February Highlights:
         Flight Captain Ian Drummond opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. He reminded all floatplane pilots to apply for their Temagami Landing Permits (click here to download an application form). He indicated that no names have been submitted to date for the upcoming Oshkosh Aviation Camp and requested that anyone having candidates in mind should pass the names to Jason Ready (724-6945 or jready@efni.com) as soon as possible. He reviewed the Flt 23 membership numbers (89 members, 8 family memberships, 2 lifetime memberships and of the 79 payable memberships 40 are paid. Welcome to new members Jaycen Argue and Rick Bazzo. He also passed on COPA National’s suggestion that members may want to take out multi-year National memberships soon (and save 8%) before the HST comes into effect in June.
         John Hemingway presented the Flt 23 Financial Report. The proceeds of the Winter Dinner Silent Auction were $555.05 to Flt 23 and $298.88 to the Youth Program. $500 was forwarded to COPA National for the Special Actions Fund. $250 was donated to the North Bay Santa Fund from the 2009 budget.
         Carol Cooke gave a brief summary of the 2010 Interprovincial Air Tour. Although very little publicity has been published for the event so far, a significant number of participants have already registered and local pilots are encouraged to register as soon as possible.
         Ian then introduced Armand Depres and Ron Cooke who gave a presentation on their experiences related to flights into the United States. They talked about various requirements to undertake cross-border trips as well as procedures to ensure trouble-free Customs processing at both U.S. and Canadian ports of entry. They emphasized the importance of filing ahead of time and discussed at some length the use of the eAPIS (electronic Advanced Passenger Information System). They also touched on other requirements ie. passports, aircraft and personal documentation, radio station licences etc. Armand concluded the presentation with a collection of photographs taken on several of his U.S. and Canadian trips. Thanks to Armand and Ron for an interesting and informative presentation.
         The meeting concluded with coffee, cookies and a social time.

Upcoming Events:

Feb 13th - South River/Sundridge Valentine Fly-In 10:00 - 14:00

       (See Bulletin Board - Upcoming Events)

Feb 20th - South River/Sundridge Valentine Fly-In 10:00 - 14:00

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Mar 8th – Flt 23 General Meeting

Apr 12th – Flt 23 General Meeting

May 10th – Flt 23 General Meeting

Jun 14th – Flt 23 General Meeting

Aug 1st – COPA for Kids, North Bay

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