L'AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 814 - January 22, 2020

IN THIS NUMBER :

  • Aviation Safety Column: ELT 406 - Update Your File
  • COSPAS-SARSAT How it works
  • RVA Montebello, January 24 - 26, 2020
  • La Minerve, February 22, 2020
  • Recency training program
  • Annual General Meeting, March 28, 2020
  • Lobster Supper - May 23, 2020, D'Amours Sugar Shack Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
  • An anniversary worth noting
  • Your virtual library
  • Calendar
  • 2020 photo competition

AIR SAFETY CHRONICLE

ELT 406 - Update your file

The Canadian Beacon Registry is an integral part of COSPAS-SARSAT, the search and rescue satellite system designed to provide alert and location data to search and rescue authorities. The Canadian Beacon Registry shares the same premises as the Canadian Mission Control Center (CMCC) at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario, and these facilities are used by search and rescue personnel during operations.

Upon receipt of a 406 MHz distress beacon signal, search and rescue authorities at the CCCM can retrieve information from the registration database, including the owner's and owner's personal information. emergency contact person and the characteristics and equipment to identify the vessel or aircraft. This information allows search and rescue services to respond appropriately.

But it is still necessary that this information is up to date.

  • Have you changed the color of your plane?
  • Have the emergency contact phone numbers changed?
  • Have you just bought a plane?
  • Did you sell your plane?

If you answer YES to any of these questions and you have an ELT 406 installed in your aircraft, you should check your file with the Canadian Beacon Registry by clicking on the image above.

Also make it a habit to do this check during your annual inspection. It could save your life.

COSPAS-SARSAT HOW IT WORKS

MONTEBELLO WINTER RVA, JANUARY 24 - 26, 2020

Come join us at the Montebello winter RVA.

Visit www.flymontebello.com for the schedule of activities

Two other RVAs not to be missed in February.

Click on the event to find out more.

RVA Sainte-Anne-du-Lac, February 15,  2020

31st  RVA Chez Mo, February 29,  2020

PLANE FLIGHT DAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MINERVE YOUTH HOUSE

OUR RECENCY TRAINING PROGRAM 

As part of its main mission which is to promote aviation safety and under the aegis of the Laplante-Duggan Fund, Aviateurs.Québec has set up a training calendar. The program is multifaceted and aims to provide both training that can serve as a credit for the purposes of  updating knowledge (RAC 401.05) as training of specific interest such as the use of Foreflight.

We had two sessions at the end of last week where more than 65 pilots received training on  take-off risk management . We congratulate them all for having reserved this time to improve their knowledge . We also thank Cargair for  providing the services of their instructors.

The calendar to come is as follows. To register, click on the session you are interested in from the following list:

Photos: Michel Chartier, Gilles Lambert

LOBSTER DINNER, MAY 23, 2020

LOVE SUGAR SHACK IN SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES

Mark this date on your calendar:

On May 23, 2020 , we meet at the D'Amours Sugar Shack in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.

Tickets will go on sale on February 1 on our website.

From February 1 - April 30:

  • $ 85 per person
  • $ 800 for a table of 10

From May 1 - May 23:

  • $ 100 per person
  • $ 950 for a table of 10

 

NOTE: THE PRICES MENTIONED ARE BEFORE TAXES

A BIRTHDAY WORTH CELEBRATING

 

 

Michel Chartier, our VP responsible for communications, recently celebrated a very special anniversary.

50 years ago, at the age of 17, he obtained his pilot's license bearing the number ULP 9604. A 4-digit number is rare!

YOUR VIRTUAL LIBRARY

Here are links that will take you to the latest editions of some publications.

Click on the title of the publication to view and download it:

CALENDAR  (click HERE to access our online calendar )

PHOTO CONTEST 2019

LAST ROUND FOR 2019

Congratulations to Hugues Drouin for the winning photo of September and to Sébastien Beaulieu for the October photo!

They earn one of the following prizes, cap or polo shirt or $ 10 gift coupon. Gift coupons are cumulative over the year.

In order to allow everyone to have the chance to win during the year, the same person cannot be declared the winner of the month more than four (4) times in the year. Monthly and annual gift coupons can be combined for a maximum of $ 105

The 2019 competition continues!

Two photos received in November and December for this last round of the 2019 photo competition.  You have until 10pm Monday 20 January to vote for your favorite (s). 

To vote for your favorite (s) by going  HERE  and clicking on Like for the photo (s) you prefer.

If you are not a Facebook member, you can see the photos (without voting) HERE

Prizes for the competition

Annual winner: gift coupon $ 75 plus
2nd and 3rd annual trophy : gift coupon $ 25 plus trophy
Monthly winners: Cap or polo shirt or gift coupons $ 10

Gift coupons are cumulative over the year. In order to allow everyone to have the chance to win during the year, the same person cannot be declared the winner of the month more than four (4) times in the year. Monthly and annual gift coupons can be combined 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. Otherwise, the photos received are entered in the round for the following month. The total number of photos in the final remains at 20.

The winning photos of the month and the photos with the most “likes” during the year (up to a total of 20) will be judged afterwards to determine the three winning photos.

The winning photos for 2019 will be determined by an external juror during the month of January 2020 (see regulations) and will be revealed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2020.

To participate

Any photo submitted must be accompanied by the following information:

  • First and last name of member submitting photo
  • Membership number (in good standing)
  • First and last name of the person who took the photo (ATTENTION) if this person is not the member transmitting the photo, you certify by submitting the photo that the author is aware and agrees to participate in the contest.)
  • The member must also certify that the photographer does not have the status of a professional photographer (photography does not earn him more than 50% of his annual income)
  • Photo title
  • Photo location
  • The photographer authorizes the contest coordinator to crop my photo, as far as possible, in case the horizon is visibly crooked.

The "usual" corrections made in post-processing (slight color correction, cropping, straightening, slight filtering to increase the sharpness ...) are accepted. Excessive handling may be refused by the contest administrator, who will then request that the photo be resubmitted after "normalization" of the retouching parameters.

The photographer authorizes Aviateurs.Québec to use the photos transmitted in the context of the competition for his publications (L'Aviateur and L'Aviateur Express reviews, website, Facebook page, Flickr album and other official publications of Aviateurs.Québec) . This partial transfer of rights implies that the photographer remains fully owner of the rights to the photos transmitted and that they can be used by their author at any time for publication, distribution or other in any other media or platform broadcast.

The photographer must transmit his files in high resolution. Photos smaller than 1024 pixels wide (landscape format) or high (portrait format) cannot be accepted.

Please note: In the past, we had to refuse photos, often sent by iPhone, in too small a format. Please ensure 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 participate in the contest.

Contest rules can be viewed HERE  

Contribution by Jean-Pierre Bonin

DO YOU KNOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE?

Our Facebook page is intended to be informative on general aviation subjects and in particular on what could be of interest to our members and those who are waiting to become so.

It is also the place where Jean-Pierre Bonin, our faithful collaborator, deposits the photos submitted as part of the Photo Contest.

We invite you to come and visit it and why not register.

AVIATEURS.QUÉBEC

AVIATEURS.QUÉBEC IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE MISSION OF:

"Bring together and represent Quebec aviators in order to promote general aviation and flight safety, promote accessibility and protect their rights, facilitate exchange between members and provide access to resources help, training and information. "

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