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Vol. 2, No.
10 OCTOBER 2009
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to Bits and Pieces,
EAA's e-newsletter and monthly information digest for
builders and fliers in Canada. We encourage you to
forward your copy to your aviation friends and invite
them to subscribe.
This month's Bits &
Pieces highlights the very successful Calgary and COPA
Centennial of Flight celebrations. The article and
pictures come courtesy of EAA Chapter 1410 High River
member Bill Beaton, EAA 830995, who is also a COPA
director (Alberta & NWT).
Kathy Lubitz, president
of the Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada (UPAC)
brings us up to date on the challenge by Quebec and some
other provinces on federal jurisdiction of aerodromes.
Stay tuned on this issue!
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EAA efforts for homebuilders
in the U.S. pay off…the Young Eagles program welcomes
some familiar faces to serve as co-chairmen…and I
attempt to demystify the issue of portable fire
extinguishers for amateur-built aircraft builders and
owners.
I urge you to read the
fascinating article by Dave O'Malley of Vintage Wings -
Flying with the Ace in which Dave Hatfield flies with
'Stocky' Edwards, Canada's highest-scoring surviving
fighter pilot. And finally, read about an Air Canada
first officer’s foray into homebuilding in our From
the Archives feature.
Enjoy! - Jack
Dueck, Editor
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| CALGARY
HOSTS CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT CELEBRATION |
| Calgary's
Springbank Airport (CYBW) showed national pride and
provided western hospitality when it hosted flying
enthusiasts from across the country July 17-19 in
celebration of 100 years of powered flight in Canada.
Five Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA)
flights spent months planning the fly-in convention,
trade show, air display, and several social events. The
Calgary Flying Club, the Calgary Airport Authority, and
the Aviation Department of Mount Royal College
generously provided the venue for the events. More than
140 members from the local Calgary Flying Club, COPA
flights, EAA chapters, and the RAA provided in excess of
4,200 volunteer hours taking care of all the planning
and execution of this landmark event. Read
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FEDERAL
JURISDICTION OF AERODROMES CHALLENGED
Recently there were two challenges in Quebec to the
principle of exclusive federal jurisdiction of
aeronautics. This principle has been challenged in the
Quebec and other provincial courts a number of times and
each time the provinces have lost.
This time the Government
of Quebec decided to appeal the decision to the Supreme
Court of Canada. The case is scheduled to be heard in
October. The province of Quebec has been joined in this
appeal by the provinces of British Columbia and New
Brunswick. If the appeal is successful, the provinces
and local municipalities will share jurisdiction with
the Federal Government over aeronautics including land
and water aeronautics. Read
more
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| GOOD
NEWS FOR HOMEBUILDERS SOUTH OF THE BORDER |
| Last
week EAA reported the successful conclusion to its
defense of the homebuilt movement in the United States.
The FAA’s proposed changes to the policy controlling
US Homebuilt aircraft certification could have decimated
the movement, but the long-awaited FAA final order, the
amateur-built aircraft certification policy known as the
51 percent rule as well as Advisory Circular 20-27G, the
guide for amateur builders in the U.S. on how to
properly certify every step of the building process. The
results are favorable for U.S. builders, as well as
those non-US companies that manufacture aircraft kits
for the US market. Read
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| ABOUT
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS (FOR AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT OWNERS) |
| As
homebuilders, we need to contend with the CARs that
regulate our amateur-built aircraft. And even if most of
our attention is directed to the nuts and bolts of
building, we often grind up against the rules and
regulations that affect many aspects of homebuilding.
Hence, the following review on fire extinguishers. Read
more |
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| SULLENBERGER
AND SKILES NAMED NEW YOUNG EAGLES CO-CHAIRMAN |
| EAA
announced last month Captain Chesley “Sully”
Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, known for
their successful emergency landing in New York’s
Hudson River in January, as the new co-chairmen of the
EAA Young Eagles Program. EAA member, pilot, and famed
actor Harrison Ford introduced his replacements during a
news conference at the Santa Monica Airport in
California. Later that night Ford was honored for his
stewardship of the program – he served for five years
- at a dinner attended by Sullenberger, Skiles, EAA
President Tom Poberezney, and past Young Eagles who had
moved onto aviation pursuits. The night even included
remarks by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Read more (including audio interviews and video of the
press conference and tribute to Harrison Ford). Read
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| FLYING
WITH THE ACE |
| Recently
featured in Vintage Wings Canada, Flying
with the Ace, is pilot Dave Hatfield's account
of flying with World War II Triple Ace James F.
"Stocky" Edwards, who is Canada's
highest-scoring living fighter pilot. Hatfield Edwards,
88, flew in the back seat of Vintage Wings' beautifully
restored Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, which has the same
paint scheme as one flown many times by Edwards. I urge
you to read this
fascinating article.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: A
SKYBOLT STORY
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"A Steen Skybolt, you
say, and just how do you build one?" So starts the
story from the October 1976 edition of Sport Aviation,
written by Gordon F. Price, of London, Ont., Canada.
"That was on the morning of September 19, 1973. I
was a First Officer assigned to DC-8s and flying with
Capt. Lloyd Windh out of Toronto on a Winnipeg
turnaround. By the time we returned to Toronto late that
afternoon I said, "I think I'll build one,
too," even though I was not really familiar with
small aircraft, did not take shop in school, had limited
mechanical ability, and hadn't even heard of the EAA
before that day. Read
the story here.
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