AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 812 - DECEMBER 11, 2019

IN THIS NUMBER:

  • Chronicle on Aviation Safety: Planning a Winter Flight
  • Training  Program
  • Lobster Dinner - May 23, 2020, D'Amours Sugar Shack Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
  • Three winter RVAs not to be missed
  • Aviation magazine and its insert L'Aviateur
  • Why we fly!
  • Update: Transport Canada and Nav Canada publications
  • 2019 Photo Contest

CHRONICLE ON AVIATION SAFETY

Plan a flight in winter

Here are some things to check before you fly. This should help you ensure safe and trouble-free flying during the cold season.

A few hours before your flight, look carefully at the weather forecast for aviation. Focus on fronts, forecasts, icing, and upper winds.

  • Watch the winds. Winter brings high winds, both at altitude and on the surface.
  • Make sure you have enough fuel to fight against this headwind and sufficient margins to land safely with gusty winds. In winter, increase fuel reserves.
  • In case your aircraft is parked outside, preheat your engine, especially if temperatures fall below -20 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • If you are planning an instrument flight (IFR), make sure all altitudes are free of ice and ice.
  • Make sure you know the area of ​​your destination, not just the airport. Are there mountains? Some lakes? Is the ice thick enough to accommodate an aircraft in an emergency?
  • If you are on VFR, always file a flight itinerary and / or flight plan for any flight over 25mm outside your departure airport.
  • Isolate your aircraft interior, if you can, it will be more comfortable for you and your passengers if there is any.
  • Dress warmly. Do not forget your gloves, a good hat, scarf, and good sunglasses.
  • Do not forget your cell phone and your GPS ... in winter, we can not afford to wait another hour or two.
  • Make sure you have a small kit on board including candles, a blanket, and some treats like chocolate.
  • If you need to clean your plane of snow or ice, arrive early to get the job done. Remember that all surfaces must be clean and smooth. Attention no appearance of ice should be tolerated on surfaces.

Hoping that this small checklist will contribute to the most enjoyable winter flights.

Consult a flight instructor to find out more about this topic. For questions or comments, you can contact the author of this text, Jean-François Blanchet, chief instructor at the Avitas flight school, at 450 562 7780 or info@ecoleavitas.ca Bon vol!

This article is courtesy of www.cielquébecois.com

OUR PROGRAM FOR CURRENCY  

WE ANNOUNCE NEW SESSIONS IN 2020

As part of its core mission of promoting aviation safety and under the auspices of the Laplante-Duggan Fund, Aviateurs.Québec has put in place a training schedule. The program is multifaceted and aims to provide both training that can be used as credit for  updating knowledge (RAC 401.05) and training of specific interest such as the use of Foreflight.

The upcoming calendar is as follows. To register, click on the session that interests you in the following list:

Photo: Gilles Lambert

LOBSTER DINNER, MAY 23, 2020

SUGAR SHACK D'AMOURS IN SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES

Mark this date on your calendar:

On May 23, 2020 , we meet at the D'Amours Sugar Shack in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.

More details to come in January.

THREE RVAs NOT TO BE MISSED THIS WINTER

Three RVAs not to be missed this year. Click on the event to find out more.

RVA Montebello, January 24 - 26, 2020

RVA Sainte-Anne-du-Lac, February 15,  2020

31st  RVA At Mo, February 29,  2020

 

THE AVIATION MAGAZINE AND ITS INSERT THE AVIATOR

Did you know that you can read the Aviation magazine and our part L'Aviateur online or download it for offline reading.

To access the November-December 2019 edition in HTML format, click HERE 

To download the magazine in PDF format, you click on the icon (basket with an arrow) at the top of the page on the left.

For previous editions of the magazine, click HERE

Try it, so you can have it with you on your tablet, your computer or even on your phone for the boldest.

Some of the benefits of virtual copying:

  • you can have it available anytime on your tablet or computer
  • you can search the PDF copy of the magazine
  • you can enable clickable links
  • it would be good for the environment, if we could reduce the number of printed copies (reduction of greenhouse gases among others)

Tell us what you think by answering the following question.

Comment avez-vous apprécié l'expérience de pouvoir avoir accès à une copie virtuelle du magazine Aviation ?

A video that reminds us of why we fly

Contributed by Martin Rousseau, Club aéronautique de l'Abitibi-Ouest

KEEP UP TO DATE: PUBLICATIONS FROM TRANSPORT CANADA AND NAV CANADA

Here are some links that will take you to the latest editions of some Transport Canada and Nav Canada publications. Click on the title of the publication to view and download it:

CALENDAR  (click HERE to access our online calendar )

PHOTO COMPETITION 2019

WINNING PICTURES - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2019

Congratulations to Hugues Drouin for the winning photo of September and Sébastien Beaulieu for the October photo!

They win one of the following prizes, cap or polo or $ 10 gift voucher. Gift coupons are cumulative over the year.

In order to allow everyone to have the chance to win during the year, the same person can not be declared winner of the month more than four (4) times in the year. Monthly and annual gift coupons are cumulative for a maximum of $ 105

The 2019 contest continues!

It's time to submit one or two photos for November!

We are currently accepting photos (related to aviation, we invite you to read the rules) for the November round. 

For those who want to participate in the November round, send your photos to photos@aviateurs.quebec before November 30 at 22H00

The winning photos of each month plus the photos with the most votes during the year, up to a total of 20, will be finalists.

So you can vote for any of your favorite photos throughout the year 2019.

To vote for your favorite (s) by going  HERE  and by clicking on Like for the photo (s) you prefer.

If you are not a Facebook member, you can see the pictures (without voting) HERE

Prizes for the contest

Big annual winner: $ 75 gift certificate plus
2nd and 3rd annual trophy : $ 25 gift certificate plus trophy
Monthly winners: Cap or polo or gift coupons $ 10

Gift coupons are cumulative over the year. In order to allow everyone to have the chance to win during the year, the same person can not be declared winner of the month more than four (4) times in the year. Monthly and annual gift coupons are cumulative for a maximum of $ 105

For a monthly round to be held, you must have received at least five photos, from at least three different photographers (new in 2018). Otherwise, the photos received are entered in the next month's round. The total number of photos in the final remains at 20.

Winning photos of the month and photos with the most "likes" during the year (up to a total of 20) will be judged later to determine the three winning photos.

You can vote for any of your favorite photos throughout the year 2019. The winning photos of 2019 will be determined by an external juror during the month of January 2020 (see rules) and unveiled at the Annual General Meeting ( AGA) 2020.

To participate

Any photo submitted must be accompanied by the following information:

  • Name and name of the member submitting the photo
  • Membership number (in good standing)
  • Name and name of the person who took the picture (ATTENTION) if this person is not the member transmitting the photo, you certify by submitting the photo that the author is aware and agree to participate in the contest.)
  • The member must also certify that the photographer is not a professional photographer (the photograph does not earn more than 50% of his annual income)
  • Title of the photo
  • Location of the photo
  • The photographer authorizes the contest coordinator to crop my photo, if possible, in case the horizon is visibly crooked.

The "usual" corrections made in post-processing (slight color correction, cropping, straightening, light filtering to increase the sharpness ...) are accepted. Excessive manipulation may be refused by the contest administrator, who will then ask for the photo to be resubmitted after "normalization" of the editing parameters.

The photographer authorizes Aviateurs.Québec to use the photos submitted as part of the contest for his publications (Aviateur and L'Aviateur Express magazines, website, Facebook page, Flickr album and other official publications of Aviateurs.Québec) . This partial assignment of rights implies that the photographer remains fully the owner of the rights in the transmitted photos and that they may be used by the author at any time for publication, broadcast or otherwise in any other media or platform. of diffusion.

The photographer must transmit his files in high resolution. Photos smaller than 1024 pixels wide (landscape format) or tall (portrait format) will not be accepted.

Please note: We had to refuse photos in the past, often transmitted by iPhone, in format too small. Please, make sure that you take and transmit your photos in high resolution format.

Important note: all members in good standing of Aviateurs.Québec (registered or not on Facebook) can enter the contest.

Contest rules can be viewed HERE  

Contribution by Jean-Pierre Bonin

DO YOU KNOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE?

Our Facebook page is informative about general aviation topics and in particular about what might be of interest to our members and those who are waiting to become so.

This is also the place where Jean-Pierre Bonin, our loyal collaborator, places the photos submitted as part of the Photo Contest.

We invite you to visit it and why not not register.

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