BFC Club Night!

BFC Club Night!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Wings Flight Grille Restaurant

Last year we had Pub Nights. This year we are going to try Club Nights. The first one is scheduled for the first Thursday night in February.

An "all you can eat" buffet will be served from 18:00 to 21:00. There will be a meat and a vegetarian entree, as well as salad, buns, dessert, tea and coffee available for $9.95 per person. A cash bar will be open.

Guest speakers are as follows:

19:00 BFC President, Allan Paige will talk about some of the activities going on around the club.

19:20 Flight Instructor, Ben Ciantar will present the highlights of a trip that he has planned in to the USA in February.

 19:40 Guest Speaker, Garth Wallace is an
Aviator, Author, Publisher and Speaker. Fasten your seat belts and get ready to laugh. Garth Wallace is coming with his fun stories about the up and down life of a civilian flying instructor.

Garth is from St. Catharines, Ontario where a Fleet Canuck taught him how to fly in 1964. After high school, he studied Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson in Toronto long enough to know that he should never fly anything that he helped design or build.

In 1971, Garth started a career as a flying instructor.club night garth book 2010 It proved to be the best way to combine his passions for aviation and humour.

For the next 19 years and 12,000 flying hours Garth worked as an instructor, bush pilot, charter pilot and corporate pilot at various locations in Ontario.

Garth's writing career began with flying school newsletters. In 1974, he started a long association with Canadian Aviation magazine as a contributing writer. In 1990, he switched to full-time journalism at MacLean-Hunter as an assistant editor.

From 1994 to 2002, Garth was publisher of COPA Flight, the aviation newspaper produced by theclub night wallace 2010 Canadian Owners and Pilots Association.

It was during his flying years that Garth met the fun characters and survived the hilarious experiences that are the basis for his eleven books.

Garth now lives and writes in Merrickville, Ontario, outside of Ottawa.

Garth's father, Lloyd Wallace was once General Manager of the Brampton Flying Club.

For more information on Garth and his books:

Happy Landings Publishing
Tel: 613-269-2552, Fax: 613-269-3962
Internet: Website Happy Landings
E-mail: books@happylandings.com





News & Events

The next Club Night is scheduled for Thursday, March 11, 2010 with Special Guest Speaker - Ted Barris.



For more information on Club Nights and other Events click on the News & Events Box at the bottom of every page on the new BFC Website. Check it out