AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 790 - FEBRUARY 6, 2019

THE GREAT WINNER OF THE 2018 PHOTO CONTEST

Congratulations to Jean-Phillip Grenier, the winner of the Aviateurs.Québec 2018 photo contest.

Jean-Philipp wins a $ 75 gift certificate at the Aviateurs.Québec store plus a trophy. The 2nd, 3rd place and the finalists will be revealed in the next edition of L'Aviateur magazine. The trophies will be awarded at the next Annual General Meeting to be held on April 13th in Trois-Rivières (UQTR).

CANCELLATION OF THE AVIATORS 'BAL

Due to the low number of registrations, we were obliged to cancel this event.

Historically, this event was well attended. After a break of a few years, we decided to take advantage of Valentine's Day to organize it.

 

We want to understand the reason (s) that led us to cancel the Airmen's Ball.  We are soliciting your opinion on this event and ask you to contribute to the following survey (click on the answer of your choice):

Did you buy tickets for this event ?

YES   NO  

AVIATEURS.QUÉBEC DONATES $ 5,000 TO COPA'S FLIGHT DEFENSE FUND

The promotion of general aviation in Quebec is the primary mission of Aviateurs.Québec. This objective goes hand in hand with that of COPA, which is to defend this right to fly.

With this in mind, at the dinner to celebrate the Montebello COPA Winter RVA, Aviateurs.Quebec donated a $ 5,000 contribution to COPA's Right to Fly Fund.

On the photo, Michel Chartier and Gilles Lambert of Aviateurs.Québec present this contribution to Bernard Gervais and Jonathan Beauchesne of COPA.

"The Right to Fly Fund was created to ensure that COPA would have the resources to take urgent action, legal or otherwise, to defend Canadian freedom of flight. to generous contributions from COPA members and supporters so that we can continue to enjoy our freedoms like having a trail on our property.An excellent example of the use of the fund is the "COPA" case demonstrating the federal jurisdiction of aeronautics, which was debated until the Supreme Court of Canada in 2009-2010. "

This fund is everyone's business. To contribute, click on the following link :

COPA Freedom to fly fund

A WINTER RVA NOT TO BE MISSED!

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.

IT'S TIME TO REFRESH YOUR KNOWLEDGE AS A PILOT 

With this weather that has been bothering us for some time, why not take the time to refresh your knowledge and challenge yourself to re-read these things that we learned during our training.

Here are some links that we suggest you visit.

Aeronautical Information Manual

AIP Nav Canada

Aviation Safety - News

Transport Canada's Aviation Safety Campaign Website

PHOTO COMPETITION 2019

PHOTO COMPETITION 2019

The 2019 contest is started!

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

Send your photos to photos@aviateurs.quebec before February 28th at 10pm.

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

AVIATEURS.QUÉBEC

AVIATEURS.QUÉBEC IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT MISSIONS TO:

"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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