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?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?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
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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NOTE: For the purposes of this article “Spot Tracker” refers to any GPS tracking device. Many pilots are now flying with SPOT Trackers to allow their friends and family to follow along in their adventures. The biggest benefit of having a SPOT Tracker is to assist search and rescue in the event that you are
The BC General Aviation Association is proud to be working with COPA, Transport Canada and other Aviation Associations from across the country on a new Canadian General Aviation Safety Campaign. By sharing knowledge and resources from across the country the hope is to create a modern campaign that speaks to pilots about issues that have
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A pilot license allows us to take to the sky and explore new horizons in the literal sense of the term. There are many trips a flights that we want to take but many pilots feel overwhelmed, unsure or uncomfortable at the thought of flying somewhere that they haven gone before. Be it terrain, airspace
Dear Members, 2017 is coming to a close and it has been another momentous year for the BC General Aviation Association. In the past year we have continued to build our membership base while promoting a grassroots community that has demonstrated that general aviation is alive and well in BC. If there were two words
