AVIATEUR EXPRESS #940 - October 9,  2024

The photo for this edition of "Your photo in the newsletter banner" is by Marie-Claude Lessard (via Yves Boisvert).

Congratulations to Marie-Claude for this photo taken at Lac Poisson in St-Zénon under the full moon.

This photo will be among the finalists in January 2025 to be presented to an external jury determining the three winners of the photo contest trophies. It will also be eligible for the end-of-year drawing for ten prizes among ALL the photos received.

To see all the photos from the 2024 Photo Contest

You too could have your photo put in the banner of our newsletter and our Facebook page. To send us your photos, write to us at photos@aviateurs.quebec

Check out the details of this competition

IN THIS EDITION:

  • Transport Canada: An important update: AIM (TP 14371), RAC 4.5 Aerodrome circuits at uncontrolled airports
  • Aviateurs.Quebec Insurance Plan
  • The Pilotes.Quebec forum is back
  • Airworthiness Directive: Robinson Helicopters Model R44 and R44II
  • AQTA: Aviation Career Meeting 2024
  • SERABEC and the SAREX 2024 exercise
  • News from one of our partners: Air Tunilik
  • AIR series season 3 on TVA Sports and catch-up on YouTube
  • First solo: ALM par avion (CSB3)
  • NAV Canada: Notice of revised charges
  • 35th Mo's Fly-In, October 26-27, 2024
  • Featured Classified Ad 
  • NAV Canada: tutorials to tame CFPS
  • Our video on demand platform
  • Your virtual library

News from one of our partners: Air Tunilik

Air Tunilik offers you to fly over the beautiful province of Quebec
For reservations:  450-666-3232

 

In the seventh episode of the series “AIR”:

  • Dive into the heart of the flight attendant profession with Élizabeth Beaulé, employee at Air Creebec.
  • Our columnist Benoit then flies with the St-Jean air cadets. 
  • To kick off this captivating episode, we take you to Gatineau, where we present a series of four fascinating reports on flight training at Sélect Aviation College.

Catching up on YouTube

NAV Canada: Some tutorials on the AWWS platform

To help you get to grips with this new platform, NAV Canada has posted a few videos that guide you through using CFPS.

How to use CFPS

How to query the CFPS

Our video on demand platform

You want to improve your skills as a pilot or simply comply with the requirements of the regulations. We have what you need. Video training that you can watch at your leisure, in the comfort of your home and it's free for Aviateurs.Québec members. We offer 2 types of training:

  • Training for the purpose of updating knowledge and which is approved by Transport Canada
    • Risk management during the approach and landing phase
    • Winter flight
  • General interest training. We offer these trainings on Foreflight:
    • Initial configuration
    • Flight planning
    • Mass and centering
    • Visual approach
    • Installing a PDF document in Foreflight.

How to get there? Easy!

  1. By going to the home page of the Aviateurs.Québec website
  2. Then by clicking on the quick link Training – Video on demand
  3. There you go, you will then have access to our online training video library .
  4. Then follow the instructions to view your training.

Your photo:
If possible in high definition. Minimum format: 1024 pixels in its largest dimension. Required information:

  • LOCATION where the photo was taken
  • The NAME of the PHOTOGRAPHER
  • YOUR FULL NAME (please note that only members in good standing can participate)
  • You have read and accept the complete regulations available on the Aviateurs.Québec website by clicking HERE

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Submit your photo to photos@aviateurs.quebec

The photo used as a banner will be chosen by the person(s) administering the competition.

For subsequent editions of the newsletter, the photo chosen will be from all the photos received since the beginning of the current year. At the end of the year, the photos (maximum 26) that have been chosen in the banner will be submitted to an external jury to determine the three winning photographers.

First prize: $150 gift certificate + trophy
Second prize: $100 gift certificate + trophy
Third prize: $50 gift certificate + trophy

10 other winners will be determined by random draw among ALL photographers who participated during the year: $55 credit applicable towards a membership renewal or a purchase in the Aviateurs.Québec store at the winner's choice.

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"To bring together and represent Quebec aviators in order to promote general aviation and flight safety, to promote accessibility and protect the right to it, to facilitate exchanges between members and provide access to assistance, training and information resources."

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