What is your name?Jessica Peare What is your occupation?Engineer in Training What is your home airport? CYNJ What year did you start flying?2010 Where did you learn to fly?Sea Land Air, CZBB Why did you start flying?I was very fortunate to grow up in an aviation family and was exposed to the wonder of flight at […]
George Miller has been named the new Airport Manager at Pitt Meadows Regional Airport. George is a veteran Canadian Air Force Pilot, Former Snowbird Pilot, Langley Airport Manager and current leader of the Fraser Blues aerobatic team. George was inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame in 2015 and was awarded the Belt of
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The energetic and optimistic spirit of small town Vanderhoof has conspired to provide a unique opportunity for high school students at Nechako Valley Secondary School to earn their first steps towards a career in aviation. A pilot class of seventeen students – pun intended – started their first semester of Aviation 11 in January 2018.
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What is your name?John Wheeler What is your occupation?Electrician – hydroelectric consultant What is your home airport? CZGF Grand Forks What year did you start flying?2010 Where did you learn to fly?Grand Forks Why did you start flying?I have wanted to be a pilot since my earliest memories. Finally got the money and opportunity in middle
Personally, now that I’ve retired from flying airliners and have spent the ensuing six years torturing crews in a 777 simulator, I’ve come to realize-through observation-some innate human traits and thus have evolved and worked my thoughts into my Pre-briefing. The airlines are moving to a different type of training and checking, wherein it is
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Originally Published in: Airfacts Journal I picked up the phone before the answering machine cut in. “Hello?” “Hello Scott, this is [the Chief of Standards and Checking at my airline]. I’m calling to advise you that your Initial Ride to become a check pilot, with a Transport Canada Inspector, is scheduled here in Toronto in two
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Applications are now open (until March 1st) for COPA’s Neil J. Armstrong Scholarship which provides funding support for young Canadians wanting to learn to fly. Please share with the members of your COPA Flight. The scholarship consists of three awards: 1 Ab-Initio and 2 advanced flight training awards, available to qualified applicants aged 15-21. More Information
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Registration is open for the April 2017 Survival Shakedown. The fourth installment of the BCGA’s Survival Shakedown will be held in the Cowichan Valley (Vancouver Island) on April 28 – 29, 2018. This event is now open for registration and is limited to 20 participants. This exercise will be held with the assistance of Cowichan Search
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What is your name?Poul Go Instagram Name (If Applicable):@poulgo What is your occupation?Flight School Dispatcher What is your home airport? CZBB What year did you start flying?2016 Where did you learn to fly?Professional Flight Centre Why did you start flying?Flying is a childhood dream. Ever since my first airplane experience as a young boy, I have
CALL FOR NOMINATIONSCOPA Board of Directors Election 2018 Message From The BCGA: Have you ever been at your local airport or flying club and heard the sentiment that we need to get “young” (relative term) people or women involved in general aviation? Now is your chance! Consider nominating someone or yourself for the 2018 COPA Director
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