Quarter Century in Aviation Club

The Aero Club of BC/COPA Flight 16 is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Aero Club of BC.

The club was originally formed in 1915, (Only six years after the first flight in the then British Empire, at Baddeck N.S. in 1909 in Alexander Graham Bell’s Silver Dart.) This club lays claim to being the oldest flying club in Canada and possibly in the British Commonwealth! Aero Club members were instrumental in the founding of YVR on Sea Island, and they also played a prominent role in the British Commonwealth Air Training Program (BCATP) during WW II.

Please come out and celebrate this historic milestone with the Aero Club members, at the Pitt Meadows Airport on Saturday, August 29th.

The day time fly-in and events will be followed by a banquet in the beautiful new Sky Helicopters hangar and the entertainment will be provided by a 1940s swing type band. In order to allow for the catering requirements it is necessary that the banquet tickets ($45.00) be purchased no later than Tuesday, August 18th. Tickets can be purchased from Claudine Romani at : [email protected] or by calling her a 604-612-2774 c or 604-425-1117 h.

For more information, see their web site at: www.aeroclubofbc.ca/

Let’s all show our support for this historic BC Flying Club and make their day a resounding success. You will enjoy the historic vignettes that will be presented in the club house throughout the day. Many of you learned to fly at through the ACBC and is so their will be open microphone sessions to tell your stories.

Aero Club of BC Centennial Dinner Program

On July 27 the Club's Directors and admin team met up for a lunch meeting at the Miltown pub in Marpole.

Rex Terpening celebrated his 102nd birthday in July and we would like to wish him many happy returns!!

We would like to thank Cam Kowalski of the RCMP for speaking at the dinner last night. He educated us about the dangers caused by lasers and drones, specific to the aviation industry. These items require more stringent regulation and Cam has been working on this issue for the past several years.

Join us for dinner on Tuesday, January 20, 2014. Our distinguished speaker will be Mr. Mark Duncan, Business Development Manager of Alpha Aviation Inc. (Operators of the Boundary Bay Airport).

His will be a talk about Boundary Bay Airport and their plans for the future of the Airport.

Starts at 1700 at the Richmond Curling Club, near the airport.

The Club would like to thank Dave Solloway, President of Canada Jetlines, the new ultra low cost carrier, for speaking at the club dinner on November 18, 2014. Mr. Solloway provided an extremely interesting presentation about his company's plan, and answered many questions. It made for a very interesting and enjoyable evening. (Peter Van Hee, Club President left, Dave Solloway, right)

Quarter Century in Aviation Club dinner held at the Richmond Curling Club. The featured speaker was Dave Solloway, President of the Canada Jetlines, the new start up ultra low cost carrier.

You may remember there was a rocket ship in front of the Vancouver South Terminal back in the 1950s. We'll a replica of the rocket is now found on West 6th near Cambie by the on ramp to the Cambie Street bridge. Here's the story of that famous rocket ship.

TCA's Lockheed 12 was featured in this newspaper clipping. I suspect the people involved with the aircraft have an association with the club.

A clipping from the Club photo album about the iconic Martin Mars. I wonder if someone from the Mars operation came to speak to the club some years ago.

From the Club's photo album, photographic proof that an Aeroflot IL-18 visited Vancouver Airport in the late 1950s or early 1960s. It was parked on the West ramp of the present day South Terminal.

Another interest page from the Club's photo album, this time showing a QCA Stranraer flying boat model that was shown to the club at a dinner back in the year 2000. This amazing model is now on display at Vancouver's South terminal.