Wings Dinner
Ottawa Flying Club 85th Annual Wings Dinner
Submitted by Marc Desjardins on Sun, 07/04/2013 - 21:00The 2013 Wings Dinner, the Ottawa Flying Club's annual celebration to mark the achievements of our student pilots in achieving their Private, Commercial, Multi, IFR and other ratings, will be held on Saturday, May 11th, 2013.
The dinner will be held at Restaurant International- the culinary school restaurant at Algonquin College.
As well as the awarding of the Wings, various licenses and ratings, and other awards, the evening will include a guest speaker yet to be announced. There will be a cash bar. Cocktails will be available at 6:00 P.M., and Supper will be served at 7:00 P.M.
Tickets are $45 for members & guests / $35 for students & instructors
Tickets now available at the OFC ... 613-523-2142 or dispatch@ofc.ca
85th Annual Wings Dinner
CBC Radio Host and Science Adviser - Bob McDonald - Ottawa Flying Club Honourary Life Member
Submitted by Marc Desjardins on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 22:02Members, students, friends and family were assembled at Restaurant International on Saturday May 7th for the 83rd Annual Wings Presentation Dinner to honour the hard work of students and instructors who have earned their wings and various ratings.
We were honoured to have CBC's own Bob McDonald as our keynote speaker. Bob has been the host of CBC Radio's "Quirks and Quarks" for 20 years now and a Gemini Award winner for the program "Wonderstruck".
83rd Annual Wings Presentation Dinner Keynote Speaker - Bob McDonald
On November 13 2010, Bob was initiated as an honourary life member of Sigma Xi, the most prestigious scientific research society in the United States, which was founded in 1886, and membership is by invitation only. Previous honorary inductees have included some of the best known science writers in America, as well as Al Gore. Bob was the first Canadian to receive this honour.
Well now Bob has been honoured with a Lifetime Member of the Ottawa Flying Club.
Bob McDonald receives Honourary Life Member: Ottawa Flying Club President Marc Desjardins presents CBC's Radio Host Bob McDonald with Honourary Life Member in the Ottawa Flying Club... Eastern Canada's Oldest Flying Club.
