L'AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 798 - MAY 29, 2019

IN THIS NUMBER:

  • The lobster dinner
  • Youth in Flight, Saint Jean airport
  • Open House, La Sarre airport
  • First flight, Magny Amos airport
  • RVA Lac-à-la-Tortue
  • RVA Maniwaki
  • RVA Rimouski
  • Women in flight, Mont-Laurier airport
  • Restaurant - Thetford Mines Airport
  • Events to come
  • Fuel discounts available to our members
  • Photo contest 2019

A busy schedule over the coming weekends. We have four outings to offer :

Jeunes en vol, Magny airport - Amos, 1st June

RVA Lac-à-la-Tortue, June 8th (given to 9 in case of bad weather)

RVA Maniwaki, June 8th and 9th

RVA Rimouski,  June  8th (given to the 9th in case of bad weather)

Participate, meet your fellow pilots and above all fly safely.

 

THE LOBSTER DINNER, A  SUCCESS

Our traditional auction and lobster dinner took place last Saturday, May 25th. A great success. Nearly 200 people were able to feast on lobster from the Islands.

We also celebrated the 40th anniversary of the APBQ - which is now the largest French-speaking pilots association in the Americas and operates under the name Aviateurs.Québec. Special recognition was given to Claude Laplante, one of the founding members, and to Gilles Lapierre who was president from 2003 to 2014.

The silent auction and the auctioned auction - hosted by Gaston Lepage - allowed us to raise $ 14,300. A sincere thank you to all participants. These funds will be used to ensure the continuation of our actions in the promotion of general aviation, training and aviation safety. 

We would also like to thank all the partners, participants and contributors who contributed to the success of this evening. A special thank you to our honorary president, Gaston Lepage, for the animation, and to André Lafrance for the photos!

Next year, May 23, 2010 on the North Shore this time at the Amours Sugar Shack (Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines). Mark your calendar.

When the general aviation is generating smiles!

Jeunes en Vol at CYJN: a remarkable success!

Thank you to the organizers, pilots, volunteers and exhibitors for this day of introduction to the world of aeronautics!

Some 250 young people were able to fly Saturday, May 22, 2019 and three times that number (if we count the people accompanying them) could also meet people representing various organizations and various training institutions or companies with about fifteen kiosks on the spot.

A more complete report will appear in the next L'Aviateur magazine. In the meantime I invite you to see some pictures taken during the event.

Those of Jean-Pierre Bonin are HERE

Those of Jacinthe Brault with smiles by the ton (also including some examples of photo in "photobooth with the Nieuport 12" in montages prepared by Pascal Forget) are found on this LINK

These photos and others by Mizuho Ishimoto will also be published on the APPH website in the photos tab shortly.

http://www.apphyjn.com/

A proposal by Jean-Pierre Bonin

OPEN HOUSE AT THE LA SARRE AIRPORT

Despite a disappointing weather for a month of May, smiles were also set in La Sarre.

Six planes, three helicopters and 18 volunteers helped provide these moments of happiness to some 160 young people.

For the older ones, an aeronautical quiz was offered. Three winners were given the chance to also do an initiation to the flight. This quiz was an opportunity to learn a lot about aeronautics and discuss it with pilots. The organizers also took advantage of this medium to pass messages on the challenges of maintaining an airport at the service of the population.

The next meeting for Abitibi youth is at Magny d'Amos airport on June 1st.

LAC-À-LA-TORTUE CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF BUSH AVIATION WITH AN RVA ON  JUNE 9 (ON WHEELS AND ON FLOATS)

Come celebrate 100 years of bush flying at Lac-à-la-Tortue by participating in a unique RVA on wheels and on fleets.

It starts at 10:00. A snack will be served on the terrace of the restaurant.

We are waiting for you.

Photos: Jean-Pierre Bonin

RVA RIMOUSKI,  JUNE 8

The Association aérosportive of Rimouski (CYKK) announces an RVA on June 8th (9th if bad weather)

Onsite hot dogs and coffee will be available. A Beech Baron 58 flight simulator will be in demonstration. We offer you gas at the best price in Eastern Quebec.

The Association invites you to come and show your plane.

Photos: Jean-Pierre Bonin

RVA MANIWAKI, JUNE 8 - 9

As evidenced by this aerial photo, we have plenty of room on the airport grounds! Nearly 100 planes visited us last year.

RECALL! Saturday, June 8 & Sunday, June 9: helicopter tours (Heli-Tremblant at $ 40 / person) & Harvard (Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association at $ 425 / person).

Sunday, June 9, meal served between 10:00 and 16:00, home of the small aviation! (Free for pilots and an escort.)

Photo: RVA Maniwaki June 9, 2019

WOMEN IN FLIGHT

MONT-LAURIER AIRPORT, AUGUST 10, 2019

A Women In Flight event is organized at Mont-Laurier Airport on August 10th.

The organizers are looking for volunteer pilots to participate in the event. Gasoline and meals will be provided.

To register as volunteer pilots, click HERE

For information, you can contact Manon at 819-586-2234

Photo: Jean-Pierre Bonin

THE RESTAURANT AT THE THETFORD MINES AIRPORT IS OPEN

T lways in order to improve its services, the Thetford airport now has a varied menu that c omblera your appetite from breakfast to dinner in his new restaurant, Resto from the airport.

Welcome to all !


Business hours

Monday - Tuesday : closed

Wednesday : 11h to 18h

Thursday - Friday : 11am - Closing

Saturday : 6.30am to 6pm

Sunday : 6h30 to 16h

Note; A new schedule will be announced as of June 24, 2019.

CALENDAR  (click HERE  to access our online calendar)

GAS REBATE TO OUR MEMBERS

A reminder that our members benefit from gasoline discounts at many airports in Quebec.

For a list of these airports, visit our website.

PHOTO COMPETITION 2019

THE WINNING PHOTOGRAPH - FEBRUARY 2019 (JESSIE ANN DROUIN)

Congratulations to Jessie-Ann Drouin Drolet for the winning photo of March, photo submitted by Dave Picard!

Jessie-Ann is awarded one of the following prizes, $ 10 cap or T-shirt or gift certificate.

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!

We are currently accepting photos (related to aviation, read the regulations) for the March round.

Send your photos to photos@aviateurs.quebec before April 30th at 10pm.

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.

As of March, you will be able to vote for any of your favorite photos throughout the year 2019.

To vote, you go to this  link Facebook  , and then you click on the photo (or photos) of your choice!

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

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 T-shirt 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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"Consolidate and represent the airmen of Quebec to promote general aviation and flight safety, to promote accessibility and to protect the right to it, to facilitate the exchange between members and to give access to resources help, training and information. "

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