News ‘Over 60 pilots fly from club by Mare Davis The Review Each year since 1946 some of B.C.’s finest pilots have earned their wings at the Victoria Flying Club in Sidney: This year was no exception. A total of 45 private licence flyers and 16 commercial pilots were presented their ratings last month, the club’s manager said. Jack Kaiser said ratings were _also earned by two instrument- ratings qualified flyers, six comer- cial flight instructors and one aero- batics instructor. And among the graduates of the flying school are two pilots who are now certified to fly anything from a one-seater single engine aircraft to a Boeing 747 airliner. With their top-rated qualifica- tions, Mare Teipel and Marcelo Alonso, both from Sidney, will now pursue their dreams of becoming airliner captains. Also, seasoned pilot Andy Robin eared his aerobatics (stunt) flying instuctor’s rating, allowing him to become the club’s next aerial daredevil, Kaiser said. The club’s only other aerobatics aviator is Kaiser who, with over 30 years of flying under his belt, spent many years dazzling onlook- ers with his gravity-defying stunts. The Victoria Flying Club, located at the Victoria Airport, has four other newly-qualified instruc- tors, who all have ratings for medium twin-engined aircraft. Under the tutelage of John Mil- ligan, the club’s chief instructor, the rest of the batch of flyers excelled themselves in this year’s program, Milligan said. “Every year we see a higher standard of graduate and this year Council irying to save jen acres of forage farmland Ina bid to save ten acres of good quality Central Saanich farmland, council will ask the B.C. Ministry of Transportation to realign the proposed Island View Interchange. Council agreed Feb. 18 to make the request on behalf of Double Eagle Holsteins Ltd., which leases ten acres of Island View farmland to produce forage feed for its dairy farm. A small realignment of the pro- posed loop would allow the ten acres of prime farmland to remain intact, Double Eagle Holstein spo- kesman Oliver Mark said. If the loop is moved from the northeast corner of the Island View Road and the Pat Bay High- way intersection to the southeast comer, then only marginal farm- land would be impacted, he said. “A small alteration ... would put the road through flooded, less productive land and the totally unproductive land surrounding the Farmer’s Market,’’ he said. Basil Parker starts Saturday Peninsula cross country runners can get ready for the 24th running of the Basil Parker run. Scheduled to begin at Stelly’s School in Central Saanich Satur- day at 10 a.m., the event is expected to draw hundreds of ath- letes of all ages. Registration will cost $5 and will be held just prior to the race’s Start. For more information call 656- 4345. is nO exception,” he said. Higher standards demanded of aviators by Transport Canada are making for much more skilled pilots, even at the novice level, Milligan said. And soaring above the ranks of novice flyers is the school’s top graduate for 1990 — Finnish stu- dent Val Laskinen. She earned both the top aca- demic performance award at flight _ school and the best pilot’s award for her overall performance, Kaiser said. The award for the person with the top flight test score — the best flyer — went to Tom Happynook from Victoria. Fellow Victoria resident Martin Gastel was presented the Betty Wadsworth Bursary for the “most worthy” student. And runner-up Lisa Lowrey won the Imperial Oil Bursary, which will go toward the cost of earning a commercial pilot’s license, as will Gastel’s bursary. To have earned their wings, all the private licence pilots paid about $3,900 each for the flight lessons, which included 45 hours in the air, Kaiser said. ; However, some students look upon the fee as an investment in a future career, as many will even- tually become commercial pilots, he said. Most of the class of 1990 repre- sents a cross-section of the popu- lation with people ranging from university professors and teachers to government employees and postal workers. One pilot who earned his instructors license even walked away from a career as an engineer- ing physicist to take to the skies for a living, he said. PROUD PILOT Val Laskinen, from Finland, at recognition ceremony recenily. ANNOUNCEMENT Ron Kubek, C.C.I.M., Owner of NRS Peninsula Properties Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael MacGillivray as the new General Manager of NRS Peninsula Properties Ltd. Michael brings a wealth of experience to his new job. He most recently was a Man- ager of a large Victoria Real Estate Company and previ- ously, in partnership with his father and brother, owned a Real Estate and Mortgage Co. in Victoria for over 12 AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Some time ago we announced that NRS Peninsula Properties ltd. had been pur- chased by NRS The Land Co. Unfortun- ately, due to a techni- cality, on the part of the NRS The Land Co., this purchase was not completed. NRS Peninsula Prop- erties Lid. remains a Peninsula owned and operated business. Buying or selling, deal with the profes- years. Michael will be re- sionals at sponsible for the day to day NRS PENINSULA management and in charge PROPERTIES LTD. of Mortgage services at NRS GOOD PEOPLE, Peninsula Properties Ltd. GOOD SERVICE BEACON BAKERY oe “The Sweetest Place in Town” Under the Yellow Awnbing at Home Hardware This Week’s Specials HOTCROSSBUNS $1.75 1/2 doz. 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