The Patrician, VFC News, September 2018

THE PATRICIAN September 2018

The Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

Dreams do come true!

Former VFC students and instructors (Silvia, Hannah, Brett) progress in their careers as airline pilots.

THE PATRICIAN September 2018

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 In This Issue and navigating and operating all manner of heavier-than-air aircraft.”

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Ramona Reynolds VICE PRESIDENT Rob Shemilt SECRETARY Colin Williamson TREASURER Chris Peschke DIRECTORS Bill Kempthorne John Ainsworth John Ryan GENERAL MANAGER Marcel Poland CHIEF FLYING Graham Palmer INSTRUCTOR 1852 Canso Road Sidney, BC V8L 5V5 www.flyvfc.com info@flyvfc.com Phone: 250-656-2833 Fax: 250-655-0910

Editor: Katy Earl flyvfcmarketing@gmail.com The Patrician accepts unsolicited submissions.

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Ground School Schedule Private Pilot

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Lessons Learned at Aircrew Selection Contributed by Jennifer Zadorozniak

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Alumni Profile, Brett Wingerter, FO

UVic AERO Club Wins First Place

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Plane Maintenance Contributed by Leslie Hunter

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First Solos and Member Achievements

VFC's First Air Shows, 1947, 1948

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Front cover photo credits: Former VFC Instructors in

their airline pilot positions. This was Hannah's last flight with Encore and Silvia happened to be dead-heading back to Calgary. Hannah is now going to fly the 737-800. In the smaller photos, Brett Wingerter progresses from a 13 year old on his Discovery Flight to First Officer.

Photo opposite, upper: Instagram: blagohristovski.

Smokey August skies.

News and Events

News Around the Club

FOREST FIRES August has seen Victoria and much of BC covered in a thick layer of smoke, much like last summer. As can be expected, this has been affecting the ability of general aviation aircraft to go out flying. We are very much looking forward to the onset of autumn and the cool rain and beautiful colours it brings!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Mike and Norma Sealey celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary! Mike was Manager of VFC back in the early 1960s, around the time that VFC acquired the building it is in now. Congratulations to you both!

WWII VETERAN ENJOYS A SATURDAY FLIGHT On a nice Saturday afternoon in August, WWII veteran Harold Brumwell enjoyed a flight over Victoria with VFC's charter pilot, Ted Krasowski, in celebration of Harold's 97th birthday. Harold enjoyed taking the controls 2500 feet above sea level over Victoria.

Along with daughter Brenda and long-time friend Michele, Harold revisited his lifelong dream of piloting an aircraft.

Harold hadn’t been flying for about eight years, but it was obvious from his handling of the aircraft that he hadn't forgotten a thing! Local aviation enthusiasts will know Mr. Brumwell as the gentleman who hand carved and donated

Happy birthday, Mr. Brumwell! 97 year old Harold Brumwell enjoyed a flight in Cessna 172 GXTZ to celebrate his annual trip around the sun.

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many model airplanes to the BC Aviation Museum, on display there. Harold started his hobby of carving model airplanes while he served with 162 Squadron during WWII, working as a radar station technician in Reykjavik.

E-TRANSFERS? The Club is always on the lookout for ways to keep costs down for its members.

Accepting payments by credit card involves an extra fee paid to the credit card companies.

In order to avoid these extra costs for the Club, would you consider using e-transfers for your payments instead? Talk with Customer Service about how to set this up.

Fittingly, Mike and Norma Sealey celebrated their 60th anniversary at the Club (August)!

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News and Events CAPITAL CITY TOY RUN The 4th Annual Capital City Toy Run is on September 30th! Come check out the hundreds of motorcycles that will be out for the ride, and bring an unopened toy to donate for a good cause. The bikes will arrive at the Club around 12 PM.

NEWS AND EVENTS SEP 3

Labour Day, aircraft rental discount

SEP 4

COPA Flight 6 Social and Meeting in VFC lounge

SEP 8

COPA 4 Kids, 9:30 - 2 PM

SEP 9

BC Coast 99s Poker Run

SEP 29

IMC Round Table at VFC

SEP 30

Capital City Toy Run, bring an unopened toy!

OCT 8

Thanksgiving, aircraft rental discount

OCT 13

International Girls in Aviation Day

OCT 20

Thank your ATCs! International Day of Air Traffic Controllers

NEW BOARD MEMBER: BILL KEMPTHORNE We are happy to welcome Bill Kempthorne as a new Director! Bill has been a Victoria Flying Club member since 2002 and a Sustaining

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AIRCRAFT RENTAL DISCOUNT HOURS

The Capital City Toy Run will be returning to the Club, on September 30th. Come check out the motorcycles, and bring an unopened toy to donate!

Monday to Friday, 1700–0930 $10/hr rental discount, or 0.2 simulator time credit per hour of flight (approximate value $20) Saturday and Sunday, 1700–0930 and stat holidays $15/hr rental discount, or 0.3 simulator time credit per hour of flight (approximate value $30)

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News and Events Women in Aviation Member since 2010. He is a consistent and committed participant in Club activities, including attending all the AGMs and the IFR Round Table, and volunteering for events.

He has passed 100 hours of flying with VFC, completed Night and VFR OTT ratings, and passed his CPL written in the last two years.

Next up he will be completing his CPL flight test. Bill also volunteered with COPA 4 Kids for the last two years, leading the ground school. Bill started flying with his glider and power licence through Air Cadets in 1982 and 1983 respectively. He was a cadet officer from 1985 to 1991 including working at the gliding school in 1990 and 1991. His work background includes 12 years as a high school teacher and another 18 working in IT. This includes five years of supervisory and five years of management experience. He is currently the IT Manager for the Saanich Police Department.

Members receive a reduced price on fuel, a discount of 10% per hour off the hourly rental rate for aircraft, and are entitled to one vote at each meeting of the Corporation. They also receive all Club privileges.

Ladies, did you know that of our Club’s 166 Sustaining and Life Members, only 13 are women? That’s less than 8%.

So how do you become a Sustaining Member?

If you have been a Flying Member in good standing for not less than 24 consecutive months, ask for an application form from Dispatch. Applications must be sponsored in writing by two Sustaining or Life Members in good standing and are submitted to the Board for approval.

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SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP Have you considered becoming a Sustaining Member of the Club? Sustaining and Life

VFC BY-LAWS, SECTION 9, ON MEMBERSHIP Sustaining Members shall be persons admitted as such by the Board of Directors, who have held a Flying Membership in good standing for a period of not less than twenty four (24) consecutive months, and who have paid such annual fees as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Application for Sustaining Membership must be sponsored in writing by two Sustaining Members in good standing. Each Sustaining Member shall be entitled to one vote at each meeting of the Corporation and to all Club privileges.

Life Members shall be persons admitted by the Board of Directors who have held a Sustaining or Flying Membership in good standing for a period of not less than twenty four (24) consecutive months, and who have paid the entrance fee fixed by the Board which shall be not less than ten times the annual Sustaining Member's dues. Application from Flying Members for Life Membership must be sponsored in writing by two Sustaining or Life Members in good standing. Each Life Member shall be entitled to one vote at each meeting of the Corporation and to all Club privileges.

Honourary Life Members shall be persons admitted as such by the Board of Directors provided, however, that the number thereof admitted during any one calendar year shall not exceed one. These members shall be entitled to one vote at each meeting of the Corporation and to all Club privileges.

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What?! Half a 172 Per Year?

Although VFC’s management team has negotiated our credit card fees down considerably over the last year, did you know that VFC pays the equivalent of a half of an airplane per year in credit card company fees?

We’d ask you to consider using cash, interact or e-transfer in paying your account to reduce unnecessary fees, yours and ours, because we’d like to spend that

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Ground School Schedule

Ground School Schedule September 2018

Private Pilot Classes run Mon. and Wed. from 19:00 to 22:00.

September 3

No Class - Labour Day

N/A

September 5

Radio & Electronic Theory

Trevor

September 10

Navigation I

Andrew

September 12

Navigation II

Andrew

September 17

Navigation III

Andrew

September 19

ATC

Andrew

September 24

Review

Andrew

September 26

Canadian Aviation Regulations & Licencing I

Imran

October 1

Canadian Aviation Regulations & Licencing I

Imran

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Ground School Kit: $275

Learn to Fly package: $675

Call Customer Service at 250 656 2833 to register for Ground School today!

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Lessons Learned at Aircrew Selection Contributed by Jennifer Zadorozniak.

Two years ago, I’d never flown a plane, nor had any connection to aviation aside from the float planes that fly over head and grab my attention. But like most pilots, you get hooked and there’s no turning back. So far I have finished my PPL and am working on my CPL. Along the way, I’ve met lots of pilots from the civilian side of piloting, as well as from the military. I have heard incredible stories and want to explore the variety of routes to keep living this dream.

And this summer, the possibility of a military route opened up when I was invited to attend the Canadian Armed Forces' (CAF) Aircrew Selection in Trenton!

I had been curious about the military route for a while. There are huge incentives to being a military pilot, including a federal government pension, health benefits, and paid travel around the country and world.

Most importantly, the costs of flight training are fully paid, while earning a fair salary. So I submitted my application to the Forces, for the pilot trade.

After a lengthy application process including detailed personal and travel histories, submitting educational transcripts, four reference checks, aptitude testing and personality inventories, and receiving the official invitation

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from CFB Trenton, I was on my way!

In 2013, the CAF revised the Aircrew Selection process, no longer using the CAPSS flight My journey getting to CFB simulator that was in place since Trenton was comical. WestJet had 1997. Now pilot candidates sit called less than 12 hours before for two days of computer based my 6AM flight informing me that testing, in total about eight hours, bad weather had closed Toronto which is reportedly the best Pearson International Airport for indicator of success for the next several hours and the airlines several years of flight training. were trying to catch up. The There are over 20 different aircraft I was to board the next tests, some up to 40 minutes in morning never made it to Victoria. length, testing for three trades Given that it was Monday at including Aerospace Control and about 5PM, the recruiting office Air Combat Systems. The testing was closed and I wasn’t warned systems use a unique keyboard, what to do in this scenario. The headphones, a joystick, and military arranges all travel for you rudder pedals. and they expect you to show up as agreed. After three hours on In my series, there were 18 the phone, I was told I would be people, four of which were on a red eye from YYJ to YYZ that women. I was the only person very night. I could sleep on the who had flown a real plane and plane the night before my testing, held a PPL. Ironically, I had never right? I was not well rested, flown MS Flight Simulator (this relaxed or alert. Lesson learned. may have helped!). Nerves ran high. I learned some candidates Once on the ground in Toronto, I there had always dreamed of felt a heat and humidity unknown becoming a pilot, but couldn’t to me. I had to navigate train afford flight training. Others systems to get to Union Station wanted to travel the world or for a two hour VIA Rail ride to were in Cadets and always Trenton Junction. The train ride planned on a military career. was enjoyable traveling north A few were there on a whim along the eastern shore of Lake encouraged by their recruiters.

Ontario. After a taxi ride to the I was most curious about the Base, I checked into the lodging military lifestyle and knew I would and decided to walk around, be flying in my future. However, getting my bearings for the next after day one of being immersed morning. I was told to present in military life, I knew I would not myself at 07:20 at the testing become a military pilot. centre. The next two days flew by.

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Aircrew Selection is extremely competitive and very few people are selected. Odds are less than one in four for the pilot trade.

Sixteen people went home with no offer. Even if you are successful in the testing, there is no guarantee you’ll pass the air medical screening. And after that, there’s no guarantee you’ll get your wings or end up flying the aircraft type you want. More than half of pilots in the Canadian Air Force fly helicopters (55%), then multi-engines (23%), and even fewer fly fast jets (21%) or fighters (10%). “Pick the worst place in Canada you’d want to live, and your last pick of aircraft.

Ask yourself if you can do that for the next several years,” the Commanding Officer suggested.

His job is to screen candidates out with the cost of training one pilot over 12 years starting at 3.85 million dollars. The price tag can increase to 7 million dollars once fully qualified. However, he states, “it’s the most fun you can have legally in Canada.”

What did I learn while at Aircrew Selection? For one, getting your wings through the CAF is a commitment of over 10 years (after the three years to complete wings training), with three phases of flight training in different parts of Canada. The candidates compete against each other in a meritocracy, with no guarantees of aircraft type or where you might live. A few months of basic training is required, in addition to

survival and aeromedical training.

Being adaptable is important to success and pilots often study six days a week up to 12 hours a day or more. The hours are unpredictable, you will be on call, have no predictable life, and need to be mission ready every day. It is a challenging life for those who are up to it.

Attending Aircrew Selection was a great experience and I learned a lot. It helped me to see that flying for the military is not for me. Where will the aviation take me next? My aviation goals include finishing my CPL, getting a float rating, and volunteering to encourage more women and girls to consider aviation.

Aircrew left and right handed keyboard used for two days of testing.

Lecture with CO explaining the training process.

8 Wing is the hub of all air transport operations and is involved in virtually every Canadian Forces operation.

Monument outside the National Air Force Museum of Canada, dedicated to women who served post WWII.

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Alumni Profile - Brett Wingerter, FO Brett tells about his experience working towards being a medevac pilot.

VFC: Thank you, Brett for taking time to share your story with the VFC community! Tell us a bit about yourself.

I started my journey in aviation when my mom drove me out to the Victoria Flying Club in 2009 on a Pro-D Day from school. I was only 13 at the time, but I had already expressed an interest in flying, spending a lot of time on a flight simulator. I went up on a Discovery Flight with Marcel Poland in a 152, and as soon as the wheels lifted off the ground I knew I had to do this as a career.

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I started my flight training in the summer of 2010, and on November 12, I did my first solo at the age of 15. I did my PPL flight test in September of 2011, and by June 2012 I had all the requirements for my PPL except I hadn't turned 17 yet. I was issued a Recreational Pilot Permit in the meantime and continued to build flying hours.

At 16 years old, I still had another year of high school left. During high school, I flew about once a week to nearby destinations such as Nanaimo, Boundary Bay, and Chilliwack, to build up

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flying hours. I took some friends up for city tours over Victoria, and I also worked on getting my Night Rating. When I graduated from high school, I attended the University of Victoria and completed their Diploma in Business Administration with the Aviation Option. It was a wonderful experience, and I met some great friends and valuable connections. I paired up with fellow pilots in the UVic program and was able to fly to further destinations such as Kelowna, Port Hardy, and Portland, Oregon.

I also worked on my Multi IFR while building hours, which

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allowed me to finish my flight training with a CPL and IFR Group 1 exactly at 200 hours, at age 20.

By February 2016 I was then ready to commence my job search. I sent out many applications to various airlines, and I got a few replies. I chose Perimeter Aviation LP as a pilot-in-waiting working on the ground as a Dispatcher. I packed my bags, and on May 17, 2016, I made my way to Winnipeg. I worked as a Type C Dispatcher for 14 months until I got called to start training as a First Officer

on the Metro II. I flew on “skeds” for the first few months until I reached 500 hours. Then I got my Air Ambulance Licence for the Province of Manitoba which allowed me to work at my current position as a Medevac First Officer. Now at 1000 hours, I’m looking at my options for the coming months of continuing on to bigger airlines such as Encore and Porter, or staying with the company and getting upgraded to a Captain position.

VFC: Do you have any advice for financing a pilot licence?

For financing your licence there are two options. Pay as you go when you can afford it, or save up a large sum of money and do everything at once. There are pros and cons to both, but I chose the pay as you go option, mainly because I couldn't wait, and I wanted to start flying right away. At age 14, I started working part time at Tim Horton's soon after my Discovery Flight so I could pay for my flying lessons. My paycheques allowed me to fly only once a week, so it took me almost two years to get my Private Pilot Licence. When I graduated from high school, I won a couple scholarships

Background image: "That was the view after taking off in Rankin Inlet. The ice was so blue."

"At age 14, I started working part time at Tim Horton's so I could pay for my flying lessons."

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because of good grades, and it paid for my UVic program. I also won the Betty Wadsworth scholarship, offered through VFC, which funded some of my hour building. When I graduated from UVic, I started working full time at Canwest Flight Services, which let me pay for my Multi IFR and the rest of my hour building.

like I am on a different planet!

Recently, I flew up there in June for a medevac. We came from Winnipeg and had to make a fuel stop in Churchill on the way up. We flew along the coast of Hudson Bay and the water was still frozen up there. The total flight time to fly there and back from Winnipeg was 7.8 hours.

VFC: What is your favorite place you've flown to?

VFC: What is your work week like?

My favorite place is Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. It is north of the treeline, so there are only small shrubs and bare rocks. It feels

I work a medevac rotation from Wednesday to Wednesday so it is 7.5 days on, 6.5 days off. I'm on call 24 hours a day during that time. When we get called

in, we can work up to 15 hours before getting a required nine hours rest. I am based on Island Lake, Manitoba, but will often spend the night elsewhere such as Winnipeg, Thompson, and The Pas. I start my work week in Winnipeg, and I either deadhead on one of Perimeter's scheduled flights to Island Lake or, if the crew on my opposite week flew their plane down the night before, I take their plane and re-position it at base. As a First Officer, I go into communities with the flight paramedic and help them load patients onto our stretcher so we can easily get

"It's never too early to start!"

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1. them in the plane. Some of the airports we fly to are on an island, but the communities are on the mainland. In the summer we use a boat to get to the community, but in the winter the lakes are frozen.

I've had to take many unique forms of transportation to get to these communities. They include helicopter, hovercraft, or even driving on the frozen lake once the ice is thick enough.

VFC: What advice do you have for aspiring pilots?

My advice to anyone thinking about starting an aviation career is that it's never too early to start! You

2. don't have to wait until you finish high school. I flew on weekends and holidays, and I did the private ground school during my summer vacation after grade 10. Get that part time job while in school and start flying even if you can only afford to do it once week. Each flight will leave a desire for more and will give you motivation to study for all those written tests.

When everyone is starting their 4+ year degrees after high school, you can have a head start on your flight training and can kickstart your career!

Good luck and happy flying!

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Catch up with Brett on his Instagram channel: @planedriverbrett.

Images: 1. Brett is all smiles on his Discovery Flight at age 13.

2. Brett completed his first solo on November 12, 2010, at age 15.

3. Brett received his PPL as soon as he turned 17.

4. Working as a rampie for WestJet at CYYJ. 5. Multidimensional support from Mom, such as delicious cookies!

6. Doing his first freight run, July 2017, out of Island Lake Airport.

7. Working at Canwest Flight Services.

8. December 1, 2017, Brett's first medevac, out of Ilford Manitoba.

9. October 2017, Brett adds a Merlin IIIB Type Rating to his repertoire.

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Member Contribution

Plane Maintenance Aviation polish, wax, and sealant, the best bang for your buck!

Contributed by Leslie Hunter, Sea & Sky Eco Detailing.

The most important work of an aircraft sealant is to protect your craft throughout the the year. Aircraft sealants will help protect your plane from spider droppings, pollution, soot, sun, oxidation, rain, wind, and will make cleaning an easier, quicker task.

Aircraft cleaning includes the steps of polishing, waxing, sealing, and cleaning. Let's look at the function of each and its relative importance in maintaining your craft.

AIRPLANE POLISH Polishing, or buffing, your aircraft is optional in that you can still apply a sealant to an oxidized paint. Skipping the polish will trap the oxidation and slow down the oxidizing process, but the paint will always look dull underneath. Polishing not only carries the visual benefit of a brighter surface, it also smooths the paint for easier cleaning and longer sealant life.

Before you polish, the selection of compound is important and needs to be considered. The amount of “cut” or buffing is relative to the shape the paint is in. The goal here is to remove as little of the paint material as possible while ending up with the paint looking even and shiny.

Remember, a polish does NOT protect your surface. A polish removes debris as well as a layer of paint and will

increase the rate of oxidation. After polishing, your aircraft surface is open to debris, oxidation, and corrosion, so you should seal the surface with a wax or a sealant. When you actively take care of your craft by maintaining the exterior, you will save money and time on washing, and have a sparkling aircraft as well!

AIRPLANE WAX Using wax to protect your plane allows for a high gloss shine. Many automotive and marine waxes contain chemicals that can cause P-Static to build up, so always use an aviation designed wax. Wax can last up to six months, depending on the weather, UV exposure, and usage. It should be applied again before it wears off and the oxidation process restarts.

Determining when the wax has worn off can be difficult, so here is a tip.

Get, or repurpose, a spray bottle to spray some water on the surface and if it beads, there is still wax, if the water “sheets” or runs without beading, a layer of wax should be applied as soon as convenient.

SYNTHETIC SEALANTS Synthetic sealants are similar to waxes; however, they provide additional benefits, such as increasing the longevity of your aircraft and reducing drag. The sealants bond with

the aircraft paint surface to provide a barrier which protects from insects, debris, soot, UV rays, and oxidation.

Synthetic sealants wear off at a much more predictable rate than wax, so they can be reapplied before the paint gets exposed. Different sealants wear down at different rates, so reapplication in the manufacturers timeframe is important.

POLYMER SEALANT Reactive Polymer is a clear nano coating chemical that bonds to the paint of aircraft, protecting it from harmful contaminates and environmental conditions. Depending on the type of polymer, it may have a warranty. Some polymers can be applied by hand while others may require buffing to get a solid bonding.

Most polymers should be applied annually to maintain full coverage and protection.

NANO CERAMIC Nano Ceramic coating offers the most advanced protective coating available to the aviation industry.

Nano Ceramic provides a potentially permanent protective and durable coating with unmatched shine and gloss. At Sea and Sky we use FlightShield Nano Ceramic, which has 9H hardness, equivalent to sapphire (only diamonds are harder!), to protect

GOT NEWS OR A STORY TO TELL? We love aviation related news and stories! Send us your news to flyvfcmarketing@gmail.com.

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Member Contribution from scratches. It offers water shedding properties, protection from heat up to 650°C, as well as protection from exhaust staining. It prevents oxidation and fading as well as rejecting dirt, oil, exhaust, insects, and bird deposits. The product we use (we are authorized applicators) offers a five year running warranty.

This product should be reapplied every two years for best results.

CLEANING Cleaning your aircraft will be a simpler and easier process once a sealant is on. While using a sealant will make cleaning spider droppings, insects, and bird dropping easier to remove, it is still best to clean the aircraft monthly.

Keeping your plane clean and its finish in prime condition is the easiest and least expensive way to increase your enjoyment and longevity of your plane. Timely, and properly applied sealants could mean you will never have to buff or repaint your aircraft again.

Leslie Hunter Sea & Sky Eco Detailing www.SeaAndSkyEco.ca info@seaandskyeco.ca 250-656-1370

Last minute adjustment and testing of the egg retrieval mechanism.

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UVic AERO Club Wins First Place Contributed by Tate Baker.

UVic AERO is an undergraduate engineering team focussed on the development of competitive Unmanned Aerial Systems. We design, manufacture, and test airframes to compete in the annual Unmanned Systems Canada Competition against 15 other universities. Currently, we fly two semiautonomous airframes: a scratch-built hexacopter and modified RC SkyHunter model.

This past spring, in Southport, MB, the Competition required us to create a detailed intel report for a simulated RCMP mission. The data was gathered from locations beyond sight of the flight team. We were also required to delicately pick up and drop off a "Simulated Listening Device" (an egg). There were several crashes by other teams, but luckily our vehicles survived. Unfazed by the high winds, our hexacopter and flight team's performance helped us win first place! Not to mention the long hours of problem-solving and repair work following our equipment trailer's bumpy ride across the prairies. Despite the late nights, I think every member would agree that it was an absolute blast.

Currently, we are in the manufacturing stages of our new aircraft, the Raven. It

Multi-rotor pilot Michael Giles launching the SkyHunter.

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will be a fully AERO designed fixed-wing with a 3m wingspan and 5kg payload capacity capable of flights up to 45 minutes. As our first large custom plane, we are cautiously excited for initial flight tests. We hope it will be well suited for the autonomous survey tasks at our next competition.

In the future, we are interested in investigating novel ideas like VTOL fixed-wing designs. By adjusting the orientation of propellers, these UAV's could combine the versatility of multirotors and the efficiency of conventional planes. Each year, as the competition advances, we have to balance fresh new ideas with maintaining reliability. After months of development, it's a great feeling to see our hard work way up high.

GOT AN AIRFIELD? WANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL AERO RESEARCH? The UVic AERO team is in need of a flight field in order to test out their aircraft. Send an email to outreach@uvicaero.com if you can help out!

Hexacopter with 'high tech' egg capturing device: a foam block with sticky rat traps.

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Member Achievements

First Solos and Member Achievements Owen Quiring Instructor: Paul Houlston "Without disruption of air traffic, these fearless, forthright, indomitable and courageous individuals did venture into the wild blue yonder in flying machines.

Furthermore, these skillful individuals did safely land said flying machines at Victoria International Airport, incurring no significant damage to self or machine, thus completing first solo flights."

New Members Adele Hammond Aymeric Lagorgette Bradon Gerhardts Daniel Bremner Daniel Wang Eric Fraser Erin Sinclair Gadjon-Rafnar Runarsson Harry Brunton Jason Logan Jayden Grandjambe Joel Delaney John Bullock Josh Ralphs Kai Madsen Kevin McMeel Kori Power September 2018

Chia-Hua Lee Instructor: Matthew Cameron

Maarten Hemsley Marek Gomolka Matthew Savage Patrick Luettger Quinn Ferris Sarah Stahlke Suman Rana Tonny Kiptoo Whitney-Marie Stringer First Solo Chia-Hua Lee Chloe Semail Cole Turner Mai Nogami Owen Quiring

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PPL Written Cody Shankland Piper Noble Tadashi Sakamoto CPL Written Austin Hinde CPL Flight Test Kazuki Tanaka Thitasate Viengvises Multi-IFR Flight Test Jesse Bertucci

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Mai Nogami Instructor: Geoff Steeves

Chloe Semail Instructor: Matthew Cameron

Cole Turner Instructor: Matthew Cameron

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VFC History

VFC's First Air Shows, 1947, 1948 September carries the anniversaries of the first air shows in Victoria after WWII, with the first happening on Saturday, September 27th, 1947. The Daily Colonist reported on the next day that more than 1,000 people attended the 1947 air show, put on by the "young but lusty" VFC. Highlights of the show included the dropping of flour sack 'bombs,' aerobatics, a ribbon cutting, a spot landing contest, a helicopter demonstration (from Aero Surveys Ltd., which provided much of the vintage aerial photos of Victoria still in city archives), a crop dusting demo, a parachute jump by Albert Carter at 2000 feet, a flight demo by Mrs.

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Rolly Barrett in her Tiger Moth, and much more! The newspaper reported about the Club, "The club has come a long way since it received its charter last November. Starting originally with 25 members, it now has 130. Thirteen members are licensed pilots and another 20 are at the solo stage. Ten of the students are girls. From an original low average of 20 hours flown per month, the club now flies 100 hours. Starting with one aircraft, the club now owns two and leases two from members. ...

Pride of the club is 17-year-old Phyllis Drysdale of Victoria who officials claim, is now the youngest qualified girl pilot in Canada. In order to obtain

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her licence and continue flying, Phyllis attends school in the daytime, spends her evening "baby sitting" and her Saturdays at work in a department store. She now has 35 hours solo and is qualified to fly five different types of airplanes. Her hope is to become a qualified instructor."

By the second air show in 1948, the people of Victoria had caught on. Newspapers reported that a whopping 15,000 people came out to Pat Bay Airport to see the fun, and they weren't disappointed.

Joan Looy of Victoria City Garden Tours recalls what it was like, being there around the age of five: "I

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VFC History remember standing in a crowd looking up and seeing a jet flying overhead while eating my O'Henry candy bar. Suddenly there was a loud boom and I "bit off more than I could chew." I will always remember that moment!"

Pete Goodmanson was also a youth at the time of the air show, and although he didn't attend the air show, he remembers clearly the sound of the Vampires flying overhead while he was at home near Langford Lake. "It was the loudest sound I had ever heard. I had never heard or seen anything

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like it before." A long lasting impression was made!

The Victoria Flying Club teamed up with the Kinsmen Club and the Victoria Motorcycle Club for this air show, and the whole of Victoria, not just attendees at Pat Bay were treated to visual delights, such as a 30 plane flypast and a balloon drop across the city.

Do you have memories about VFC's air shows? Share with the VFC community! Send your reminiscing to flyvfcmarketing@gmail.com.

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