CGVBA, Pilot Wolfgang, was again called into training action for two flights totaling 3.1 hrs of flight time. Why? Both Navs, Howard & Martin, required specific flight patterns to maintain their "currency". Wolfgang added to his necessary Pilot hours. Our [...]
Island CASRA units were actively involved in the Military SAREX over the period Feb 26 - Mar 01. Some 16 flights were planned with 7 being allocated to CASARA Nanaimo. Our fearless leader, Jim, was the Search Co-ordinator/Manager for [...]
A break in the weather allowed 2 training flights using two aircraft; CFBXA & CGVBA. GVBA is owned by Nanaimo flying Club and was piloted by Wolfgang - his first official flight as a CASARA Pilot. Congratulations Wolfgang. The Exercise [...]
CASARA Nanaimo were active participants in this multi-day exercise, both in the air and on the land. Originally scheduled to undertake 7 flights over three days we managed to successfully complete 3 flights. The others being cancelled because of [...]
In the third of his Survival Series ( aka; F, F, S, S, F) WO Dave Knubley (SARTech, 442 Comox) coached some 20+ members from CASARA Nanaimo & Victoria in the art of wilderness fire lighting. While the weather cooperated [...]
PEP Air Safety Bulletin 2018 – 01 Subject: Sealed Containers at High Altitudes Background: A potentially very serious incident resulted from the opening of a thermos at high altitude (17,000' +) which contained very hot water. Upon opening [...]
In addition to the 'traditional' role of Search & Rescue, PEPAir is one of several agencies that will most likely be asked to assist in the event of an actual Tsunami and/or Earthquake. As such, we PEPAir/CASARA Nanaimo could well [...]
JANUARY 17 2018 CASARA National has been advised by DND to change the ELT practice homing frequency to 121.775. There are already some provinces using this frequency, however it has recently been approved by the Government of Canada Technology Branch (replacement for [...]
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