COPA DIRECTOR 2010 VOTE FOR “BRY THE DUNKER GUY”
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
COPA Director for British Columbia and Yukon
Hello from Bryan Webster who would like to be the successful
candidate for our upcoming BC/Yukon COPA Director position.
I was born and raised at the end of the Vancouver Airport where I started my fixation with aircraft at an early age. In 1978 I held my first commercial pilot position in a Cessna 185 prior to my 20th birthday. Over the next few years I applied for and received an operating certificate offering fixed wing charter services at Dawson City Yukon with my beloved 1940 Luscombe 8A and Cessna 185,206 also De Havilland Beaver.
After selling Klondike Air my new wife and I moved to Fort Smith then Yellowknife NWT where I flew birddog for a team of A26 water bombers and also floatplanes in the summer months then to ski equipped aircraft for the winter. In 1988 I received my twin engine multi IFR and later Airline Transport Rating and initiated flights in Medivac and corporate aircraft.
Then on to Edmonton Alberta and now Victoria BC where we presently reside with our two boys. I supervised all pilot training and flew the Cessna Caravan for Fed X Canada until 2001 when I founded Aviation Egress Systems.
At present I have accumulated over 11,000 hours in 35 different aircraft types and taught 3000 people techniques for Egress at 42 separate locations across Canada.
In 2007 I received the Transport Aviation Safety Award for an exceptional contribution to the promotion of Canadian Aviation Safety.
Over the past summers I have remained current flying for a number of BC Coastal floatplane Companies and also offered instruction for floatplane ratings.
Being a long term COPA member and have written 64 monthly Articles by Bry The Dunker Guy thus I feel qualified to join in and help support our freedom of aviation along side the existing directors. I would like to be involved in helping shape COPA for a positive direction in the new wave of technical and regulatory changes. It is evident we will all be effected in our personal flights by bureaucracy over time thus I would hope to help minimize the impact with a common sense approach.
Sincerely Bryan Webster
info@dunkyou.com
250-704-6401