Welcome!
This is the website for Chapter 266 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) in Montreal, Quebec, an organization devoted to the interests of recreational aviators and aircraft homebuilders.
Our chapter was founded in 1963 and has about 75 members, giving us an excellent base of experience and knowledge.
Take a look through these pages, and feel free to contact us if you have questions. If you live in the Montreal region - or if you're in town visiting - drop by one of our meetings. You don't need to be a pilot and you don't need to be building an airplane; you just need a passion for aviation.
Read
Our
April 2012
Newletter
We now have a Youtube account (user id EAAChapter266),
so lets start submitting our videos and load them up for all to see.
PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS
We have a new photo section!! Have a look!! Just Click on the PHOTOS
link on the menu to the left
Future meetings
May 31, 2012.
Agenda
Ron Pickler will be the host speaker.
Ron Pickler is a former World War 2 RAF pilot. Born and educated in
England, he did his flight training in the U.S. under the U.S. Army
Air
Corps Arnold Scheme. He then spent nine months instructing U.S.cadets
at
an advanced flight school in Mississippi. Back home, he completed a
Bomber Command tour with No. 514 Squadron during which he was awarded
a
DFC for bringing a badly damaged aircraft home from Cologne. After more
instructing on Wellingtons, he spent a year flying Transport Command
Liberators between England and India. Ron came to Canada in 1951 and
spent three years flying with Matane Air Service. He then spent 32 years
at Canadair, latterly as Director, Public and Media Relations. In 1965,
Ron and Larry Milberry produced the Canadair history, "Canadair,
the
First 50 Years".
Upcoming Events
May 5th, Jeunes en Vol /Young Eagles at Lachute:
The day begins at 9 a.m. We also need volunteer pilots, as well as volunteer ground crews. Discounted Avgas will be offered to volunteers. For more information, please contact Francois Vrana info@lachuteaviation.com or 450-562-1330.
May 12, Cornwall, ON: COPA Flight 59 COPA for Kids with a rain date of May 19.
For more information, please contact Ross Holden at 613 347-7451 or rossholden46@hotmail.com. Visit our website at www.copaflight59cfc.ca
June 10, St Lazare Flying Club Annual Fly-in Breakfast
More info to come
July 7, EAA 266 Picnic on at Scott Black's new hangar at Lachute:
-We will also be treated to a tour of the Puma factory.
-I expect that Tony Watkins of Bush Caddy will be present as will since he shares the same facility.
-Your Board have made arrangements to host this and to BBQ for you. By all means bring what you like, but we will be preparing with food for the others.
-Members are asked to provide plane rides to Lachute.
**CONTACT Michel Moreau.514-694-2129.
Any News or links to share? Please forward them to the webmaster. We would love to see pictures from past activities posted here.
Some interesting articles found in Pilot's
Guide to Avionics published by Aviation
Electronics Association that are not yet available from their
web site are available here: They are reproduced with permission
from the Aircraft Electronics Association, Copyright 2009:
- A buyers guide to and comparison of 406 MHz ELTs, called Who's
Listening Now?
- What You Should Know About Buying Pre-Owned
Avionics
- An article on the Digital Instrument Panel called Digital
Simplicity
From EAA Bits & Pieces: 406
ELT REQUIREMENT LIKELY IN CANADA
Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) President Kevin Psutka
said in a Web
posting last week (May 11, 2010) that Canada's Transport Minister
has reversed a recent decision and will now require all aircraft operating
in Canada to be equipped with an ELT that broadcasts on both 406 MHz
and 121.5 MHz frequencies. COPA had won an agreement with the minister
to not require private aircraft to comply with the 406 requirement but
they warned their members at the time that the rule had not been finalized.
Psutka suggests in his post that Canadian defense officials lobbied
Canada's Treasury Board, which is one of the final steps for a Canadian
law, to implement the 406 requirement. He says since the Board overruled
the decision, the Transport Minister has indicated he will not fight
the ruling. The ruling includes all aircraft operating in Canada including
foreign registered aircraft. COPA did win a few concessions including
a transition period of two years for aircraft operated commercially
and three years for privately owned aircraft.
FCC BANS 121.5 ELTs http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FCCBans1215ELTs_202760-1.html
The Federal Communications Commission took the general aviation world
by surprise when it said in a recent report it will prohibit the sale
or use of 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitters, effective in August.
The Aircraft Electronics Association said it just learned of the new
rule today, and has begun working with the FAA, FCC and others to allow
for timely compliance without grounding thousands of general aviation
aircraft. The 121.5 ELTs are allowed under FAA rules. The FCC said its
rules have been amended to "prohibit further certification, manufacture,
importation, sale or use of 121.5 MHz ELTs." The FCC says that
if the 121.5 units are no longer available, aircraft owners and operators
will "migrate" to the newer 406.0-406.1 MHz ELTs, which are
monitored by satellite, while the 121.5 frequency is not. "Were
we to permit continued marketing and use of 121.5 MHz ELTs ... it would
engender the risk that aircraft owners and operators would mistakenly
rely on those ELTs for the relay of distress alerts," the FCC says.
AOPA said today it is opposed to the rule change.
"The FCC is making a regulatory change that would impose an extra
cost on GA operators, without properly communicating with the industry
or understanding the implications of its action," said AOPA Vice
President of Regulatory Affairs Rob Hackman. "There is no FAA requirement
to replace 121.5 MHz units with 406 MHz technology. When two government
agencies don't coordinate, GA can suffer." The AEA said dealers
should refrain from selling any new 121.5 MHz ELTs "until further
understanding of this new prohibition can be understood and a realistic
timeline for transition can be established."
AOPA Article of June 21, 2010 http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100621elt.html
April 26, 2012: Monthly Chapter Meeting at John Abbott College in Ste Anne de Bellevue.
Evening Agenda:
-Ronny Gosselin – Flitzer Biplane
-Challenger Montebello Fly-in Video
-EAA Engine Webinar Highlights
Importing Aircraft - Guidelines
Lecture Series: Frank Hofmann's lectures are for pilots and/or (potential) aircraft owners
Nov 21, 2011.
Added Newsletter
Oct 27, 2011.
Added new web clips
Added Leo Nikkinen's presentation on crossing US border in an airplane
Added Leo Nikkinen's web sources in the LINKS section
Oct 24, 2011.
Added November Calendar
Added October Newsletter
Sept 27, 2011.
Updated classifieds
Added September Newsletter
