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 50 years.

Below are the elected Officers and Directors for 2016 / 2017.

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 AND AIRPORT MANAGER. Pat Murdock began flying in to Bancroft in 1988 and moved to the Bancroft area from Oshawa in 2011. He obtained his private pilots licence in 1987 and has owned several aircraft including a Fleet Canuck, a Piper Tri-Pacer, a Piper Archer and the Cessna 170B that he now owns and hangars at the Bancroft Airport. Pat was a member of the Oshawa Airport Advisory Committee for several years. Pat is active in the Shriners and Masonic Lodge and can be found driving a school bus during the school season.

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 45+ 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. Charles Burkholder has been a member of the Club since 2012 and became a Director in 2016. Charles obtained his Private Pilot license in 2012 and his Commercial license and IFR rating in 2015. He works as a part time corporate pilot for a large company in Toronto flying a Cirrus SR22. He is also building a 1930's design Pietenpol aircraft from a set of plans and is about 90% complete. Charles has worked as a stone mason since 2009 and also owns and manages a duplex rental property. You can follow some of Charles flying activities if you visit his blog at http://charlesflyingblog.blogspot.ca/.

DIRECTOR. Sara Cooper was born and raised in Bancroft and graduated from Queen's University in 2010 with a degree in Civil Engineering. She began her flying career in 2011 while living in British Columbia and completed her Private Pilot license in 2014 after returning to Ontario. Sara Joined the Bancroft Flying Club in 2014 and became a Director in 2016. Sara is currently living in Toronto where she is studying Midwifery.

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's Cessna 172.

DIRECTOR. Hugh Erwin joined the Club in 2012. He is not a pilot but most interested in aviation and the airports role in the vitality of the Bancroft Community. Hugh graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1966 with a degree in Civil Engineering. He retired from Enbridge as Director of Strategic Sourcing after 37 years of service. Hugh and his wife reside in the Paudash Lake area. Hugh is also Chairman of the Airport Development Committee.