AVIATEUR EXPRESS #891 - December 7, 2022

IN THIS EDITION :

  • All-you-can-eat lobster benefit dinner - pre-sale tickets at a special price
  • Online Training: Winter Flying
  • Recency training program
  • A changing of the guard at the Saguenay Lac Saint-Jean Pilots Association
  • RVAs - Winter 2023
  • The Aviateur.Québec insurance plan
  • News from one of our partners: Camp de Base Casey
  • Ventusky: a weather app
  • In the shoes of bush pilot Isabelle Robinson
  • Your virtual library
  • Photo Contest 2022

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

Take advantage of our pre-Christmas pre-sale event and get your tickets to spoil your spouse, friends. A beautiful gift to offer.

For you as a business owner, 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 until the end of December, at the reduced price of $125 per person (Tip and taxes included). The regular price of $150 will be applied in January 2023. 

Join the party and the 75 people who have already taken advantage of this special price.  

For your tickets, click HERE  

Online Training: Winter Flying

Transport Canada has given us permission to re-upload our winter flying training video. This training, led by Sophie Dufresne - class 1, will allow you to refine your skills for winter flying as well, if you have to, renew youe recency training as per CAR 401.05.

Topics covered in this video are:

  • Preparing for the flight
  • Operating an aircraft in winter
  • The effect of cold on the aircraft
  • The weather in winter
  • Icing
  • winter survival

This video training is approved by Transport Canada for recency purposes (RAC 401.05). However, you will have to respect the viewing conditions to obtain your certificate. These conditions will be listed to you when you register online.

This training is part of our online training video library.

To register, click  HERE 

We will be offering our first training session for 2023 in Sherbrooke on January 15, 2023.

January 15, 2023 at 9:00 am at SherbrookeSherbrooke airport

  • Location: Sherbrooke Airport, firefighter training center
  • Instructor: Alexis Étienne, MBA - GSR, class 1 instructor at Altitude Center 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.

A changing of the guard at the Saguenay Lac Saint-Jean Pilots Association

Aviateurs.Québec would like to congratulate Sébastien Monger who has been named President of the Saguenay Lac Saint-Jean Pilots Association. Sébastien is well known in the region, being a faithful participant, with his Jabiro Calypso 2200, in the activities of the association. We want to assure him, as well as the members of the association, of our full cooperation in advancing general aviation in this beautiful corner of the province.

Sébastien replaces Jacques Laberge who held this position for many years. Thanks to Jacques for his great involvement in the association as well as his unfailing support for Aviateurs.Québec.

To follow the activities of the APSL, go to their Facebook page by clicking HERE

RVAs - Winter 2023

DO YOU OWN A CESSNA, PIPER, MOONEY TYPE AIRPLANE?
IS YOUR INSURANCE COVERAGE EXPIRING WITHIN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS?

If you answered YES to these two questions, you owe it to yourself to give us a try, without any obligation on your part.

You don't need to sign a transfer letter, there's no market lock-in, and you don't have to give exclusivity to SIERRA.

Get a quote online: www.sierraassurance.com

News from one of our partners: Camp de Base Casey

Camp de Base Casey announces the launch of their new website   https://campdebasecasey.com/

You will find a wide range of information on activities, events and of course on the CSQ4 aerodrome itself. Among others: 

  • Opening of the snowmobile relay camp for the 2022-23 season.
  • The 2023 half marathon.
  • And AeroVenture Casey 2023.

Good visit!

Ventusky: a weather app

For weather enthusiasts, here is one of the most interesting applications available as a web application on PC or on IOS or Android mobile devices.

There are many possibilities for setting up the application (wind, atmospheric pressure, temperature, snow cover, etc.). Not only do you have access to short and medium term forecasts (7 days), but you can also go back in time and see the weather conditions for a place and time that interests you.

Web application available HERE

In the shoes of bush pilot Isabelle Robinson

A short documentary about Isabelle Robinson's thoughts as a bush pilot.

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 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 have until Monday, December 12, 10 p.m. to vote  by going  HERE

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

For those who want to participate in the December round, you have until December 31 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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