Tour of Toronto ACC

Saturday November 17^th, 2007

As a follow up to Cliff Durrwattcher's briefing on Toronto ACC (see the next item below for details) the club has arranged a tour of Toronto Area Control Centre on Saturday November 17th at 12:30

Space on this tour is limited so it will initially only be available to club members. If all the spaces are not filled as of November 10th then we will open it up to guests of club members.

The tour starts at 12:30 sharp and everyone must clear security before then so please arrive at least 15 minutes early.

Directions and a sign up sheet are available on the members' only section of the club's website or go there now.

Toronto Centre Briefing

Thursday October 18^th, 2007

Cliff's presentation on Toronto ACC last month saw a record turnout with close to thirty people in attendance including 6 guests.

The classroom at Edenvale was filled to capacity for Cliff's presentation. Everyone came away with a much better understanding of the functions, abilities and limitations that the controllers at Toronto ACC work with. Cliff had plenty of graphics on hand to help explain how the runways in use at Pearson affect VFR operations in and around Toronto Terminal. And how our actions as VFR pilots, can effect arrivals and departures at Pearson

I don't think any of us are going to be practicing holding patterns over YSO or YMS at 6,000 feet without contacting Toronto Centre anymore.

Thank you to Cliff for the absolutely riveting evening!

Christmas Party

Friday December 7^th, 2007

This year's Christmas dinner party will be on Friday Dec. 7th at Barkley Square Restaurant. The restaurant is located at Hwy #11 (5567 Yonge St) just north of Hwy #89.

This is always a fabulous and well attended event. Not only is it a chance to get together with all the members at a setting other than the club, it provides an opportunity to thank our spouses/partners for their support throughout the year.

As in previous year's you can order your tickets online or by contacting John Galloway.

Don't wait till the last minute. At last count tickets where over 50% sold through. Avoid disappointment and order your tickets now because once they're gone - they're gone!

Flight Crew Recency Requirements

Self-Paced Study Program

As per paragraph 421.05(2)(d) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) all pilots must complete biennial recurrent training program requirements.

One of the ways of doing this is to complete the Transport Canada Self-Paced Study Program which the pilot must then retain.

Download the Self-Paced Study Program for use November 1, 2007, to October 31, 2008 (PDF - 1 MB)

CMQ Annual Inspection

Starts November 18^th, 2007

The annual inspection on CMQ has been scheduled for 18th November through to December 2nd.

The inspection will be done at Edenvale. We do not have any major repairs planned so with a little luck the inspection may be completed early.