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.
A
poster and list of the FREE all day activities is attached.
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 : claudine-romani@shaw.ca or by calling her a 604-612-1774 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
Blue
Skies
Phone 604-465-0446
2 comments:
Note the Claudine phone number is 604-612-1774 not 604-612-2774
The date id August 29th not July 29th
Thanks Unknown. I will make the changes.
James.
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