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2022 UPAC Convention Recap
2022 UPAC Convention Recap Even the weather cooperated as the old time UPAC Convention returns! As
2022 UPAC Convention
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.
Engine Failure Survey
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.
2021 Convention Report
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.
Watch out for Drones!
New rules proposed for RPAS (also called Drones and unmanned aerial vehicles or UAS) by Kathy
2019 UPAC Convention Report
As with every year, organizers and attendees watched the weather forecasts closely in the days before