From Marc Desjardins, President, Ottawa Flying Club:
Hosted by the Ottawa Flying Club, Fly Day is an event supported and contributed to by local area pilots, aviation related businesses and organizations, many sponsors, and the Ottawa Rotary Club, and we need volunteers to make it work! Fly Day
Fly Day Pilots Wanted!
Pilots with 4-place aircraft are needed for the 53rd Annual Fly Day at the Ottawa Flying Club to carry out sightseeing flights over Ottawa.
If you are a pilot with:
· A Private or Commercial Licence
· 100 hours or more PIC (special consideration for Algonquin students who wish to volunteer with 85 hours PIC and reviewed by CFI)
· 10 hours on Type
· 10 hours in the previous 12 months (or a checkout by an OFC instructor)
· Familiarity with procedures at Ottawa
· Recency and Currency as per the CARS
· 1 hour PIC or Dual within the last 30 days before FlyDay, and
· a 4-place (or better) aircraft to fly (owned or rented)
...you can take part in Fly Day!
Benefits
If you fly as a volunteer pilot, you will receive:
· Tax receipts for all operating costs
· Free Fuel
· Landing and Departure at CYOW are waived for participating aircraft
All of the Cessna 172s and the Beech Duchess have been reserved for rental use on Fly Day.
Ground volunteers needed too!
Ground volunteers are needed to escort passengers to and from the aircraft and to marshal aircraft.
As most activities take place on the OFC ramp, ground volunteers are required to be licensed pilots, student pilots with their student pilot permit, or airport authority red pass holders.
To Volunteer
If you are interested in flying or for volunteering for other activities, in taking a ride at the event, in being a sponsor, or contributing a static exhibit, please contact Marc Desjardins.
Website: http://flyday.ca/
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Update from Marc today:
URGENT
October 1, 2011 - Volunteers Wanted.... Needed....
ESPECIALLY PILOTS FOR THE OFC AIRCRAFT!!!
Hosted by the Ottawa Flying Club, Fly Day is an event supported and contributed to by local area pilots, aviation related businesses and organizations, many sponsors, and the Ottawa Rotary Club, and we need volunteers to make it work! Fly Day
Fly Day Pilots Wanted!
We have 10 private aircraft now!! TERRIFIC!!!
We really need pilots for the OFC aircraft, the Cessna 172s and Duchess. You fly at dry rate, free gas and tax deductible receipt!!! Pilots with 4-place aircraft are needed for the 53rd Annual Fly Day at the Ottawa Flying Club to carry out sightseeing flights over Ottawa.
If you are a pilot with:
· A Private or Commercial Licence
· 100 hours or more PIC (special consideration for Algonquin students who wish to volunteer with 85 hours PIC and reviewed by CFI)
· 10 hours on Type
· 10 hours in the previous 12 months (or a checkout by an OFC instructor)
· Familiarity with procedures at Ottawa
· Recency and Currency as per the CARS
· 1 hour PIC or Dual within the last 30 days before FlyDay, and
· a 4-place (or better) aircraft to fly (owned or rented)
...you can take part in Fly Day!
Benefits
If you fly as a volunteer pilot, you will receive:
· Tax receipts for all operating costs
· Free Fuel
· Landing and Departure at CYOW are waived for participating aircraft
All of the Cessna 172s and the Beech Duchess have been reserved for rental use on Fly Day.
Ground volunteers needed too!
Ground volunteers are needed to escort passengers to and from the aircraft and to marshal aircraft.
As most activities take place on the OFC ramp, ground volunteers are required to be licensed pilots, student pilots with their student pilot permit, or airport authority red pass holders.
To Volunteer
If you are interested in flying (or for volunteering for other activities, in taking a ride at the event, in being a sponsor (you can download the sponsorship form here), or contributing a static exhibit), please contact
MARC DESJARDINS (e-mail president@ofc.ca)
See you on October 1
Here is Marc's report one day after the event:
On behalf of the Ottawa Flying Club I want to thank the following people for making Fly Day 2011 a success in spite of or despite the weather we experienced. We flew approximately 200 people yesterday and raised over $9,000 for the Ottawa Rotary Home. More concise numbers to come.
Thanks to our Co-Chairs for this year's event... Julie Marion for the OFC and Alan Acton for Rotary.
For helping smooth out the transition as past Fly Day chair and helping with media such as FlyDay.ca and ground crews ... Dave Alexander.
Our Ground Crew Co-ordinator ... Paul Wagner
To our pilots... especially our private pilots from our own Club and surrounding clubs.
C-FROF - Cherokee - Dick Peacocke
C-GAQQ - Cherokee - Rick Morris
C-GFNI- C182 - Rod Cross
C-GWDH - Piper Warrior - Shane Hale
C-GKLG - Cherokee - Don Walker & Randy Peckham
C-FQEO - Cherokee - Brent Philion
C-FFUP - Cherokee -Mike & Maria Stotts
Our private members who stepped up to the plate to fly the Club aircraft
C-FDMO - Beech Duchess- Thomas Krodel
C-GCVO - C172 - Jim Morris
C-GCOH - C172 - Adam Martin & Joshua Shea
C-FEUH - C172 - Mark Rowsom
Our Loadmaster - Frank Schilder
Our Air Boss - Rob Schwartz and Rod Berek and their young assistants...
Our Marshallers:
Corey Mathieson, Jesse Joy, Laurie Anne Smith
Our security:
Chris Scrivens and Hannah Ferguson
Our Passenger Escorts:
Ben Sweezy, Peter Luff, Joshua Zuiderveen
Our Dispatch & Line Staff - Harri, Charles, Alex and Emma
Our wonderful people from Vintage Wings who not only displayed their fantastic aircraft but helped raise funds by donating flights in their aircraft for which people paid handsomely for and whose names were drawn. Many thanks to Rob Fleck, Ulrich Bollinger and other very generous pilots and people from Vintage Wings.
Harvard CFROA, Fleet Finch CFPFF, Fleet Cornell CFYQR, Boeing Stearman CGKUE
Chief Francois Jacquet from the Airport Fire Services.
Our Rotary Club Volunteers who look after registration, the BBQ, signage and media releases.
To Bill Gadzos who looked after our Pilot briefing and all our great Air Traffic Control staff and YOW Tower - MANY THANKS!!!
Paul Benoit, CEO of the Ottawa Airport Authority for the great new runway and Clement Poupart the project manager.
And lastly for definitely not least all of our Corporate Sponsors who help out financially or with products:
Manulife Financial
Canadian Association of Optometrists
Iogen Corporation
Polaris Financial
Emerald Links Golf Course
Ottawa International Airport Authority - Waiving of landing fees
Tim Hortons - Hunt Club & Canadair Private - Bill Kitchen owner
Nav Canada & their parking lot
And of course the many people who come and enjoy the ride and contribute to a very worthwhile cause!!!
Marc Desjardins
President
The Ottawa Flying Club
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