The Buttonville Flying Club COPA Flight 44

09:30 Sunday, March 14 at the Clubhouse:
Organising meeting at the Clubhouse for the BFC flyout to the south from April 4-5 to April 16-17. Main destinations are The Bahamas (http://www.bahamas.com/bahamas/private-flying/) and the Sun 'n Fun fly-in at Lakeland Florida (http://www.sun-n-fun.org/).

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NTSB: Glass Cockpits Do Not Improve Safety
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March 9, 2010

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!
 

Everyone is invited to join us on On Wednesday March 10th at the BFC club house for our monthly meeting.  Our Guest speaker is  Michael von Kaitz from the WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT team responsible for keeping Buttonvilles runways wildlife free! Micheal has conduct wildlife training and awareness at many sites across the country and will share some of the stories and process's behind the Wildlife Management initiatives at CYKZ over the past 8 years.  Working closely with Dave Dayment and his crew Michael is implementing control techniques compliant to the CARs with respect to wildlife management and airport safety both on and off the airport property ( including the hangers).  Here's your chance to find out what t

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):
 

Transport Canada is hosting the second part of a two part Aviation Safety Seminar on March 17, 2010.  The following is the teaser provided by TC Part 2’s Interactive Round Table discussion:

Transport Canada’s Mark Dixon returns to provide a different educational learning scenario with unique challenges in another workgroup exercise for you and your fellow aviators.  This small workgroup format will permit spirited discussions and multiple solutions to the various exercise scenarios, with numerous learning opportunities to be enjoyed by all.