2015 Fly In Pancake Breakfast

The Bancroft Flying Club held it's annual Fly In Pancake Breakfast at the Bancroft Community Airport on Sunday, July 12th. The weather could have not been better. We had over 50 aircraft fly in, 640 people were served breakfast and consumed 31 litres of maple syrup.

W.M. Aeroflight from Peterborough kept their two (2) Cessna 172's flying all day Saturday and Sunday conducting 42 site seeing flights around Bancroft.

Member Charles Burkholder had a Mission Aviation Fellowship display and our clubs aircraft maintenance provider, Brian Freymond owner of Freymond Aviation was on hand to handle any aircraft maintenance requests.

Car parking was provided on airport property for the first time and was very well received. There was also dedicated handicap parking and motorcycle parking. The dedicated food line for fly in pilots and their passengers was also well received with little or no wait time for food.

Check out the July 2015 edition of Canadian Aviator magazine. There is a great article there written by Peter Lubig on our annual fly in pancake breakfast.

Following are a few photo's from this years event

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Cooks firing up the dual 36 inch electric grills.

Town of Bancroft maintenance crew setting up tents, picnic tables and garbage bins. It is their help that makes this annual event possible

Plenty of parking was available on the field for all who came.

WM AeroFlight booth signing up for site seeing flights in their Cessna 172's.

Jackie Dixon, announcer with local radio station Moose FM (97.7) and Bancroft Flying Club Director Kim Dunford prepare for a flight over Bancroft.

Field Marshal Gaudreau providing support for workers and fly in guests.

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Some of our friendly aircraft marshaling crew.

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Bancroft Fire Department were on hand, but fortunately were not needed.

Autogyro from Brampton. Pilot, Sergey Kislyuk (left); COPA Director, Cheryl Marek (centre) and BFC Vice President Pat Murdock (right).

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Following are photos of some of the 50 aircraft that flew in from parts of Ontario and Quebec

(put your curser over the photo to see the model and home base of the aircraft)

1981 Piper PA28-161 Warrior from Burlington Flying Club

1969 Cessna 172K Skyhawk from Sunderland, ON

1946 Piper PA12 Super Cruiser from Smiths Falls, ON

2008 Robinson R44 from Frankford, ON

1972 Cessna 172L Skyhawk from Carp, ON

1952 Piper PA20 Pacer from Stirling, ON

1954 Piper PA22-135 Tri-Pacer from Smiths Falls, ON

1976 Cessna 182P Skylane from Stratford, ON

1963 Cessna 172E Skyhawk from Hanover, ON

1956 Cessna 170B from Rockcliffe, ON

1946 Aeronca 7AC Champ from Port Perry, ON

1956 Cessna 172 from Dunsford, ON

2005 Super Cub on amphibious floats from Palmer Rapids, ON

1980 Cessna 172N Skyhawk from Barrie, ON

1969 Cessna 150J from Oshawa, ON

1946 Aeronca 7CCM Champ from Greenbank, ON

1958 Cessna 172 from Embrun, ON

1980 Piper PA28-181 Archer from Smiths Falls, ON

1952 Cessna 195A from Cavan, ON

1966 Cessna 172G Skyhawk from Newcastle, ON

1995 Progressive Aerodyne Searay from Madoc, ON

2000 Murphy Rebel from Wingham, ON

1969 Cessna 172K Skyhawk from Peterborough, ON

1981 Acey Deucy from Landsdowne, ON

1983 Piper PA28-181 Archer from Lachute, PQ

Cessna 170 on amphibious floats from Cobourg, ON

1958 Cessna 172 from Sterling, ON

1981 Cessna 152 from NewMarket, ON

2006 Murphy Elite on amphibious floats from Ancaster, ON

1972 Cessna 177B Cardinal from Oshawa, ON

1965 Piper PA28-180 Cherokee from Unionville, ON

2011 Van's RV10 from Port Hope, ON

2011 MTO Sport gyroplane from Brampton, ON

1970 Cessna 172K Skyhawk from Keene, ON

1973 Piper PA28-180 Cherokee from Embrun, ON

1953 Piper PA20-135 Pacer from Oro-Medonte, ON

1950 Cessna 170A from North Bay, ON

1996 Murphy Rebel from Renfrew, ON

1979 Cessna 172RG Cutlas from Stirling, ON

1973 Cessna 172M Skyhawk from Rockcliffe, ON

1958 Piper PA28-160 Apache from Keswick, ON

2007 Murphy Rebel from Egbert, ON

1979 Cessna Turbo 182RG Skylane from New Hamburg, ON

2002 L'll Hustler SS from Wilno, ON

1963 Beech P35 Bonanza from Wilmington, DE