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February 15, 2012
Volume 1, Issue 2
Sunny Days
Well, winter is upon us and we have yet to feel the wrath of Mother Nature. We have been
very fortunate to have some mild temperatures and minimal amounts of snow allowing for
more flying opportunities. With the cool air being great for aircraft performance, we hope to
see more of you around the club over the next few weeks, especially on clear days! Now is a
great time to get that check on type you’ve been thinking about or starting that Mountain Rating or Multi Rating you've always been interested in.
Meet EFC’s Team
Inside this issue:
Staff Introductions
VFR in IMC
Pub Night
April’s Guest Speaker
Congratulations!
NOTAM Reminder
Lac La Biche Fly in
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Safety First
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Casino Fundraiser
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Message from GM
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Accounting/Assist GM—
Gerald Morgan
Gerald joined the
Edmonton Flying
Club in 2005 and
completed his
Private Pilots
License with a
Night Rating in 2006. He has been
employed by the Flying Club since
Sept. of 2008 and has worked in
Dispatch, Maintenance and for the
last year has been responsible for
the Accounting and Management of
the Club.
Director of Maintenance—
Drew Taylor
Drew is originally
from Yellowknife
but grew up and
earned his pilot’s
license in New
Brunswick. He went on to take
aircraft maintenance at NBCC and
went to Norman Wells, NWT to
serve his apprenticeship. Drew has
had several jobs that have kept him
on the road, including some overseas. He has been with EFC since
2009, becoming Director of Maintenance in 2011.
Chief of Dispatch—Steve
Ausford
Steve is born and
raised in Edmonton and a graduate
of the U of A from
the Bachelor of
Science program in 2009. He
started his flight training shortly
after and began dispatching at the
same time. When the opportunity for Chief of Dispatch arose
in 2010 he took the reins in
hand. Steve is known for his semi
sarcastic ways, shown primarily
by trying to submit his bio with
the “Fresh Prince of Belair”
theme song.
Scott Gordon—Dispatch
Scott has been
working and flying
at EFC since 2007
and in the time since then he has
received his CPL, Multi and Multi
IFR. He also went to Grant
MacEwan and received a Management Studies Diploma in Aviation
Management . He is currently
working on his instructor rating
in the hopes of becoming an
instructor at EFC.
Bill Dimmer—Dispatch
Bill earned his private license at
EFC in 1987 and currently flies
with Civil Air Search and Rescue
Edmonton. He is a certified
Search Coordinator and past
Zone Commander with
CASARA and has participated in
major searches in Western Canada and the north. Bill’s primary
career is as a musician and he has
performed with the Edmonton
Symphony Orchestra since 1971.
He is a graduate of the University of Calgary and has studied in
Denmark with members of the
Royal Danish Orchestra and in
Chicago with members of the
Chicago Symphony.
Steve Peitz—Dispatch
Steve is from Cold Harbour,
Nova Scotia and moved to Edmonton in 2003. His first flights
were at Edmonton Flying Club in
November 2004. In 2005 he
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received his training in Moncton, NB and has worked part
time at EFC since May 2007.
He has worked at Alta Flights
Charters as a Training Supervisor /Crew Chief and is the
Training officer and Personal
coordinator for Save On Jet
Fuel. Steve also is an operational consultant for Sky Limit
Helicopters and enjoys motorcycles and fixing cars almost as
much as he loves flying.
Zach Biddlecomb—
Dispatch
Zach is originally
from Kelowna and
moved to Edmonton with his family.
He started his
career in the aviation industry
And flight training in the fall of
2010 after quitting his job to
pursue his true passion and
dream, to become a commercial airline pilot. While continuing on with his flight training he
will also work on finishing his
university degree.
Jeremy Sam—Dispatch
Jeremy is 15 years
old and the youngest staff member at
the club. That being
said, he has been
around the club since he was
11 and therefore outlasts over
half the current staff! He has 40
hours in EFC’s DA20, 2 hours
in a Cessna Citation 501, 2
hours in a DH-C Beaver and 2
hours in a Boeing 737-700
simulator. He has been regarded as the youngest student
pilot in Canada and loves
working weekends as a dispatcher at EFC.
Evan Brilliant—Dispatch
Evan is from Edmonton and graduated from Holy
Trinity High
School in 2006. He
is also a recent graduate of the
U of A with a Mechanical Engineering Degree and now works
with Capitol Power. He currently has a commercial license
and is working on his Multi IFR.
A fun, little known fact about
Evan is that he appeared on the
Price is Right.
VFR in IMC—First Speaker Night of 2012
Our first speaker night of 2012
at EFC will take place on February 23 with guest speaker,
James Marsala. James began his
career in aviation in 2002 as a
flight instructor in BC. During a
flight in 2003, James was caught
with a student in poor weather
and the aircraft impacted terrain while in cloud. With radar
assistance from air traffic control, James was lucky enough
to be able to bring the aircraft
back safely. James’ account of
these events has been published in Flying Magazine and
has led him to become a regular contributor for Wings—
Canada’s national aviation
magazine. James currently
works for NavCanada and is
based out of Edmonton. His
talk on the 23rd should prove
to be very informative and an
excellent opportunity for questions!
James will be presenting in the
classroom at EFC at 1900hrs.
Hope to see you there!
Note to commercial ground
school students, this will be in
place of your regular class.
Pub Night—Friday, February 24
After a great turn out of people at our first pub night, the
staff at EFC are excited to
continue on with our second
night of the year on February
24.
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Pub nights are about getting
more members out and about
and getting that “club” atmosphere stronger! By introducing
more members to one another
we hope to encourage group
cross countries and of course
give your significant others a
break from all of our airplane
chat.
We hope to see you all there
on February 24 from 18002100 upstairs in the EFC
lounge.
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Future Guest Speaker—Mike Tomm
Mike Tomm from the Transportation Safety Board will be
presenting on April 17. Mike
started his flying lessons at EFC
and Transky Aviation in 1989.
His first job was working at the
Club as a dispatcher. Mike’s
instructing career began in
January 1991 and culminated
with being appointed as Chief
Flight Instructor in 1998. He
returned to University that
year to pursue a degree in
Education, but cut that short to
join Transport Canada in 1999
as a Flight Training Standards
Inspector. Mike then trans-
ferred to the Licensing section
a year later and was involved in
the monitoring of air shows
and supervising ultra light and
gyroplane flight training units.
In 2002, he joined the Transportation Safely Board and has
been investigating aviation accidents ever since. In 2009, EFC
saw Mike’s return to training
flight instructor candidates
and , on occasion, conduct the
odd safety briefing.
Join us on April 17 to get a
look into the safety side of
aviation.
Congratulations!
Private Pilot License :
Allen Newsome
Commercial Pilot License:
Tai Eng
First Fly in of 2012
Lac La Biche Flying Club will be
hosting their Annual Ice Fly-In on
the first weekend of March. The
ice strip will be open from 09001700.
we can post them in the
next issue. If you’re looking
for passengers look for
them at the next EFC pub
night.
Event calander and contacts information is on
www.classicwheels.org.Doc2.htm.
EFC would like to encourage
those who own their own aircraft
to check it out! Take pictures and
NOTAMs Reminder
A simple reminder to all members that it is very important to
be checking NOTAMs prior to
all flights. There has been parajumping activity in the CFB6
(Josephburg/Warren Thomas)
area as well as various changes
to runway conditions with
freezing rain, snow and frost
affecting the surfaces. Remember that it is the PIC’s responsibility to have as much information prior to the flight and
ensuring that each flight is a
safe one!
Calling All Speakers!
Aviation related speakers and
rants are going to be at EFC
once a month. We are looking
for members and guests who
are interested in putting on a
presentation or demonstration
for our members.
Don’t hesitate to inform us if
you know of anyone who
would be a great speaker or if
you, yourself would like to
present. We are also planning
an IFR night as well as a possible Near Miss night.
You can forward any ideas or
suggestions to
[email protected]
or [email protected]
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Safety First
Looking back on 2011, I would
like to thank all of our staff and
members for a successful year
of flying. The defining measure
of success wasn’t the number
of hours that we flew or our
student’s flight test records
(which were excellent). It was
the safety of our operations on
the ground and in the air.
Thanks to all of our instructors, dispatchers and maintenance crew for putting safety
first. Kristen, Drew, Sophia,
Gerald and Steve A. also deserve recognition for their
work on our SMS program
which continues to evolve well
ahead of schedule.
In order for our SMS program
to take another step forward,
we have made it our goal for
2012 to establish a system for
students and members to communicate directly to our safety
management team. To this end,
we have enabled a safety reporting option within the MyFBO system that allows you to
send an anonymous email with
any suggestions or concerns
which you may have. When
you log into MyFBO, you will
see a new tab marked “Safety”.
Within this tab you can “create
Casino Fundraiser
Every 2 years we have the
opportunity to take part in a
casino fundraiser. The funds
from this fundraiser allows us
to get updated, modern equipment and allows our fleet to
keep growing. We need volunteers to help out with this
event on July 19 and 20, 2012.
If you would like to participate
or would like more information, please contact Gerald at
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[email protected].
We would love to see you all
there!
reports” and view “previous
reports” that you have submitted. If you do not have an active MyFBO account you can
contact dispatch or email your
suggestions directly to [email protected].
With everyone's help, we can
make 2012 another safe and
successful year.
- Dean Braithwaite
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A Message from Our General Manager
For new commercial pilots,
there is one training organization whose name stands out as
a rite of passage into the exciting world of turbine engines
and commercial operations—
FlightSafety International. During my time at the flying club I
have seen hundreds of instructors and students take the next
step into a turbine or jet plane,
and that first step typically
starts with an intensive training
course at FlightSafety. After all
the sweat and tears that go
into a commercial license, this
opportunity is an exciting
achievement for any pilot.
Last December I was given the
opportunity to take a twoweek simulator course for a
Cessna Citation. I was excited
for two reasons: the first was
becoming a jet pilot and the
second was getting an inside
look at the operations of the
largest training provider in
North America.
Owned by Warren Buffet, a
quick glance at their website
will tell you these impressive
facts about one of the world’s
leading aviation training companies.
“FlightSafety has been working
hard since 1951 and with over
40 locations around the world
they provide over 1 million
hours of instruction each year.
Each location has millions of
dollars invested in simulators
which often cost more to purchase and operate than the
planes they are meant to simulate.”
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tween their training programs
and any of EFC’s courses. But
after completing my two week
course, I realized that our
training programs are very
similar in their outlines, goals
and challenges.
The first week is all classroom
instruction where you learn
the aircraft systems, limitations
and performance charts. I
spent every night after class
reviewing the systems and
using the same memory aid
that we would make our commercial ground school students
use—what are the major components, how is it monitored,
how is it controlled?
The Operator’s Handbook is
larger than a phone book and
most of the pages are performance charts covering every
speed and distance that has to
be calculated with dozens of
different variable taken into
account. I was humbled several
times when I calculated a
wrong distance because I had
skipped the very first step we
teach our private pilots—read
the notes and conditions before using the chart.
session practicing stalls I was
made to feel like a brand new
student thanks to my instructor who decided to fail the stall
warning horn. There I was at
FL250 with the airplane fully
stalled and me frozen at the
controls wondering why the
stall warning was not sounding
an alarm. A thousand feet later
my brain tuned into the fact
that there were several other
clues that suggested I should
start the recovery procedure.
The experience of being a student pilot all over again was a
welcome change. It made me
look back on my initial training
and be thankful for my instructors who followed the syllabus
and held me to high standards.
My experience at FlightSafety
made me realize that the preparedness and the skills that I
earned during my first 100
hours of flight training are just
as relevant in a Cessna Citation
as they are in a Cessna 172.
- Dean Braithwaite
After spending a week buried
in manuals, it was a welcome
relief to start the simulator
training. But that relief was
short lived when I realized that
the flying is simulated but the
stress is real. During our first
With the size and scope of
FlightSafety’s operations, it was
hard to imagine that there
could be any comparisons beCitation V— taken from www.infinitair.ca