Events

Open House Saturday April 28th

The Ottawa Flying Club would like to invite you to an Open House on Saturday April 28th from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to view our facilities, aircraft, and talk to our Flight Instructors. We can show you how to become either a Professional or Recreational Pilot. The Ottawa Flying Club has been training pilots since 1928!

Come out and enjoy the Ottawa Flying Club at 20 Lindbergh Private for:

• Instructor led seminars on Private and Commercial licenses, multi engine, instrument, and float ratings.
• See member's aircraft and talk to the pilots and instructors
• BBQ in our parking lot
• Take a Sight Seeing Flight or an Introductory Lesson
• One-day only discounts on flights and memberships

Listen to The Jewel 98.5 for contest and information!

Call us at (613) 523-2142 or explore our website for more information.

See you at the Club!

On 26 Sept 2011 at 19:30, Sennheiser will be sponsoring a free presentation at the Canadian Aviation Museum entitled “Rejuvenating Aviation from the Ground Up”. This engaging informational session, given by Ravi “The Raviator”, has been presented at Embry-Riddle University, the University of North Dakota, the University of Western Ontario, several EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) chapters and many other locations. As a sport pilot and professional musician, Ravi encourages students to not only become involved with commercial aviation, but also to help improve its overall image. During the sessions, Ravi encourages Certified Flight Instructors (CFIs) to become more inspired teachers by reconnecting to their own training days. Ravi also shares grassroots marketing concepts to school owners and operators that they can apply within their own educational institutions. Ravi is a pilot and motivational speaker who is bringing renewed passion to the aviation industry. Concerned that the perception of aviation is in decline, he inspires pilots and aviation professionals to re-connect with their dream through educational and motivational events.

For more about Ravi, see http://www.theRaviator.com.

The CPL Groundschool still needs participants to run in the New Year. The deadline for signup is Wednesday, January 5th, 2011. If we do not have enough participants by January 5th the course start date will be pushed back.

The tentative start date is Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 1830 at the OFC classroom.

If you are interested in signing up for the course please follow the link at
http://www.ofc.ca/content/cpl-ground-school or feel free to call Dispatch for details.

In a recent conversation around the dispatch desk two instructors, Jeff Davey and Simon Auger, discussed doing something novel and bizarre for the instructors, members and students at the Ottawa Flying Club, have some fun and raise funds for a worthy cause.... lo and behold Team OFC for a cause originally started in Australia and catching like wildfire around the world "MOVEMBER".

The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia. The plan was simple – to bring the moustache back as a bit of a joke and do something for men’s health. No money was raised in 2003, but the guys behind the Mo realized the potential a moustache had in generating conversations about men’s health. Inspired by the women around them and all they had done for breast cancer, the Mo Bros set themselves on a course to create a global men’s health movement.

In 2004 the campaign evolved and focused on raising awareness and funds for the number one cancer affecting men – prostate cancer. 432 Mo Bros joined the movement that year, raising $55,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia - representing the single largest donation they had ever received.

The Movember moustache has continued to grow year after year, expanding to Canada, the US, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, South Africa, the Netherlands and Finland.

In 2009, global participation of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas climbed to 255,755, with over one million donors raising $47 Million for Movember’s global beneficiary partners. We are proud to announce that last year’s Canadian campaign was the second largest in the world behind Australia, with 35,156 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas coming together to raise $7.8 million for Prostate Cancer Canada.

Movember's Team OFC captained by Jeff Davey: On November 1, 13 of the 33 Team OFC gather clean shaven in front of DMO for a group shot

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On Sunday October 31, OFC President Marc Desjardins shaved off his 39 year old stache to prepare for regrowing.

The Before Shot

Shaving it offThe after shot

GOOD LUCK TEAM OFC!!!!

If you want more information or want to sponsor click on this link and in the search type in M.O.F.C.

http://ca.movember.com/

(Contributed by Bryce Hanna.)

I learned from the Flying Mag e-newsletter that an Aviation Film Festival is being held on November 5 & 6 in Dayton, Ohio.

As you no doubt know, Dayton is a real aviation Mecca including places like the National Aviation Heritage Area the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.

If this interests you, you are welcome to organize a trip. Let us know what you need. I'm sure there are a few instructors that like movies and would be happy to chaperon some novice pilots who need to build time.

Mike.

The CPL Ground School start date has been pushed back to January 2011. The course will begin January 10th at 1830 and will run every Monday and Wednesday evening for approximately 14 weeks.

If you are interested in signing up for the course please follow the link at
http://www.ofc.ca/content/cpl-ground-school or feel free to call Dispatch for details.

Please sign up as we still need a minimum number of participants to run the course!

There is still space available in our next Commercial Ground School starting 13 October. If you want to become a professional pilot, this is the course for you. Sign up today at http://www.ofc.ca/content/cpl-ground-school.

This ground school class is required for anyone wishing to earn a Transport Canada Commercial Pilot's Licence. The completion of a PPL Ground School is required to take the class, but no previous flying experience is required at the start of the course. However, a minimum of a 100 hours of flight time is required to write the TC CPL written exam.

The class will be held tentatively twice a week, with classes three hours in length. The total number of course hours is 80 hours.