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On October 20th, the BC General Aviation Association was honored to attend the BC Aviation Council’s annual Silver Wings Awards dinner. The Silver Wings Awards were held at the Vancouver Convention Centre overlooking Coal Harbour. The evening was hosted by the BC Aviation Council and was focussed on recognizing the achievements of B.C. aviation professionals and […]

​Today we received a letter from Chevron and were asked to share it with our members. Chevron is explicitly advising against the use of their automotive fuels in aircraft. Read below: USE OF CHEVRON MOTOR GASOLINE IN AIRCRAFT We expect you have heard through the media about Chevron’s recent product mix incident in which some ethanol-free

As many of you know, BCAV member Bruce Burley recently completed a complete upgrade of the avionics on his Cessna 210L. We received a message from Bruce this morning that his Spot Trace Tracker is interfering with the GPS signal on his Garmin glass panel displays particularly the GTN750 & G500. He describes that every

Article By: Air 1 Insurance President Dave Fitzpatrick

The Village of Pemberton had advised they will be issuing a NOTAM to close the runway, dawn to dusk, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend (October 23-25) for a film company making commercials. The Pemberton Flying Club has also learned that there are plans for a full closure again on May 14, 2016.

The repaving of the apron and taxiways at the Squamish Regional Airport is complete thanks to the Provincial Government’s Air Access Program.  For more information about the program and details of other improvements that are coming to BC Airports visit the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure Press Release Here. Steven Hill / Squamish ChiefAugust 18, 2015 05:08 PM

BCAV Member Bruce is currently treating his C210 to a major panel upgrade. Here are some photos of the progress so far. The work is being done in partnership with ICS Avionics in Kamloops and Bruce’s AME Coast Dog Aviation in Pitt Meadows.  The following are excerpts from Bruce’s posts to the Facebook Group Lower

A few weeks ago we sent out the first batch of 155 membership cards to our BC Aviation Association members. Given that each one was hand written there was bound to be a few small mistakes. One of these mistakes led to this exchange and resulted in a fantistic video put together by one of

Deadline September 20th, 2015 Helicopter Ball Drop Benefitting Hopeair Helijet is sending their Sikorsky 76 to the Nav Canada Charity Golf Tournament at Morgan Creek to drop 2,000 golf balls. The closest ball to the pin wins “2 round trip tickets anywhere Westjet flies” Tickets are being sold. You can purchase one (1) ticket for $20 or