BCAC25 Innovation Conference Online Auction Still Open
Closes Today, June 23rd at 19:00 Pacific
Support the BCAC's Aviation and Aerospace Scholarship Program by bidding on items in the "BCAC 2025 Conference: Innovation – Eyes on the Horizon" online auction. One featured item is a One Hour Airtanker Full Motion Simulator, valued at $2000, generously donated by Conair Aerial Firefighting. Others include tickets for two anywhere in Air Canada's international world ($9,200), enjoy Air North hospitality to Dawson City ($2,600), or explore any one of Pacific Coastal's 18 BC destinations.
- 59% more items than last year’s conference auction
- Record $25,492 Fair Market Value
- All gross proceeds support Canada’s leading aviation and scholarship program (over $200,000 offered this year), Youth Engagement and education.
Visit 32auctions.com/BCAC25 for a complete list of amazing items. You never know what you might find - big and small.
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Everyone Welcome Tuesday Noon Pacific for our Informative Annual General Meeting
Please register at bit.ly/BCAC-AGM25 for our Tuesday, June 24th Noon (Pacific) annual general meeting. All are welcome, however, only paid Supporters in good standing can cast a vote. Please only one vote per organization. Consistent with our attempt to be as transparent as possible, this 60 minute long AGM includes most Board Committee updates.
 Shout Out to Eyes on the Horizon Conference Volunteers
Anička (Anna) Zikmundová, next year's Conference Volunteer Lead, utilizes last remaining elevator space.
Special thanks to all the Volunteers and BCAC Conference Committee who helped us set new records in Kamloops.
Registration and hotel rooms go live at bit.ly/BCAC26 early next week. Get your hotel rooms early as we will be competing with Memorial Cup (a fantastic conference add-on event).
See everyone May 25-27, 2026 in Kelowna (YLW).
With Gulfstream G800 Certified, One More Aircraft To Go
Another in our series of articles to raise understanding of Business Aviation.
Following FAA and EASA certification of Gulfstream Aerospace’s ultra-long-range G800 in April, the manufacturer is down to one jet to certify in its new five-aircraft family: the G400.
The smaller G400 made its first flight on Aug. 15, 2024, and likely will be certified in 2025 or 2026, although Gulfstream has not provided a timeframe lately. While the OEM planned the entire family from the start, it revealed them in three sets to gauge market feedback as the programs progressed.
The manufacturer announced the large-cabin G500 and G600 aircraft in 2014, and certified them in 2018 and 2019, respectively. In 2019, Gulfstream President Mark Burns also unveiled the ultra-long-range G700. Then in 2021, the company surprised the industry with the bookends—the 4,200-nm (4,830-mi.)-range G400 and the 8,200-nm-range G800.
The G400, G500 and G600 share the same fuselage, as do the G700 and G800. The first three are powered by the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 family of engines, while Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 engines are on the ultra-long-range aircraft. All five share the Symmetry Flight Deck, which is based on Honeywell Primus Epic avionics, and sidesticks.
“The feedback on the active control sidesticks from pilots across our next-generation fleet has been outstanding,” Burns says. “The reduced workload and enhanced situational awareness is a game changer.”
The G700 and G800 also include dual head-up displays featuring the new Gulfstream Combined Vision System (CVS), which overlays the Enhanced Flight Vision System (EVS) and Synthetic Vision System (SVS), so “pilots can move seamlessly from CVS to solely EVS or SVS with the ergonomically designed switch on the sidestick controller,” says Burns.
Because of the aircraft commonalities, pilot and maintenance training is interchangeable between the jets with common type ratings (G500/G600 and G700/800). The G800 can be configured with four living areas or three plus a crew rest. Given the 8,200-nm range, Burns says, “we are seeing many [customers] choose the crew rest as they plan their globe-spanning missions.”
The G800 was certified with a balanced field length takeoff distance of 5,912 ft. and a landing distance of 3,105 ft., both of which are shorter than Gulfstream originally planned. These shorter distances could open additional airports for operators. Gulfstream has not revealed the G800’s service entry date, but analysts predict deliveries will start in the second quarter.
The G800 replaces the very popular G650, the last of which Gulfstream produced in February. That aircraft is at the company’s completion center in Appleton, Wisconsin, and scheduled to be delivered later this year. The G650 program has logged more than 1 million flight hours to date.
Bombardier should give the G800 a competitor later this year with the certification of its 8,000-nm-range Global 8000. During the company’s last earnings call, Bombardier President and CEO Eric Martel said he expected the Global 8000 to enter service by year-end.
(Source: AviationWeek, Lee Ann Shay. Photo/Gulfstream Aerospace)
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The Aerospace, Defence and Security Expo (ADSE) will be back at Tradex in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on August 7-8, 2025 for its 15th edition.
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the Aerospace Defence and Security Expo 2025, August 7–8 at Tradex in Abbotsford!
Hosted by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC), ADSE Canada’s premier aerospace, defence and security event of the year. Aligned with this year’s theme of Resilience & Readiness, ADSE 2025 will feature ample opportunities for B2B networking with industry and government leaders, including experts and key decision makers from across Canadian and international aerospace markets.
Early bird pricing for registration and exhibitors is available until July 15!
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Secure your spot today and be a part of the conversations shaping the future of aerospace and defence in Canada!
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Silver Wings Industry and Scholarship Awards Celebration - Register Here
November 14th, Vancouver Convention Centre
Bigger and better than ever! Enhanced donor recognition, streamlined scholarship presentations, growing attendance, Chair's Women in Aviation and Aerospace Reception expanded...
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