AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 865 - December 22, 2021

IN THIS EDITION :

  • Aviation Safety Letter # 4/2021 from Transport Canada
  • CANCELED - Recurrent training session - Sherbrooke, January 16, 2022
  • Did you take our quiz on stalls and spins?
  • NAV Canada - ADS-B System Tests
  • December 1927: first airmail flight in Canada
  • Do you know our Documentation Center? 
  • Where is Zara at?
  • Renewal of medical certificates
  • Your virtual library.
  • Photo contest 2020-21

Aviation Safety Letter # 4/2021 from Transport Canada is now available

The 4/2021 edition of Transport Canada Aviation Safety News magazine is now available on the Transport Canada website. In the headlines:

  • Canada Adopts New Global Reporting Format for Runway Surface Conditions - Global reporting format (GRF).
  • Cracking the Code: Understanding Runway Condition Codes - Runway Condition Codes (RWYCCs.
  • Always Expect the Unexpected.
  • Aircraft Ground Icing Operations.
  • Reporting Major Modifications and Major Repairs.
  • Resuming Travel with your Family Soon?
  • TSB final report A19Q0153 - Loss of control and collision with night terrain.
  • TSB Final Report A20C0037 - Runway excursion.

To view and download this edition, click HERE

Source and photo: Transport Canada

CANCELED - Recurrent training session- Sherbrooke, January 16, 2022

The new sanitary instructions put in place by public health unfortunately force us to cancel the training session which was scheduled for January 16, 2022. We will notify you of a new date as soon as it is possible for us to do so.

For those who would like to comply with RAC 401.05 (update of knowledge) or simply to perfect your skills as a pilot, we offer you the possibility of following online training on the AVPBOX platform which has for theme: Theft in winter.

This training is approved by Transport Canada for updating of knowledge. Click on the following link to find out more:

https://aviateursquebec.avpbox.com/

Photo: Aviators, Quebec

Did you take our quiz on stalls and spins?

Every year, a number of pilots lose their lives due to stalls or spins mainly during takeoff or landing. Stalls can occur in all phases of flight, but are particularly fatal on takeoff and during the final turn. We published an article in the November-December 2021 issue that covers the dangers of the base-to-final turn; the most dangerous turn depending on the strength and direction of the winds.

Please take the time to take the attached short test on dropouts before reading this article. This will give you an idea of how much knowledge you have of stalls and it will refresh them a bit.

https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/GCY68G8

NAV Canada - ADS-B testing below flight level 290

On December 10, NAV Canada began testing satellite ADS-B in the lower airspace within the Montreal Flight Information Region. Nolinor, Air Inuit and PAL Airlines were among the first customers to benefit from surveillance services in areas of Canada without radar coverage. The continued and expanded use of satellite ADS-B makes new regions of airspace visible, thereby improving flight safety and efficiency.

This test will be used to evaluate the general performance of the system, as well as the effectiveness of satellite ADS-B under conditions where aircraft are required to have the capability to transmit to receivers in space (e.g. (e.g. antenna diversity). Belly transponders are not enough. In order for ADS-B satellite receivers to receive a reliable signal, an antenna is needed that transmits the signal to the satellites.

For more information, click HERE

Source: Nav Canada

December 1927: first airmail flight in Canada

On December 20, 1927, Romeo Vachon parachuted from a Fairchild a small mail bag that history records as the first delivery of mail by parachute in Canada. Then on Christmas Day, he dropped - but without a parachute - mail over the North Shore. It was the beginning of airmail deliveries to Canada.

On December 17, 1954, Roméo Vachon passed away. In 1969, the Aeronautics and Space Institute of Canada created the “Roméo Vachon” prize in memory of the pilot. This award recognizes ingenious achievements in aeronautical and space activities in Canada. Roméo Vachon will finally receive a last posthumous tribute in 1974 with his nomination to the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.

To consult this historical capsule, click HERE

Photo: National Archives of Canada

Do you know our Documentation Center?

The Documentation Center is your virtual library where you will find several sections including:

  • a virtual library bringing together documents from Transport Canada and Nav Canada
  • a section dedicated to aviation safety
  • documentation that you may find useful as a pilot.
  • The Training section gives you access to tutorials on topics like Foreflight, copy of aviation safety seminars and privileged access to online training that is accredited as a knowledge update by Transport Canada.
  • portraits of aviators from Quebec.
  • publications from certain regional associations

Go for a walk by clicking HERE

 

Where is Zara at?

On August 18, Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old British girl from Belgium, embarked on a solo trip around the world with an ultra-light aircraft of the advanced type, a Shark Aero 080 in composite material. If she succeeds, she will become the youngest woman in the world to accomplish it and earn a Guinness Record. With this flight, she wants to encourage girls and young women to pursue their dreams.

Its stopover at Saint-Hubert airport on August 25 was the subject of a  report by our collaborator Jean-Pierre Bonin. 

Today, December 22, she has reached Jakarta, Indonesia. You can follow her journey on the flyzolo.com website .

Well done to this young lady and we wish her good flight and success in the continuation of this extraordinary journey.

Renewal of category 4 medical certificates

Transport Canada announces a change in the procedure for requesting or updating a Category 4 medical certificate. Essentially, the change clarifies that the offices responsible for administering these requests are the regional offices and not the national office. This change is currently in effect and will be published in the Aeronautical Information Manual the next time it is published on March 22, 2022. Here is the text explaining the procedure to be followed.

Physical and mental fitness for a Category 4 medical certificate is established by completing Form No. 26-0297, Medical Declaration for Licenses and Permits Requiring a Category 4 Medical Standard. A reminder that to be able to take advantage of a category 4 medical certificate, you must not have any medical conditions that are listed on this form.

This document (26-0297) is available HERE .

It is recommended that pilots submit a Category 4 medical certificate request by email to their appropriate regional service center whose email addresses can be found by clicking HERE . Medical reports should be sent to the regional service center and not to Civil Aviation Medicine to avoid unnecessary delays. Transport Canada undertakes to respond within 60 days of receiving the request.

The age of the applicant and the type of permit or license applied for determines the frequency of medical examinations necessary to meet physical and mental fitness requirements. The period of validity of a medical certificate is calculated from the first day of the month following the date of the medical examination or medical declaration.

We also learned from Transport Canada that the 90-day exemptions for logbook signatures will be extended in January 2022. So, no worries, your logbook is still valid even if you haven't received the logbook. label.Likewise, those who have a carnet that expires, the exemptions will be renewed as well. Transport Canada is expected to rule on the new deadlines shortly.

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:

Aviateurs.Québec Photo Contest 2021

Congratulations to Pierre-Étienne Bergeron, winner of the October round of the Aviateurs.Québec photo contest! Pierre-Étienne wins a cap or a polo shirt. The 2021 competition continues!

The 2021 competition continues!

Now is the time to submit a photo or two for the December 2021 round! We are currently accepting photos (aviation related, read regulations ). Send your photos to photos@aviateurs.quebec . before December 31 at 10 p.m.

The winner will receive one of the following prizes: cap or polo shirt

In order to allow everyone to have the chance to win during the year, the same person cannot be declared winner of the month more than four (4) times during the year.

You also have until the same date to vote for any other photo of your choice!

The winning photos of the month and the photos having had the most "likes" during the year (up to a maximum of 20 in total and coming from "active" members [membership in good standing]) will be judged subsequently for determine the three winning photos. (See text below)

You can still vote for any of your favorite photos from the year 2021 by clicking "Like or love" before January 11, 2022 by going to our  Facebook page

The price structure:

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

In order to allow everyone to have the chance to win during the year, the same person cannot be declared winner of the month more than four (4) times during the year.

The winning photos for each month plus the photos with the most votes during the year, up to a total of 20, will be finalists.

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 following month's round. 

The complete competition rules can be viewed HERE

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