AVIATEUR EXPRESS # 822 - April 29, 2020 | IN THIS NUMBER : - A reminder of the measures taken by Transport Canada, COVID-19.
- May / June edition of Aviation magazine will not be published.
- Appointment of Sophie Dufresne as Vice-President, Member Services.
- Welcome Raphaël Langumier, a new columnist.
- You got it in your bag of chances ?
- Flight simulation.
- Your virtual library (new publications dated March 26, 2020).
- 2020 photo competition.
| A reminder of the measures taken by Transport Canada. | For an update of aviation exemptions in response to the evolution of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), click HERE | The Aviation magazine edition and our insert Aviateur magazine will not be published in May. | Unfortunately, the lock-down instructions that have been in force for a few weeks force our publisher SM Media to postpone the publication of the May / June edition to the end of June. This is only part postponed, you can read us again at that time. | Appointment of Sophie Dufresne as Vice-President, Member Services. | We are pleased to announce the appointment of Sophie Dufresne to the position of Vice-President, Member Services. She brings us her managerial expertise (internationally for 13 years, including communications with government forces in crisis and natural disaster management) and obviously her experience as a pilot and class 1 instructor at Cargair. Sophie will now sit at the Executive Council table where she will be responsible for managing the following files: - Security: via among others, but not exclusively, training seminars, knowledge updates as well as bridging with Sérabec (Rémy Girard) with regard to search and rescue questions. - Virtual training: set up for a virtual platform for our training and knowledge updates. - Flight schools: perfect the link with schools and students, as they are the future generation and the tools for training and networking. His entrepreneurial qualities, his enthusiasm and his energy will help us pursue our goal of bringing to the fore this feeling of belonging on the part of the pilot community in Quebec and outside Quebec towards Aviateurs.Québec. Congratulations to Sophie. | A new columnist joins our team, Raphaël Langumier | Raphaël Langumier joins our team as a columnist for the review L'Aviateur. Watch for his first article in the next edition of L'Aviateur magazine. In the meantime, here is the bio of a pilot who has had an exceptional journey. Raphaël became interested in aviation at a very young age and it was in 1991 that he made his first flight aboard an ASK13 glider at Salon-Eyguières, in the south of France. He then went on to pass his glider pilot and private airplane pilot licenses. The passion continues and he takes advantage of the opportunities presented to him to perform mountain flight and aerobatic training. In 2001, he left France to come and live in Canada. Once his pilot training is completed (CPL-MULTI-IFR-Instructeur), he will find his first job as an instructor with CPAQ.AERO until 2007, when he was hired by Nolinor Aviation. In addition to his professional activities, he devotes his free time to instruction, but also to flight tests, an area which he particularly enjoys since his beginnings in aviation and the techniques of which he learns through self-taught learning. . He will also be the SAM-LS test pilot during its development. Last January, he left airline and was hired by ITPS (International Test Pilot School) in London Ontario, to be assistant test pilot instructor and complete his training to obtain the qualification of test pilot category 1 EASA, training lasting 12 months. To date, Raphaël has accumulated 9,500 hours of flight time on more than 60 different types of aircraft ranging from ultra-light to helicopters. He is a class 3 airplane instructor and a class 1 aerobatic instructor. Raphaël has a channel on You Tube. We invite you to consult it HERE. | You got it in your bag of chances? | Here is the experience that Florent Gagné kindly shared with us: The carburetor icing is serious. I am the pilot of the Cherokee which landed on Highway 40 in Quebec on April 16. I want to take advantage of this unfortunate experience to remind all the pilot-colleagues of the importance of checking before departure whether the temperature and humidity conditions are favorable for the formation of frost on the carburetor. We sometimes neglect to check certain points because it seems less important to us or because these are things that only happen to others, we think. Habit also sometimes leads us to be less rigorous. It is however simple to report the temperature and the dew point on a small graph, as we were taught in our driving lessons and to know in 2 seconds if the conditions are favorable for the formation of frost on the carburetor. It should especially not be said that this happens rarely and that if necessary we always have CarbHeat to remedy the situation. Fault. I can tell you that even in a beautiful clear and cool sky, as it was the case that morning, carburetor frost can build up very quickly and that CarbHeat is not a perfectly effective and fast remedy. Prevention is better than cure. From now on, I will be a better pilot, because I will check before each flight the icing conditions and I will make my decision to fly or not depending on what I see. I invite you all to be vigilant on this point. Florent Gagné We invite you to do like Florent Gagné and share with us this moment that you lived where you picked up your bag of chances? How did you end up in this situation? How did you do? What lessons have you learned? Write to us about your experience via email securite@aviateurs.quebec . | As described by Florent Gagné, carburetor icing may be sneaky, but checks before a flight will warn you of the danger. Here is an interesting link provided by Smart Pilot who provides additional information on the subject. | image: becoming a pilot.com | Flight simulation One of our readers, Serge Lapointe, writes to us about his passion for flight simulation. | Serge explains the three most interesting simulation platforms that are currently available online and gives us his opinion on their use. The three systems preferred by Serge are: (click on the link to find out more) But which one to choose? Being passionate about IT and aviation, I have it all :) How to choose among these three systems? You may be looking for the best in everyone or want a specific virtual flight environment. Here are my comments on this: X-Plane - For VFR flight at night, I choose X-Plane and its Cessna 172. X-Plane is the best in terms of night graphics. Everything is there, cities, roads, mountains a beautiful satellite replica.
Prepar3d V5 - To go around the slopes in Quebec's Far North in Dash8 Q400. The Dash8 Q400 model is offered by the company Majestic ($ 80) and is a very nice replica of the plane.
- To take a helicopter tour with a replica of a city like (Las Vegas, Montreal, Dubai), Prepard3dV5 is great with its R66 helicopter model from Alabeo ($ 40). It's beautiful and works very well on Prepar3d.
- For day VFR flight, Prepar3d V5 and the A2A Cessna 172 ($ 60) are excellent. You can practice spins, experience slow flight, carburetor icing.
Flight Simulator Steam - I choose Flight Simulator Steam to do bush flight in Beaver on wheel / float. For beginners, we go in ultra light. You can walk in the mountains where there are small tracks or on rivers or lakes.
- To experience piloting a large aircraft, Flight Simulator Steam with its model of the Boeing 777 from PMDG ($ 100) is excellent. We modeled functions such as the FMC, autopilot. weather radar, electrical system, communications with the control tower, passengers and ground services (push back) and more).
Each platform has its characteristics. Consult the different forums available before making a choice. Then, you choose according to your needs Contributed by Serge Lapointe, member of the Quebec Flight Simulator Facebook group | Your virtual library Updated March 26, 2020 - New publications of the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) and the Nav Canada Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP) | 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: | Congratulations to Jacques Dorion for the winning photo of March! Jacques wins one of the following awards: cap or polo shirt. The 2020 competition continues! It's time to submit a photo or two for April! We are currently accepting photos (related to aviation, read rules) for the April round. Send your photos to photos@aviateurs.quebec before April 30 at 10 p.m. To vote, click on the photo (or photos) of your choice by going HERE The full contest rules can be viewed HERE | 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 one. 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 for it. | AVIATORS.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 the law, facilitate exchange between members and provide access to resources help, training and information. " TO CONTACT US : PO Box 89022, CSP Malec, Montreal, QcH9C 2Z3 1-514-255-9998 / 1-877-317-2727 / info@aviateurs.quebec 24 to 48 hour delay, responses during working hours OUR SCHEDULES ARE: Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. | | | | |
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