AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 861 - October 27, 2021

IN THIS EDITION :

  • Transport Canada - Aviation Safety Letter 3/2021
  • Consultation: municipal airport Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 
  • Mont-Laurier airport is back in operation
  • NAV Canada: NOTAM on the condition of the runway surface
  • Thanks to Éric Fauteux
  • Do you know Smart Pilot.ca?
  • News from one of our corporate members: Sherbrooke airport
  • Recency Training : Neuville, November 21
  • News from Maurice Prud'homme and the RVA Chez Moe
  • Call for photos  for the year in review 2021
  • History of commercial aviation in Quebec
  • Featured ad: Hangar for rent at Mirabel airport (CYMX)
  • Your virtual library.
  • Photo competition 2020-21

Transport Canada - Aviation Safety Letter 3/2021

The Transport Canada Aviation Safety Letter 3/2021 edition is now available online. Click on the image to view it.

In the headlines:

• Are you competent or skillful? - What is the difference, how to determine if one is competent or skillful, how to achieve it.

• The dangerous power of power lines - Tips for avoiding collisions and risky situations - Before the flight, distractions, during the flight, before landing, what to do when a collision is imminent.

• Elements of a successful training program - Why is it important for the student, use scenario-based training, train students to become pilots, integrate threat and error management .

• Aviation Safety Instructor's Corner - News - Sharing of previous instructional / teaching experiences, tips for improving aviation safety.

• 2021-2022 Self-Study Program for Flight Crew Knowledge Update - Flight Crew, meet recurrent training requirements, which must be completed every 24 months in accordance with 401.05 (2) a) of the CARs, must be kept by the pilot.

Consultation: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu municipal airport

The city of Saint-sur-Richelieu recently launched a second round of consultation on its plan to impose operating restrictions on the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu municipal airport. The city's proposal targets restrictions on training flights during the summer period, including banning such flights on weekends in July and August. This is the second consultation carried out by the city this year. The first one was in February 2021 and it never really came to fruition. Aviateurs.Québec intervened in this first round by submitting comments on February 11, 2021.

For the second time this year, Aviateurs.Québec therefore provided its comments strongly opposing the city plan and recommending that Transport Canada reject the city's proposal. Once the results of the consultation have been collected by the city, the ball will end up at Transport Canada in accordance with Advosiry circular CI 302-002  Implementation of new or amended noise abatement procedures.

A copy of our brief is available here (in French)

Photo: Jean-Pierre Bonin

Mont-Laurier airport is back in operation

Renovation work at Mont-Laurier airport has been completed. After all these years, we are very proud of the achievements:

  • runway repaved,
  • led lights,
  • PAPI installations,
  • LPV instrument approach.

Mont-Laurier also has its own flight school, Delco Aviation  which also offers float training.

We invite you to come and eat a filet of walleye at Shore Lunch, which is open 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., it's a good opportunity to see our facilities.

Hope to meet you.

APPA Mont-Laurier
Richard Valiquette.

Photo: Mont-Laurier Airport Facebook page

NAV Canada: NOTAM on the condition of the runway surface

With the winter season upon us, we saw fit to inform you about this change made by Nav Canada, last August 12, on how to report and interpret the surface condition of a runway.

The new RSC NOTAM format replaces the old SNOWTAM and NOTAMJ as a means of reporting runway surface conditions. RSC NOTAMs are published using the series defined for distribution in Canada, internationally, and in the United States.

Several references exist to help users understand the new procedures. You will find them HERE .

One of these references is of particular interest because it is addressed directly to pilots: it is NAV CANADA Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC) 24/21 . It contains information to help users interpret the new RSC NOTAM format. It also presents associated phraseology that pilots might expect to hear, including the runway surface condition and the Canadian Runway Friction Coefficient (CRFI) in a runway third-party report.

For more information, click HERE

Thanks to Éric Fauteux

Michel Chartier and all the directors of the board of directors thank Éric Fauteux for his services on the board of directors of Aviateurs.Québec. After several years of volunteering for the promotion of general aviation in Quebec, Éric has decided to give up his place. He is still available to support us in the kingfisher's case. We wish him good continuation in his professional development.

We are always looking for candidates to work either on the board of directors or if you have a particular project that is important to you, join us - we will make room for you on the periphery of the board of directors.

We need you to help us fulfill our mission which is to bring together and represent the aviators of Quebec in order to promote general aviation and flight safety, to promote accessibility and to protect the law, facilitate exchange between members and provide access to support, training and information resources.

Interested? Contact Michel Chartier, Chairman of the Board of Directors by clicking HERE

Do you know Smart Pilot.ca?

The Smart Pilot.ca site is a new website dedicated to the safe practice of recreational piloting in Canada. It is developed by CASARA (the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association), with support from the National Search and Rescue Secretariat.

The site offers a wide variety of articles, videos and interactive courses on general aviation safety.

The Sherbrooke airport restaurant invites you to come and taste their menu

Recency training, Neuville, November 21

Training session on risk management during the cruise phase and the dangers of collision with terrain.

Trainer: René Boisvert, iFly College instructor.

The topics will be:

Statistics on CFIT (collision with terrain)
Identify the development of scenarios specific to CFIT
Weather deterioration - ceilings and visibility (VMC in IMC)
Lateral deviation of the path, uncertain of the exact position
Vertical deviation of the expected altitude, particularly under safety minima
Mitigation strategies for CFIT
Precise and detailed pre-flight planning
Case study of a typical CFIT accident

This training session meets the requirements of CAR 401.05. It is free for Aviators.Québec members and $ 45 for non-members.

To register for this training session, click HERE

To become a member of Aviateurs.Québec, click HERE . This link will take you to the page where you can become a member of Aviateurs.Québec. The regular cost of membership in Aviateurs.Québec is $ 75, but if you also join an affiliated association such as the Aéroclub de Neuville, you will then benefit from a $ 30 discount on a membership in Aviateurs.Québec.

Photo: Gilles Lambert

News from Maurice Prud'homme and the RVA Chez Moe

Maurice Prud'homme would like to inform you that the COPA 169 Club (RVA Chez Mo) has resumed its monthly meetings.

These meetings are held every first Saturday of the month, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Aylmer BBQ restaurant (134 main street, Gatineau, QC, J9H 4G8).

Club members and all interested aviators are invited to join these meetings. As these meetings are held in the restaurant, a double vaccination and presentation of the vaccination passport are required.

RVA Chez MO sur skis, February 26, 2022

Contrary to a rumor which circulated at the beginning of the year, Maurice Prud'homme will still hold an RVA in 2022, the last Saturday (26) of the month of February, but for equipment on skis.

Please note that this RVA will only be held for planes on skis (or helicopters). There will be no cleared runway for wheeled planes as in past years. There will also be no radio on the ground.

A light snack will be served, but without the traditional chili. The previous formula, although appreciated by all, was made too cumbersome to organize.

Maurice will be waiting for you with his usual good humor at this friendly meeting.

Source: Maurice Prud'homme
Photo: Jean-Pierre Bonin

Call for photos for the year in review 2021

We are preparing the review of the year in photos for the January-February 2022 edition of the magazine L'Aviateur.

Submit a representative photo of your event held in 2021!

If space constraints force us to make choices, activities that have not been reported during the year in the magazine will be given priority.

Submit your photos with a short description to aviationpassion@gmail.com before November 18, 2021.

History of commercial aviation in Quebec

An author from Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Normand Chouinard, has just published a book on the evolution of the Quebec air transport industry and its contribution to regional economic history.

Published by Éditions GID , the book is available in bookstores and on the internet.

To find out more:

https://leplacoteux.com/les-dessous-du-developpement.../

Contribution: Martin Abud (via Facebook)

Featured ad: Hangar for rent at Mirabel airport
Luxury hangar 44X34 with 15X42 electric door and remote control.
Available for rental during the winter period. Let appr. November 1 to April 30

For more information, click HERE

Your virtual library

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

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

Aviateu.Québec Photo Contest 2021

We have two winners for the August contest.

Congratulations to Benoit Séguin (photo on the left) and Yan David Guérette (photo on the right), tied winners of the August round of the Aviateurs.Québec photo contest! Benoit Séguin and Yan David Guérette earn a cap or a polo shirt.

The 2021 competition continues!

Only one photo is missing for the September round to take place.

Send your photos to photos@aviateurs.quebec before October 31 at 10 p.m.

We currently accept photos (aviation related, read regulations )

You can vote by clicking on the photo (or photos) of your choice e n ranging HERE

The winner will receive one of the following prizes: cap or polo shirt

In order to allow everyone to have the chance to win during the year, the same person cannot be declared winner of the month more than four (4) times during the year.

You also have until the same date to vote for any other photo of your choice!

The winning photos of the month and the photos having had the most "likes" during the year (up to a maximum of 20 in total and coming from "active" members [membership in good standing]) will be judged subsequently for determine the three winning photos. (See text below)

Vous pouvez toujours voter pour n'importe quelle de vos photos préférées de l’année 2021 en cliquant « J’aime ou j’adore » avant le 11 janvier 2022 en allant sur notre page Facebook

La structure de prix :

Grand gagnant annuel : certificat cadeau 75 $ plus trophée
2e et 3e annuels : certificat cadeau 25 $ plus trophée
Gagnants mensuels : Casquette ou Polo

Afin de permettre à tous et toutes d’avoir la chance de gagner pendant l’année, une même personne ne peut être déclarée gagnante du mois plus de quatre (4) fois dans l’année.

Les photos gagnantes de chaque mois plus les photos ayant eu le plus de votes durant l'année, jusqu'à un total de 20, seront finalistes.

For a monthly round to be held, you must have received at least five photos, from at least three different photographers. Otherwise, the photos received are entered in the following month's round. 

The complete contest rules can be viewed HERE

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