A very special Cessna 172 is parked in a hangar at Toronto International Airport.
The aircraft’s appearance is no mere coincidence. Painted in the red and white livery of Air Canada, the tiny airplane proudly bears a maple leaf logo on its tail, firmly establishing its company affiliation.
The Cessna is sassy. It may not be as bold as a B-747 or as swift as a B-727, but special it is. To the membership of the Toronto Air Canada Flying Club, it is every bit as dashing and it is flown with the same pride.
The aircraft has logged more than 1,000 hours in the three years of club ownership, an average of 40 hours per month.
At any one time, the pilot may well be a programmer from Computer and Systems Services with 50 hours of flying experience, a passenger agent or station attendant with several hundred hours or a line pilot with more than 20,000 flying hours.
