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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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
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
The fine folks of Texada Island have left bikes at the airport for pilots to use when they visit. Please use them responsibly to visit and tour around the Island. Please consider leaving a contribution to help maintain them and keep this service going for pilots. If you live somewhere else and would like to
Copied from the September 2016 Issue of COPA Flight MagazineWritten By: COPA BC/YUKON Director Tim Cole———————————————————————COPA FLIGHT 194 A NEW PHENOMENON The B.C. General Aviation Association/ COPA Flight 194, a B.C.-registered, not-for -profit society, received it’s COPA Flight status on March 26th, 2016. The amazing fact is that they signed up their 500th member in
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(Official meeting minutes to follow in the coming days) Summary The BC General Aviation Association held its first general meeting on August 25th 2016 at the Abbotsford Flying Club. The meeting was well attended with over 35 attending in person and through the online live stream there were over 200 that attended for all or
New BCGA Pass It Forward Classifieds Page ABOUTThe Pass it Forward page is a place for pilots to help the next generation of pilots by listing any flying or aviation gear like headsets, flight bags, flight planning tools, text books etc. that they would like to pass forward to new aspiring aviators to give them
