AVIATEUR EXPRESS #920 – January 17th, 2024

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Safety capsule: Engine failure
  • Benefit dinner: All-you-can-eat lobsters. Tickets are selling out quickly. Hurry before we are full.
  • Recency training: Sherbrooke airport, January 21
  • Aviation magazine/L'Aviateur, January - February 2024 edition
  • Sierra Assurance and the Aviateurs.Québec insurance plan
  • Training program: Underwater evacuation
  • Nav Canada:  NAVAID Modernization Program
  • RVAs announced for 2024
  • Our video-on-demand platform
  • Your virtual library

Safety capsule: Engine failure

We already have more than 225 tickets sold. The number of places available is decreasing rapidly.

A reminder that it will happen on May 25 at the D'Amours Sugar Shack, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.

For you as a business manager, this is a unique opportunity to show your appreciation to your customers by reserving your own table!

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

I buy my tickets 

Recency training
Sherbrooke Airport, January 21 at 9:00 a.m.

There is still time to register for this training session (in French) which will be held at Sherbrooke airport on January 21 at 9:00 a.m.

On the program, Winter Flight with Alexis Etienne, MBA, class 1 instructor and president of the Altitude aviation school.

For an overview of the topics that will be covered, we suggest you watch the following short video: Vol en hiver

To register

The Aviation/L'Aviateur magazine, January - February 2024 edition, is available online.

To view/download the magazine

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

  • Saturday January 20, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Saturday February 3, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

For any information regarding this program and/or to register, contact us directly by email: info@aeroformatech.com

Nav Canada: NAVAID Modernization Program

NAV CANADA conducted an aeronautical study to assess the need for non-directional beacons (NDBs) and very high frequency omnidirectional beacons (VORs). The study concluded that given the comprehensive radar surveillance coverage and capabilities of aircraft equipped for area navigation (RNAV) using the global navigation satellite system (GNSS), many navigation aids (NAVAID) are no longer required and should be decommissioned.

The following NAVAIDs will be decommissioned on January 25, 2024 at 0901Z UTC.

  • OW: NDB Ottawa
  • YOW: Ottawa VOR
  • ZHU: NDB of Montreal/St-Hubert (Hauts-Bois)

For more info
 

RVAs announced for 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 ( in French):

  • Training for the purpose of updating knowledge and which is approved by Transport Canada
    • Gestion des risques durant la phase d'approche et de l'atterrissage
    • Vol en hiver
  • General interest training. We offer these training courses on Foreflight:
    • Configuration initiale
    • Planification de vol
    • Masse et centrage
    • Approche visuelle
    • Installation d'un document PDF dans 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:

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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

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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, a cap or polo shirt 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."

TO CONTACT US :

CP 89022, CSP Malec, Montreal, QcH9C 2Z3

1-514-255-9998 / 1-877-317-2727 / info@aviateurs.quebec

OUR SCHEDULE:

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Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.