Check out the Manitoba-aviation-tour.com web site to find out some folks have already completed visiting 14 airports in Manitoba. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario have joined the event! Check out the Blog and more flyins! http://www.manitoba-aviation-tour.com/tour-events.php
Manitoba Aviation Tour Update
4 airplanes visited Bakers Narrows near Flin Flon and 7 airplanes visited Churchill this past week adding several visits in the North region to their Tour Passports. Bakers Narrows is a Tour sponsor and is a great place and a fairly easy flight for us southern flyers while still giving us the northern flight experience. Churchill requires more planning especially since fuel is only available in full drums by prior arrangement. It is a great place to visit! Both places can be visited anytime during the Tour - get a group together and go for it! Watch the web site - www.manitoba-aviation-tour.com for an update soon!
Dennis Schoonbaert
New Pilots License Required by June 30
Holders of the Private license have until the end of June to convert to the new format license. If you have sent your application in and the new license has not yet arrived, call your local office to see if your application has been scanned in and is underway for conversion to the new format. My local office is offering to give out a temporary license if they cannot get the new format license out in time for the current June 30 cutoff date.. Private License holders who have not yet sent in their paperwork had better get on with it, and at this late date the stragglers should not be surprised if they are without a license for awhile.
Gary Wolf, RAA Canada
Update on New License
Pilots - please note the update from TC re new license passport booklets....
All the licensing officers in Winnipeg are busy working to get the applications for the new booklets processed as quickly as possible. I would encourage people not to call to find out where their application is at as answering calls takes time away from processing the booklets. Applicants should expect about 4 weeks from the time they sent their application in to the time they receive their booklet and should not call unless at 4 weeks have passed. We will contact them if there are any problems with their application. Thanks
Doug Tomalin Superintendent Safety Oversight - Certification| Surintendant, Surveillance - certification General Aviation | Aviation générale Prairie & Northern Region | Région des Prairies et du Nord Telephone | téléphone (204) 983-4521 Facsimile | télécopieur(204) 984-2069 TTY/ATS: (613) 990-4500 Email | courriel doug.tomalin@tc.gc.ca Transport Canada |Transports Canada - RAWR 344 Edmonton Street | 344 rue Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0P6 |Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0P6 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada