Providence Aviation is a joint program developed between Providence College and Harv's Air Service operating since 1972. The flight program is operated from the Steinbach South Airport aprox 15 miles from Providence College. The academic program takes place at the Providence College Campus.
Harv's Air Service is a family owned and operated air service located just south of Steinbach, Manitoba Canada. We offer accelerated but very comprehensive courses for all licences and permits from the new Recreational Permit on up to the Multi-IFR and Instructor ratings. Since 1972 we have taken pride in offering the very best in flight training, in the safest, most enjoyable way possible.
When we teach you to fly we want you to be able to fly your airplane with skill brought about by understanding what you are doing. We want you to be aggressive in the aircraft you learned to fly and be able to transition to the more advanced and faster aircraft. Too many pilots of the new generation lack the intuitive and common sense skills we try to train into our people. Our programs are designed after many years of experience to provide up to date and efficient flight training without compromising the principles of safety.
Our Staff are fully qualified and dedicated to making your flight training the most fulfilling, enjoyable experience possible. Our flight instructors have been pilots for years not months. Our Transport Canada Approved Designated Flight Test examiner ensures the highest standard of flight training possible.
Harv's Air Service's fleets of airplanes are second to none. We operate a mixed fleet of airplanes consisting of Cessna 152's, Cessna 172's, Bellanca Citabria 7-ECA( Taildragger), Pitts Special S2B (aerobatics), Beach Travelair, and a Piper Navajo ensuring a variety in your flight training. In addition to having one of the youngest fleets in the flight training industry, all aircraft are maintained to the highest standard by our own Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. Also available are aircraft on skies and floats.
Harv's Air of Service is located 2 miles south Steinbach, at the Steinbach South Airport just a 30 min. drive form the perimeter of Winnipeg. This airport is owned and operated by the school ensuring no landing fees, terminal fees, and headaches with few delays in your flight training. The runway and taxiways are paved ensuring year round operations with 2 heated hangers. There are many unimproved grass runways within a few miles of Steinbach South giving you a variety of conditions. We encourage you to visit our airport and check us out in person!
HARV'S AIR SERVICE
BOX 1056, STEINBACH, MANITOBA, CANADA, R0A 2A0
PHONE:(204)326 2434, FAX:(204)326 4182, Toll Free in Manitoba (800)HARV AIR
EMAIL:apenner@mts.net http://www.harvair.mb.ca
Providence College and Seminary is located in Southern Manitoba, close to the geographical center of Canada. Manitoba is a prairie province with an emphasis on agriculture in the south and natural resources in the north. Since 1970, Providence has occupied a 100-acre campus at the town of Otterburne, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Winnipeg, the capital city of Manitoba. The campus is an attractive rural setting beside the Rat River, shaded by towering elm trees and dominated by the main building's historic bell tower. Winnipeg, Manitoba's largest city, is a major communications and transportation centre, and has an international reputation for arts and culture. Numerous surrounding towns offer opportunities for involvement in church and youth Ministry.
A Bit of History
Providence began in Winnipeg in 1925 asWinnipeg Bible Training School, the vision of Rev. H.L. Turner. The name was soon changed to Winnipeg Bible Institute. Over the next 45 years it remained a small but academically vibrant school. It received a provincial charter to grant theological degrees in 1949 and was renamed Winnipeg Bible Institute and College of Theology. In 1963 the college moved to a full degree-granting program and was again re-named, this time to Winnipeg Bible College, a name it retained until 1991.
In 1970, Winnipeg Bible College faced a financial and enrolment crisis. The building it was occupying in Winnipeg was slated for destruction and the school needed a new home. That new home turned out to be St. Joseph's College, a Roman Catholic high school in Otterburne which had been closed a few years previously. The college moved there in the fall of 1970 with 70 students enrolled for classes. Within a few years the school had grown to 300 full-time students.
In 1972 a longtime dream became reality with the formation of a graduate division called Providence Theological Seminary. In only 24 years, the seminary has become one of Canada's most respected independent seminaries, with full membership in the Association of Theological Schools (ATS).
In 1992, in an effort to more accurately represent both its theological roots and its broad academic program, the school's name was once again changed to Providence College and Theological Seminary. The name is steeped in tradition -- one of its buildings was named Providence House -- and it also speaks of God's provision for the school over its 71 years of providing the best in Christian education.
What We Do Here
In spite of the growing emphasis on pluralism in Canadian society, Christian thought and morality still pervade most of our public institutions. Our country's emphasis on justice, fairness, and freedom are deeply Christian concepts.
Students come to Providence College primarily for the Christian content of the teaching it provides. Although the school enjoys a reputation for academic excellence, this excellence is viewed as a means to an end, and not the end itself. Still true to its roots in the Bible College movement, Providence requires its students to study the Bible as a textbook, coming to grips with hard questions about life and society and learning to consistently apply their faith to their daily lives.
This approach holds true in all areas of study. General Arts courses are taught from a Christian perspective, the Business program emphasizes Christian ethics, music is taught with a component of service to others, and not mere performance. Students learn that Christians are on earth to improve their society, not to exploit and degrade it.
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
OTTERBURNE, MANITOBA, CANADA, R0A 1G0
PHONE:(204)433 7488, FAX:(204)433 7158,
EMAIL:dthiele@providence.mb.ca http://www.providence.mb.ca
