Directors

Executives and Directors

The Bancroft Flying Club is a non-profit volunteer organization that exists solely through the dedication of time and talent by its members. The Club is very fortunate to have members with a broad range of experience in aviation, business and the community. It is the dedication of these individuals, year after year, that makes the Club work and has done so for over 55 years.

Below are the elected Officers and Directors for 2018 / 2019.

PRESIDENT. Lynn Davis has been President of the Club since 2006. He learned to fly and obtained his Private Pilots License at the Bancroft Airport in 1971. Lynn studied Aerospace Technology at Ryerson University, went on to work for deHavilland on the Dash 7 program and then to Sault College where he was enrolled in the Aviation Technical and Flight Training Program and graduated with his commercial pilots licence in 1979. After graduating, Lynn went on to work as a commercial pilot for Voyageur Airways and then Air Ontario in 1985. Air Ontario later became Air Canada Jazz where Lynn has been a Captain since 1988. Lynn was one of the first pilots to train on the new Bombardier Q400 aircraft at Air Canada Jazz in 2011 and has been flying them ever since.

VICE PRESIDENT. Gordon George joined the Bancroft Flying Club in 2011. He has been very active with the many improvement projects around the terminal building and hangars as well as the annual Fly In Pancake Breakfast.

Gord started flight training in 2004 with Canadian Flight Academy in Oshawa where he received his Private Pilot's Licence. He recently retired after nine (9) years with Durham College where he was an instructor in HVAC and trade Math for the Dual Credit Program. Prior to that he was a Foreman, Journeyman Sheet Metal Worker for forty (40) years out of Local 30. Gordon flies the club Cessna 172. Gord and his wife Donna reside in Hastings, Ontario.

SECRETARY. Gary Gaudreau has been a member of the Club since 2011 and became Club Secretary in 2012. Gary learned to fly in 1966. He is a graduate in Aircraft Maintenance Technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, a former licensed pilot with multi engine rating, a Transport Canada licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and Senior Certified Aircraft Appraiser with a 50+ year career in the aviation industry. Gary moved to the area in 2002 and currently owns and operates Aviation Business Support Inc., an aviation management consulting business from his home office in Boulter, Ontario.

DIRECTOR. Arnie Tate graduated from Sault College in 1982 with a Commercial Pilots licence. He worked for Air Charters as the Operations Manager / Chief Pilot until 1985 when he enrolled in the Military. Stationed in Germany and the United States he flew the CF-18 and the F-16. Retired from the Air Force in 1997, he continued flying Fighters as an Instructor in the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia and China. Back in Canada, Arnie is now involved with Lake Country Airways at the Orillia / Lake St. John airport as the Chief Pilot / Operations Manager. Arnie owns a Smith Super Cub that is hangared in Bancroft.

DIRECTOR. Kim Dunford has been a member of the club since 2012. He currently owns and operates Apsley Home Hardware Building Centre. After obtaining his private pilot license (land and seaplane) in 1990 he built a Kitfox IV including the floats which he sold in 2003 after several years of great float flying experience. He now flies the club Cessna 172. Kim is a motor cycle enthusiast and has made road trips all over North America.

DIRECTOR. Bob Neil is a long time member of the Bancroft Flying Club. He learned to fly at the age of 18 and went on to get his commercial pilots license and did instructing at Bradley Air Service in Carp in the mid '60's. Bob worked for the Bank of Montreal for over 40 years and is now retired. He owns a 1999 Zenair Zodiac CH601 and often allows the Flying Club to put his aircraft on static display in downtown Bancroft during the annual Water, Wheels and Wings festival.

DIRECTOR. Peter Butorac is a relatively new member to the Bancroft Flying Club. He graduated from York University in Toronto with a bachelors degree in human geography. Peter joined the Ontario Provincial Police in 1986 and retired in 2016 with the rank of Sergeant after 30 years of service. During that time he was stationed in Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, Grassy Narrows, Lindsay and Peterborough. Peter is currently doing flight training for his private pilots license.