OUR LOVELY SPONSORS in 2025
Michelle Stehura Inc., MD
qathet Regional District
Texada Legion Branch 232
Welcome to the TEXADA AEROSPACE CAMP
We would love to see you on Texada Island for the TEXADA AEROSPACE CAMP! The purpose of Camp to immerse youth aged 10 to 15 in the basics of aviation and aerospace sciences using unique training aids specifically designed and built by experienced volunteers - aircraft maintenance engineers, software developers, pilots and scientists, among others.
The curriculum consists mainly of hands-on learning, combined with select engaging presentations.
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The TEXADA AEROSPACE CAMP typically runs at the end of July. It usually ends the afternoon of the last Saturday in July, and begins the morning of the preceding Wednesday, daytimes only. The 2025 Camp fee was $220..
Please note that we always have a great deal of interest in our camp. When registration opens, please be sure to include your youth's own expression of interest in the section entitled For the Camp Participant. Spots will be offered based partly on this section, and it's possible that we'll have to do a lottery as well.​ This process will be finished in a timely fashion in order to allow parents time to arrange alternate camps if need be.
If you would like to be on a reminder email list regarding registration, click the contact button below or email texaero2023@gmail.com. Families will receive an email in February with further details.
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We gratefully acknowledge that the camp is located on the unceded traditional territories of the K'ómoks, Tla'amin, Wei Wai Kum First Nations and thank them for their stewardship of the land, waters and air through the millennia.
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(photo credit @Texada Arts, Culture and Tourism Society (TACT))
Sample TEXADA AEROSPACE CAMP lessons
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Principles of flight
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Aircraft construction principles
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Airplane model work
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Detailed flight simulator instruction
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Parachute basics
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Space travel
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Aircraft radio operation
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Metal working
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Electronics and soldering
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Aerospace careers
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Fire safety/fire extinguisher use
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(photo credits @TEXADAAEROSPACECAMP)
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Courtesy of the Courtenay Airclub
Latest News
The 2025 camp was a success! Thanks to all who helped make it so.
Please click here to view full acolades :)
About
The History
The TEXADA AEROSPACE CAMP is the result of many people volunteering together over the years, and many people and organizations donating money and goods in addition. To read the story of how it came to be, click below. We would especially like to thank the Texada Arts, Culture and Tourism Society for their support and guidance over the years.
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(photo credit @TACT, @Urban Mommies and @FestivalSeekers, and https://www.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/projects/paper-circuits)
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All the People that Make this Happen
The TEXADA AEROSPACE CAMP would not be possible without the efforts
of a great many individuals and also with the support of the Texada Arts, Culture & Tourism Society (TACT).
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We want to say a special thanks to the 2025 core volunteer group: Sheila McFarland, Becca Can, Doby Dobrostanski, Peter Teuner, Peter Chick, Dr. Rob Reimer, Larry Dyke, Gillian Dyke, Kathy Hanson, Angela Sargeant and Wendy Davis, together with junior volunteer instructors Sydney MacLaurin-Hogg, Baden Halliwell, Tim Pavlushik, Gregory Pavlushik, Yasha Pacatang and Lukus Kessler.
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A very special thank you to Chris Hansen for organizing familiarization flights for youth, often as co-pilot, and his fellow pilots, Ray Henault and Duane Dubyk, of the Courtenay Air Park - for providing these flights which students will remember for years to come. In 2025 Lawrence McLeod and Charlie Groves also provided familiarization flights.
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We would also like to acknowledge the Royal Canadian Air Force in for their support of this event, in particular Captain Malcolm Grieve of the Cormorant, and his crew.
Founding Volunteers:
Doby Dobrostanski, Angela Sargent, Gerry Johnson, Mike Parsons, Dale Rinehart, Sandrine Simms, Gerry Johnson and Bari Lewis, Richard Fahlman, and others to whom we are so grateful!
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An extra special thank you to Gerry who continues to collect and return empty deposit items on behalf of the Texada Aerospace Hangar and Museum - in the amount of several $1000's over the years! - which has enriched the camp experience of so many youth.
Donation of Equipment,
Goods and Funds
We would like to thank: Knud Rasmussen, Angie Beaumont, the Chilliwack Flying Club, Stan Smith, Texada Arts Culture and Tourism Society, Jazz Aviation LP, the Powell River Rotary Club, Save-on Foods, First Credit Union, Sandi and Karl Bergstrand, Valley Building, the Sullivans, the Amaudruz Family, Jennifer Cheek, Pegah Roohi, the Sargents, Wicks Fire Safety, Gary Bainbridge, Ricky Jones, John Quelch and Susan McLeod, Gertjan and Jacqui Hofman, and Target Fire Protection Services.
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A special thank you to the BC Aviation Council, the Richmond RCMP, and the TD Bank for their generous donation of graduation items for the 2024 camp.
Other Volunteers Past and Present:
We would like to acknowledge other volunteers and guest speakers: Sandy McCormick, Fred McElroy, Peter Stiles Sr., Charlie Groves, Al MacIsaac, Lawrence McLeod, Joe Martin, Charlie Gibbs, Vancouver Island Skydiving, Rob McWilliams and the Gillies Bay Fire Department, Angus Cumming, Richard Shawcross, Airport manager Valerie Ferguson, Larry Dawe, Charlotte Dawe, Anthony Walcott, Greg Howard, Doriana Kiland, Larry Brisebois, Sophie Schock, Victoria MacKenzie, Josh McQuillin, Wade Bowman, Theresa Curtiss, Jane Short, Rhonda Liebech, Leigh Phillips, Sara Johnstone, Judy Slootweg, George Childress, Gerry Childress, Thomas Willms of the Aero Club of BC, and others equally appreciated.