As usual, organizers and attendees again watched the weather forecasts closely in the days before this year’s UPAC ‘More Than an AGM’ gathering. As always, the forecasts changed frequently. Unfortunately
UPAC’s ‘More Than an AGM …’ Event Details Come for the day! The 2024 UPAC ‘More Than an AGM’ Event will be held on August 17, 2024 at Lubitz
Transport Canada Listened! Your comments to Transport Canada’s NPA 2024-001 were effective! A couple months ago, UPAC asked you to submit comments to Transport Canada regarding the proposed changes
2023 Convention Report As usual, organizers and attendees again watched the weather forecasts closely in the days before this year’s UPAC Convention. As always, the forecasts changed frequently. Fortunately
UPAC’s Convention – the best Grass-Roots Event in Canada! Location Lubitz Field (CLB2)is a farm strip located to the west of the Kitchener/Cambridge area of southern Ontario. The
2022 UPAC Convention Recap Even the weather cooperated as the old time UPAC Convention returns! As with pre-covid times, organizers and attendees again watched the weather forecasts closely in
After the COVID lock-downs of the past two years, we’re all looking for good news and we have some! After the cancelled 2020 convention and the abbreviated 2021 convention, the 2022 National Convention of the Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada will be held as usual on the third weekend of August.
Another Convention is over and it was great! Although formal activities were limited this year, there was plenty of good food, lots of interesting planes, and lots and lots of happy people. We were careful to follow provincial COVID protocols for outdoor meeting areas and most people stayed out in the sunshine getting their Vitamin D.
UPAC is involved in Transport Canada’s General Aviation Safety Program’s Ultralight Working Group and has identified engine failure as the most common cause of ultralight accidents and incidents.
New rules proposed for RPAS (also called Drones and unmanned aerial vehicles or UAS) by Kathy Lubitz, Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada Transport Canada’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (Drone/UAS)
As with every year, organizers and attendees watched the weather forecasts closely in the days before this year’s UPAC Convention. As with every year, the forecasts changed frequently. Unfortunately
This year’s UPAC convention was held the weekend of August 17th-19th, 2018. As usual, Lubitz Field was a beehive of activity in the lead up to the gathering as
The 2017 UPAC National Convention is over for anther year and once again, it was very successful! More than 600 people attended over the third weekend in August. With
The exemption which allows Ultralight pilots access to Class E airspace was renewed on June 26, 2017 by Director General, Aviation Safety Regulatory Framework, Civil Aviation, Aaron McCrorie. It is
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The Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada, UPAC, is the national voice for Canadian Ultralight Pilots. The organization was formed in 1986 when the Ultralight Aircraft Association of Canada (UAAC) and
UPAC Directors are elected by the membership at the annual general convention held during the third week of August each year.. Their terms are for 2 years. Any UPAC member
