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Abbotsford International Airshow 2021 – Flying In

The Abbotsford Flying Club (AFC) is hosting Fly-In participants at this year’s Airshow.
The show has been branded as ‘SkyDrive’, and for most attendees, it is a drive-in event.
The fly-in option, for General Aviation attendees, is essentially the same as drive-in: bring your own food and drinks and stay with your aircraft for the entire show.

Our aircraft parking area will be on the grass, at the north end of taxiway Alpha.
While not frontline, it does offer a unique and enjoyable show perspective.

Ticket Details and Contact Information

Aircraft arrivals require a special fly-in ticket.

Tickets are $50 per aircraft, including all occupants and cover one show only.  There are four shows available:  Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon.

Tickets must be purchased in advance from the Airshow ticket website using a coupon code “FLYIN21”.  There will be no facility for payment on arrival.

Please use the contacts below to get more information:

Facilities

Portable washrooms will be provided.
There will be no other facilities.

Overnight Fly-In Camping Available

AFC is providing off-field camping for aviation guests on the grass around the AFC’s clubhouse.  Pilots seeking overnight camping should contact us directly.  This area will also be used by club members, guests and volunteers.

Wings & Wheels 2016 Report

We had our best set-up ever for the 2016 Wings ‘n’ Wheels event. Steve and I worked through Friday on it in mostly good weather to rope off and shovel gravel. Used the pile that Gerry Crapo supplied and filled most of the holes and ruts in the grass area. A considerable improvement.

Tom, Keith and others had also improved the gate cross over area so much better than previous. I found another hole in the grass since so still needs some more work, but generally is much better. Also we leveled up the new band platform that Keith built.

Sunday weather was even better than Friday’s. Sunny. Saturday, well not so much. It rained solid all day. Our brunch crew lead Bob Bryan along with Murray and Leanne adapted to Airshow mode using the meeting room for brunch with Courtney set at the corner.

Ken Wardstrom sent me this email Sunday and about sums up the event

Hi Ed
I just want to say thanks to you and the AFC crew for
putting on a wonderful event. I know it rained and all that
stuff but it was still a great event with a fantastic brunch
and the chance to talk to old friends and meet new ones.
Joan and I had a great time.
Thanks again.
Ken&Joan Wardstrom

We had quite a number of drive in guests from the airports around us including Langley, Boundry Bay and Chilliwack. So the inside program went well

Thank you to Bob Bryan and crew for the brunch, not just cooking but all the pot scrubbing and club house clean up. There were quite a number of members working both sides of the pass through window.

One thing we have to appreciate with this type of event, is how accommodating and adaptable our large clubhouse is. It really saved our event with everyone inside including Clark and the DC3. It went well especially with the live music.

Outside arrivals were slim. A black Corvette that was awarded Best Wheels was a man from Surrey. Turns out his wife had died that week and his friends were using our event to get him out of the house. Along with the Corvette, a collection of Japanese, German and British vehicles. Chris Palmer’s Land Rover and Chris Hibbert’s Jaguar.

Zero fly-in’s on the Wings side with solid IFR conditions. However Rene created a display on his own, with the Pacer squeezed between the trees, his black VW under wing one side and replica Porsche on the the other.

Rene received Best Wings for his aviation enthusiasm and contributions to the club. It occurred to me after that if he had brought out his pocket motorcycle that he could have filled all three classes. Devon Campbell with the KitFox, later in the day Chris with the Viking along with our two aircraft.

At 1PM there was $300 in fuel draws for participants, with Randy handling the draw. Steve spoke for the club then Mayor Braun for the City and making the engraved plaque Wings ‘n’ Wheels awards.

Our luck was the wettest day in an otherwise mostly dry May, possibly the wettest day of the year. That is the way it goes with dates. Considering the event we had in our clubhouse, some success.

Thanks to Heather on arrivals, Bob LeRoux air side and to all the members that helped.

Ed Boon
Fly-In coordinator

Annual Christmas Lunch at CYCW

Gerry Crapo organized the third annual Christmas lunch at the Chilliwack airport restaurant. As in previous years it was an overwhelming success. We had 35 participants enjoying soup or salad as an appetizer, followed by turkey, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, carrots and meat balls. The choices for dessert were apple pie or pumpkin pie. A very good deal for less than $20.00.

After lunch owners Judy and her sister were presented a framed photograph of IUK by president Steve Stewart and Gerry Crapo. The air to air shot was taken by Debi Fitzgerald. The back of the picture was signed by all club members who attended the lunch party. Most people chose to drive in, however, IUK, GMA and Mooney VRP flew in for the event.

Click here or the picture below for more pictures from the event.

Annual Christmas Lunch CYCW

Annual Christmas Lunch CYCW

 

Full Moon Flights for 2016-01-11

The calendar below is from the Farmer’s Almanac and lists the dates for us to enjoy flying with a full moon lighting our way. This would be a good time to share the experience of flight with other pilots and club members and your friends as well. Be sure you are “night current” prior to taking passengers at night and also “club current”, and be sure to book the club airplane soon to ensure you have the flights of your choice. We can also look forward to a little socializing at the club after the flights.

January 23rd – Full Wolf Moon – 8:46 pm

February 22nd – Full Snow Moon – 1:20 pm

March 23rd – Full Worm Moon – 8:01 am

April 22nd – Full Pink Moon – 1:24 am

May 21st – Full Flower Moon – 5:14 pm

June 20th – Full Strawberry Moon – 7:02 am

July 19th – Full Buck Moon – 6:57 pm

August 18th – Full Sturgeon Moon – 5:27 am

September 16th – Full Harvest Moon – 3:05 pm

October 16th – Full Hunter’s Moon – 12:23 am

November 14th – Full Beaver Moon – 8:52 am

December 13th – Full Cold Moon – 7:06 pm

Hope to see you flying some evening.
Cheers

Bob Leroux