January 2018 COPA meeting rescheduled to January 9

I hope everyone had a great holiday.  Maybe you received something aviation related and were able to take advantage of the recent crisp, clear, cold weather we've been having and were able to bore some holes in the sky?

The next COPA Flight 6 meeting will be postponed until Tuesday, January 9th as the usual meeting date of Tuesday, January 2nd. is too close to New Year's. 

This month's meeting topic has proved challenging to arrange as a couple of guest speakers were unavailable for this date. Having said this, an important situation has popped up on the field at CYYJ. Some of you may have heard the news that if you are a hanger owner BC Assessment has notified you of massive jumps in assessed value on both land and building. The valuation is being increased by 2.5x this year 10% on land, but 533% on buildings. Essentially, what has happened is that between the two years, they have changed the hangar classification from a Cost Valuation, with depreciating buildings, to an Income Valuation, whereby hangars are taxed based on square footage, rent per square foot, and a CAP rate.

If you are an owner or are an expert in this area, I urge you to attend the meeting to discuss this situation.

As always, we meet in the pilots' lounge at the Victoria Flying Club starting at 7:00 PM and you neither need to be a member of the Victoria Flying Club nor COPA Flight 6 to attend.

December COPA Flight 6 meeting

The December COPA Flight 6 meeting took place at Mary’s Bleue Moon Café. This might become a COPA Flight 6 annual event to kick off the busy festive season and wrap up of the year’s events for our group. It was an evening of camaraderie amongst GA pilots and friends.

Surprisingly, a few in attendance had never been to Mary’s. A total of 16 members, guests and spouses attended the dinner, and as one member commented, we had a better turn out than our Annual General Meeting in November. Another member commented that 'that was because there was no election happening.' Thanks Rob P.

The evening started at 6:15 PM with drinks and general conversation and then into a selection of Mary’s fine dinner offerings. Many stories were recited about this past year's fly-in or fly-out destinations and how many hours everyone logged. Quite a few members in attendance are aircraft owners and shared stories about their planes and why they fly the types they do. As the evening progressed we were entertained by “The Cliffes” who played a great selection of 60’s & 70’s classic rock tunes. After conversing for over 2.5 hours, festive greetings were exchanged and we disbanded. Thank you to those who were able to join us in what was a fun evening talking about what we all are passionate about, airplanes and flying.

Please note the January COPA Flight 6 meeting will be Tuesday, January 9th. We normally meet the second Tuesday of the month, but being right after New Year’s, it was decided to move a week following. At press time we are still securing a guest speaker and more details will follow.

As always you neither need to be a member of the Victoria Flying Club nor COPA Flight 6 to attend. All pilots and aircraft owners are encouraged to attend COPA Flight 6 meetings as we are the voice of General Aviation in Canada.

December meeting at Mary's Blue Moon Cafe

Season's Greetings fellow aviators,

Due to a scheduling conflict, this month's COPA Flight 6 meeting has been changed to THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7th. We will be meeting at Mary's Blue Moon Cafe 9535 Canora Rd. Sidney, BC starting at 6:15 PM. for dinner and drinks.  We hope you can join your fellow pilots as we celebrate the season and exchange aviation stories of past, present and future.

If you are planning on attending, please email copaflight6@gmail.com, as we must confirm how many will be joining us.