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| Some Notes on the History of the DHESC-FS |
by D. Lye |
[PDF Version] |
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| Refs - File of paperwork from Bill Tee, input from DCO logbooks etc |
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1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
2010-2019
2020-present
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1990 |
January - Gord Pratt elected as Chairman of the DHESC-FS, taking over from George Leyton.
January - Flying Club voluntarily relinquishes OC (because of not having a Chief AME)
April - TC suspends OC, requires that we hire CME by July 1990
May - Dave Franks agrees to return as CME, with letter to TC
June - Flight Training Base Inspection - passed.
July - Maintenance Base Inspection - some deficiencies which were rectified.
August - TC cancels the OC, citing that we have not hired a CME
August - Tom Johnston resigns as CFI
September - During meeting at TC, it was evident that May letter to TC was "lost"
November - Newsletter series written by D.Lye begins.
C-172M C-GCOW lease is terminated, reducing fleet to two C-150s, GQKX & FUHG
Leases initiated, in order to restart flight training with freelance instructors and no OC.
Beltran Peralta starts instructing, joining C.Basham & D.Lye.
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1991 |
Rates are $61 for UHG, $65 for QKX, and $12 for Instruction.
Ken Rawlins joins as Flying Instructor, but is not active in the club for long.
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1992 |
November - Fuel depot completed, with one 500 gallon tank.
In-house PPL groundschool started in the fall, completed next spring.
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1993 |
January - David Lye elected as Chairman of the DHESC-FS, taking over from Gord Pratt.
D.Lye & D.Oswald completed DHC-6 pilot training at FlightSafety, using the newly upgraded simulator, and were then both authorised to use this sim for club training purposes, at no charge (facilitated by Bert Ellis, an alumnus of our club working at FSI).
Annual club dues reduced from $40 to $20 per year.
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1994 |
In-house PPL groundschool started in the fall, completed next spring.
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1996 |
January - John Hakner elected as Chairman of the DHESC-FS, taking over from David Lye.
Adam Mason starts instructing, joining C.Basham, D.Lye & B.Peralta
Alan Vincent joins as AME.
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1997 |
April - 1975 Cessna 172M C-GCZJ purchased for $54,000 (+tax) from Clarm Air in Sault Ste.Marie. Aircraft had 2207 hrs TTSN & 210 hrs SMOH. Rental rate set at $72 per hour.
June - 1966 C-150F C-FUHG sold to Steve Goulter for $13,500 (+tax), now with 6,716 hrs TTSN, after 24 years and 4,737 hrs with our club. Instruction rate increased from $12 to $15 per hour.
MCWD still doing flight tests for us as freelance DFTE.
In-house PPL groundschool started in the fall, completed next spring.
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1998 |
Rob Klessens joins as Class 1 Flying Instructor (and as a pilot in Flight Operations).
Adam Mason moves away to Wichita.
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1999 |
MCWD completed his last PPL flight test for our club as a freelance DFTE.
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