AVIATEUR EXPRESS #890 – November 23rd, 2022

Lobster dinner, May 27, 2023 at the Cabane à sucre D'Amours in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

See you on May 27, 2023 for our traditional all-you-can-eat lobster dinner. A great opportunity to reconnect with friends, do some networking and/or show your appreciation to your customers.

Tickets will go on presale on November 30, just in time for your Christmas shopping. Take the opportunity to spoil your spouse, your friends, your customers by reserving your tickets or even better a table (10). More details to come, stay tuned.

IN THIS NUMBER :

  • Loss of control and collision with terrain: TSB report A22C0027
  • Welcome to a new partner: ALTITUDE Aviation Center
    at Sherbrooke Airport (CYSC)
  • MF frequency at Saint-Hyacinthe airport (CSU3)
  • Training and knowledge update program
  • News from one of our partners: Kopt R  Image
  • A resounding success: the dinner-conference for the benefit of the Fondation Aérovision Québec with Captain Robert Piché
  • Do you know the Quebec Aerospace Museum?
  • Your virtual library
  • Photo Contest 2022

Loss of control and collision with terrain: TSB report A22C0027

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report (A22C0027) into the fatal collision with terrain involving a privately registered Piper Cherokee PA-28-140 aircraft near Sioux Lookout in 2022.

At 2102 on 29 April 2022, the privately registered Piper Cherokee PA-28-140 departed Dryden Regional Airport (CYHD), Ontario, bound for Marathon Aerodrome (CYSP), Ontario, with 1 pilot and 3 passengers on board. The aircraft was reported overdue at 0139 on 30 April 2022. The aircraft had last been observed on radar at 2145, flying a zig-zag route over an area with limited cultural lighting as shown above. A search was initiated and the wreckage was found approximately 19 nautical miles south-southeast of Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL), Ontario. The aircraft had impacted terrain in a wooded area during the hours of darkness. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The emergency locator transmitter (ELT) activated on impact and the signal assisted search and rescue services in locating the accident site.

The conclusion of this report:

Continued flight under night VFR into areas with reduced visual cues, such as areas with limited cultural lighting or deteriorating weather, can lead to spatial disorientation and a loss of control. All pilots—no matter how experienced they are—need to plan ahead and consider strategies to avoid such conditions, as well as have alternate plans should such conditions be encountered.

You can view the TSB report HERE

Aviateurs.Québec offers a training session for the purpose of updating knowledge that deals precisely with the subject of risk management in the en-route phase of flight and the risks associated with a collision with the terrain. The next session will be held in Lachute on November 27. To register, click HERE

Source and photo: Transportation Safety Board Report A22C0027

Welcome to a new partner: ALTITUDE Aviation Center
at Sherbrooke Airport (CYSC)

We welcome as a corporate member of Aviateurs.Québec ALTITUDE Centre de l'aviation (Sherbrooke airport) and its owner, Alexis Étienne, MBA, GSR, CFI class 1. The support of ALTITUDE Center de l'aviation is a sign of support for Aviateurs.Québec in its mission which is to promote general aviation and aviation safety. Thank you, Alexis, for your trust.

ALTITUDE Center de l'Aviation is a flight school based at Sherbrooke Airport (CYSC). The team is made up of extraordinary flight instructor pilots who will be able to assist you at every stage of your flight and/or training needs both in French or in English. ALTITUDE Centre de l'aviation becomes our new partner to provide training for the purpose of recency training in Sherbrooke and Saint-Hubert.

To learn more about ALTITUDE Centre de l'Aviation, click HERE

Photo: ALTITUDE Aviation Center

MF frequency at Saint-Hyacinthe airport (CSU3)

Some of our readers may be surprised to learn that since June 17, 2021, the frequency classification in the 5 NM zone around Saint-Hyacinthe airport is now an MF frequency. 

The frequency remains 123.2 MHz, 5 NM 3200 ASL, but is now classified as MF.

The use of an MF frequency is governed by the CARs under sections  602.97 to 602.104.  For your convenience, we reproduce here the text of CAR 602.97:

602.97 (1) Subject to subsection (3), no pilot-in-command shall operate a VFR or IFR aircraft within an MF area unless the aircraft is equipped with radiocommunication equipment pursuant to Subpart 5.

  • (2) The pilot-in-command of a VFR or IFR aircraft operating within an MF area shall maintain a listening watch on the mandatory frequency specified for use in the MF area.

  • (3) The pilot-in-command of a VFR aircraft that is not equipped with the radiocommunication equipment referred to in subsection (1) may operate the aircraft to or from an uncontrolled aerodrome that lies within an MF area if

    • (a) a ground station is in operation at the aerodrome;

    • (b) prior notice of the pilot-in-command’s intention to operate the aircraft at the aerodrome has been given to the ground station;

    • (c) when conducting a take-off, the pilot-in-command ascertains by visual observation that there is no likelihood of collision with another aircraft or a vehicle during take-off; and

    • (d) when approaching for a landing, the aircraft enters the aerodrome traffic circuit from a position that will require it to complete two sides of a rectangular circuit before turning onto the final approach path.

For other RAC articles mentioned in this capsule, click HERE

Training program: 
Our next session this weekend: Lachute

We will be offering our last training session for 2022 in Lachute on November 27th.

  • November 27 at 9:00 a.m. in Lachute
    • Location: Lachute Aviation
    • Instructor: Alex Joanisse, airline pilot, class 3
    • To register, click HERE

The training will focus on module # 2 of the general aviation safety campaign, namely risk management in the en-route cruise phase and those associated with collision with terrain (CFIT).

We will relaunch our program in 2023 with a first session in Sherbrooke:

  • January 15, 2023 at 9 a.m. in Sherbrooke
  • Location: Sherbrooke Airport, firefighter training center
  • Instructor: Alexis Étienne, MBA - GSR, class 1 instructor at Altitude Centre de l'aviation
  • To register, click HERE

The training will focus on module # 2 of the general aviation safety campaign, namely risk management in the en-route cruise phase and those associated with collision with terrain (CFIT).

These courses are free for members of Aviateurs.Québec and $45 for non-members. This $45 contribution can be converted into a membership in Aviateurs.Québec, giving you the right to all the privileges of a membership in Aviateurs.Québec.

News from one of our partners: Kopt R  Image

Founded in 2012 and located at Beloeil aerodrome, Kopt R Image is the oldest school dedicated to the training of professional drone pilots (RPAS) in Canada. This represents more than 15,000 hours of teaching offered to professionals from all walks of life: airplane pilots, engineers, photographers, academics, police officers, firefighters, surveyors and more.

Our mission: to train and support by offering the tools and expertise necessary for future aircraft remote pilots. In collaboration with Transport Canada, we have developed an approach based on understanding and perfect cohabitation between all Canadian airspace users.

Contact us about our training available on site, remotely or in hybrid mode as well as our practical courses offered on the South Shore and the North Shore of Montreal.

https://www.koptrimage.com

Source and photos: Kopt R  Image

A resounding success: the dinner-conference for the benefit of the Fondation Aérovision Québec with Captain Robert Piché

l to r: Daniel Lamer (AQ), Jérôme St-Gelais (AQ), Michel Chartier (AQ), Captain Robert Piché, Bernard Gervais (AQ), Kitrie Marin-Auger, Jonathan Beauchesne (COPA)

On November 17, a superb dinner-conference by Commander Robert Piché at St-Hubert airport as part of an evening benefiting the Fondation Aérovision Québec . Captain Piché was able to demonstrate his talents as a narrator and captivate the guests with the true story of Air Transat flight 236 on August 24, 2001. 

This event raised more than $20,000 for the benefit of the Foundation. Aviateurs.Québec was also well represented with 4 directors present. Jonathan Beauchesne accompanied by Kitrie Marin-Auger wore the colors of COPA.

Do you know the Quebec Aerospace Museum?

A unique project in Quebec 

The Quebec Aerospace Museum is a non-profit organization that was created in August 2018 with the mission of preserving and promoting aerospace heritage in all its forms.

It is in this capacity that the NPO wishes to be the project manager for an aeronautics and space museum project to be set up at Saint-Hubert airport. To date, apart from the Montreal Aviation Museum in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, there is no major museum in the Montreal metropolitan area.

An original vision

Achieving the MAQ's mission involves several objectives, including positioning the aerospace industry at the center of the Museum's evolution and integrating educational and community components while ensuring the promotion of aeronautics and space for young people and the general public.

A direct return to the community makes the Quebec Aerospace Museum an organization with added value from a social, academic and economic point of view in the aeronautical sphere of Quebec.

Moreover, among the mandates that the MAQ has set itself, there is also the promotion of the place of women in the aerospace industry in Quebec and Canada as well as the promotion of aeronautics within the First Nations and Inuit.

To learn more about the Quebec Aerospace Museum, click HERE

Source and photos: Quebec Aerospace Museum website 

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:

Photo Contest 2022

Congratulations to Patrick Vergobbi, winner of the October 2022 round. He wins, of his choice, a cap or a polo shirt or a $55 credit applicable against a membership renewal (new in 2022).

The 2022 contest continues!

You can now send us photos by writing to us at photos@aviateurs.quebec .

You have until November 30 at 10 p.m. to send us your photos.

You can vote at any time for a photo transmitted during the year by going  HERE

For those who want to participate in the November round, you have until November 30 at 10:00 p.m. to send us your photos by giving us:

  • The TITLE of the photo
  • The full NAME of the PHOTOGRAPHER
  • YOUR full NAME
  • Your member NUMBER (IN RULE).
  • For the rest, we will consider that you have read and accepted the rules when you participate… The rules of the contest are HERE

And, we have a new pricing structure:

  • Monthly price: $55 credit applicable towards a membership renewal (new in 2022), a cap or a polo shirt.
  • Annual price:
    • First prize: $150 gift certificate + trophy
    • Second: $100 gift certificate + trophy
    • Third prize: $50 gift certificate + trophy

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

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