a group of people are at communicating, conflict will occur, it’s natural and it likely will be uncomfortable. We all deal with conflict differently and have different ways of coping. Some of us are more skilled at dealing with it than others. This in itself is not a negative thing. It just is.

Although conflict in the workplace is inevitable there are contributing factors that can increase the likelihood of conflict.

Editor’s Note: For those of us working towards a career in aviation, this latest article from Tracey Burns is going to help you navigate the industry successfully. For the rest of us, this is just great information for any group setting or work place!

Thanks Tracey! - CH “If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.”

– Stephen Covey

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1. Lack of resources; 2. Unclear job descriptions or roles; 3. Organizational transitions, mergers, acquisitions, layoffs; 4. Unpredictable leadership.

When there is a lack of resources, whether it be financial, manpower, tools and/ or equipment it is increasingly important to communicate with staff and to be proactively looking for solutions. Long term, a lack of resources diminishes the health of your employees and contributes to stress and burnout.

Ensure that you operate with clear job descriptions and

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definitions of roles. People are able to operate at their optimum when there is structure and clarity. Providing this ensures that there are no dropped balls and tasks and responsibilities are not left up to interpretation.

Organizational transitions, mergers, acquisitions and layoffs are unpredictable situations. When there is unpredictability, there is heightened fear. Fear in turn creates speculation, interpretation and rumours. In these situations it is imperative that communication throughout the organization be frequent, cohesive across all departments and provide clear answers whenever possible.

Unpredictable leadership creates uncertainty in employees. Unable to trust their leader’s ability to handle a situation employees quickly lose faith. Leaders need to efficiently address the gaps in their leadership especially when the gaps impact their relationship with those they lead. Learning to resolve conflict is an important part of leadership.

Unresolved conflict builds upon itself creating larger more complicated situations. This kind of conflict has repercussions, great people leave. Cooperation and collaboration exits the organization.

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Feature Article While it is important to minimize might approach a challenge or factors that contribute to obstacle differently. With the increasing conflict it is equally right attitude, conflict can be important to accept that conflict a healthy experience. Rules actually has a silver lining. of conduct or engagement will Differing opinions are usually create a safe structure so VFC 2015 Aircraft Rentalhelp Rates not the source of negativity, the that all parties are heard and more likely culprit is our reaction all 172S opinions are valued.

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“Whenever you are in conflict with someone, there is one fact that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it.

That factor is attitude.”

– William James Tracey Burns, PCC Executive Coaching & Leadership Development www.TraceyBurns.com

Who Doesn’t Love a Deal?

We sure do! Don’t forget that you can save up to $15/hour on your flights if you fly during the quieter hours of the day, when there is less demand for aircraft.

But saving money isn’t the only benefit! Allan Rempel sent in this photo from a recent evening flight. The perfect end to a summer day!

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FleetCaptain Corner FleetCaptain - The Mobile Interfaces Getting it done on the ramp and beyond

Login Screen

Ramp Interface

Operational Control Interface

Everyone is reminded to watch for hazards on the ramp and to use mobile devices only after ensuring there is no compromise to safety. With that in mind, youÕll see ramp staff responding to fuel requests, checking the status of the ßeet, planning their time, and recording fuel and oil additions by referring to FleetCaptainÕs ramp interface. Detailed information can be seen at a glance - which aircraft are dispatched and when each is due back, estimated return fuel, maintenance status etc. After adding fuel or oil, the action is recorded with a few taps. The dispatcher doesnÕt need to be advised because FleetCaptain will automatically consider the new fuel quantity when selecting the optimum aircraft for the next pilotÕs mission. Oil consumption records are formed and reports generated for each engine.

The operational control interface allows instructors and managers to keep tabs on who has what plane, where they are, what the pilot has planned and when they are expected to return.

What does this mean to you?

The staff of the Victoria Flying Club strive to provide Þrst class service to club members. With accurate information at hand, each employee can take the most effective action - both individually and as part of a team - ensuring aircraft are in position, promptly serviced and ready to go.

Steve Demy

ATPL, ATP (multi), B. Eng. (Electrical) Victoria Flying Club - Director Columbia 300 driver FleetCaptain - Developer sndaviation.com

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BC Airport Challenge

THE 2015 BC AIRPORT CHALLENGE A wave of green spreading across BC!

Current Standings: Club Aircraft

The temperature is rising, and we’ve turned up the heat in the 2015 BC Airport Challenge!

Check out that wave of green spreading across the province.

Kevin and Norm have taken the lead and set the pace. Who’s up for the challenge of catching them?

A few reminders: Fly with a non-pilot friend and you BOTH get entered for great prizes! Doesn’t get any better than that!

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Airports visited during Mountain Checkrides are totally eligible to log as part of the challenge. If you’re PIC and you land at one of the BC Airports on the approved list, you’re good to go!

Don’t forget the Quiet Hour Pricing. Avoid the traffic and the heat - fly in the early morning or late afternoon/evening. You can save up to $15/hour. (see pg.10) Full results and details, courtesy of VFC Member Doug Neal: www.olantra.com/flyvfc Thanks Doug!

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1 Kevin S (13) 2 BJ C (9) 3 Ian B (9) 4 Don D (7) 5 Jessica J (7) 6 Colin W (5) 7 Ron J (5) 8 Rustom A (5) 9 Brett W (4) 10 Silvia Z (4) 11 Tom V (4) 12 Brenda M (3) 13 Cortland R (3) 14 Doug N (3) 15 Jamie W (3) 16 Joey M (3) 17 Andrew Y (2) 18 Bill K (2) 19 Callum E (2) 20 Crystal S (2) 21 Duncan C (2) 22 Howard P (2) 23 Scot E (2) Owner Aircraft 1 Norman Y (15) 2 John L (6) 3 Dave W (4) 4 Tom D (4) 5 Simon C (2) Safe flying everyone!

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VFC News

FormFest 2015 - Benefits of VFC Membership!

Who has the coolest flying club? That’s right... we do! We want to say a HUGE thanks to Nanchang pilots and plane owners: Mike Sudal, David Gagliardi, Brian Youmans, and Chris D’Arcy, and to club President Ramona Reynolds, and the VFC staff who made this possible. Twelve lucky VFC members got their cake with a CY6A and formation flying groundschool, and the icing too: formation flight with three of our home team favourites. So much fun! (You can find more photos on our Facebook page.)

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VFC Achievements

VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS

New Members Piersson Richards Tyler Heckley Brad Brent Kevin Morran Bryan Taylor Robert Verret Ryan MacDonald Ian Brady Robert Slegg Conner Hood Timothy Carlow Alan Dillon John Reader Jack Luettger Justin Wilson Jen Weiss Rocky McCreesh Ian McKee-Reid

First Solo Joel Laurin Alun Tolen Alexander MacDougall Garth Williams Merle Kroeker Nick Ogilvie PPL Written Exam Janson Chapman

PPL Flight Test Matt Hughson PPL Licence Janson Chapman Matt Hughson Mark Walker

Class IV Instructor David Richardson Andrew Kott

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Alun Tolen Instructor: Hannah Nakahara

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Joel Laurin Instructor: Kristen Ursel

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2015 PRIVATE PILOT GROUNDSCHOOL SCHEDULE Classes Monday and Wednesday from 19:00 – 22:00

DATE

TOPIC

July 1st

INSTRUCTOR

No Class (Canada Day)

N/A

Human Factors & Pilot Decision Making

BRETT

July 8TH

Canadian Aviation Regulations

BRETT

July 13TH

Canadian Aviation Regulations

BRETT

July 15t h

Meteorology

SEAN

July 20t h

Meteorology

SEAN

July 22nd

Meteorology

SEAN

July 27t h

Meteorology

SEAN

July 29t h

Meteorology

SEAN

August 3rd

No Class (BC Day)

N/A

August 5t h

Meteorology

SEAN

August 10t h

Flight Operations

COLIN

August 12t h

July

6TH

Flight Operations

COLIN

17t h

Navigation

BRENDAN

August 19t h

Navigation

BRENDAN

24t h

Navigation

BRENDAN

August 26t h

Radio & Electronic Theory

BRADY

August 31st

Review (Air Traffic Control – NAV CANADA)

COLIN

September 2nd

Review

COLIN

August August

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VFC Classifieds

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

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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. Thank-you Thrifty Foods! To date, the Victoria Flying Club has received over $14,000 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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