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                                                                                                                            July 5-2022.

May 25-2022

Good day everyone,

Your Directors met recently and with the reductions in the COVID protocols that restricted our Flight activities, we have decided to try and run a few of our regular events where we can still meet the COVID recommended practices. Please mark your calendars for the following events:

c. COPA for Kids - now called Discovery Aviation - Voyageur Days Saturday 23 July 2022. With the reduction in COVID mandates, we have decided to support Voyageur days with a limited number of Discovery Flights and see how it goes. We will need pilots and ground support in order to run the program so, for now, mark your calendars and keep it in mind. You will be happy to see that the dreaded Vulnerable Sector Check has been changed to an on-line application of some kind. There will be more to follow on this. We hope that if the Mattawa event is successful, Discovery Flights at the Sunflower Festival will also be on their program. As I said, more to follow;

d. Fall Pot Luck - We are hoping to have this a bit earlier in the Fall, before Thanksgiving. Planning is in it's infancy at the moment, but the Fall Pot Luck is a "GO" for 2022; and,

e. Flight 23 Dues. As you know, due to the pandemic mandates, we suspended the collection of Flight 23 membership dues for the year. These dues provide for social events like the Spring BBQ, coffee and snacks at Flight meetings, etc. As we get our program. running again, we ask for your understanding in that we request that payment of Flight 23 Dues are now being accepted by Luc Beauchamp. The two easiest means of paying the dues are in person at the Spring BBQ, or by e-Transfer to Luc at lucandrebeauchamp@yahoo.ca. For the e-Transfer, the question would be "the usual" and the answer is "Flight23". Thanks for your understanding and support.

Please feel free to offer suggestions for any other events/guest speakers/fly in destinations, etc. that might be of interest to us all.

Safe landing and, we'll see you on the Airways!

Cheers,

Captain Bill"

On behalf of COPA National President and CEO Christine Gervais, on Thursday 07 October COPA Flight 23 North Bay took advantage of the glorious Fall weather to present the Neil J. Armstrong Scholarship Award to our own Emilie Perron.

By way of introduction for those of you who have not met Emilie, she is an Algonquin Secondary School student and is an avid flyer. Emilie excels in her grade 12 academic studies in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program. She is also an accomplished all-round athlete both on the field, court, and at the rink. Her passion for aviation was recognized early by those of us who conducted familiarization flights with her; she demonstrated skill with the controls, and an eagerness to learn more. For these reasons, we are pleased that this Scholarship will afford her the opportunity to pursue her aviation ambitions.

 Emilie has her sights set, quite literally, on the stars. Her post-Secondary School plans are   to further engage in STEM-type Aviation courses and we expect that one day you will hear   Emilie on the radio flying for an Airline, or see her in orbit on the International Space Station!

 Good luck Emilie. We are all very proud of you!

 Cheers, Captain Bill

     

     Former Northern Ontario COPA Director Ron Cooke presents Neil J. Armstrong Scholarship plaque to Emilie Perron of         North Bay,Ontario.

         Photo courtesy Grant Bailey”

     

       Mary Norman, representing the Ninety Nines, is shown here offering her congratulations and making a presentation to         Emilie.           

     

     COPA Flight 23 North Bay members and friends of Emilie Perron gather around a few classic aircraft based at YYB                  to celebrate her winning the prestigious Neil Armstrong Award. Photo courtesy Grant Bailey.

       Thanks to Ron Miller for use of his Sky Genie.

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