When: Saturday or Sunday sometime this Winter. When would you folks like it???

Where: Where can we get a class room? How many people are coming?

How much: FREE for ISS members (if club picks up cost of the photo copies)

What is Ham Radio?

It is the high quality/cheap radios that most pilots use to chat, keep safely in touch with one another, and call for retrieve after a cross country flight. You need a basic licence to legally operate one. If you write the exam at the government office it costs you $20 to write it, if you do it with our club its FREE. (we can now do this in house without bothering Nicole to come over)

What is HAGAR?

It is a government written exam that, once passed, allows Hang Glider and Paraglider Pilots a far greater freedom in the kinds and amounts of airspace they can fly in. It is a requirement for an Intermeadiate flying rating, and Dallas Rd flying. It covers Airspace and Air Regulations. The exam can be written at the Victoria Flying Club.

What is involved?

1-Ham Radio; Self study of 330 questions and answers (yes, you get the answers!!) The study guide is on the club website already. It is full of stuff you will NEVER really care about, but one or two reads through the stuff, and you will most likely get more than the min pass grade of 70%. Don’t try to understand it, just read the question and the correct answer, again -DON’T TRY TO UNDERSTAND IT OR MEMORIZE IT-, when the exam comes you will recognise enough to get the 70% you need. I’ll do a 2-3hour class in the AM to refresh memories and fill in some blanks, then we take a quick lunch, then write the exam. Rewrites available until you pass!!

2-HAGAR; Afternoon of the same day. Hopefully this will bring light to a subject that is poorly understood, mostly because the air regs are written for lawyers not pilots. I gave this same lecture during my instructors refresher class last year, and it was a hit. This stuff is much easier to understand, remember, and apply when its explained, rather than trying to just read the Canadian air regs. We’ll go over airspace, rules & regs, and map reading. When you finish, you will no longer wonder what kind of airspace you are in, or what kind you should be in, or how high you can be when you are in i t:-). Plus you should pass the HAGAR exam. I hope this class will take 2-3 hrs in the afternoon of the same day.

What do you need to do?

If you are interested in attending, let me know       

If you can find a classroom, let me know

If you have a projector for a powerpoint presentation, let me know

You need to download and struggle through the self study ham guide.

Tell me what you think might be a good day to do this.