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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.
The OFC Supports Movember - Changing the Face of Men's Health
Submitted by Marc Desjardins on Tue, 02/11/2010 - 10:44In a recent conversation around the dispatch desk two instructors, Jeff Davey and Simon Auger, discussed doing something novel and bizarre for the instructors, members and students at the Ottawa Flying Club, have some fun and raise funds for a worthy cause.... lo and behold Team OFC for a cause originally started in Australia and catching like wildfire around the world "MOVEMBER".
The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia. The plan was simple – to bring the moustache back as a bit of a joke and do something for men’s health. No money was raised in 2003, but the guys behind the Mo realized the potential a moustache had in generating conversations about men’s health. Inspired by the women around them and all they had done for breast cancer, the Mo Bros set themselves on a course to create a global men’s health movement.
In 2004 the campaign evolved and focused on raising awareness and funds for the number one cancer affecting men – prostate cancer. 432 Mo Bros joined the movement that year, raising $55,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia - representing the single largest donation they had ever received.
The Movember moustache has continued to grow year after year, expanding to Canada, the US, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, South Africa, the Netherlands and Finland.
In 2009, global participation of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas climbed to 255,755, with over one million donors raising $47 Million for Movember’s global beneficiary partners. We are proud to announce that last year’s Canadian campaign was the second largest in the world behind Australia, with 35,156 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas coming together to raise $7.8 million for Prostate Cancer Canada.
Movember's Team OFC captained by Jeff Davey: On November 1, 13 of the 33 Team OFC gather clean shaven in front of DMO for a group shot
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On Sunday October 31, OFC President Marc Desjardins shaved off his 39 year old stache to prepare for regrowing.
The Before Shot
Shaving it off
The after shot
GOOD LUCK TEAM OFC!!!!
If you want more information or want to sponsor click on this link and in the search type in M.O.F.C.
Student Social BBQ
Submitted by Mike McKay on Fri, 25/06/2010 - 16:22
Algonquin Students enjoying a BBQ lunch at OFC
Students at OFC and OAS enjoyed a BBQ lunch at the Ottawa Flying Club today. It was the first time students at both schools had a social gathering. We will work to provide more such opportunities through the summer. Certainly, students flying at OFC should feel free to use the facilities we have to the fullest and are welcome to organize movie nights or other events in the same way the regular club members do.
If you do want to organize an event, just check with Dispatch to reserve that part of the facility and you'll be all set.
But be sure to invite the rest of us.
Especially if there is going to be any pizza.
Charles Shaw and Alexi Dudkin flying BBQ.
