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4-601: The Edmonton Flying Club , home of the Edmonton Flight College, is a flying club and flight school located just west of Edmonton , Alberta , Canada . It operates from Parkland Airport in Parkland County. It was founded in 1927 as the Edmonton and Northern Alberta Aero Club. The club's first president was Canadian World War I flying ace , Wilfrid R. "Wop" May . At the time, the purpose of

8-565: The EFC has a state-of-the-art Modular Flight Deck simulator. Flying club Many clubs also provide flight training , flight planning facilities, pilot supplies and associated services, as well as organizing social functions, fly-ins and fly-outs to other airports and so forth. While flying clubs are home to those who pursue flying as a hobby, many commercial pilots also get their start at flying clubs. Most flying clubs own and rent small general aviation aircraft. In North America and Europe

12-516: The club was to promote aviation and to provide flight training. Today, the Edmonton Flying Club is a member-owned organization that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft and provides flight training at all levels. The Edmonton Flying Club offers courses for the following licenses and ratings : As of June 1, 2016 Edmonton Flying Club has six aircraft listed at their web site and seven registered with Transport Canada : In addition,

16-706: The most popular such aircraft are the Cessna 152 , the Cessna 172 , and the Piper Cherokee . However some clubs also exist to provide access to more specialized aircraft, such as vintage planes, aerobatic planes, helicopters and gliders . In Canada, however, the clubs can be fairly large non-profit operations, some dating back to the 1920s and operating at large airports as well as small. Canadian flying clubs often serve as fixed-base operators at their airports as well as flight schools and aircraft renters. This article about an aviation -related organization

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