The Buttonville Flying Club COPA Flight 44

Useful Links
The weather and the PDF trip kit make flight planning quick and easy. It's great to run and print off just before a trip as it gives en-route weather, etc in an easy printable format.
http://navmonster.com/

For those that want the details of How a Magneto Works, this web site is great. It is a Bendix Series 20 magneto as used in TCM.
http://www.undaerospace.com/cbt_files/virtualengine/Magneto/Virtual%20Engine.swf

Here is the presentation from our Feb 10th 2010 meeting. In August 2009 six planes from the Buttonville Flying Club made a 5000 nm odyssey out to Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte islands) and back.  The presentation was given by Paul Clark, Gerry McMunn, Lind Nyman and yours truly.   Prepare to be amazed!
 

Summer is fast approaching! (OK, so this is hopeful thinking...) I would like to get feedback on your interest in the following Fly-in possibilities, plus any others that interest you:
IFR Flyout for VFR Pilots:
BFC has possibly the highest concentration of private IFR pilots anywhere in Canada, but many of our members have never experienced a flight in "The System". This flyout would feature IFR pilots hosting VFR pilot-passengers on an IFR flight to somewhere with an ILS and food. Even members of Billy Lowe's "No IFR" club can come. See what all the fuss is about. Summer date to be decided. Lets hope for some cloudy weather!

Lakeland, April 13-18: FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt to participate at 2010 Sun'n Fun
 
 
SUN 'n FUN CAMPUS, LAKELAND, FL. – (Wednesday March 3, 2010.)FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt will participate in the 36th annual SUN 'n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, which will be held April 13-18 at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland, Fla. Babbitt will participate in several activities during his stay, including the popular “Meet the FAA” session on Friday, April 16, at 1 p.m. in the FAA National Resource Center and Production Studios located and operating year-round in the heart of the SUN 'n FUN campus.
 

April 25, Hanover, ON (CPN4):
 

The North American Propulsion and Aerospace Society (NAPAS) will be conducting high powered rocket launches from their site at the Shelburne/Fisher aerodrome on Saturday  February 27 and Sunday  February 28, 2010.
 
The NOTAM that has been sent to the London FIC is:
 
TORONTO FIR
SHELBURNE/FISHER FIELD  ON   CNN3
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.1 OF THE AERONAUTICS ACT, AIRSPACE WITHIN 1.5 NM CENTERED AT 435941N 801550W (APRX 3 NM SW SHELBURNE/FISHER FIELD AD, YMS 220/12) SFC TO BELOW 7000 MSL IS RESTRICTED DUE HIGH POWERED ROCKET LAUNCH ACTIVITY. NO PERSON SHALL OPR AN ACFT WITHIN THE AREA DESCRIBED UNLESS AUTH BY THE CONTROLLING AGENCY AT 416-992-4522 OR 647-221-0581.
 

JCAA CUTS FEES IN EFFORT TO CAPTURE US$300-M SMALL PLANE MARKET
By Steven Jackson Business Observer writer
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/small-planes-incentive_7439072

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) has eliminated navigation and terminal fees for small aircraft flying to Jamaica in an attempt to boost flights and capture a US$300 million (JA$26.7 billion) market.

I get asked about this all the time...

The Jan 2010 monthly transport Canada seminar at 4900 Youge street Toronto featured a specially invited guest, Buttonville Flying Club (BFC) Safety Guru, Dave Cox.  Dave is a well know member of the BFC  who every year volunteers to host a safety seminar.  Dave got his pilots license before many members of the BFC were born and,  for the last five years has been doing his best to transfer four decades of hard won flying experience to the younger club members.  This night Dave opened the door for all pilots to what has normally been a “Club members only” event by raising the veil surrounding the annual BFC safety seminar.
 

Over the last several weeks a few Buttonville Flying Club members have tried to figure out how our club could help out with the relief effort in Haiti. The idea is to join dozens of other GA aircraft from the US that are now bypassing the bottle neck at Port-au-Prince airport by flying relief supplies daily into Haiti's smaller General Aviation airports.
 
 Here is what we have come up with: