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.

 

Our November 2011 Newsletter is ready for viewing!


We now have a Youtube account (user id EAAChapter266),
so lets start submitting our videos and load them up for all to see.

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PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS


We have a new photo section!! Have a look!! Just Click on the PHOTOS link on the menu to the left

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Download a Chapter 266 Calendar for your desktop

EAA266 January 2012 Calendar

Just click on the link above and a new window will open with the picture.
Right-mouse click the photo and select "Set as Background".

For now, there is only one size (1024x768). If there is a need for a larger or smaller calendar, please let me know.

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Future meetings

January 26, 2012.

February 23, 2012.
Agenda

March 29, 2012.
Agenda
Coming Soon

April 26, 2012.
Agenda
Coming Soon

 

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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