THE DECEMBER 2014 PATRICIAN

THE PATRICIANThe Victoria Flying Club ~ Aviation Excellence Since 1946

DECEMBER 2014

GROUNDSCHOOL SCHEDULES | CLUB NEWS | FIRST SOLOS | FEATURE ARTICLES

Merry Christmas Strut Logo Photo Contest - Page 15Cover Photo by Rob Shemilt

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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......................................Colin WilliamsonTreasurer.............................................Rob ShemiltDirectors............................................. Steve Demy Howard Peng

Vernon FischerRolf Hopkinson

General Manager.................................Gerry MantsChief Flying Instructor....................Graham Palmer

1852 Canso RoadSidney, BC V8L 5V5

[email protected]

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

Editor: Christie [email protected] Design & [email protected]

In This Issue 5 Updates for VFC Members 7 CFI’s Corner 9 Women in Aviation Opportunties

11 BC Airport Challenge Updates

15 NEW! Photo Contest

17 COPA Quadrant

The Patrician accepts unsolicited submissions.

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

DECEMBER 2014

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VFC News

News from VFCFLY LONGER FOR LESS!!!

Great news! Effective November 1, 2014, the time for the daily quiet hour pricing will be extended!

Quiet hour pricing used to end at 8:00 a.m. and that has now been extended to 9:30 a.m.

Monday to Friday 1700-0930

$10/hr rental discount (or) 0.2 simulator time credit per hour of flight (approx value $20)

Saturday and Sunday 1700-0930

$15/hr rental discount (or) 0.3 simulator time credit per hour of flight (approx value $30)

Make your next move!Commercial Groundschool starting soon.We’ll save you a seat!Call 250-656-2833

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VFC News

Merry Christmas from the Victoria Flying Club

As we reflect on the past year, and look forward to the year ahead, we want to extend our thanks and appreciation to each of our members and staff who have given so much to the Victoria Flying Club. We wish you a holiday season filled with family and friends, peace and joy. And re-member that every smile, every visit and every expression of thoughtful-ness will make a difference to someone’s life. All of us here at the Club wish you and your families a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year. ~ Gerry Mants - Manager, Victoria Flying Club

Festive Flight Following Santa has embraced the internet and all its social media outlets. You can send your wish list to Santa on Facebook well ahead of time to give the elves plenty of notice. Then on Christmas Eve, check the North Pole weather. If it’s especially cold, be sure to have an extra hot bever-age on hand for the jolly guy. You’ll know exactly when to have it ready after check-ing the sleigh’s progress with Norad and Google Earth. And while visions of Gar-

min 5000s dance through your head, you can tweet Santa a last minute re-minder of how very, very good you’ve been this year.

Victoria Flying Club December Office Hours

8:00am to 8:00pm

OFFICE CLOSEDfor the holidays

Dec 25/26Jan 1

* No flight instruction available. Please contact the office ahead of time to arrange aircraft rental.

Happy Holidays!

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VFC News

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!This year give yourself or that special pilot in your life

the Christmas gift of all gifts. Discover the exhilaration of flying a seaplane, and explore our local aquatic flying

environment with a Gift Certificate for an Introductory Seaplane Flight for only $149.00

This flight is guaranteed to be one of the best flights a pilot can have!

Offer valid December 1st – 31st, redeemable at any time.* Only twenty flights available at this special rate - don’t miss out!


VFC News

Important News for VFC MembersIn light of recent security issues experienced by a number of well-known companies (Home Depot, Staples, etc), alongside recent changes to regulations concerning credit card use, the Victoria Flying Club is in a posi-tion where it has become nec-essary to change the way we deal with payments and credit card information. As of Decem-ber 1 , we will no longer be able to keep your credit card number on file for payments concerning flight training or aircraft rental. We want to ensure the absolute security of your personal infor-mation, and we also want to maintain our operational effi-ciency by avoiding costly non-compliance fees attached to the new regulations.

For regularly recurring pay-ments on parking and member-ship fees we will, in the coming weeks, have a secure system set up to handle these types of recurring charges. More infor-mation will be available soon.

For all other flight training and rental charges, you have the op-portunity to keep your account up to date in a number of con-venient and secure ways:

1. Stop by the customer service desk after your flight to clear up your bill, just as you would at a restaurant or any other service-related industry.

2. Place a bulk amount on your account ahead of time that can be debited after each flight. All you need to do is check-in to ensure that your account con-tains enough funds to cover your current flight and then top up as needed.

3. Some of you use a parent’s credit card to finance flight train-ing. They will be able to call in anytime during office hours to make a secure payment over the phone, with the only ad-ditional requirement being the three digit number from the back of the card.

4. Pre-pay for your flight or lesson. If you are able to esti-mate how much aircraft and/or instructor time you will require, we will calculate your bill ahead of time and you can pay before you fly, allowing you to head out immediately after your flight if you are short on time. Any un-used funds can be held on your account until your next flight.

We are confident that these changes will keep the Victoria Flying Club operating efficiently, and will augment our ability to provide members with the best possible service.

If you have any questions about these changes, please contact Gerry Mants, VFC General Manager, at 250-656-2833.

On November 17th we made an announcement that Victoria Fly-ing Club will no longer be able to store credit cards on file as of December 1st. Thanks to all of you who have already made alternate arrangements for flight training and aircraft rental pay-ments. For membership and parking payments that are made

on a regular schedule, we now have secure web processing through our merchant provider and will be able to process these recurring transactions.

On January 1st it will be time to renew your membership and parking agreements with us. If you prefer to pay your member-

ship via credit card and have in the past had your credit card on file, please give us a call to update your information. Your credit card number, expiry date and billing address will be en-tered into our secure web pro-cessing site. We will then set up a monthly recurring charge for parking and yearly recurring

Further Updates


VFC News

VFC Alumni

We are still looking for photos of our successful (and good looking!) alumni to share with prospective student pi-lots.So don’t be shy! Take a smiley photo of you living the dream, and email it to: [email protected]

charge for membership. You can at any time, change or cancel these recurring charges.

For members who prefer to pay by cash, cheque, debit card or credit card in person the procedure has not changed.

The new parking rates for paved parking will be $107.00 and grass parking $88.00 plus taxes per month. If you pay in advance for the full year, the rates will be $1155.60 for paved and $950.40 for grass plus taxes. To take ad-vantage of this 10% discount on your parking fees for 2015, please

drop by the club to renew your contract and arrange payment with our customer service staff before January 1.

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

Victoria BC V8W 1E2

Looking for Parking?If you’re interested in prime paved parking spaces for your aircraft, we

want to hear from you! Secure, pull-in/pull-out, easy access.

Please call Marcel at 250-656-2833.


Feature Article

By: Graham Palmer, CFI

ADS-BAs technology continues to advance, aviation is never left behind. Before the advent of GPS, I remember the exhilara-tion pilots expressed when using Area Navigation (RNAV) VOR/DME, specifically with the Ben-dix King KNS-80 Integrated NAV System.

At the time RNAV VOR/DME was one of the only methods of point-to-point navigation along a desired course within the service area provided by a VOR/DME or VORTAC Station. This tech-nology gave GA pilots their first true taste of navigating a course predicated by waypoints. Today, we give little thought to RNAV VOR/DME due to the wide-spread proliferation of RNAV GPS.

An emerging technology that has been creating a buzz in air-port coffee shops, and occupy-ing bandwidth in aviation blogs and magazine articles is “ADS-B” (Automatic Dependent Sur-veillance - Broadcast). “ADS-B-Out” is a system in which equipped aircraft can broadcast their GPS position, identification, altitude, and projected path once

per second to dedicated ground-based receivers. These receiv-ers in turn decode and transmit the information directly to ATC in order to be displayed on the surveillance monitoring screens of air traffic controllers. “ADS-B-Out” provides air traffic control-lers with real-time position infor-mation which is more accurate than the information provided by current Secondary Surveillance Radar Systems (SS-R). With more accurate information, ATC can more efficiently position and separate aircraft with improved precision and timing.

Additionally, “ADS-B-In” allows the ground based transmitters to uplink specific information for the reception of “ADS-B-In” equipped aircraft. Information, such as FIS-B (Flight Informa-tion System - Broadcast), which includes weather (METAR / TAF, NEXRAD, FD’s) and airspace re-strictions; as well as TIS-B (Traf-fic Information Service - Broad-cast), real time traffic information displayed on an Aircraft’s MFD (Multi-Function Display). Ef-fectively “ADS-B-In” allow pilots to view information in a manner similar to that of what an air traf-fic controller sees.

Within the U.S., the FAA has mandated that aircraft operat-ing in airspace that now re-quires a Mode C transponder be

equipped with “ADS-B-Out” by January 1st, 2020; “ADS-B-In” is not part of this mandate. As the industry continues to transition to ADS-B, MLAT (Multilateration) otherwise known as Hyperbolic Positioning, which in the past has been proven with naviga-tion systems such as Decca and Loran-C, will be utilized by Air Navigation Service Provid-ers (ANSPs) in areas currently covered by SS-R. Co-located with ADS-B ground receivers, MLAT receivers will continue to receive the signals of the Legacy based SS-R Mode A and C Tran-sponders. Utilizing the principal of the Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA), MLAT will be capable as a precise positioning service for Aircraft at a fraction of the cost of SS-R.

So where am I going with all of this you may ask, besides how many aviation acronyms I could have used in this article? Co-incidentally our accomplished Chief Engineer Gary Van Der Leer, has recently completed installing a Garmin 430 GPS coupled to a KT-74 Mode-S Transponder into C-GJZB, mak-ing this Victoria Flying Club’s first “ADS-B-Out” enabled Air-craft. How do you use this you may ask? Simply turn it on as you would any Transponder, and the magic takes place behind the scenes.

The CFI’s CORNER


VFC News

Christmas in the pilot shop!If Santa’s looking for a little help in the gift-giving department, he need look no further than the VFC Pilot Shop. We have brought in a great selection of special items just in time for Christmas. So if you have pilots on your list this year, or if you’re a pilot looking to leave some subtle hints, we’re here to help!

But if shopping isn’t your thing, you can get a Victoria Fly-ing Club gift certficate in any amount. Gift certficates can be used in the Pilot Shop, or put on your account for future flight training or aircraft rentals.

And for the soon to be pilot who doesn’t know it yet, we have two words for you. Discovery Flight. If there was an “Easy” button, this would be it!

Available NOW in the VFC Pilot Shop!Gel Ear Seals deluxe

Deluxe Cloth ear coversSpot Gen 3 Icom Ic-A6

Hs1xla deluxe headset Pilot licence holder Ipad kneeboard 2

Ipad kneeboard mini Ipad kneeboard portfolio Black epaulet 3 bar Gold Black epaulet 4 bar Gold Black epaulet 3 bar Silver Black epaulet 4 bar Silver

CX-2 Holding Pattern Visualizer David Clark headset bag

Garmin Aera 500 Touch Screen Garmin D2 Pilot Watch

David Clark H10-13.4 Stereo


Women in Aviation

Updates From Women in AviationThank you again to all who attended our two awesome Leadership Series Sessions this past month. On November 8, Heather Bell from the Aviation Leadership Foundation spoke to us about the Hallmarks of Leadership of the 21st Century – mentorship and developing leadership skills. Heather recently retired after 30 years as the General Manager for NAV CANADA responsible for the 500+ employees working at 22 units across British Columbia delivering Flight

Service, Flight Information and Air Traffic Control Services. In 2011 she was honoured with the Surrey Business Woman of the year award and is passionate about leadership and the develop-ment of others.

This past weekend we had a panel of pilots from different areas of the industry who came to speak with us with respect to career planning. The panel included Major Jenn Weissenborn from the Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre; Adele Dobler who is a pilot with Helijet and BC Air Ambulance; and Zoe Lambert a former pilot with Ken Borek Air’s Antarctic team whose career took her to both Arctic Regions. Aside from the amazing networking opportunities, the personal experiences of the women on the panel were valuable examples of clear decision mak-ing and tenacity. The goal of this session was to leave participants feeling proactive and empow-ered in choosing the direction of their careers; and better able to making decisions with confi-dence to increase personal career satisfaction regardless of their field of endeavour.

We are going to take a break over December and will return in January with Session IV of the series on Goal Setting and we’ll follow up in February with a session on accountability. That should be fun!


Women in Aviation

The Long Family Women in Aviation Bursary

The Long Family’s Women in Aviation Bursary is awarded annually to an individual who is under-taking her advanced pilot training at the Victoria Flying Club. The successful applicant will have already obtained her Comercial Pilot Licence and will be initating plans to obtain her Multi-Engine IFR Rating.

This Bursary consists of $1,500.00 offered by Stephen and Olga Long. It is designed to alleviate some of the cost of dual instruction in the light twin aircraft at the Victoria Flying Club. In addi-tion to the monetary award, the Bursary also includes approximately six (6) hours of flight time in a glass cockpit Cessna 182 equipped with the most up-to-date technology available in a general aviation aircraft. This aspect of the Bursary is intended to give the successful applicant hands-on experience in a complex, GPS-equipped aircraft with an aim to putting the GPS-related questions on the INRAT examination well within the experiential reach of the examinee.

To apply for The Long Family Women In Aviation Bursary the applicant will, in a handwritten letter, introduce herself and explain why she has chosen the field of aviation as a career path, outline her aspirations within the aviation industry, and describe how this bursary might contribute to ful-filling her aspirations.

Please include the name of a past or present VFC instructor as a reference.

No personal photo may be attached to the application.

The Long Family Women in Aviation Bursary is only valid within the Multi-Engine IFR training pro-gram offered at the Victoria Flying Club.

Deadline: Applications must be submitted to Ramona Reynolds, President of the Victoria Flying Club on or before Noon, January 5, 2015.

The Long Family Women in Aviation Bursary will be awarded at the Wings Banquet in January 2015.


Feature Article

Club Aircraft

1 Bart-Jan C (31)2 Morgan S (20)3 Robin H (17)4 Doug N (14)5 Lynn F (13)6 Walker R (13)7 Brad T (12)8 Keegan A (12)9 Alethia F (11)10 Jessica R (10)11 Aaron N (9)12 Andrew H (9)13 Colin W (9)14 Kyle H (9)15 Silvia Z (9)16 Adan T (8)17 Andrew K (8)18 Brett W (7)19 Don D (7)20 Joey M (6)

21 Yaaseen M (6)22 Schuyler C (5)23 Bruce R (4)24 Kevin S (4)25 Matt M (4)26 Morgan B (4)27 Nathan G (4)28 Ron J (4)29 Crystal S (3)30 Stephanie B (3)31 Aaron C (2)32 Ben H (2)33 Bonnie T (2)34 Courtlandt R (2)35 David V (2)36 Howard P (2)37 Jessica J (2)38 Lanaya D (2)39 Ramona R (2)40 Tim H (2)41 Tom V (2)

Owner Aircraft

1 John L (70)2 Norman Y (61)3 Dave G (46)4 Norm D (36)5 Ken C (29)6 Ken T (16)7 Glenn L (15)8 Firat A (4)9 Jeremy P (3)

Just weeks left, but it’s not too late to participate! Visit any of the approved airports and report to dispatch to be entered for amazing monthly prizes!

You can find the updated map and current standings at: http://www.olantra.com/vfc/

BC CHALLENGE - The Final Month!


Feature Article

November Prizes:

Kamloops Blazers winter wear donated by Kamloops Airport Authority together with a $25 Tim Horton’s Gift Card donated by Danielle Topliss, Barrister and Solicitor

AdrenaLINE Zipline Adventure Tours - Two gift certificates - each for an adult/youth zipline tour (value $160) donated by Adren-aLINE Zipline Adventure Tours

December Prizes:

“Pleased” pendant made by Sweet Memo-ries Art together with a $25 Gift Certificate to Safra Day Spa donated by Sweet Mem-ory Art

Flying the Frontiers Volume III - Aviation Adventures Around the World - signed by author Shirlee Smith Matheson

This is the final month of VFC’s 2014 Airport Challenge! It’s not too late to schedule some x-country flights, and log your desti-nations with dispatch to be entered to win. Let’s have a strong finish this month! Happy Flying!


First Solos

Andy BurchettInstructor: Brady Tucker

Duncan CochraneInstructor: Iain Wallis

“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.”

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Photo Missing:Michael De SantiCongratulations Michael!


Groundschool

Monday and Wednesday 1900-2200Victoria Flying Club Classroom

DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTORDec 01 Meteorology Sean T. 03 Meteorology Sean T. 08 Meteorology Sean T. 10 Flight Operations Colin 15 Flight Operations ColinJan 05 Navigation Brendan 07 Navigation Brendan 12 Navigation Brendan 14 ATC/Fly Out Bug Jason G. 19 Review Colin

NOTE: No Groundschool December 17 to December 31

To register for Groundschool, or to purchase a Groundschool Kit, please contact the Victoria Flying Club

at [email protected] or 250-656-2833.

PRIVATE PILOT GROUNDSCHOOL

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!


Feature Article

PHOTO CONTEST!Flying and photography go hand in hand. Pilots and their passengers are among the fortunate few who get to experience a unique and amazing view of the world at altitude. And we all like nothing better than to share those amazing photos!

The amazing aircraft main-tenance crew at VFC have done a wonderful job of including identifying infor-mation on the struts of all

our aircraft - the same struts that feature in many photos taken from inside a Cessna 172. So we want to be sure to share those photos far and wide!

If you have a strut photo to share, please email it to [email protected] and we will include it in the Strut Photo Contest on our Face-book page (facebook.com/VictoriaFlyingClub). Prizes will be awarded for the

photo with the most votes by December 31.

To vote for your favourite photo, visit our Facebook page, and Like or Comment on the most spectacular of the bunch. And don’t forget to share your photo with your friends to help collect votes! Happy Flying!


Feature Article

Email your strut logo photo to [email protected]!


COPA Quadrant

Submitted by: Eleanor Eastick

The November 4th meeting of COPA once again saw a big turnout at the Catalina. What a great venue - lovely confer-ence room, excellent food and a sweeping view across CYYJ from the north side!

The first order of business was the election of the COPA Flight 6 Executive for 2014-2015: Rob Shemilt – Captain (President)Allan Rempel – Co-Captain (Vice-President)Art Reitsma – Treasurer

Jonathan Wallace stepped down as Captain after a dynam-ic and enthusiastic term in office and my humble self relinquished the purse strings as Treasurer and purveyor of fifty-fifty tickets. The new execs are dedicated to keeping Flight 6 growing with interesting new activities and exciting guest speakers for the coming year. Jonathan Wallace

rounded out his Captaincy lead-ing a discussion on pilot medical issues.

The speaker for December 2nd will be David Carlos from (VAP) Victoria Aerial Photo and Survey. He will give a presenta-tion of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and their impact on aviation. David is very involved with the use of this technology and he will share his knowledge on the correct legal use of the UAV from Transport Canada. With this technology becoming increasingly popular with hobby flyers and professional users, it is important to know about the impact these are having on the present and future of general aviation.

The December 2nd meeting will be held, as usual at the Catalina - come at 1800 for dinner, meet-ing starts at 1900. As always, everyone is welcome. Contact [email protected] for more information.

2014 Flyout Schedule

Dec 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.

A big thank you from all of us at VFC to the VFC and COPA members who spend considerable time organizing COPA meetings and Fly-Out Bug events. This is what makes general aviation great. Please know that your efforts are appreciated!

Submission RequestEmail: [email protected]

Photos, stories, letters, adventures, articles, ads all accepted.


VFC Achievments

New MembersDave EnglandJungyong JungCameron NealGavin RoseNick OgilvieBrendan James

First SolosMichael De SantiDuncan CochraneAndy Burchett

PPL Written ExamKevin McManus

PPL LicenceTyler Robinson

CPL Flight TestAlethia Forsberg

CPL Written ExamThomas Claes

CPL LicenceRobin Huenicke

AME LicenceDaniel Turner

IATRAKeegan Allen

VFC MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS

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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