June 2014 - The Patrician

THE PATRICIANThe Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

JUNE 2014

GROUNDSCHOOL SCHEDULES | CLUB NEWS | FIRST SOLOS | PHOTO CONTEST

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ALL SMILES AT VFC’SMAY OPEN HOUSE

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“To promote flying and aviation in general, and to teach and train persons in the art and science of

flying and navigating and operating all manner of heavier-than-air aircraft.”

(Victoria Flying Club Incorporation Bylaws, 1946)

Board of Directors

President...................................Ramona ReynoldsVice President....................................Firat AtamanSecretary/Treasurer......................Colin WilliamsonDirectors............................................. Steve Demy Howard PengGeneral Manager.................................Gerry MantsChief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer

1852 Canso RoadSidney, BC V8L 5V5

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

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In This Issue 3 VFC Flight Camp 2014

7 Gettin’ There: Tofino

11 BC Airport Challenge Update 15 VFC Open House Photos

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THE PATRICIANMonthly Newsletter of The Victoria Flying Club - Aviation Excellence Since 1946

JUNE 2014

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VFC News

News from VFCNanchang - Formation Flying Ground School and Flight Winners:

Congratulations to the lucky winners! These guys and gals will be spending June 7 learning about the Nanchang and going for a flight. It’s going to be a spectacular day!

Seat 1 - Dave GustafsonSeat 2 - Mark ThomsonSeat 3 - Alethia ForsbergSeat 4 - David RichardsonSeat 5 - Gregory LawSeat 6 - Bonnie TidswellSeat 7 - Callum Elsdon-McleodSeat 8 - Kaila ChidleySeat 9 - Dan WaldieSeat 10 - David BabinSeat 11 - Andrew YanSeat 12 - Julie Williams

Have a great time everyone! The rest of us are happy for you but also more than a little green with envy. It’s going to be an absolutely amazing day!

Attention All You Camera-shy VFC Alumni!We are still looking for photos of our successful (and good looking!) alumni to share with prospective student pilots.

If you completed any of your train-ing, or worked as an instructor, at VFC and you are presently working in the aviation industry (in a plane or on the ground) then we really

want to hear from you! We couldn’t be any prouder of your achieve-ments and we would love to share that pride with our new visitors and students!

So don’t be shy! Take a smiley photo of you living the dream, and email it to: [email protected]

Assistance Required With Special ProjectWe need a lover of books, videos and magazines to volunteer in our Library for some intensive care and spring cleaning!

Do you like organizing things? Can you handle lifting books? Not afraid of getting your hands dirty?

In short: The Library needs your help!! The vid-eos, books and magazines all need to be inven-toried, evaluated and sorted. A couple of people chipping away at it a bit at a time will help us fig-ure out what we have. Then we can decide what to keep, donate to worthy causes…or dispose of (last resort only).

The first job is inventory, and is best done as a team of two: one reads out the author, title, date, category and format (hardcover vs. paperback, etc.), and the other performs the data entry on an Excel spreadsheet, using a Mac laptop with mouse (unless a better database is available – suggestions are welcome).

Please contact Marie Woodruff at [email protected] or (250) 592-5371 for more info. Thanks!

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VFC News

VFC Summer Flight Camp 2014This unique five day camp pro-gram will introduce youth, ages 9-12 to the wonderful world of flight. Our program has been structured to meet the interests of young people, at an age appropriate level, to introduce them to the exciting industry of aviation and allow them to ex-plore the first steps of learning to fly. The camp includes actual flight training with certified flight instructors, an introduction to ground school, as well as vari-ous activities combining fun and adventure.

Aviation youth camp is a fun and exciting way to spend a week this summer! It opens up a new world of wonder and adventure as well as assisting in developing leadership and decision making skills. Aviation education is an exhilarating way to provide real world applica-tions of mathematics, physics, meteorology, geography and aerodynamics.

VFC’s Flight Camp will be of-fered Monday August 11th, 2014 – Friday August 15th, 2014, 0830-1600.

Enrollment is limited to 9 avia-tors, so please register early to avoid missing out on this fan-tastic camp! Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

We thank you for considering

VFC’s Flight Camp as a part of your youth’s summer camp experience. We trust our trained personnel will provide your youth with a great camp experi-ence: one that will open their hearts to the world of aviation and allow their dreams to take flight. We look forward to meet-ing them this summer!

YOUTH FLIGHT CAMP OUTLINECamp runs from 08:30 to 16:00. Each day will consist of a ground school session,preparatory ground brief, and an hour of flight time, combined with various tours, activitiesand a Red Bird Simulator flight session.

Introduction to Ground School• Theory of Flight (How air-

planes fly)• Engines and Airframes (How

airplanes are built)• Radio Theory (Communica-

tion in the air)• Meteorology (Weather)• Introduction to Navigation

(How to read aeronautical charts and cross country

planning)

Preparatory Ground Instruc-tion and In-Flight Lessons• Pre-flight inspections• Straight and level flight• Attitudes and movements• Climbs and descents• Turns• Takeoffs and landings

• Radio procedures• Introduction to navigation

Flight Training Totals• 1 hour of simulator time in

our full motion Red Bird Simulator

• 5 hours of flight time, of which approx. 2 hours in the front seat (Dependent on-weather)

Tours• Viking Air• BC Aviation Museum• Victoria Airport Control

Tower• Victoria Airport Terminal• 443 Squadron• Victoria Airport Fire Hall• VIH Helicopters• Seaplane base

Other• Model Airplanes• Paper Plane Contest• Aviation related scientific

experiments

Also Included• Camp T-Shirt• Flight Training Kit (Pilot

Logbook, VTA Chart, water bottle, kit bag)

• Healthy Snacks

Cost: $700.00 + TAX (Includes flights, supplies and snacks)Phone: (250) 656-2833Email: [email protected]: Attn: Jessica Rabideau – VFC Youth Flight Camp

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VFC News

Join us this summer for an exciting week of fun and adventure at ...

Explore the amazing world of aviation and the first steps of learning to fly!

This unique five day camp program includes:

5 Hours of Actual Flight Training With A Certified Flight Instructor

1 Hour of Simulator Time in our Full Motion Red Bird Simulator

An Introduction to Ground School

Tours of the Victoria International Airport

And Much More!


Achievements

711 A Broughton Street(street level, by Victoria Public Library)

Victoria BC V8W 1E2

New MembersAlan TaylorJoshua NewtonBrian BachorIsabelle WeissPaul RuttenPeter HarrisDonna GoringXi ChenTim PellowSunya KwinsakulratMichael ChadbourneSie Ing YapJay TranbergRebecca AdlerRichard FrithKristijan Gjorgjevik

First SolosDouglas BradenCallum Elsdon-McleodMarc MercierLee DennyChad KrokoshPeter Hejjas

PPL Flight TestZachary Nichol

CPL Flight TestJosh Tauson

CPL LicenseJessica Rabideau

Multi Engine RatingAaron Neyrink

VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS


Flight Training

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!

Monday and Wednesday 1900-2200Victoria Flying Club Classroom

DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTORJune 02 Aerodynamics & Theory of Flight Iain 04 Human Factors & Pilot Decision Making Laura 09 Airframes and Engines Sean T. and Dave 11 Systems and Flight Instruments Sean T. and Dave 16 Radio & Electronic Theory Sean T. and Brady 18 Meteorology Sean T. 23 Meteorology Sean T. 25 Meteorology Sean T.July 02 Meteorology Sean T. 07 Meteorology Sean T. 09 Meteorology Sean T. 14 Flight Operations Colin and Brett DID YOU KNOW?

If you have previously taken PPL groundschool at VFC you can sit in and experience the class again at no charge? Just call ahead and let the office know you’ll be attending. Great pilots never stop learning!

To Register for Groundschool, or to purchase a Groundschool Kit, please contact the Victoria Flying Club office at [email protected] or 250-656-2833.

PRIVATE PILOT GROUNDSCHOOL


Feature Article

GETTIN’ THEREaviation information for local destinationsDestination: Tofino (CYAZ)

Why Go?

There are books and websites full of reasons why you’d want to go to Tofino. The beaches are spectacular, the local area has a ton of attractions and the flight itself has some amazing scenery – mountains, lakes, islands, etc. All in all, the flight to Tofino is the quintessential West Coast aviation experience. Depending on conditions, rout-ing, etc. figure on about sixty to seventy-five minutes flight time each way. However, unless you go the long way around the coastline, this IS a mountain flight. If you’re flying Club air-craft you need to have taken the Mountain Flying Course to go to Tofino. Weather is also a fac-tor. Tofino is usually accessible in the summer but hit-and-miss during the winter.

From the airport it’s a good twenty minute walk to the beach, and about a ten minute walk to the golf course. To get to town you will need to call a taxi from the airport terminal building or have made other transporta-tion arrangements. Located in the airport terminal building is Orca Airlines as well as Budget

Rent-a-Car. The golf course has a restaurant that’s open during the summer but other than that if you want food you’ll need to head into town.

Getting There

There are basically three routes you can take to get to Tofino. They are:

• Victoria -> Lake Cowichan -> direct to Tofino.

• Victoria -> Lake Cowichan -> Nitinat Lake -> coastline to Tofino.

• Victoria -> Sooke -> coastline to Tofino.

The first option is the most direct route however be aware that between the end of Lake Cowichan and Barkley Sound you’ll encounter some pretty mountainous terrain. The sec-ond route takes a bit longer but is more scenic, taking you past a couple of lighthouses. The third route is the longest route, and it’s the only way to get to Tofino if you haven’t taken the Mountain Flying Course. Fi-nally, no matter which route you take remember you’ll be cross-ing Barkley Sound so you’ll want to have sufficient altitude to reach shore if you need to.


Feature ArticleOnce you’re over Lake Co-wichan or out over Sooke you’re out of controlled airspace and on your own. Don’t forget to monitor Pacific Radio on 126.7. You also have the option of climbing higher and requesting flight following from Vancouver Centre.

As you cross Barkley Sound you’ll be heading in the general direction of Ucluelet, probably a good time to start monitor-ing the Tofino frequency since on a nice day there can be a lot of traffic headed in and out of Tofino. Start your descent when you feel it’s safe to do so. You’ll make your initial call to Nanaimo Radio (DON’T call them “Tofino Radio”… they get rather grumpy) before reaching Florencia Bay. As you proceed inbound to Tofino airport watch for the areas that have altitude restrictions.

Local Knowledge

Flying into Tofino isn’t really complicated and you shouldn’t have much of a problem. How-ever, here are a few things to be aware of that you may not find written down:

• There’s a landing fee at Tofino which, at time of writing, is $15.

• Fuel is available by card lock / credit card at the main apron.

• The thresholds of Rwy 25 and Rwy 29 are close together and it’s really easy to get mixed up and land on the wrong runway.

Rwy 25 extends into the trees while Rwy 29 is close to the beach.

• If you’re landing on Rwy 16 it’s better to go around the hill that’s on the approach path as opposed to turning base inside the hill.

• Taxiway Foxtrot has a gravel covered ditch about halfway along. It is passable (or was at the time of this writing) but you do have to be careful if you choose to cross it.

• The quickest way to the beach is south-east along the terminal apron and taxiway Golf to the road, turn right and follow the road down to the main road. There’s a parking lot with beach access across the road. All in all, about a 15-20 minute walk.

• Check out the WWII vintage building that houses the weath-er station.

• You need to be aware of wildlife, particularly deer and bears. Bears often hang out in a small clearing off of taxi way G and occasionally can be seen in the infield between the run-ways. I’ve also heard of people having to go around because of animals on the runway so be on the lookout.

Weather

Tofino has a METAR and a TAF however you’ll also have to engage the Mark I eyeball. Weather at Tofino can change

almost instantly so you’ll want to keep a constant watch on that nearly permanent fog bank sitting off-shore. Because the weather can change while you’re in flight it’s a good idea to make use of Nanaimo Radio or Pacific Radio for up-to-date weather information while you’re enroute. Also, pay attention to fuel reserves and alternates when doing your flight plan. If you get to Tofino and can’t land your only viable alternates are usually Qualicum, Nanaimo or Victoria. Make sure you can get there. Port Alberni is often over-cast when Tofino is so you can’t always count on Port Alberni as an alternate.

Other local weather factors to be aware of include:

• There are no Weather Cams at Tofino but the ones at Am-phitrite Point and Estevan Point Lightstation can give you an idea of what Tofino will be like.

Important Links & Contacts

Tofino Airport: www.tofinoairport.com/index

Tourism Tofino: www.tourismtofino.com/activi-ties

Ucluelet Tourism: www.ucluelettourism.ca

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Photo of the Month

This month’s Photo of the Month is from VFC member Peter Bain. Flying in differ-ent locations is a great way to challenge yourself and enjoy a new location frm the air. Next time you’re travelling, plan ahead and see if you can fit a flight into your itinerary. And then be sure to tell us all about it!

Send your best aviation photo to [email protected] for your chance to win. Every submission is entered into a yearly draw for a $100 VFC Gift Certficate. Keep your camera in your flight bag!

I was just over in England and went flying with an instructor – Todd Smith (instructor number 465860D). The flying was done in a Cessna 172M and it took place at the Stapleford Aero-drome (http://www.flysfc.com/) just north of London. I am still in training at VFC, gearing up for the flight test this summer. I practiced some manoeuvres with Todd, which was most helpful. It’s always nice to get a different perspective from a new instructor. He picked up on some of my habits in need of improvement – so, a success-ful flight all round. He gave me credit for the time in my log book with a satisfactory rating, which will get updated in my records when I see my instructor Bren-dan O’Hare next.

On take-off, he noticed that something was wrong, took con-trol and put us off onto the grass. He discovered that the

parking brake had stuck on – something I never go near, as we are told at VFC to not use it. From there, it was smooth flying.

I practiced slow flight, recov-ering from a spiral and steep turns. The landings were inter-esting in that there was only one runway – half paved, half grass – telephone wires to watch out for. No where as sophisticated as the Victoria airport, but a great experience in a beautiful place out in the countryside. Todd has been flying since he was about 12. Not sure how he did that, but nobody’s asking questions. He is destined for a great career in the airline indus-try.

Re: Stapleford Flight Centre (SFC) - it, along with the airfield itself, is a privately-owned and family-run business. Established in 1969, SFC has been training private and airline pilots for over forty years. SFC owns a fleet of more than forty aircraft ranging from Cessna 152 basic trainers to twin-engine aircraft such as PA23 Seneca, PA31 Chieftain and the brand new Diamond DA42 with glass-cockpit technol-ogy.

They also operate modern flight simulators capable of replicat-ing PA31, PA34, PA28 and the DA42 aircraft. The airfield has both grass and hard runways for year-round operations and the Lambourne VOR is on the airfield.

Peter R. BainVFC Student Pilot

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First Solos

Callum Elsdon-McleodInstructor: Sean Tyrell

Chad KrokoshInstructor: Sean Tyrell

Douglas BradenInstructor: Hana Nakahara

Lee DennyInstructor: Sean Tyrell

Marc MercierInstructor: Brendan O’Hare

Peter HejjasInstructor: Iain Wallis


Feature Article

VFC member Doug Neal earns our undying admiration, thanks, and respect this month for putting together an incredible online map of of the BC Airport Challenge. With the help of our amazing dispatch team, Doug will keep the site as up to date as possible.

You can find the map at: http://www.olantra.com/vfc/

Thanks Doug!

Lots of red on the map and the year is half over! Good thing you’ve got all summer to catch up!

Current Standings:

Club Aircraft:Aaron C (1)Aaron N (7)Adan T (4)Alethia F (3)Andrew H (8)Andrew K (5)Bart-Jan C (9)Ben H (1)Brett W (5)Bruce R (3)Colin W (5)Courtlandt R (1)Don D (2)Doug N (6)Firat A (3)Jessica R (9)

Joey M (2)Keegan A (7)Kyle H (3)Lynn F (4)Morgan S (19)Robin H (9)Schuyler C (4)Tim H (1)Walker R (8)Yaaseen M (5)

Owner Aircraft:Dave G (14)Glenn L (5)Jeremy P (2)John L (17)Ken C (15)Ken T (5)Norman Y (3)

BC CHALLENGE - Your 2014 Adventure


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If you don’t fly, you can’t win!

Amazing April Winners!Congratulations to this month’s participation prize winners, and a HUGE thank you to our sponsors!

Robin Huenicke is the well-dressed winner of the Buffalo Airwear package.

Joseph Martin is the lucky pilot flying as passen-ger with a pair of Harbour Air Tickets.

May Participation Prizes:Tsuniah Lake Lodge: one night for two including lunch, dinner and breakfast the next day; and a boat on the lake for the day.

Gift Package from COPA National: sunglasses, polo top, light jacket and decal

June Participation Prizes:Free Fly-in Pass for 2014 Abbotsford Airshow donated by our best friends at the Abbotsford In-ternational Airport.

One night’s stay at the beautiful Timber Guest House located on Nimpo Lake, 15 min drive south of Anahim Lake Airport. The certificate is valid from July through September 2014 so plan ac-cordingly. Courtesy of The Lovely and Talented Lise St. Gelais James and Jessica James.

Fly in June and enter your photos at dispatch for your chance to win these great prizes!

For more details, contact dispatch: 250-656-2833.


COPA Quadrant

For more information on COPA Flight 6:[email protected]

For flyout information:[email protected]

Another huge turnout filled the conference room at the Catalina for good food, good company and good speaker Firat Ataman, whose presentation on moun-tain flying was supplemented by his own entertaining videos of a flight somewhere around Bella Coola. There was a general discussion with hints and advice from the pilots in attendance, good practical knowledge to enhance the experience.

Reminder, next meeting is Tues-day, June 3, at the Catalina. Guest speaker is Jason Grist

from the YYJ tower - we disem-bodied voices will get to meet each other face to face. Always fun and entertaining! Every-thing you wanted to know about operating in the control zone but were afraid to ask.

Let us know if you want to come at 6 PM for dinner so we can give the Catalina a heads-up. Meeting is at 7 PM. For more information contact [email protected].

And remember you don’t have to be a COPA member to at-tend. The group is open to anyone interested in aviation and always more than ready to welcome new members.

2014 Flyout Schedule

June 7th - Friday HarbourJuly 1st - Alert BayAug 4th - Hope / PembertonSep 6th - OsoyoosOct 4th - Chilliwack / Rowena`sNov 11th - Boundary Bay / Delta Air ParkDec 20th - Abbotsford

A $20/hr rental discount on VFC aircraft will remain in ef-fect during these days, and a new fuel discount (for owners) is being implemented for any VFC member participating in these flyouts.


COPA Quadrant

For those who missed, we decided to change our June Fly-Out to Friday Harbor on June 7th in or-der to remain in Canada on July 1st. Also our July Fly-out will be both to Alert Bay and Port McNeill.

On June 7th we will be flying to Friday Harbor! Friday Harbor is located on San Juan Island and it is within walking distance of the town. It is a very cute little island town with many ocean side restaurants and I highly encourage everyone to attend!

Usually we always plan for lunch time for our fly-outs. I spoke with the Friday Harbor customs and we are only able to land after 14:30. So this fly-out, we will take advantage of late summer sunsets and will plan for dinner at Friday Harbor. It should be a great sunset flight on the way back!

Subject to customs availability, we will be aiming for 16:00 wheels down at Friday Harbor.

This is a great opportunity to keep up those US customs procedures refreshed! I will make myself available one evening next week for those who still have questions about US Customs Proce-dures. I will be booking a room at VFC where we can go over my presentation or any questions you might have.

Depending on the group, I will try to plan a tour of San Juan Islands and land at different airports, such as Lopez Island and Orcas Island. This would be completely optional but highly encour-aged!

Please email [email protected] to sign up.


VFC News

Saturday May 10 will go down in VFC history as one of the best Open House events ever! With mostly sunny skies and an im-pressive team effort by our staff, we welcomed a large crowd to the flying club for an amazing day full of aircraft, pilots, and lots of aviation shop talk!

A huge thank you to all our members and visitors who

came out, our great staff and volunteers, the owners of all the spectular aircraft we all enjoyed, and the representatives from NavCanada, the UVic Avia-tion program, CASARA, COPA Flight 6, and the Vancouver Island Chapter of Women in Aviation.

We also want to offer an ex-tra special thanks to Maureen

Wingerter (aka: Brett’s mom) who has, for several years, baked an AMAZING assortment of delicious treats for the open house events. We truly appre-ciate your efforts - every last morsel of them!

Our next open house is sched-uled for September. We’ll look forward to seeing everyone there!

VFC Spring Open House a Huge Success!

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Women in Aviation

There are many opportunities to be involved in a meaningful way in this WAI Chapter. We have created the following Commit-tees and we invite anyone who is interested in a particular area to let us know.

New members are always wel-come!

Outreach Committee: includes outreach, mentorship and schol-arship Membership Committee: mem-bership

Fundraising Committee: fund-raising Program & Events: planning and implementing monthly meetings and activities We intend to visit all of the airports/airparks on Vancouver Island in the following months but in the meantime, our Chap-ter has a calendar that is filling already:

June 8 - Girls Fly Event at Nanaimo Flying Club

July 26 - WAI information table at BC Aviation Museum Open House September 13 - Fly Girls - this will be our first big fundraiser. Oh it’s going to be good - we can’t wait to share the details. Really, you should buy your ticket now. Trust me.

September 20 - WAI informa-tion table at Victoria Flying Club Open House and Career Fair In the meantime, Facebook is telling us that our next goal is to reach 100 likes so please go to our Chapter page on Face-book and “Like” it and invite your friends to do the same: https://www.facebook.com/wia.vichap-ter.

Fly between Victoria and destinations on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Charter an aircraft and take up to 3 people.

(restrictions apply)

VFC CHARTER SERVICE BE THERE IN MINUTES!

For more information or to book a flightEmail: [email protected]: 1-250-474-0213

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VFC Members can contact Ramona Reynolds for their hands:[email protected]


Aircraft - Accomodation - Aviation Books and Gear - Help Wanted - MiscellaneousEmail the details of your FREE Ad to: [email protected]

VFC Classifieds

Photo: Martin Detering

Rediscover the Beauty of FlightLearn to Fly Gliders in the Beautiful Alberni Valley!

Learn more at www.avsa.ca

Alberni Valley Soaring Association

Transitioning to gliders is simple with previous flying experience

FOR SALE

1975 CESSNA 172M LR FUEL TANKS FOR SALE 5600TT, 1375SMOH ZeroTimed Jan 2004 ProAero Kamloops B.C, 150SPOH Aug 22,2013 Western Propeller, In Annual until Aug 22,2014, Modern Interior, Flown 200h Last 7 months Contact Alex Lansfield, Plane is located in Victoria, $54,000 OBO Selling to buy floatplane. Phone: 250-885-6917 or email [email protected] for more info.

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