Some of the following events are based on last year's dates and are waiting for
confirmation. |
March-April-May Event Schedule Saturdays and Sundays - All Age Drop-In for
hot chocolate, coffee and brown bag lunches, 10:00am-5:00pm
- Weekend workshops and demonstrations,
day and evenings.
- Young Eagle flights during daylight hours first-hand experience exploring
aircraft construction, the workings of an airport, and theory of flight.
- Community volunteer clean
up and routine maintenance work bees. 10:00 am-2:00 pm
- Mapping, flight planning and developing
weather analysis skills. 10:00 am-2:00 pm
- Airplane Project Tours for Youth, Families and
Seniors. 10:00 am-6:00 pm
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Mondays through Fridays - Seniors Drop-In for coffee.
11:00 am- 4:00 pm
- Airplane Project Tours for Youth, Families and Seniors, 6:00
pm- 9:00 pm
- Informal discussions of mechanics, physics, and principles of aviation, 11:00 am- 4:00
pm
- Young Eagle flights
- Senior Cribbage
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Mondays through Sundays - Aviation Library open for use during daylight
hours
- Video Library open for use during daylight hours
- Flight planning exercises available
on the aviation computer
- Hangar Flying, listening to Pilot's Flying Stories and Hot Popcorn,
1:00-2:00 pm
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Regular Meetings (everyone welcome) - 1st Tuesday & 3rd Thursday of Month
7:00 pm-10:00 pm
- 1st Saturday of Month, from November to March 11:00 am-1:00 pm
- 4th
Tuesday of Month SFC Executive Meeting 7:00 am-10:00 pm
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- Year Round Socializing and exchanging information and stories with visiting
families, flying in from across Canada and USA.
- Volunteer community service activities, including
aerial searches for Springfield Safety Officer and RCMP, farmer crop surveillance for drainage etc, amateur
aerial photography, and other services as requested by community members.
- Donate flights in unique
or antique aircraft to raise funds for groups including: Springfield RCMP, DARE, Fire, Kinsmen, Pathfinders
Snowmoible association.
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| Check our Calendar of Events page for details on our upcoming air rallies, fly
ins, workshops, tours and other aviation-focused recreation educational, training, and social events this
spring and summer. Everyone is welcome to explore these recreational aviation opportunities; many who do go
on to begin careers in the field of aviation, and the related fields of chemistry, math, physics,
meteorology, business management, engineering, pilots, geography, and communication; and new retirees are
inspired to explore the intellectually rewarding hobby of recreational aviation and aircraft building.
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| Springfield Flying Club regular meetings are held at the Lyncrest Flight Centre
on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm from April to November. Check the Calender dates below for winter
meeting dates and times. |
COPA Flight 35 meeting times have been changed to 7:00pm on the first Tuesday of
each month from May to October at the Lyncrest Flight Centre. The meetings will precede the Springfield
Flying Club's regular meetings. For event details see the calendar below.
Contact: Harry Wiebe 204.489.0011 |
RAA Manitoba regular meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30pm
at the RAA Final Assembly Building at the Lyncrest airport. For event details see the calendar
below.
Contact: Ben Toenders |
Morden Flying Club Flyday Fridays are on again for 2008 from June 6th till August 29th. Supper will be served from 5:30PM till 7:00PM. Ask any one who has attended the Friday night fly-ins. This is always a great time with an excellent menu. Join in for another great season of flying food and friendship.
See you out at the Morden
Airport!Contact: Phyllis Loewen |
| Sat 05July08 | Waynner's Drive Inn, Beausejour. Fly-in for lunch. They serve the greatest burgers and shakes. If you have never been there, you don't know what you are missing. |
| Tue 08Jul08 | 7:00pm COPA Flight 35 regular meeting
7:30pm Springfield
Flying Club regular meeting.
Date change due to Canada Day holiday. |
| Sat 12July08 | Change of date from July 5th Elliots Field Reston Manitoba Pot Luck fly-in lunch. 11AM - 4PM. Location is N49' 32 40 W101' 08 14 RWY is 08-26 atf is 123.2. See the Poster |
| Sun 27Jul08 | New COPA Flight 138 Russell Flying Club annual fly-in breakfast. |
| Tue 05Aug08 | 7:00pm COPA Flight 35 regular meeting
7:30pm Springfield
Flying Club regular meeting. |
| Sun 17Aug08 | Springfield Flying Club Annual Fly-in Drive-in BBQ
Everyone
Welcome |
| Sat 23Aug08 | New Oak Hammock's Fly-in Breakfast. Contact John Halkowich at 204-482-9120. Everyone
Welcome |
Sun 24Aug08 | New Morden Flying Club's annual Corn and Apple Fly-in Breakfast. They serve the GREATEST Waffles!! Everyone
Welcome | Sun 31Aug08 | COPA Flight's annual fly-out to the International Peace Gardens. This is always a great event with an excellent brunch served at the Pavilion |
| Sun 10Aug08 | New Winkler Flying Club's annual Bacon and Eggs. Fly-in Breakfast. |
| Tue 02Sep08 | 7:00pm COPA Flight 35 regular meeting
7:30pm Springfield
Flying Club regular meeting. |
| Sat 13Sep08 | New Ft Francis Airport's 9th annual Fly-in breakfast and noon BBR. Breakfast will be served from 9AM till 11AM followed by the BBQ till 3PM. See the Poster |
| Sat 20Sep08 | New Young Eagles day at Lyncrest. Details to follow. |
| Sun 28Sept08 | New Shoal Lake Flying Club's annua fall Fly-in Breakfast. |
| Tue 08Oct08 | 7:00pm COPA Flight 35 regular meeting
7:30pm Springfield
Flying Club AGM & Election of Officers |
| Sat 18Oct08 | 7:00pm COPA Flight 35's annual Air Rally
Details to follow |
