This month's speaker will be Allan Page. Allan is the general manager of the Brampton-Caledon Airport, and will be speaking about airport operations from an airport manager's perspective.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30, and the meeting will begin at 7pm.
The Brampton Flying Club has been operating from its present location (CNC3) since 1970. It is now the only flying club in Canada to own and operate an airport. The club owns 240 acres, 2 paved runways, clubhouse, flight training facilities, restaurant, aircraft maintenance shop (AMO), pilot shop, aviation fuel facility, numerous hangars, tie-downs, full-motion Red Bird simulator, Frasca flight simulator and 24 aircraft. The club owns and operates the Brampton Flight Centre
The Brampton Flying Club is a non-profit corporation owned and operated for its members. There are approximately 1,000 members, and 70 staff are employed by the BFC. There are 162 hangars located on the field (75% are privately owned), and about 200 private aircraft are based there. The flying club offers a fuel discount to members.
Allan Page, Airport Manager has held a variety of positions at Brampton Flying Club: Director 2001-2019; President 2006-2013 and 2017-2019; Member since 1989; and General Manager since 2019. Allan holds a Commercial Pilot License with over 3,000 hours. He owns a Cessna C-1770B and VANs Aircraft RV-6, both based at Brampton. He also flies Harvards with the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association and the Brampton Flying Club’s Tiger Moth. Allan holds a BASc (Mech), MASc (Aero) and PEng. He worked for De Havilland – Bombardier in Engineering for 33 years. He specialized in aerodynamics, stability & control/flight dynamics and flight test and acted on behalf of TC as a Design Approval Representative.
Allan’s presentation will cover:
- Brief history of Brampton-Caledon Airport (CNC3) and the Brampton Flying Club
- CNC3 statistics / specifications
- Operating a privately-owned airport, including costs and challenges
- Future plans for the airport
Location:
This is a hybrid meeting, on Zoom and in person. If you cannot attend in person, check your BFC-News email for the Zoom link!
The in-person session will be held at the SMS Training Facility at 75 Tiverton Court. This is just off Allstate Parkway just short of the old Nav Can tower on the southwest side of the field. Google Maps link.
Come North up from Hwy 7 on Allstate Parkway just past the sign that says No Exit after the 2nd or 3rd stop sign, and Tiverton is on the left. Follow it west to the end (only 100 meters or so) and go to the Toshiba Building, #75. Go left into the parking area (you may recognize a number of Ambulances parked there). The door for the Training Center is at the basement area on the South side of the building. The door is normally closed but we will have someone letting people in. Call Dave Sprague if you need assistance -- his cell phone number is posted in the BFC-News announcement of this meeting. Or, ask in the WhatsApp group.
