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 since 1963.

Below are the current elected Officers and Directors

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 was a Captain prior to retiring in May 2019. Lynn was one of the first pilots to train on the new Bombardier Q400 aircraft at Air Canada Jazz in 2011 and retired from Jazz in 2019.

VICE PRESIDENT. 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.

AIRPORT MANAGER. Charles has been a member of the BFC since 2012. He earned his private pilot license at age 19 and added his commercial, IFR, seaplane, multi engine and instructor ratings in the years to follow. He flew the corporate aircraft for a Toronto based real estate company and has instructed for Lake Country Airways out of Orillia. Charles co-owns a Cessna 150 as well as a Vans RV-6, both based at Bancroft. Charles is the airport manager and also the checkout pilot for the BFC Cessna 172. Charles works as a realtor for Century 21 in Bancroft and does the occasional aircraft ferry and consulting work.

DIRECTOR. 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.

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 was the Operations Manager and Chief Pilot for Lake Country Airways and Orillia Aviation at the Orillia / Lake St. John airport until his recent retirement. Arnie owns a Smith Super Cub and owns a hangar on the Bancroft airport.

DIRECTOR. Dr. Henry Christiansen.

DIRECTOR / TREASURER Eric Tingey retired to the Bancroft area and joined the Bancroft Flying club in 2021. He worked in the automotive industry specializing in die casting, as a Journeyman Tool and Die Maker his skills were helpful in building a Zenair CH601 HDS, he also built the 120 HP Corvair engine. Eric holds a Recreational Pilot Permit.

DIRECTOR. Les LeBrun has been a member of BFC since moving to the Bancroft area with his wife Stephanie in 2021. He graduated from University of Ottawa with an Honours degree in Physics in 1991. He recently retired from the National Research Council of Canada where he worked as a technical officer in the semiconductor research division and has co-authored several research papers. In the high tech boom in the early 2000’s he helped establish manufacturing facilities for two high tech start-ups. He acquired his private pilots license in 1978 at the age of 18 and subsequently acquired aerobatic and float ratings. He recently completed his commercials in December of 2020. He was chief tow pilot for Rideau Valley Soaring in the Ottawa region with over 1200 tows to his credit. He currently flies the club airplane.