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AVIATEUR EXPRESS #924 – March 13th,  2024

The photo in this edition of “Your photo in the newsletter banner” is by Denis Van Sterthem.

Congratulations to Denis for this photo of a Piper J-3 taken at Lac Théodore, Val Morin.

This photo will be among the finalists in January 2025 presented to an external jury determining the three winners of the photo competition trophies. She will also be eligible for the end-of-year draw for ten prizes from ALL photos received.

To see all the photos from the 2024 Photo Competition

You too could have your photo put in the banner of our newsletter and our Facebook page. To send us your photos, write to us at photos@aviateurs.quebec

Check out the details about this competition

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Annual general meeting: April 6 at the École nationale d'aérotechnique
  • Safety capsule: Safety capsule: Air transport safety investigation report A23O0091: Out of fuel and collision with terrain
  • Benefit dinner: All-you-can-eat lobsters.
  • Training sessions: updating knowledge
  • Sierra Assurance and the Aviateurs.Québec insurance plan
  • Aviateurs.Québec Emeritus Award 2024
  • NAV Canada: tutorials to tame CFPS
  • News from one of our partners: Select Aviation
  • Training program: Underwater evacuation, 10% discount for Aviateurs.Québec members
  • Dinner at the sugar shack: Covered bridges maple grove, Kiamika
  • Transport Canada: Civil Aviation Medical Examination and Certificate Renewal Procedures
  • RVA Lac Édouard: a photo report
  • AvGeek takes off at Historia on March 21
  • Our video-on-demand platform
  • Your virtual library

Safety capsule: Air transport safety investigation report A23O0091: Out of fuel and collision with terrain

On the morning of July 26, 2023, the 2 pilots in the occurrence met at the Lachute aerodrome (CSE4) (Quebec) to carry out a daytime flight under visual flight rules (VFR). The purpose of the flight was to allow one of the pilots, who was a flight instructor, to train the 2nd  pilot on a conventional aircraft (equipped with a tail wheel).

TSB report: A23O0091

Photo: Transport Safety Bureau

If you have not yet purchased your tickets for the fundraising dinner, act quickly, as the number of available places is quickly diminishing.

Tickets for our classic All-you-can-eat Lobster Benefit Dinner are available for $150 per person (tip included). 

I buy my tickets for the Benefit Dinner: All-you-can-eat lobsters 

  • La Sarre, April 13: Module # 1 Takeoff and departure

Information and registration, La Sarre

  • Rimouski, April 13: Module #1 Takeoff and departure

Information and registration, Rimouski

  • Mont-Laurier, April 20: Module #1 Takeoff and departure

Information and registration, Mont-Laurier

  • Victoriaville, April 27: Module # 1 Takeoff and departure

Information and registration, Victoriaville

  • Mont-Tremblant, May 8 at 5:30 p.m.: Module # 1 Takeoff and departure

Information and registration, Mont-Tremblant

  • Joliette, a training session is planned for April. Details in our next edition

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Aviateurs.Québec is establishing an award which will be given annually to a person who has distinguished himself/herself through his/her actions to promote general aviation in Quebec.

We are therefore calling for applications for this award which will be awarded at the annual general meeting on April 6.

You have until April 3, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. to send us an application. Details of the application file are available at the following link:

Aviateurs.Québec Emeritus Award 2024

The prize will be awarded to the most deserving among the applications received by a committee made up of members of the  board of directors of Aviateurs.Québec.

NAV Canada: Some tutorials on the AWWS platform

To help you get to grips with this new platform, NAV Canada has posted a few videos that guide you in using CFPS.

How to use CFPS

How to query CFPS
  • Opening of a TC approved exam room:  Attention to our students and all those who are about to take their official PPL exam! Select Aviation now has a Transport Canada certified examination room! No need to travel to Montreal or Ottawa or wait months to complete your evaluation!

For other news and learn more about Select Aviation

The next sessions will take place in Blainville, Hôtel Times :

  • March 30, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  • April 13, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  • May 24: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • May 25: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Please note that these sessions are open to everyone (member or non-member of Aviateurs.Québec).

On the other hand, if you are a member of Aviateurs.Québec, Aero-Formatech® offers you a 10% reduction on the price of a package which is $395. 

To find out more about this training, click HERE

To register, contact Aero-Formatech® directly by email:

info@aeroformatech.com

Congratulations to Sébastien Provencher, the volunteers and participants in this RVA. A great success:

  • 25 planes, 2 helicopters, 7 gyrocopters
  • More than $1,000 donated to ADELE, Lake Édouard Ecological Development Association.

Photostory RVA Lake Édouard 2024

Our video-on-demand platform

You want to improve your skills as a pilot or simply comply with regulatory requirements. We have what you need. Video training that you can watch at your leisure, from the comfort of your home and it's free for members of Aviateurs.Québec. We offer 2 types of training:

  • Recency training which is approved by Transport Canada
    • Risk management during the approach and landing phase
    • Flight in winter
  • General interest training. We offer these training courses on Foreflight:
    • Initial setting
    • Flight planning
    • Weight and balance
    • Visual approach
    • Installing a PDF document in Foreflight.

How to get there ? Easy !

  1. By going to the home page of the Aviateurs.Québec website
  2. By then clicking on the quick link Training – Video on demand
  3. That's it, you will then have access to our online training video library .
  4. Then follow the instructions to view your training.

Your virtual library

Here are links that will take you to the latest editions of these publications.

Click on the title of the publication to view and download it:

Your photo:
If possible in high definition. Minimum format: 1024 pixels in its largest dimension. Information required :

  • PLACE where the photo was taken
  • The NAME of the PHOTOGRAPHER
  • YOUR FULL NAME (note that only members in good standing can participate)
  • You have read and accept the complete regulations available on the Aviateurs.Québec website by clicking HERE

Functioning :

Submit your photo to photos@aviateurs.quebec

The photo placed in the banner will be chosen by the person(s) administering the competition.

For subsequent editions of the newsletter, the photo chosen will be from among all the photos received since the beginning of the current year. At the end of the year, the photos (maximum 26) that have been chosen for the banner will be submitted to an external jury to determine the three winning photographers.

First prize: $150 gift certificate + trophy
Second prize: $100 gift certificate + trophy
Third prize: $50 gift certificate + trophy

10 other winners will be determined by random draw among ALL photographers who participated during the year: $55 credit applicable towards a membership renewal or a purchase in the Aviateurs.Québec store of the winner's choice.

AVIATEURS.QUÉBEC IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS THE MISSION OF:

"To bring together and represent Quebec aviators in order to promote general aviation and flight safety, to promote its accessibility and to protect its rights, to facilitate exchanges between members and to provide access to resources assistance, training and information."

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