2014 Upper Canada Open is almost here!

Setup has begun!

We'd like to remind everyone that our chapter 3 contest is just around the corner. The contest will take place Saturday the 16th and Sunday the 17th with a practice/registration day on Friday the 15th. Please feel free to stop in and check it out even if you are not interested in competing... The more airplanes the better! Everyone is welcome, so come on down for cheap gas ($1.67 / litre ) and a great restaurant. Another reminder to those who decide to fly in; the box is located north of the main runway, and all traffic patterns will be south of the airport.  The box markers have just been setup and the weather is looking good.

For those of you that are planning to compete and have not pre-registered, please visit:

http://www.iacusn.org/acrs/selectCtst.php

See everyone soon! 

Chapter 3

Greetings all,

I hope you are all enjoying your summer in the sun!  Just a friendly reminder to everyone that we will be having a final Contest Prep meeting on Sunday 20 July 2014 at 1300L.  The location for the meeting is the same as the previous meeting, in the ground school classroom of the Brantford Flying Club (CYFD).  We will be discussing any loose ends that require tying up for the contest, securing jobs for volunteers, and answering any final questions that come up.  All are welcome!

For those that have not paid membership dues as of yet, I will be bringing more membership forms to the meeting.  A reminder that dues are $100 this year.

Cheers,
Chapter 3

2014 Upper Canada Open Contest Info!

We are pleased to provide some info regarding the 2014 Upper Canada Open.

The 2014 Upper Canada Open will be held at the Tillsonburg Airport (CYTB) just outside the town of Tillsonburg, Ontario. Contest entry fees for this year's contest will be $125 for all Categories. We are planning to fly Primary - Unlimited Categories.

CYTB Aerobatic Box

The official contest hotel for the 2014 Upper Canada Open will be the Howard Johnson Hotel in Tillsonburg. We have arranged a group rate under Aerobatics Canada for $109/night.

Howard Johnson Hotel
92 Simcoe St.
Tillsonburg, ON
(519) 842-7366
1 (866) 942-7366

Please direct any questions regarding this year's contest to the Contest Director: Bjarni Tryggvason at bjarni.tryggvason@rogers.com or by phone at (519) 851-7887.

Contest Dates:

15 August 1000-2100 : Practice Day / Registration

16 August 0800-2000 : Contest Flying

17 August 0800-1700 : Contest Flying / Awards

For those of you flying up from the US, please be aware that Tillsonburg is not an Airport of Entry for customs purposes. London (CYXU, Mode C req. Control Tower) , Sarnia (CYZR uncontrolled) and Saint Catherines (CYSN uncontrolled) are all good choices to clear customs en-route and are located within a 10-40 min flight from Tillsonburg.

Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

Chapter 3

New Year's Lunch!

We hope everybody had a wonderful holiday with family and friends!  I know it isn't officially the new year yet, but nevertheless, We wanted to say Happy New Year to everyone and we hope its full of unusual attitudes and blue skies!

As discussed at our meeting on Nov. 3rd, we will be having a new years get together on Jan. 5th at Borealis Restaurant in Kitchener.  I have contacted them and reserved a spot for us at 1230, so consider this a formal invite to come on out and enjoy some tasty food and good discussion.

 Please note this will not be an official meeting, so we will not be collecting membership dues, though we will be discussing the timing of our spring meeting where all of that will take place.

 Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday Jan. 5!

Chapter 3

Meeting Re-schedule

Greetings,

Due to the WAC's taking place during Oct. 20th when we had planned to hold our fall meeting, we will be recheduling to a later date that is yet to be determined.  My apologies for the mix-up and to all that are attending the WAC's this year, have fun!!!

Chapter 3

Hello all!

I hope everything is well with each of you.  Chapter 3 will be having a meeting on October 20th, 2013 from 1400-1600.  We invite each of you to come out as we will be discussing several club issues including critiquing this years contest, and beginning preparations for next years contest (ie: choosing a CD, location, date).  The usual club items will also be on the agenda and if you have anything you'd like us to discuss, please reply to this email and let me know so I can add it to the list.

The meeting will be held in the ground school room of the Brantford Flight Centre (CYFD).  Seeing as we will be at an airport, I invite you all to fly in if you can to have lunch before hand as the airport has a great restaurant  on site!  Being in Brantford, I am hoping to keep everybody's distance traveled relatively the same to encourage more of you to come out!

Looking forward to seeing you on the 20th!

Cheers,
Chapter 3

Upper Canada Open 2013

Well ladies and gentlemen, another year has come and gone, and so has another Upper Canada Open contest.  Firstly, I'd like to apologize for my delay in creating this synopsis, but as you all can relate, life gets in the way sometimes!

Chapter 3 held our annual contest on the weekend of Aug 24-25 at the Chatham-Kent Airport (CYCK).  The weather was absolutely gorgeous.  We had temperatures in the mid 20s (mid 70s for our American friends) both days and you couldn't get a sky that was any bluer!  This year we had 12 pilots in 11 different aircraft, including 1 first time competitor. 

We'd like to give a huge shout out too all of the Chapter 3 support staff including Pat Rebbetoy, Joy McKinney, Jessica Trushinski, Josh Pegg, Chris Pulley, and Larry and Elaine Ernewein.  Without people like them, contests are not possible!  We'd also like to thank our American friends that came up to compete and offered any and all assistance they could muster! Thank you very much for all your help!!!

Our contest director this year was Bill Ludwig.  Bill put on a great contest, in a new location, with minimal assistance, a feat that requires great patience and determination.  Bill also flew in the contest and placed first in the intermediate category.  Way to go Bill and thanks for all your hard work, without it, we wouldn't of had such a success!

The contest ran smoothly thanks to help of Deb Laforet, Joy McKinney, Jessica Trushinski, Carol Granger and Elaine Ernewein who ran the registration, program coordination and scoring from the terminal of the Chatham Airport. The Chief Judge for the contest, Carole Holyk, was supported by a panel of American and Canadian judges including Sandy Langworthy, Hugo Ritzenthaler, Jeff Granger, Larry Ernewein and Chris Pulley. Our starter Pat Rebbetoy kept the contest rolling at a non-stop pace throughout the entire weekend.

There is one more group we have to thank, and that is the staff at the Chatham-Kent airport, and all of the generous people in Chatham that donated their time, hangar space, and facilities.  Without all of these folks, the contest would've certainly suffered for it!  Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Below is a link to the IAC website with the results from the contest.  Thank you to all the pilots that came out to compete, and congratulations to all competitors that placed in this year.

http://www.usnationalaerobatics.org/IAC/IAC_ContestResults.asp?ContestID=447
 
Too wrap up, all of us at Chapter 3 would like to thank everybody, from the volunteers to the organizers to the competitors for coming out and making this years contest another success!

Stay safe and blue skies!

Chapter 3