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Victoria Flying Club

March 2007

Inside

Congratulations to all the 2006 Wings grads.

See pics page 11 & 12.

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Short Final

Letters to the Editor

Bears Air

In My Travels

VFC Web Site

Cessna Aircraft

Wings 2006 Award Winners

Eleanor’s

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Patrician

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Newsletter of the Victoria Flying Club

MARCH 2007 Editor:

Eleanor Eastick PatricianEditor@shaw.ca Advertising inquiries: Bob Mace (250) 361-6996 or bmace@shaw.ca Publisher: Seaside Designs seasidedesigns@shaw.ca (250) 383-7777 Published monthly.

Unsolicited articles welcome.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 22, 2007.

Board of Directors President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Directors

Sean Steele Bob Mace Lloyd Toope Colin Dormuth Dennis Arnsdorf Jeremy Prpich Doug Marin Don Goodeve

Hi Everyone! Hope you’ve been getting in a few flights between the cold fronts that have been coming our way for some time. This type of weather doesn’t make for smooth flying, but it sure gives hope of spring with the bright sunshine that breaks out from behind the CBs and TCUs! March shows signs of coming like a lion, but will surely go out like a lamb. Watch for those blue skies to arrive!

Over and Out I will be heading for the UK in mid-March, leaving the April Patrician in the capable hands of Larry Dibnah. Please send your mystery guesses and other comments to him, (Larry_Dibnah@telus.net).

I have been considering a new feature for the Pat and now might be the time to start it. I’d like to call it Stump Larry!

Here’s how you can play. Send Larry a photo of an unusual aircraft and see if he can guess what it is. I’ve never stumped him yet, so good luck. There are no prizes, no winners, no losers. Just a bit of fun!

Did You Know that circuits are now 1100’ at YYJ? I didn’t until recently. Day circuits were at 1000’ and night at 1100’ when I learned to fly at VFC. It just points out the wisdom of consulting the Canada Flight Supplement from time to time.....

Movin’ on Up General Manager Chief Flying Instructor

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The instructors around the Flying Club have been on the move for the last little while with Jason Stewart the latest to step up another rung on the ladder.

Jason was CFI at Pro IFR as well as a club instructor. Now he’s moved across the field to Canada Coastal where he will be flying a Leer jet after finishing ground school. Former instructor Brian Moon has been flying a Cessna Citation for Omega Aviation for the last year or so.

Doug Bonfield went from VFC instructor to CFI at Pro IFR and then on to Central Mountain Air where he became a captain on the Beech 1900. Doug is now with Jazz and is “ heading back to Toronto on Tuesday to begin my training on the CRJ. I will be based in Toronto initially.... I’m really excited to fly the jet.

We get trained on the 100/200 models first then do more training in Seattle for the 705. It will be lots of work over the next 6-8 weeks before I get to be in the real thing.” The CRJ that Doug refers to is a Bombardier CRJ, twin engined jet airliner. The CRJ 705 that Doug will eventually fly can carry up to 75 passengers.

Former VFC instructors Jason Ware and James Zacks are now with Pro IFR in Boundary Bay (CZBB) and Kati Joorisity is flying for CarsonAir based in Vancouver. Kati returned to VFC for the Wings Banquet to hand out licences to her students.

Congratulations to all! We surely miss you but are happy with your success.

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February is a short month with not much happening anywhere. But don’t forget there’s ATC Appreciation and Movie Night coming up on March 3rd and the AGM the week after that. See you all there!

Short Final cont’d p.14

Letters to the Editor The aircraft is a Turbine Legend home-built produced by Legend Aircraft, Inc. Winnsboro, Louisiana.

Eleanor: That would be the LEGEND, an amateur built aircraft powered by a Walter M601 turbine engine. According to their website, it looks like one heck of an aircraft.

John

Powered by a Walter M601 turbine, she has a max speed of 271 kts at sea level and a climb rate of 6500 FMP. The picture is of CG-UTT, Legend Serial # 32 which was constructed in 2002 and is based in Calgary.

Could it be a turbine legend? stats look pretty impressive! http://www.legendaircraft.net/ Mathew Carlow Eleanor This is the Turbine Legend based out of Alberta Owned by Marty Abbot. This Legend started with a Walter M601-D turbine; it now has a Garrett TPE 331-D turbine, about 1000 HP. And yes it does have getup and go! I don’t know the owner personally but I have been at Innovative Wings Inc. at SpringBank airport just outside Calgary when C-GUTT was getting its annual two years ago.

I was talking to Shane, the owner of Innovative Wings, when I was in Calgary two weeks ago; he told me to check the web site and see the changes made to C-GUTT. Web site is innovativewings.com - more pics on this site.

Cheers, Adrian Round INTERESTING STORIES IN THE PAT...AS ALWAYS!! LOVED BARRY MEEK'S "FIRST LOVE !! OVER THE YEARS I ALWAYS REFERRED TO MY AIRCRAFT AS MY "SECOND LOVE" AND VI WOULD TELL EVERYONE THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO MY FIRST IS...HER OR OUR DOG? :>) I GOTTA GO SEE THE DEMO OF FLTSIM X.. THAT WAS A GOOD BRIEFING PRESENTED IN THE PAT !

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Just thought I would send you a new picture of the mods made to GUTT the Legend. (see photo #2 in Larry Dibnah’s write-up of the Legend. - ed) Bill

March

Mystery of the Month What's this cute little trainer that made its debut in 1955?

Send your educated guess(es) to PatricianEditor@shaw.ca. and after mid-March to Larry_Dibnah@telus.net

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Larry has kindly supplied a more complete story of our February Mystery aircraft below.

Turbine Legend

Yes, the February ‘Mystery Aircraft of the Month’ is indeed a Turbine Legend. If low and high speed performance, maneuverability, aerobatic capability and cockpit comfort are what you long for then this is your aircraft!

The Legend is a two seat experimental homebuilt from Turbine Legend Aircraft Ltd. of Winnsboro, Louisiana. The airframe is constructed mainly of fibre-honeycomb core composite panels which are lightweight, strong and fire resistant. This hightech airframe has been mated with a Walter M601-D turbine engine and a three-blade constant speed/reversible propeller to deliver high performance not unlike some military trainers in use throughout the world. According to the official Legend website, the airframe kit price is around $120,000 US. The Legend has a wingspan of 28.5 ft., a fuselage length of 25.7 ft. and height of 9.4 ft. The aircraft empty weight is 2050 lbs. and gross weight is 3300 lbs. Fuel capacity is 100 gals. and baggage capacity of 120 lbs.

Stall speed is 57 knots (solo); landing speed is 66 knots and economy cruise is 245 knots at 17,000 ft. asl.

The climb rate at sea level is (tighten your shoulder straps) 6500 feet per minute, solo – now that’s performance!

I photographed C-GUTT when it was parked outside VFC in August of 2003 (see photo 1). My son Andrew and I had just returned from a flight when he remarked: “hey Dad, there’s a Legend”. We couldn’t resist a quick look and a photo of this interesting aircraft. Andrew chatted briefly with the owner while I paid up with the Club dispatch. It turns out that this aircraft is owned by Marty Abbot of Calgary, AB. Marty and his son had flown out non-stop to Victoria that morning in just under two hours at an altitude of 18,000 ft.

VFC member Bill Stephenson informs us that C-GUTT was built in 2002 and carries the serial number 32.

Furthermore, it has recently received an engine upgrade to the 1000 hp. Garret TPE 331-D turbine engine (see photo 2). That should give it some sweet handling qualities! Thanks for the good information Bill. Hopefully Marty will bring his Legend back to Victoria sometime in the near future. We would all love to see it fly! For more information on this bullet-like aircraft please visit www.legendaircraft.net and www.innovativewings.com Cheers, Larry D.

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Too Old To Fly? O

ne day, a snail was making its way down a beach. A turtle was coming the other way.

They collided. The snail was injured, and when the doctor asked it how this collision had occurred, the snail replied, “I don’t know. It all happened so fast”.

Speed is a matter of perception, just as beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. A 30 year old aerobatic pilot is comfortable in a 150 m.p.h. dive 200 feet AGL. A 60 year old recreational pilot, I dare say, isn’t.

As we get older, our bodies start to slow down. And whether we like it or not, admit or fight it, so do our minds, thought processes and reflexes. Not many young fellows have the patience to sit in traffic behind an old geezer who’s wearing a hat. The hat is the giveaway to the age of the geezer. I know, because I was once that young fellow. Now, well let’s just say I’m beyond those years.

Where I live, seniors need to renew their drivers license annually once they reach 85. Probably too old for some. Airline pilots are obliged by federal law to retire at 65, even younger in the U.S. and France, where it’s 60. Air Canada has a company policy that states mandatory retirement for it’s pilots at 60. There are various court cases underway challenging these regulations, and perhaps some will have already been changed by the time you read this.

The whole question of mandatory retirement is complicated, with good arguments on both sides.

Those in favour include pilots who either recognize the signs of slowing down in themselves, or may be sitting on a fat, secure pension. The Allied Pilots Association represents 13,000 pilots with American Airlines. It supports the mandatory rule of 60, citing the fact that not one single airline accident in the 46 year history of the FAA’s rule has been attributed to the sudden or subtle effects of aging. The associations president, himself an airline captain, opposes experimenting with a higher retirement age, stating that at some point we would find out what age is too old. Who would want to be on that particular flight?

Many pilots are opposed, basing their reasoning on their own good health and judgement. Arguments cite age discrimination, and the fact that no hard evidence exists showing pilot proficiency decreases after age 60,

BEAR’S AIR Barry Meek

all else being equal. Perhaps individual testing of pilots should be considered as an assessment, rather than the use of the blanket age rule. And another fact enters into the picture. Older pilots are safer, smarter, better airplane managers. They’ve been around longer and have vast experience to rely on.

In an article like this, we couldn’t begin to cover all arguments on all sides. But I’ll give you my thoughts.

From experience, older pilots are indeed safer and smarter than younger fellows. But, and here’s the catch, only to a certain age. That age is not necessarily 60, even 65. The effects of aging are insidious, never actually slapping us in the face. We gradually become slower in our responses, our though processes and reactions. The smart ones will recognize the sloppy crosswind landings, the close calls, the increased fatigue levels, difficulty understanding controllers, etc., and will hang up the headset.

But others will push themselves, either not realizing or not accepting what should be obvious signs they’re beginning to have trouble. This is unfortunate. Private pilots are allowed to fly well past 65, based on their individual results of the medical exams. We all know there are ways to fudge some of the information to get through that. You can fool some of the people some of the time. But when it comes to flying, it doesn’t make sense to try and fool yourself.

If there’s a big pension issue as with many airlines, some pilots need that extra 5 years to build up some security for their retirement. Through no fault of their own, these people have seen their futures dissolved along with the pension plans. But it seems to me that to a private pilot, there’s no shame in deciding when it’s time to throw in the towel and quit flying. Giving Story cont’d p.6

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Bears Air cont’d from p 5 up the license only means more time for other things in life. Like golf, skiing, buying a sports car or motorcycle, a boat or bicycle, a kayak or vacation home. What about spending more time with your spouse? Just being together.

Life doesn’t end with the end of a flying career. Always have a Plan “B”.

The important thing is to be honest with yourself. Fooling some or all of the people shouldn’t be the point of the game. In the end, it’s ourselves we answer to. It’s the face in the mirror we must look at. The question should be can we look that face in the eye and honestly say we made the right decision. Continuing to fly with the knowledge we’re unfit is not a good decision. It would border on criminal if we carry passengers.

There really is no magic age. Pilots who are ready to give it up can still get on with life. Form your Plan “B”. It could uncover some excitement you’ve been missing all those flying years.

Barry Meek bcflyer@propilots.net

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In My Travels Found FBA-2C — the ’Flying Half Ton Truck‘

by Larry Dibnah

On a typical hot, hazy summer day in 1967, two impressionable teenagers stood at the Ocean Air Ltd. seaplane base near the giant pulp mill in Port Alberni, BC. My friend and I were on our way to the Village of Ucluelet to visit another friend who had recently moved there with his parents. The road over the ‘hump’ was closed due to a nearby forest fire so the only way out to the west coast was via the MV Lady Rose or by aircraft – a four-hour cruise versus a 25 minute flight.

Since this would be my first seaplane ride I was really hoping to fly in either a de Havilland Otter or a Beaver - two world famous bush planes which I revered. Instead, an unfamiliar seaplane taxied up to the dock, shut down and was tied up by a nimble ground crew. It was CF-RXD. Four people plus the pilot stepped out onto the dock followed by what seamed to be an endless train of baggage and cargo boxes. This aircraft not only looked rugged but it also had a spartan, cavernous (120 cu. ft.) interior.

Could it be a new, smaller version of the Beaver? While parting with my hard earned $15 I asked the ticket agent for the name of the aircraft in which we were about to embark. “That is a Found” she replied. And that name has stayed with me all these years. After a rather noisy takeoff run down the Alberni inlet my buddy and I and one other passenger were on our way westbound. The smell of that pulp mill stayed with us until we were well out into Barkley Sound. This was my introduction to seaplane flying and the first of only two encounters with the all-Canadian Found FBA-2C aircraft (my other was on the return trip). Since that summer I’ve collected as much information on the Found as I could find, including an old, scratchy black & white photo which I took of CF-RXD in Ucluelet.

The hard working FBA-2C was the brainchild of the four Found brothers – Bud, Dwight, Grey and Mickey – who worked for McKenzie Air Services of Edmonton, Alberta in the late 1930’s to mid ‘40s. There they became familiar with several aircraft types currently in service throughout Northern Canada and noted that most of the aircraft, with exception of the Norseman, were not always suited to the rugged conditions. High operating costs were being passed on to unhappy customers. The brothers decided that they could develop a new purpose-built, flying half-ton truck that would meet everyone’s needs. In 1946 they formed Found Brothers Aviation Limited and first went to work on the FBA-1A but later improved upon it to create the tail-dragger FBA-2C. Soon after the successful test flight and approval of the FBA-2C prototype in 1962, David Eaton of the T. Eaton Company placed an order for the first two production FBA-2C models for delivery to Georgian Bay Airways in Parry Sound, Ontario. A total of twenty six FBA-2C’s were built with the last one being test flown in 1967. The FBA-2C served admirably in communities all across Canada and worked well in all conditions whether on wheels, skis or pontoons. It out-performed the more well known Cessna 180 in almost every category including range, load carrying capacity, take-off and landing runs and ease of handling.

But she just couldn’t compete with Cessna’s marketing juggernaut or for that matter, the De Havilland Beaver. In 1968 the Found Brothers’ financial backers withdrew and the company was soon dissolved at a public auction. A few of the original FBA-2C’s are still going strong in Canada today, albeit after several engine changes.

The FBA-2C’s 36 ft. fuselage has a steel tube frame covered with aluminum skin. Its 26 ft. 5 in wing was of all metal construction and was cantilevered with no lift struts. Incidentally, this feature made for embarrassing spills into the water for a few novice float plane pilots groping for a non-existent hand hold. The Found FBA-2C is powered by a 250 h.p. Lycoming 0-540-A engine, has a payload of 3000 lbs, can seat five and cruises at 115 mph.

In 1996, Found Aircraft Development Inc. acquired the rights the original FBA-2C design and have upgraded it to the FBA-2C1 Bush Hawk-XP, a rugged, go anywhere type of aircraft. The Bush Hawk has been re-certified by Canadian and US Government authorities and is back in production with Found Aircraft Canada Inc. in Parry Sound, Ontario. For further information on the new Bush Hawk please visit www.foundair.com References: Great Northern Bushplanes by Robert S. Grant, 1997; BC Aviator magazine– Volume 2, Number 3 December/January 1993; Found Aircraft website.

Photos: Larry Dibnah and from the Wikipedia collection.

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Glenn Matthews, Club member, wingwalker and sometime writer for the Patrician (although not necessarily in that order) created this peaceful and cheerful painting of an Aeronca Chief on final approach for Raven Field on Quamichan Lake.

As I write, we are being blasted by one cold front after another, but looking at the painting gives one hope of good flying weather coming soon. The days are already lengthening; there's still light in the sky at 1800 and summer's not far away!........

Your ever-optimistic Editor, Eleanor

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by Doug Marin Webmaster: flyvfc.com

Twenty-two months ago your Victoria Flying Club launched its brand new shiny web site. Slicker than a freshly waxed 172, it’s the envy of every flying club in the world. Well, it should be. Nobody told me so.

I’ve looked at most of them and think ours is the best! You decide!

Some statistics for you: • In the last twelve months, the site has been visited over 60,000 times. 5000 times a month for a club with around 500 members is pretty darn good. This means the rest of the world is also looking at us a lot.

• May 2006 has been our biggest month with 7100 visits: 230 per day.

• Most months average about 5500 visits.

“Flight Training” is the most popular section, followed by “The Patrician Newsletter”, “Photo Gallery”, “Online Booking” and “Flight Planning”. Visits from Canada, then the USA are most frequent, then interestingly, Japan, The UK, India and Australia follow in quite large numbers.

Personally, I’m very surprised to discover that two of the most interesting parts of our web site have not been getting the attention they deserve.

“Hot News & Events” is prominently displayed on the Home Page at the top of the left hand column. We put it there because it was felt most of our members would want to know what was going on around the club and in local aviation first. Well, I can understand why it’s not been so popular. We haven’t been adding enough new content to make it interesting. So help us out here. If you become aware of a Flying Event nearby, please send it along to info@flyvfc.com . On our part, we will be paying more attention to ensuring the very latest Club News is also presented to you here, especially between all the good stuff you find in The Patrician each month. This is where you will find the very, very latest info.

“Aviation Web Site Links” is also prominently displayed on the Home Page, and it is FULL of truly outstanding web sites of interest to all kinds of pilots and people interested in aviation in general. I am very careful not to display any junk. This section in my opinion has to show the best of the best and I really try hard to make sure it does. Currently there are 18 Major Headings with a total of 85 links. Your ideas for additional sites or headings are highly encouraged. Again, send them to info@flyvfc.com . Only the best will be considered.

Finally, I’m a bit disappointed that no one has sent us good material in a long time for our “Photo Gallery”.

I have set some relatively high standards for submissions, as you will see in the left column of the Photo Gallery section of the web site. If you look at a few “Galleries“ shown, you’ll get a good idea of what we are looking for. We want “Stories” to go along with your photos. I know this requires some work on your part.

Let’s make sure our web site delivers top quality as much as it can. Your help here is most appreciated. Be sure to click the “click here” link in the left column for gallery submission info.

Comments, Concerns, Ideas, and Accolades for your www.flyvfc.com web site are always welcomed. We are delighted to do whatever is possible to make this site the most impressive Flying Club Site in the world.

So, go take a good long visit at www.flyvfc.com right now! You’ll have a good time there, promise.

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Cessna Aircraft In June, 1911, 31-year-old Clyde V. Cessna of Rago, Kansas, became the first person west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies to build and fly an aeroplane. This was the beginning of the Cessna Aircraft Company, the world’s leader in general aviation.

But Cessna didn’t build his aircraft to sell – he designed and built one every year for his own use in flying exhibitions and barnstorming. These activities were much more profitable than selling aeroplanes – and a lot more fun!

In 1917 Cessna accepted an invitation from the Jones Motor Car Company to build his newest plane in their plant in Wichita, Kansas, now the air capital of the world, thanks to Clyde Cessna.

That same year he set a speed record of 124.62 mph on a cross country flight from Blackwell, Oklahoma to Wichita.

From 1925 to 1927, Cessna, with six successful aeroplane designs to his credit, partnered with Walter Beech and Lloyd Stearman to form the Travel Air Manufacturing Company. Cessna sold out to Beech and in that same year, built his first production aircraft, the four-place, full-cantilever, high winged Comet monoplane. On New Years Eve, 1927, the Cessna Aircraft Company was born and 1928 saw the manufacture of the “A” series.

Cessna continued making efficient aeroplanes and winning awards, contributing greatly to the war effort with the famous Bamboo Bomber, their first twin and first low-wing. They produced over 5400 of the Model T-50.

Peacetime brought a new era of civil aviation and Cessna introduced the models 120 and 140 going to spring landing gear and all-metal aircraft by 1949. 1953 saw the first C 180 which later found fame as a bush plane in the North and in 1956, Cessna brought out tricycle gear on the 172 and 182. The new gear was referred to as Land-O-Matic; it made flying a matter of “driving” the plane into the air and back onto the ground, at least according to the sales pitch! At the same time, the Para-Lift Flaps were introduced and have since become standard on all Cessna high-wings.

By 1964, Cessna had contracted to supply C 172s to the USAF for pilot training. The following year, the 10,000th C172 was delivered and production reached one aeroplane every 23 minutes!

Things weren’t always rosy for the company although it launched a learn-to-fly campaign and stepped up production of the ubiquitous C 150 as an easy-to-fly trainer. In 1983, the first ever yearly loss occurred, in part because rising costs made the aeroplane too expensive for purchasers. But with good designs and a little re-thinking, the Cessna Company continues in business with its 172 possibly the most popular light aircraft An aeroplane every 23 minutes! (Courtesy Cessna Aircraft Company) ever made. The all-metal construction and tricycle landing gear blew away the competitors – the Piper Pacer, the Aeronca Sedan, the Luscombe II Sedan, the Stinson Voyager and the Taylorcraft Ranchwagon, all of which were partially or completely fabric-covered.

At VFC we love our fleet of Cessnas – they’re tough and forgiving with no complex systems or controls – just straightforward flying and honest fun!

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FOR SALE: One Half share in Nanchang CJ6A Due to a move to Ottawa I am reluctantly selling my share in CJ6A GYKK (the blue one). This X Chinese air force basic trainer is the best warbird bang for the buck. It has approximately the same performance of a Harvard but at half the acquisition cost and one third the running costs. YKK was completely restored by Victoria Air Maintenance and has a host of desirable upgrades including: • detailed cockpits • hooker harnesses • long range fuel • engine preoiler • pulse lights • skymaster nose wheel • brake pressure gauge • IFR equipment and certification • Aerobatic certification This aircraft has been kept in a heated hangar since its restoration and has been carefully maintained. The other share is owned by a meticulous and highly experienced airline pilot and he would prefer a relatively experienced pilot interested in a long term stable partnership although all inquires are welcome.

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Pilot Shop Lots of SALE items, new stuff here for spring.

Good News!

NAV CANADA, the country’s provider of civil air navigation services, recently conducted an aeronautical study that evaluated aviation weather requirements on the West Coast of British Columbia.

Achievements First Solo Matthew Miller Andreas Ruttkiewicz Dmitrij Usjakov Rory Nield Robert Watson Trevor Young Brendan O'hare PPL Written Test Allen Lynch Private Pilot License Laurie Leavett-Brown Class IV Instructor Etienne White Emily Harvey

Welcome New Members!

Francis Plante Ryukichi Arakawa Israel Fisher Samuel Nowlin Renee Kraft Jordan Rogers Phillip Jarnoth

This study concluded that additional weather information on the West Coast of British Columbia was required to meet the needs of pilots.

As a result, three weather cameras will be installed at Chatham Point on Vancouver Island and the images will be available on the NAV CANADA Aviation Weather Web Site. (Chatham Point is north of Campbell River, CYBL. -Ed) Est. 1946

Due to the severe weather experienced on the West Coast, causing damage to equipment and necessitating unscheduled replacement and repairs, the Chatham Point Weather Cameras were not operational as planned on 18 January, 2007. The weather cameras are now scheduled to be available on the NAV CANADA Aviation Weather Web Site effective 15 March, 2007.

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cont’d from p.2 Short Final

And now one for St Patrick’s Day, March 17: Paddy & Seamus are flying a 747, as they approached the Dublin airfield, the tower heard: PILOT - Bejeesus will ya look how shart dat runway is?

CO-PILOT - Yer nat kiddin, Paddy PILOT - Dis is ganna be one a de trickiest landings I ever did, Shamus.

CO-PILOT - Yer nat kiddin, Paddy !!

PILOT - Royt, Shamus, when I say ‘go’ put de engines in reverse !!

CO-PILOT - Royt, I’ll do dat !!

PILOT - An den ya put de flaps down full !!

CO-PILOT - Royt, I’ll do dat too, Paddy !!

PILOT - An den stomp an de brakes as hard as ye can an pray !

CO-PILOT - I’m prayin already, Paddy, but I’ll hit de brakes as hard as I can.

So, as the wheels touched the ground, Shamus put the engines in reverse, put the flaps down, stomped on the brakes and continued to pray to the Holy Mother with all of his soul. The brakes screeched, the tires squealed, and there was smoke everywhere. But, to the relief of all the passengers, the aircraft came to a stop just a few meters from the end of the runway!

As Paddy and Shamus sat in the cockpit regaining some composure, Paddy looked out of the window and said to Shamus, “Dat has gat ta be de shartist runway in de world!”

Shamus replied, “Yes, Paddy, but it must be damn near two miles wide.”

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To date, we have been able to create three new bursaries!

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This is a great opportunity for VFC members.

We thank you for your support!

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Smile Card total to date $3498

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ATC Appreciation Day / Movie Night

A number of outside tie-down

Saturday March 3, 2007

spaces are now available.

Meet and mingle from 3 – 6pm Come on out to the Club and meet old friends, fellow pilots and new students.

Mingle with ATC staff and express your appreciation for their services.

K S , MOV I E S RIN D ES, F OOD I H C N U , M

Phone Dispatch at 656-2833 for details.

Movie Night – starting around 6 PM two movies with a flying theme.

Get rid of those

A FE W D SP ACES AVA I LABL E!

Winter Blahs!

All VFC members invited.

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Notice of the

Annual General Meeting of the

Victoria Flying Club Wouldn’t you rather be flying?

• Tax and financial planning • Rapid refunds (electronic filing) • Personal, corporate and estate tax

Please be advised that the Victoria Flying Club Annual General Meeting will be held

Friday March 9th 2007 in the Member’s Lounge.

Wine and Cheese at 6:00 Meeting at 7:00 Owner Evelyn J. Andrews-Greene, CA Sustaining Member of VFC since 1983

386-4466 #202-31 Bastion Square Victoria BC V8W 1J1

The Victoria Flying Club #101-1852 Canso Road Sidney B.C. V8L 5V5 656-2833 15

Our Complex Airspace NAV CANADA is pleased to invite you to attend a Better Practices information session for pilots operating in the complex & congested airspace in southern BC. The Better Practices information sessions will address topics such as communication procedures and frequency selection, airspace classification and related NAV CANADA services, pilot and controller responsibilities within different classes of airspace, procedures for operating within and in proximity to control zones and special use, advisory airspace (CYAs), use of aeronautical maps/publications and other good airmanship practices.

Please take the opportunity to attend one of the briefing sessions:

F riday, April 2 0, 2 007 Chât eau V ictoria Salon B

See the world… from our point of VIEW!!

Increase your confidence • Aerobatic Course* • Adventure Rides • Emergency Manoeuvres Training

740 Burdett Ave. Victoria, BC Discovery Ride

13:00 PM – 16:00 PM OR 19:00 PM – 21:00 PM

$

Intro

Don Henderson, Manager Level of Service and Aeronautical Studies

*Basic course - 10 hrs dual 5 hrs solo Courses customized to help you reach new horizons.

Two headsets, both like new.

David Clark h10-40s. $150.00 each.

Contact lawz@shaw.ca or 250-860-0994

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Join us for breakfast or lunch…inside & patio seating 101-1852 Canso Rd

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250.655.9395

Aerobatics

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Headsets for Sale

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Call Dispatch at the club for further information

656-2833