AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 810 - NOVEMBER 13, 2019

IN THIS NUMBER:

  • Chronicle on Aviation Safety: Emergencies
  • Get up to date: TC and Nav Canada publications
  • Training schedule and update of knowledge
  • Accompanying flight 
  • Lachute airport celebrates 100 years
  • RIP Robert McCune
  • Member Discount - Globalstar and Garmin
  • 2019 Photo Contest

CHRONICLE ON AVIATION SAFETY

EMERGENCY SITUATIONS: ARE YOU READY TO FACE IT?

We all want to never end up in an emergency situation but unfortunately it happens ... and not always just to others! The best advice: expect it and be prepared to deal with it.

Obviously, the first goal is to avoid emergencies as much as possible. Proper maintenance of your device, good planning, and good judgment will greatly reduce the likelihood of an emergency. Planning and judgment are particularly useful in order to avoid being in VFR flight situations under IMC conditions.

Every year pilots find themselves in flight in bad weather conditions. In most cases, the pilots had a weather briefing and were advised against flying. There, the human factor plays a big role. This is particularly the case for pilots who plan to travel to a specific destination. The human brain is having trouble changing plans and canceling a planned flight. There is often a sense of urgency to get to the destination as planned. We will remember the tragedy that killed seven people in March 2016, in the Magdalen Islands. The TSB notes in its report on this accident: If pilots do not recognize that a new plan is required when circumstances change, the tendency to stick to the plan may lead them to continue with their original plan, although it may be dangerous to do so. So planning allows you to know what you are embarking on, and judgment and discipline will help you make the right decision. And you may also have to resist peer pressure that will drive you to fly. It's common and you have to know how to say no!

If despite good planning you get caught in IMC conditions, do you know what to do? Are your instrument flying skills ready? If they are not, the probability is that you will have 176 seconds to live! Do you know how to contact ATC for help? Is your action plan clear in your mind? It should be! It should be part of your planning.

There are, however, unforeseeable emergencies such as engine failure during take-off or flight, the need for a go-around, broken equipment, etc. For these situations, you just have to be prepared to deal with them. To be prepared, you have to practice! When was the last time you had an emergency? When was the last time you reviewed the list of actions to take in different emergencies? You may be surprised and helpless if you do not do it. In an emergency situation you will not have time to read procedures and there is no room for hesitation. For example, during an initial climb-out engine failure, you will have 4-6 seconds before landing if your reflex is not to immediately lower the nose. Four seconds, it's passing quickly ! You should know your emergency procedures by heart. It is therefore necessary to revise them periodically.

In summary :

  • Good planning is essential
  • Good judgment is essential. As the saying goes: "Better to regret not being taken off than to regret having done it>
  • Practice is the only way to be prepared for an unexpected situation.
  • You must master your procedures.

Security, it can not be improvised. Good flights!

CALENDAR FOR CURRENCY TRAINING

As part of its core mission of promoting aviation safety and under the aegis of Fonds Laplante-Duggan, Aviateurs.Québec is implementing a training schedule. The program is multi-faceted 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.

Here is the proposed program:

  • Risk management on takeoff and uphill. This training is recognized as meeting the requirements of CAR 401.05 - currency training. It covers the different stages in this first phase of a flight:
    • Pre-flight planning
    • Airplane performance
    • Takeoff rejected / Decision point
    • Winds across
    • Obstacles
    • Engine failure on takeoff
    • Take-off accident case study (TSB report)
  • Using Foreflight. This training will lead you to improve your level of comfort in the use of Foreflight. Revamped content to reflect the latest software enhancements by Foreflight

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

GET 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:

ACCOMPANYING FLIGHT

Did you know that we have set up a Facebook page where pilots wishing to share a seat or a passenger in search of a flight opportunity can announce themselves.

Here is a testimony of Michel Therrien, a member of this group, following another flight where he was able to share this experience with Kim Paulin:

Another meeting thanks to this group. Kim is more than interested in aviation and even thinks of making a career there. She left the north shore to join me in Beloeil for flights to Drummondville, Sherbrooke, Valcourt and Bromont. She was able to meet other aviators during lunch in Sherbrooke. Beautiful day !

You will find our Facebook page HERE

LACHUTE AIRPORT CELEBRATES 100 YEARS

RIP ROBERT McCUNE

Robert McCune, 1935 - 2019

Another pilot who marked gneral aviation in Quebec  has left us.

Robert McCune was a delegated examiner for Transport Canada. Some even say that it was the oldest. Many of the pilots studied it during their training and had it for this last stage before obtaining a pilot's license, the flight test.

Our most sincere sympathies to family and friends.

A celebration will be held on November 16 at 11:00 am at Holy Rosary Church, 388 Chemin des Anglais, Mascouche.

To view Robert McCune's death notice, click HERE

Have a nice trip Mr McCune

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 are awarded one of the following awards, cap or polo or $ 10 gift certificate. Gift certificates can be cumulated 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 certificates can be accumulated 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, read the regulations) 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

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

Gift certificates can be cumulated 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 certificates can be accumulated 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 re-submitted 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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