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 from 0800.
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 at 604-612-2774 or 604-425-1117.
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 through the ACBC and is so their will
be open microphone sessions to tell your stories.
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