Ontario Provincial Committee Air Cadet League of Canada
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- The following were in attendance: Regrets
- Attended By Invitation: Absent
- 2. Ratification of the Agenda
- Moved by: Kenn Moody Seconded by: Jerry Elias Carried 4. Business Arising
- 4.3 Glider Centre Visit Report
- Reports 5.1 National Aviation Committee (Jerry Elias)
- 5.2 Regional Cadet Air Operations (RCAirOpsO)
- Advanced Soaring Program
- Glider Pilot Achievement Awards
- Flying Continuation Training Award
- 5.3 Soaring Association of Canada (Eric Gillespie)
- 5.4 Flight Safety (BGen Paul Hayes)
- 5.5 M odel Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC) (MGen Bill Paisley) i) MAAC/ACL Model Building Program
- Level 4 Training Requirements
- Action: All Committee Members 5.6 Aeronca Project
- Flying Asset Acquisitions
- Power Familiarization Flying
- Action: Mason Civil Air Search and Rescue Association
- 6. New Business 6.1 Squadron Attendance at Gliding Centres
- Action: All 6.2 Report from Captain Reid
- Action Mason/Reid 6.3 Greenbank Airport
- 7. Next Meeting
Ontario Provincial Committee Air Cadet League of Canada Aviation Committee Meeting – January 15, 2012 Record of Proceedings 
A meeting of the OPC Aviation Committee was held on Sunday January 15, 2012 commencing at 10:00 hours in the Officer’s Mess of the Canadian Forces College, Toronto, Ontario. The following were in attendance: Regrets: Mr. Fred Hopkinson (Chair) Mr. Carson Fougere Mr. Dick Donaldson Mr. Bill McCarthy LCol Jerry Elias (Ret’d) Major Greg Merrill (Ret’d) LCol Jim Gale (Ret’d) LCol Doug Moodie BGen Paul Hayes (Ret’d) Mr. Ian Munro Mr. Brock Mason MGen Bill Paisley (Ret’d) Mr. Jim Morrison Mr. Tommy Thomas Mr. Kenn Moody Mr. Eric Gillespie, SAC Mr. Milt Barsky, MAAC
Mr. Fred Messacar, MAAC Mr. Ralph Thistle Captain Sean Murphy, RC(Air)Ops Captain Ken Reid, RCSU Major Rick Sensabaugh, RC(Air)Ops Ms. Anne Kozich
He spoke briefly about the special meetings held in conjunction with the Annual General meeting and extended thanks on behalf of the OPC to those who were in attendance. The first of these was an inaugural meeting to discuss the ways in which MAAC could be of assistance in enabling the fulfilment of the new 4th level training program providing for RC Model flying. Fred Messacar and Milt Barsky of MAAC were in attendance along with Captain Reid, Jerry Elias, Tom Taborowski and Fred Hopkinson. (Bill Paisley was unable to be present as he was chairing the OPC Advisory Board meeting. The second meeting included Ron Guenther of CASARA, LCol Moodie, Major Sensabaugh, Captain Toth and Captain Murphy of the Regional Cadet Air Operations Unit and Kenn Moody, Ted Gilbank and Fred Hopkinson of the OPC. The purpose of the meeting was to clarify procedures to be followed by the parties when scheduling a CASARA training exercise. The meeting was successful in bringing understanding and clarity to the requirements of CATO 52-07 The Chairman then showed a short video clip of the SOGC Air Appreciation Day produced by Cogeco Ontario. This is the second Air Appreciation Day held by a Gliding Centre and both have been extremely successful. The video is available at: http://www.tvcogeco.com/niagara/gallery/the-source/4400-september-source-stories/45212-welland-air-cadets 2. Ratification of the Agenda – The meeting agenda was approved as circulated Moved by: Jerry Elias Seconded by: Jim Morrison Carried 3. Approval of the Record of Decisions of the meeting of April 30, 2011 – The Record of Proceedings of the previous meeting held on April 30, 2011 at Mohawk College was approved with a revision to the spelling of Chris Redfearn’s name. Moved by: Kenn Moody Seconded by: Jerry Elias Carried
5.1 National Aviation Committee (Jerry Elias) Air Cadets who have failed GPS will not be accepted for PPS which is supported by National ACL. Draft 2-42 indicates an Air Cadet who has failed GPS cannot do a conversion course to earn their wings which is not as per National ACL. Conversion Course will be acceptable for those individuals who started this course from the beginning and not as a result of failing GPS. Any Air Cadet RTU’d for aptitude cannot qualify for a conversion course. Eva Dillon (York Soaring) has indicated there are a number of cadets who have completed the conversion course this past summer who will not be able to apply for PPS. Squadrons have been advised of changes for PPS requirements. 5.2 Regional Cadet Air Operations (RCAirOpsO) (Major Sensabaugh) i) Glider Centre Flight Schedules - Captain Murphy advised that each of the gliding centres has a link on the following web page, and then a link to their schedules from their page. The username is: central and password is: cadets http://www.central.cadets.ca/airops/gliding-centres.html Gliding Centre Directors are encouraged to make a note of this information to enable them to access the flight schedules for your assigned Gliding Centre when planning visits to the Centre. ii) New CRGS Hangar - Construction is proceeding well coming along – tentative move-in date is April which may be delayed as the fibre optics conduits are filled with water. Brockville is to continue to be a Gliding Centre. Improvements have been carried out at CFB Borden - the ramp has been repaved with good results. Trenton GPS will be sharing days at Mountain View and Picton. OPS Briefing 2011 Stats 2011 Spring 2010 Summer 2010 Fall 2010 # of Flights 4099 5466 4891 Glider Hrs. 740.04 113.49 1023.52 Tow Hrs. 873.72 831.21 738.07 Weekend reports from the gliding centres must be submitted by Monday in order to ensure the aircraft is serviceable for the following weekend.
BGen Hayes reported as follows: i) Captain Toth, the CR(Air)Ops Flight Safety Officer made an excellent presentation at the Gliding Centre Commander’s Conference in December and was invited by Fred Hopkinson to attend this meeting to repeat the presentation. Unfortunately Captain Toth is on leave at this time and is unable to attend. The invitation will be extended for a future meeting. ii) BGen Hayes advised that Buttonville Airport is slated to be closed – the earliest date of early 2013. An official announcement is expected which will indicated an official full shut down of the facility – there will be no phasing down. Gliding flying area in Markham – occasionally planes approaching Buttonville airport will pop out of a cloud to find a glider or tow plane to be in their path. The Buttonville Centre has not made any adjustments for Runway 33 GPS approach to avoid this scenario. iii) As of February 9, 2012, the next restructuring for IFR Airways comes into effect. Some Victor Airways are disappearing and Tango Airways are being used which has airways very close to Markham directly on route Buttonville Airport. Depending on what vector the pilot receives leaving the Toronto Airport, the pilot is at flying at about 3000 feet around the Markham Airport. More details to be released in the few weeks. The LO6 – Low Level Maps by NAV Canada should be checked and is of some concern for Markham Airport in terms of flight traffic. iv) Pickering Airport has several initiatives to development a new airport including a major commercial corner and a small general aviation component. East half of Markham Airport is part of the Pickering Airport. East-west airways primarily with a northwest/southeast third runway up to 10,000 feet long with full IFR and the whole works. Markham will be closed if the Pickering Airport is a full sized operation. The small aircrafts are being squeezed in favour of the commercial large sized airports. v) Large expansions are planned for Burlington, Brampton, and Lake Simcoe Regional airports. There are plans for the main runway at Oshawa to be extended to 5000 feet. This has generated a great deal of local opposition. Brantford starting a survey to attract more aircraft. vi) Runway 06-24 in Hamilton is to be expanded to 9000 feet and the city has already bought the property. On the south side there are plans to put in a corporate aviation area. The cargo area is to be expanded on the east where the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is located. Hamilton is being very aggressive with their plans – details available on the City of Hamilton website. Major flying school in conjunction with Mohawk College and McMaster University. Peterborough also has a big expansion plan being developed. vii) There is a little airport a Holland Landing which is at the top of hill – there is a steep hill at each end. Guelph Airport has been bought and it is very close the Kitchener Airport. viii) An article in the Toronto Star indicating Porter Airlines is forcing out tenants off the Toronto Island Airport with higher rents and some flying schools may be moving off the island. 5.5 Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC) (MGen Bill Paisley) i) MAAC/ACL Model Building Program - Unfortunately General Paisley was unable to attend the meeting. He did however present some statistics for the committee on the MAAC-ACL model building program. The program has run out of funds but the National ACL has agreed to provide the sum of $1,200.00/year to enable the program to continue while sponsors are found. Someone questioned whether $300.00 is sufficient to start a program. A study conducted a few years ago indicated $300.00 is approximately 50% to start this program. In 2011, there were 79 inquiries from squadrons across the country. As of the end of the 2011 year, 35 squadrons have registered with MAAC. ii) Level 4 Training Requirements - Fred Messacar and Milt Barsky are working with Captain Ken Reid and they are to meet to meet again to discuss the needs and requirements for Level 4 Air Cadet Training program. MAAC can provide the fields for instruction and instructors. Cadets to join MAAC in order to be covered with their insurance policy. The enrolment fee is $11 without the magazine and $24 with the magazine. Squadrons could benefit by being able to access lightweight, electric RC aircraft which can be flown in the school gyms, Legion halls and community centres. Complimentary training at Level 4 is for three hours of Radio Control (RC) flying. The squadrons have received a RC Model Aircraft (Cessna 182) for demonstration of control surfaces as CIC staff has not been trained on RC flying. DND is to provide each squadron with one RC helicopter (MCX2) which most squadrons will be able to use easily in their parade areas. For the COA squadrons, DND is attempting to source replacement propellers so that the squadrons may be able to fly the model planes in the future. Three hundred dollars ($300) will almost cover the purchase cost of two helicopters, complete with batteries, which weight 16 grams and can be safely flown indoors. Squadrons should be encouraged to use the model airplanes as a tool in classes such as to demonstrate flight control surfaces. Action: All Committee Members 5.6 Aeronca Project (Chris Redfearn) Have located two 0-200 engines – one of which is not recommended due to cost and anticipated costs to bring up to standards. Another engine has been located near Halifax which is a half-time engine for $9K. There is no data plate which was misplaced during the disassembly of the airplane. For three years now have been trying to obtain a letter from Transport Canada (TC) to authorize the production of a new data plate. (The data plate is ready just need the MoT letter of authorization.
Have purchased one glider from K&L Soaring in the USA which has been certified and is currently in storage in Picton. There is no agreement at this time with K&L and DND. All the jigs are at K&L. The purchase of the second glider fell through as it was sold with 48 hours of being on the market. The memorandum for the purchase and disposal of the gliders has been postponed. Registration between ACL/DND with Transport Canada has been difficult in respect to who can or cannot be done and by whom. Almost weekly meeting with TC to finalize registration requirements. Deadline for registration is September 30th. OPC has its own reserve aircraft located at Mountain View. New paint scheme was approved in June and will begin to be painted on the gliders and planes as SIRP’s are completed. Some of the details are being done with decals in place of paint. The painting is being contacted out. Have one spare set of wings and need another set. Another Scout is required and should be purchased ASAP. One plain stripped Scout has been identified at an asking price of $110K with no extras.
Ian unable to attend today due to illness. He will be providing a report to committee within the next few days.
Brock Mason has taken on responsibility for Power Familiarization Flying programs and is looking for advice and suggestions. He is looking at the logistics, operating, flying, moving, etc. of the planes – usually need to coordinate with the gliding centres. One idea is to approach someone who has a DC3 and pay for the services of flying in the plane. COPA for Kids – trying to working something out with Air Cadets to offer flights for free. COPA being advised that the pilots need to be investigated, insurance is provided by COPA. Action: Mason
A spotting program specifically for the Air Cadets. Was on the schedule for Niagara in October and due to administrative issues, it did not happen. The issues have been resolved. The next date to re-schedule is in June. Cadets must turn 17 by December 31st of the year of completion in order to apply. 6. New Business 6.1 Squadron Attendance at Gliding Centres – As noted previously serious concerns were expressed about the continuing incidents of Squadrons failing to appear, without prior notification to the Gliding Centre Commander, for scheduled familiarization flying. This often means that Squadrons on the standby list cannot be contacted in time to be able to attend the gliding centre. Another concern is with the number of Squadrons that appear with less than their scheduled quota of cadets. In both these cases the Gliding Centre Commanders are unable to ensure that Squadrons that may have been precluded from flying on their scheduled date due to inclement are given an opportunity to fill the empty slots. Every effort should be taken to communicate this problem to the Squadrons and encourage them to immediately contact their appropriate Gliding Centre Commander when they are unable to attend with the scheduled quota of cadets. A third issue is that of cadets failing to attend the Gliding Centre due to conflicts with activities arranged by their home Squadron. It is recognized that this is a difficult problem that can only be resolved through open and candid discussion between the cadet’s Squadron Commanding officer and the Gliding centre Commanding Officer. Action: All 6.2 Report from Captain Reid – Captain Reid gave a detailed report on the role of the CRSU, CR(Air)TrgO. Essentially, RC(Air)Ops is everything that leaves the ground. Ken is responsible for everything that stays on the ground – namely training at the squadron level. He mentioned that RCAF Squadron 436 from Trenton was tasked to provide familiarization flights in Hercules aircraft for 400 Air Cadets of Eastern Region and suggested that this might also be possible to arrange for Central region as well. It was agreed that Captain Reid and Brock Mason would collaborate on this and report back to the committee. Action Mason/Reid 6.3 Greenbank Airport - Greenbank Airport near Uxbridge was for sale and was considered for use by the GTGC. However, a similar issue as Markham Airport with water problems and on a knob of a hill, and then the property was sold. Runway at Greenbank is too short at 1800 feet, would need to purchase the farm to the west to put in an east west runway. 7. Next Meeting - The next meeting of the committee will be scheduled for Saturday April 28, 2012 at Mohawk College, Hamilton 8. Adjournment – There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 14:30 hours. file:c:\opc\aviation\RoP,jan15,2012 Directory: documents documents -> Concept stage documents -> Concept stage documents -> The great global switch-off documents -> Nonprofit grant application documents -> The Truth about the Rwandan Genocide documents -> Annual InStructional unit plan documents -> Chaos equipment included Download 60.23 Kb. Share with your friends:
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