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Arthur Loring

What is your name?Arthur Loring What is your occupation?Small Business Owner – Family Entertainment What is your home airport? CYKA – Kamloops What year did you start flying?1994 Where did you learn to fly?CYKA Kamloops – Flight Discovery Why did you start flying?I’ve always had an interest but I clearly remember in elementary school I would

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Dale Maher

What is your name?Dale Maher What is your occupation?Flight Service Specialist – Kamloops FIC What is your home airport? CYKA What year did you start flying?1991 Where did you learn to fly?St. John’s NL Why did you start flying?I wanted to be a pilot since I was 11 or 12 and started down the path as

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COPA’s Position On Possible ADSB Mandate

The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) welcomes Nav Canada’s proposed Terms of Reference for a Canadian Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS-B Out) performance requirement mandate. Representing over 16,000 pilots and aircraft owners, COPA is the second largest civil aviation organization in the world and we are pleased to have the opportunity to assess Nav Canada’s

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Imperial Oil: Update On Avgas Fuel Quality Issue

Calgary, Alberta – March 7, 2018 – Imperial has made significant progress towards resolving a potential fuel quality issue in aviation gasoline (sometimes referred to as “avgas” or “100 low lead”) shipped from Strathcona refinery since Dec. 28, 2017.Imperial has identified all locations that received potentially off-spec product and has completed close to all of the

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Russell Graham

What is your name?Russell Graham What is your occupation?Sales Admin What is your home airport? Victoria International What year did you start flying?2017 Where did you learn to fly?Victoria Flying Club Why did you start flying?I started flying because I have always loved it. It started with a airshow in Victoria (gosh, how long ago was

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Update on Aidan Charles’ Flight Accross Canada For Hope Air

Last year we announced that BCGA Member and scholarship winner Aidan Charles would be flying across Canada in an ultralight aircraft to raise money for Hope Air.  At the beginning of last summer a decision was made to postpone the flight to this summer to allow more time for planning and aircraft preparation. Since last

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