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Post by krmckay "Bombs away" on Jul 14, 2023 14:25:33 GMT -4
Hello All,
SFOC email from MAAC TODAY has both Good news and not so good. The good news is that they just have to draft a process for issuing SFOCs for Events/foreign pilots and DND Airspace and we will then (now bad news) have to wait and submit the necessary paperwork and be approved and the club will be back to flying. The timeline for this will be (I'm guessing here) this fall but no later than the spring. I have already contacted PSP and informed them of this update. We (Kevin Campbell and myself) have contacted Carl our zone director to clarify exactly what is required for "written permission" from DND. Until the process for issuing an SFOC is complete we don't know what will be required as Shearwater is SPECIAL in that we are a military club on Military property and the other civilian clubs across Canada are not. they are just within military airspace.
More to follow as things unfold.
Kevin
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Alan
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Post by Alan on Jul 15, 2023 6:01:02 GMT -4
This is great news. Looks like there may be some hope for the larger planes under the 35 kg as well. I personaly though all was lost for Shearwater, but this gives me hope for the best place to fly in the world. Or at least my world. Things may yet return to a new normal that includes Shearwater.
Thanks Kevin's
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Post by krmckay "Bombs away" on Jul 15, 2023 18:05:15 GMT -4
From talks today at Avon I found out that most military impacted clubs might be back in the air with their site operating certificates ( SOC) in as little as a few weeks or a month. (take that for what it maybe worth) The way I look at it we (Shearwater ) might be back flying this year....I won't/can't say when but in my personal opinion before winter comes. any which way you look at it we will be a 'one of ' club due to the fact we are a military club on military property inside a military airspace and our SOC will be different from all others.
Kevin
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PHANTOM
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Post by PHANTOM on Jul 18, 2023 17:44:57 GMT -4
THIS IS A RAY OF SUNSHINE, NICE TO HAVE HOPE!!!!
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