What is your name?Juan Carlos Bolomey Instagram Name (If Applicable):@juancarlosbolomey What is your occupation?Acoustic Consultant What is your home airport? CYPK What year did you start flying?2017 Where did you learn to fly?Pacific Rim Aviation Academy @ YPK Why did you start flying?I was introduced to aviation when I was 8 years old when my Dad […]
What is your name?Elisabeth Jackson Instagram Name:@El.jaxon What is your occupation?Flight Instructor What is your home airport? CYNJ What year did you start flying?2006 Where did you learn to fly?Started at PFC in CZBB and then transferred to SkyQuest in CYNJ Why did you start flying?Runs in the family! My dad worked for Air Canada
What is your name?Rob AndersonWhat is your occupation?Retired Airline Captain What is your home airport? YYJ What year did you start flying?1973 Where did you learn to fly?Denham 7 miles north of London Heathrow Why did you start flying?Intrigued after a flight in a Comer 4 What airplane did you learn to fly in?Aerobat What
What is your name?Al Blakely What is your occupation?Retired What is your home airport? Janzens (CLJ3) near Lethbridge, AB What year did you start flying?1968 Where did you learn to fly?Langley (CYNJ) Why did you start flying?Was going to be a professional pilot What airplane did you learn to fly in?Cherokee P28A-140 What airplane do
What is your name?Art ReitsmaWhat is your occupation?Electrician What is your home airport? Duncan (CAM3) What year did you start flying?2013 Where did you learn to fly?Victoria Flying Club Why did you start flying?Always wanted to learn since my first ride (Beaver on floats, CYYJ float base to YVR south side at 12 years old,
What is your name?Bob BatesWhat is your occupation?Seaplane pilot What is your home airport? CAM9 What year did you start flying?1969 I became a commercial pilot, then instructor and started my first job in 1971. Where did you learn to fly?Victoria Flying Club Why did you start flying?Life long desire from preschool age. What airplane did
There is a new feature on the BCGA website. We want to get to know the community better and let the community members get to know one another. There is page called FEATURED MEMBERS in the members tab. We would like anyone who is a BCGA member to visit the page and fill out the
Hangar owners across BC have received an unwelcome late-Christmas present in the form of significantly higher assessments on their airport hangars this year. For BC residents, January means the annual arrival of property assessment notices from BC Assessment which are used by municipal governments and others to determine, among other things, whether your property taxes
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BCGA Director Dave McElroy and two other pilots Russ Airey and Harold Fast are flying in formation around North and South America to raise $500,000 for Hope Air. They departed Kelowna on January 2nd and are currently in Ixtapa Mexico. You can follow along with the Give Hope Wings flight around the southern tip of
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By: Carter MannLink To Original Article on COPA Website In follow-up to an article before Christmas about a proposal by Alpha Aviation, operators of the Boundary Bay Airport (CZBB), to implement landing fees on all aircraft, we are pleased to report that after discussions between COPA, regional GA stakeholders including the BC General Aviation Association,
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