Happy New Year to all

And for those of you who may be interested in a SPOT Satelite locator, be advised that London Drugs have them for $119.00, a $50.00 discount, plus, COPA members may call in for a coupon code for a free year of tracking worth $50.00. Quite a deal and safety for everyone.

Fly safe.

James.

Its almost over

We had some good flying this year, I logged many hours, with all of you my friends. I hope 2009 will bring all of us together, and offer us wealth, health, and many soft landings..

Cheers my friends

Bob

Only one casualty from the snow

I went out to KG to check things today. It looks like everyone's hangers are okay with one exception.

Ian

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish all of my flying friends a very happy Christmas and a healthy 2009.

James.

Another Murphy sale?

I was out at Chilliwack today and noticed the JDM-8 in a heap. Looks like it got nailed in the big winds.

Sale at Murphy Aviation.

Got a call from Stephane of Murphy Aviation last Saturday.

Murphy is holding a sale of material surplus to their needs.

Saturday Dec. 13 beginning at 9:00 AM.

Bring lots of money Eh!


Jack

Interesting and rare aircraft

Some interesting and rare aircraft.....


http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm

Latest draft of Vancouver area airspace changes

Sebastien's flight to Edmonton

This is a link to some video Sebastien made while flying our Zodiac 601 through the Rockies from Abbotsford CYXX to Edmonton Villeneuve CZVL plus some pictures of this trip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PiO5NQFTU8


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5_qEOLAZzA

Thanks again Seb.

Ron

Dog Creek Airfield

Geoff asked me to post the coordinates for Dog Creek Airstrip up near 100 Mile House. It's an old military airfield now on private property. Apparently the owner is open to the occasional landing.

There is a group out of ZBB that camp up there on occasion. 6000ft runways.

Google Earth it at 51'37.37N 122'15.19W

Ian

Airspace changes

Hang on boys and girls. Our old pal Nav Canada is putting the squeeze on our collective proverbial nut-sack.

Check out the link. This is the draft version of the next VTA. Pretty soon you'll need a transponder code and a clearance for a bowel movement.

http://www.langleyflyingschool.com/PDF%20Documents/Draft_Vancouver_VTA_Back.pdf

This sucks.

Ian

Gerry Kinsey

Some of you may have heard that Gerry had a landing incident while flying his Jabiru on Sunday the 16th.

The good news is that Gerry is O.K apart from some damage to his hand. The Jabiru was not so fortunate.

We all wish Gerry a speedy recovery.

James.

Qualicum for lunch

Meet at King George airpark, departing around 10 am

Earl Hastings Birthday

Looks like the birthday party for Earl, has been rescheduled for this weekend. I dont want to jinx it but the weather looks good for the weekend as well. Lets all get together and head to North Pender on Saturday, who's in?

Bob

Ugly but kind of cool

701 tail dragger, the d day stripes almost suit it.....

For all those who live out of province and have dropped off the face of the earth..(aka Ron and Debbie)

Wasnt today a great day, the weather was awesome. Man Chilliwack can sure get busy..... Has anyone heard from the "married" couple?? Must be an awesome honeymoon....lol

Bob

beware Rivers Edge avionics

If you guys ever need your avionics serviced stay away from these guys. I dropped off my transponder in late July to these yahoo's. Tom Jackson the owner said he would contact me in a couple of days with a diagnosis. Weeks passed and Tom said they were very busy and could not get to it right away, fine, call me when you find out. I phoned him at least a dozen times trying to find out what was going on. Finally two weeks ago he tells me transponder is fine, but encoder is shot, could not find a time to go pick it up because of me working in Yakima now. So today I get a hold of him, ask him if I can pick it up tomorrow, he says fine. I get an email tonight saying the Transponder is beyond reasonable repair, and a quote for a new transponder and encoder. This guy is an A**HOLE cant wait till I see him tomorrow, they will remember me for a long time.


Bob

weekend weather and flying

Hey, looks like the weather might not be too bad this weekend, so I am looking forward to two solid days of flying, hope that all my wing men can join me, looks like this might be our last big horrah for the season..... see you at King George on Sat morning....

Remember: Earl Hastings birthday party bbq North Pender island(hastings feild) Saturday at noon
Vargas island flyout Sunday 9 am from King George.....

Bob

North Pender

Ian and I were at Hastings field today, some pilots we met mentioned a hot dog bbq next weekend, Saturday at noon. Hope to see everyone there......

Bob

Bernie Mewhort

There may be some of you out there who do not know that one of our members, Bernie Mewhort went in to Royal Columbian Hospital for some tests last monday, was kept in and went through quadruple heart bypass surgury a couple of days ago.

I am sure that you will all join me in wishing Bernie a speedy recovery.

James.

zodiac from King george to Villeneuve AB

Today I waited with anticipation for Sebastien and my airplane and at 14:05 Seb landed at CZVL with good weather actually it was the best weather of the whole trip , the last call I got at 10.30 BC time him leaving from Golden BC (calling from a pay phone because the battery in his cell phone had long died)Ron I will call You when I land in Olds Didsbury at about one o'clock . but no time left on the calling card Sebastien decided to buy gas instead and continue the flight to Villeneuve Airport .

Now comments from the Pilot in the plane :
The trip took Me from King George to Salmon Arm initially but had to divert to Quilchena in a hurry... Weather wasn't the greatest and stress started to settle in, unfamiliar terrain, plane, and a few electrical snags from the previous oil change... had to take a wizz bad, really bad. After one missed approach and a refill for NSR and a lighter bladder, finally i arrived in Salmon Arm. FSS warn me of bad weather ahead and sure enough, Rogers Pass felt like night time with pouring rain. Turning around for Revelstoke was the option, so for 3 hours i waited. Two other eastbound Cessna's soon joined the pilot lounge. Made 2 phone calls, Rogers Pass Esso gas station and the Lodge for weather info, and soon on my way to Golden. Overnight carpet sleeping, fogged in untill 10H00 BC time, Golden was left behind. Few pics of Lake Louise and Banff and slow descent to the foot-hills of Alberta. Running behind schedule, i decide to refuel instead of spending the rest of my money on a phone card and arrived safely in Villeneuve. Awesome trip, thanks to Ron and Debby, Jerome and Ian, and of course Jason for picking me up early in CYXX.
Lessons learned; battery charger for the phone next time, pull on that knob for the heat to come on, and definitely will do it again!! Sebastien.
below some pix of Sebastien in Edmonton, Villeneuve and the big mall.

Here we go again...

Another report today from Vancouver Tower......

An aircraft from King George flew through YVR tower airspace without a clearance yet again today. The aircraft was radar tracked to somewhere over near Indian Arm. This time right through the approach to the 26's at 2000ft.

Nice job. I want to thank those involved in advance for getting us all banned from flying through. It hasn't happened yet but I'm excited about the possibility.

Deadstick Mountaintop Takeoff

Check this out. More fun with the Highlander.

Freddie's fly-in

Freddie has invited all who would like to fly in to Sechelt on the 6/7 of September to join him in his hot-tub, eat some of his hot-dogs and stay overnight. It will be dependant upon weather of course and BYOB.

Fred will run a shuttle service from the airport to his place. Any takers?

What will it take?

what will it take to get pilots to fly in to DairyAir?

THIS farmer WILL allow flight operations to take place on the farm.

There has got be some justification for the 200 hours per year that I spend on the tractors cutting the grass.

Ideas?

Summer is slipping away

Lets come up with ideas for a fly-out for the Aug 16-17th weekend. I'll start it off with Cortez Island. Not much to do there unless we make prior arrangements for coffee (we need Fred for that) . Any refueling would need to be done elsewhere such as Powell River.

Steve

Hatzic field short lived

After only two aircraft have actually landed at North Hatzic field ,the farmer has changed his mind regarding the permission having Ultralights land and takeoff from his land. to bad but so be it .

here are some pictures from the planes that landed at Hatzic .

Quilchena on the Lake

If anyone is interested in a trip to Quilchena Golf Course outside of Merritt we will be leaving at 8:00 Am Saturday July 26 from King George Airpark. So far a beater Coyote and a beautiful Tecnam will be accompanying you.

Greg 

Sunday Texada island pancake breakfast

I will be leaving King George at aprox 7:30 am on Sunday morning, weather is supposed to be stellar, so come along if you like

Bob

Anyone for a glacier flight?

Mover your curser left or right to steer

water skiing

I know we have all seen this kind of stuff before, but I have never seen it done in an S-6
http://www.barnstormers.com/eFLYER/2008/020-eFLYER-FA03-AircraftWaterSki.html


paste address into browser, sorry having trouble getting hyperlinks to work

Carefull when You land

Picasa Web Albums - flyboy - capture the m... - image01010111...

Texada flyin

Hi guys, now is the time to start planning our trip to Texada, if you planning on going. I am including a link to the website that includes email contacts and phone numbers. They are asking that you pre register for a parking space. This looks like it would be a real good time, camping under the wing on Saturday night and a good pancake breakfast and bbq lunch while watching the Fraser blues preform.

here is the link: http://www.texada.org/TexadaAnnualFly-In/page2.html

cmon guys lets get motivated!!!!!

Bob

Stave lake

Has anyone used the old strip at the end of Stave lake in the recent past? I was looking at Google earth this morning and wondered if it would not be a bad place to have an outing too, please post any info you might have,


Thanks

Bob

Fathers day

The annual Fathers day breakfast Sunday June 15 will held at Glenn Valley airpark between 9am -11am. If flying in check with me first as the runway is very soft due to the heavy rains lately.

Extreme mountain top

This is what flying taildragger is all about! Check this video out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zioQVUSWcY

video of Vargas Island fly out

I finally found some time to edit the video tape taken of our latest trip to Vargas

Air show Fraser Blues( Click)

The Fraser Blues will be doing an air show at Rowena's on Sunday June 1st at 14.30
only 3 planes this time because Clive will not be able to be there.
Have fun :Ron

King George bbq update

Talking to Arnold yesterday, there was an oops on the date, its June 7 SATURDAY.

Power lines planned West of Harrison Bridge (Rowenas)

This could affect the approach to Rowenas. Apparently the plans call for the 125 ft high power lines to be West of the bridge adjacent to Rowenas. I'm not sure how accurate that information is though.

Ian

King George bbq

Just learned from the mile high customs forum that KGA is hosting a bbq , but the date I was given is a Tuesday??? from 10 -4 June 3rd

Bob

Slice-a-matic

Another use for an ultralight....

Transponder wiring diagram

Hi guys, just got my KT 76 and encoder, its all wired together but I wanted a wiring diagram for reference, is anyone else flying with one? Or do you know where I can find a diagram online, I have searched but no luck.

Thanks in adavance

Bob

"One of the beautiful things about a single piloted aircraft is the quality of the social experience."
- Anonymous

Fly out to Vargas Island

I'm sorry the call to go out to Vargas Island came only on Thursday , even so 5 planes came out on this nice day Saturday Bob and I came about an hour later , wile Steve,Shawn,Ian,John, were already sitting on a log waiting for Us . the flight back through the mountains was rough and hard work but fun to do ,lunch at Qualicum was great ( Thanks again Bob) all in all a great day we have to do more fly outs like this keep the ideas coming :Ron

P.S. I have video of this trip but need some time to render it and put it on line. ( the above pictures are actual video frames.
Fly save : Ron

Harrison Ford comments on flying

Here's a short vid with Harrison Ford commenting on flying.

New Sheltered Cove airstrip

We have a new airstrip in the works , location is sheltered cove just north of Hatzic Lake it will take an other 3 weeks or so for the hay to come of the field, then some preparation the runway 15 is 1000ft+ long one way in and out the prevailing winds are from the water in the South .

here is a link to a google earth page that will show the exact location and related info .. look at the page...
there is a radio controlled airfield in the approach path about 2000 ft You will be at +- 300ft ,I have talked to them already so the are aware and know they have to give way to ( real) aircraft but it would be possible that if You see cars parked at the RC field to make a circle at 500ft before turning final.
in case the link does not work for You are the coordinates : 49 10' 47 N /122 15' 17 W

lets do it Vargas Island

The weather for the weekend looks good 24 c for Saturday May 24. low tide @ Vargas for sat. is @ 10:13
high tide@ 5:00 pm .
Bob has to fly low to reduce fuel burn so he plotted a route from Qualicum to Port Albernie following the highway along Sprout lake then over Kennedy lake to Vargas Island.
Join us all it will be fun

wheels up @ 10:00 am from KG. come early ......lets hope the weather keeps up.......
Ron

Documentary on de Havilland Beaver on History Channel

The Immortal Beaver follows the resurrection of the de Havilland Beaver, “Olivia”, a weather beaten shell of an airplane that has been resting quietly for decades in the dusty Arizona desert.
when it's on
Tuesday May 20 at 2:00 PM 9:00 PMWednesday May 21 at 1:00 AMSaturday May 24 at 8:00 PMSunday May 25 at 4:00 AM
upcoming episodes
airs Tuesday, May 20 at 2:00 PM EST
airs Tuesday, May 20 at 9:00 PM EST
airs Wednesday, May 21 at 1:00 AM EST
airs Saturday, May 24 at 8:00 PM EST
airs Sunday, May 25 at 4:00 AM EST

Not a fly in but a fly around

Hello, middle of the day on Thursday, but I thought I would throw this out there, Ron and I are meeting at King George around 17:30 or 18:00 and flying east up the valley any one that would like to join us , please do!!!!

Bob

May long weekend flying

The coyote C-FOKR is now back on wheels after the owner got turned down for a hanger at his lake front property in Saskatchewan. Will be flying it east this weekend either Sat. or Sunday and making the first stop Quichena for lunch. If anyone wants to come along let me know, and if your real keen for a longer xcountry I will probably overnight in either Revelstoke or Golden. Weather finally looks good for the weekend.

Hot-dog fly in.

With the sunny weather predicted for this week-end.

Is there any interest in a hot-dog fly in to DairyAir?

If enough pilots signed up to make it interesting, I would spring for the dogs and pop.

If a lot signed up, I would have to ask Ron's better half Debbie for help running the BBQ.

Or we could get a larger BBQ going and get all the ground support teams involved in the fun.

Overnight camping is fine and DairyAir is within about three minutes driving time from the freeway.

Let me know Eh!

Jack

604-794-9827
jpmenard@shaw.ca

Arnold Here

Hi Guys,

Well, It only took six months but I finally gots me my invite to the Blog. The Blog looks great, and I have already checked out most of the vids.

As you may or may not know I run a full service aviation forum at http://www.milehighcustoms.com/forum/ It's a full aspect forum covering all things aviation. I also, in the forum, have a KGA section that I will be using for the students (and anyone else who wants) to post upcoming events. Feel free to join and post there as well as here as I have over 5500 members and it's a great way to get the word out. I have posted some pix from the Mothers Day Breakfast there if you're interested. http://www.milehighcustoms.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8205

Arnold

Another ski vid

Check out the last flight(some ski mods and another test) . Ian came along in the s7, he did some aerial video but it didn't turn out very well (maybe next time) . I had the zoom part way in for the landing but you get the idea.
shawn

Vargas island

It looks like the weather for Vargas this Saturday will be a wash out, but the Mothers day breakfast will be on Sunday rain or shine.

Vargas island

The potential dates for Vargas island with suitable tides are May 10, May23, 24, 31, and June 1.
We just descent weather hopefully on one of those dates to make a journey out there. Should be able to tell by the middle of the week for an future forecast.

Mothers day breakfast

May 11 we will have the annual mothers day breakfast at the glenn valley airpark between 9am and 11 am. All are welcome and runway is getting firmer by the day.

glacier landing

Hey
Check this video out from last saturday, tried the skis out you have all seen me working on
shawn

The next flyout

Ok, time to start thinking of our next destination. How does everyone feel about maybe lunch over in Qualicum beach? Any other suggestions?

Bob

Flyin to Rowena's (click to album)

The flyin to Rowena's was very nice 5 Ultralights came in and there where 8 planes on the ramp,
Jim shepherd brought in hot dogs end buns to roast over the fire that was already going

A link to Rowena;s

Check places to fly /B.C. /Rowena's
see ya there. Ron

Rowena( Sandpiper golf course) Sat.. April 26

Just coming from The Sandpiper Golf Course
The ( old Super Koala) on the way to Rowena's

Saturday, April 26

The weather is supposed to be very nice on Sat. I propose a fly-out somewhere, any suggestions, I will start with maybe... Rowena?? Something farther?

Bob

Charlie Russell on his departure to Alberta, full fuel plus, sleeping bag and all the extras gets off with plenty of room to spare. The airplane is a Kolb mark three with a Rotax 912 on a Full Lotus mono float. Charlie will one of the quest speakers at BCFA AGM at Nimpo Lake on his flying escapades and his life with the grizzly bears in Kamchatke, Russia.

Charlie Russel on his departure to Alberta, full fuel plus, sleeping

James checking out the hot tub for a future fly out to Sechelt inlet.

sounds like a good deal

this transponder looks like it good be a good deal for one of You guy's out there

Fly out Cortez island

The weather forecast is getting progressively worse as the day goes on. It does not look good for tomorrow but maybe we can fly to someplace closer if the weather permits.

Cheers Fred

Cortez??

Fred, a couple of weeks ago you were talking about a flyout to Cortez Island for the easter weekend, any plans been made?

Robert Barron

Nrd Pender Island

Well the flight to Nrd Pender Island was nice and smooth the weather was perfect and only a very light tail wind as usual coming in to Hastings field this time there were only 3 planes but fun non the less ,we had a nice lunch at the bakery, I'm sure there will more participants next time when ever that is .

North Pender Island(Hastings field)

A couple guy,s flew out to Chilliwack today and plan to fly out to Hastings field on North Pender Sunday Feb. 24 wheels up at King George @ 2 pm local time, weather looks great. seya there . Ron.

Let it happen (click)

A380 cockpit

Here's an interesting view of an A380 cockpit. Hold down the left mouse to pan and tilt. The scrollwheel will zoom.

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm

Ian

Some stol fun

http://www.bentpropproductions.com/husky-cub.swf

http://www.bentpropproductions.com/sherpa.swf

http://www.bentpropproductions.com/bushwacker.swf

Electrical problem

I have a small problem with the voltage regulator on my Rotax 503 I messure 15.5 volts with the engine running is this to high ,come out if You know ifn this is right or to high because I blew out the power supply to my strobes. Thanks already Al.

deer meat

I know this has nothing to do with flying, but since its snowin and we're grounded...


DEER MEAT

A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner.Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind ofmeat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess. The kids were eager to know what the meat was on their plates, so they begged their dad for the clue. Well, he said, 'It's what mommy calls me sometimes.


The little girl screams to her brother, "Don't eat it , it's an asshole!!!"

Dairy Air Rosedale ( Jacques's field)

Tuesday Jan 22.
I made My first landing at Jacques's field (Dairy Air) not your average field 750ft. from beginning to the trees on the end the field slopes up 4% up to the intersection of the two runway,s and then goes up to 9 % so a natural brake (the average ultralight will not make it to the intersection without adding power after landing and roll out
I first had a look at the spot with two feet on the ground it gives you a much better idea what your dealing with, and Jacques would like any one planning to land at his field to check it out first from the ground!!!!.

At take off You will get a nice kick in the pants from the 9% down slope this is a one way in and out field major transmission lines on the east side , I landed 10 with very light north wind cross wind was no issue ,the runway is nice and smooth except for frost heaves ,some small rock is mixed up in the grass , the runway will be nicer when 4" of grass is growing on it.
It was a nice experience I'll do it again soon Thanks Jacques .(pictures made by J.C. Menard also the slide show on the bottom of the blog) . Ron

TOO WINDY !!!

Conditions at:	CYXX observed 20 January 2008 23:00 UTC
Temperature:	3.0°C (37°F)
Dewpoint:	-9.0°C (16°F) [RH = 41%]
Pressure (altimeter):	30.17 inches Hg (1021.8 mb) [Sea-level pressure: 1022.0 mb]
Winds:	from the NE (40 degrees) at 22 MPH (19 knots; 9.9 m/s) gusting to 37 MPH (32 knots; 16.6 m/s)
Visibility:	30 miles (48 km)
Ceiling:	at least 12,000 feet AGL
Clouds:	few clouds at 5000 feet AGL scattered clouds at 10000 feet AGL This was the weather at Abbotsford airport on Sunday afternoon sounded like a nice short takeoff ,but when I taxied my Zodiac 601 UL on to the run way it was more than we could handle without moving ,my ASI showed 40 mph and just by moving in position the plane started flying,about 1/2 feet from the runway ,I aborted the takeoff and told the tower i would exit bravo , it took what seemed like 10 min to get there going walking speed with the tail up the plane light as a feather lifting of from time to time ,I got Her back to the tie down and called a day ,happy to have Her back in one piece. today is a better Day to be up there. : Ron CH 601 FNSR

Pemberton to Gun Lake

A couple of pix taken by Shawn on a flight from Pemberton to Gun Lake. Nice flight over Hurley Pass but not much at Gun Lake except a dusty airstrip and lots of ATV traffic.

first get together of the year

Now that the web site is up and running, I propose that we set a date and location (airflow?) for a get to know each other get together. Maybe in the next couple of months, that way we all can put faces to our names here and perhaps get the ball rolling for our first flyout? Post your comments and ideas please

Robert Barron

Ps: cant wait for a nice summer morning like this to come......

Poets Cove South Pender Island, double the price for food compared to Browning Harbour just around the corner.

vargas island

Looking forward to spring/summer
shawn

Some Pix I got from Clive Barratt of the Fraser Blues
Clive is going to organize a introduction to formation flying ,we'll keep You up to date when.