Stetson Flyers

The Stetson Flyers Club airfield cleanup day was held May 9-10. Twenty-seven members volunteered to help maintain the airfield, make repairs and to make it safe and enjoyable for another flying season.  

The rolling of all grass surfaces started on Friday afternoon and continued until 11:30 am on Saturday. In total the runway was rolled four times. The exchange of the seasonal shelter from winter to spring is a welcome change as it signifies good weather, special events and BBQ’s!  The most labour-intensive part of the clean up was filling in potholes along the laneway along with scraping of loose paint, repainting curbs and touch-up other surfaces including flight benches, picnic tables, flight line and spectator fences.  In all two full gallons of brown paint were used within a few hours.  The painting brightens the facility and helps the curbs be more visible, avoiding the tripping hazards.  The windsock, the Canadian flag and the parking lot warning markers were all replaced.

Winter Fun Fly 9 March 2025

Overcast skies and gusty winds welcomed 13 registered pilots to the annual Stetsons Winter Fun Fly on Sunday 9 March. The early arrivals quickly noticed that Mike Lalonde’s, Charlie Colwell’s’ and Andy Leu’s field preparation efforts earlier in the week had been largely undone by the wind, but several helpers quickly cleared the snow drifts around the shelter areas, setup tables, and restored foot paths to the pilot stations. 

Thanks, guys! Our Events Director Chris Rebidoux launched the event with a pilot briefing at 10 am, and we were off to a good start with mostly electric planes on skis and floats taking to the skies.

Jon Harper and Pierre Coulombe soon got their cooking pots ready for hot chocolate and chili respectively. An early start paid off, because the cold wind was fighting hard against the BBQ burners, but eventually, we were able to partake of delicious hot chocolate (with marshmallows!) and hearty chili. Overall, though, the culinary hit was the loaves of home-made bread baked by Chris’s wife Jennifer. Thanks Jennifer!