Preparations are underway by NavCanada to publish the 42nd Edition of the Vancouver VFR Terminal Navigation Chart (VTA). There are several BCGA members that are NavCanada employees. As NavCanada employees we have been asked to provide our input as to changes that we would like to see on the VTA chart to make it more […]
The BCGA and NavCanada are pleased to bring you two tour dates for the control tower at YVR. This is open to BCGA members however each date is limited to 10 participants. For more information or to RSVP visit www.bcaviation.ca/yvrtour or click the photo of above. The dates are: November 17th & December 3rd. BOTH TOUR
Fantastic news! Osoyoos Town Council today passed a motion “to abandon the study for the repurposing of the airstrip to industrial lands and continue to seek opportunities for grants to upgrade the airstrip.”Thank you so much to Mayor and Council for taking action to protect this irreplaceable asset that will increasingly contribute to the economic
The airstrip at the Sandpiper Golf Course / Rowena’s Inn is one of the gems of general aviation in Southern BC. It is a private airstrip however the owners have for a long time granted blanket permission for aviators to visit their little slice of paradise. Whether you are flying to Sandpiper to play golf,
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The first BCGA Survival Shakedown was held on October 1-2 2016. This survival training event is designed to give pilots an opportunity to get acquainted with and practice using their on board aircraft survival kit. The group of 20 members and 6 Instructors (which also consisted of 4 members) met at the Central Fraser
COPA has been approached by Nav Canada on the proposed shutdown of the Garibaldi weather cameras by the end of 2016 to make comment on this proposed shutdown. Nav Canada advises that there will be a significant cost in maintaining these cameras as the telecom company that owns the antenna is planning to decommission the
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For the second year in a row the BC General Aviation Association has been invited to attend and display at Waypoints Aviation Connections, a networking event organized by the students of Vancouver’s universities for those interested in pursuing a career in the aviation industry. First held in September of 2015, the event featured nearly 100
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BC has a new COPA Flight. Please join us in welcoming COPA Flight 197 Sunshine Coast! It is great to see General Aviation gaining momentum in British Columbia. Please join them on Saturday September 24th at 1500 at the Sechelt Airport at COPA 197 officially receives their flight status in a presentation by COPA directors
At the AGM in August we told our members that for the last year we have been using the coffee can method of accounting for keeping track of Association expense. On September 21st 2016 the BC General Aviation Association opened an account with Coast Capital Savings. The account is a free business chequing account for
