The Fundació Parc Aeronàutic de
Catalunya (FPAC) is a Charity and Cultural Private Foundation
Registered with the No.1144 as approved and publicly stated by the
Generalitat de Catalunya, Justice Department, on October 30th
1997. PO Address: Sabadell Airport E-08250 SABADELL, Barcelona,
Spain. VAT Reg. No. G61449245
The FPAC mission is the
preservation of the Aeronautical Heritage of Catalonia, the spread of
Aeronautics Culture and the Cooperation in the Aeronautical Training
of youngsters, with special emphasis on those at risk of social
exclusion.
This features a collection of
classic aircraft in flight, for ground operation and static display,
and pending of restoration which can be seen at Sabadell Airport on
the “PAC·OBERT” Open Exhibition Sundays or upon Appointment.
An Aeronautics Heritage that will
be displayed at the Catalonia Aeronautical Garden-Museum, currently
under construction in Sabadell Airport.
GOVERNANCE
The Governance of the Foundation is set on its Incorporation Statutes [EST] approved by the Protectorate Service of the Generalitat de Catalunya Justice Department.
The Governance of the Foundation is set on its Incorporation Statutes [EST] approved by the Protectorate Service of the Generalitat de Catalunya Justice Department.
The Functional and Operational
Organization of the Foundation and the composition of the Board of Trustees is stated on the Basic Operations
Manual [MBO] which is available at the following links:
- [MBO 1] – Introduction to the FPAC Basic Operations Manual
- [MBO 2] – ORG On the FPAC and Organization and Board of Trustees
- [MBO 3] – SBV On the Benefactor Volunteer Members of the FPAC
- [MBO 4] – On Fleet Maintenance and Operation
- [MBO 5] – On Volunteer Pilots
- [MBO 6] – On PAC·OBERT and Flight Exhibitions
PERSONAL DATA
Personal data compiled by the FPAC with regards to its activities are stored, protected and processed in accordance with the PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY of he Foundation, updated in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/97
RESOURCES
The FPAC activities are based on Corporate and Institutional Sponsorships and Co-operation as well as on the economic contribution and professional dedication of affiliated Indiviuals supporting the FPAC either as Friends, Benefactors or Volunteer Benefactors.
The FPAC activities are based on Corporate and Institutional Sponsorships and Co-operation as well as on the economic contribution and professional dedication of affiliated Indiviuals supporting the FPAC either as Friends, Benefactors or Volunteer Benefactors.
Among the later, the FPAC is supported by students
having curricular internships in communication, management,
administration, operations, restoration or maintenance of aircraft at
the FPAC facilities in Sabadell Airport (Workshop-School) and
Barcelona Airport (CCA Building Workshop) as well as in the Centre
Aeri of Vilanova i La Geltrú.
The opening to the public of the Aeronautic
Garden-Museum of Catalonia, in 2018, is an opportunity to expand the
social base of friends and benefactors as well as to open new paths
of Sponsorship and Patronage.
ECONOMIC RESOURCES
FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS
The incentive benefits and the required economic
contribution to become affiliated as a Friend or a Benefactor Partner
of the FPAC are stated and communicated in the FPAC Benefactor
Program. A program that is reviewed annually and published on the
FPAC website.
The annual amounts of the donations received from the
Friends and Benefactors of the FPAC are explicited in the accounts
that the Foundation submits for fiscal and heritage integrity control
purposes to the Protectorate of Foundations of the Generalitat de
Catalunya.
SPONSORSHIPS AND PATRONAGE
In 2016 the FPAC received monetary contributions from
the Enaire Foundation (€ 90,000) and from Air BP (€ 21,000)
In 2017 the subsidies have been reduced substantially
for budgetary reasons as reported by the sponsors. Enaire Foundation
(€ 40,000) and Air BP (16,000)
This has forced to reduce, at a minimum, the flight
activity of the heritage aircraft, waiting for better times.
It is not the first time that the FPAC has to adjust
activity. Since the beginning of the economic crisis of 2009 the FPAC
has lost the economic sponsorship of
Fundació la Caixa, Department of Territory and
Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Their
monies were devoted to capitalizing the building works of the Museum
which, finally, had been able to start in November 2017
Employment Service of the Labor Department of the
Generalitat de Catalunya. Their monies were dedicated to the
occupational training of young people at risk of exclusion through
Workshop-Schools focused on “on the job learning” applied to
static aircraft restoration projects.
Diputació de Barcelona. Their monies were
dedicated to the training of young undergraduate students in
aeronautical maintenance through practical internships in the FPAC
aircraft maintenance workshop and in the FPAC flight line maintenance
activities.
The annual amounts of the sponsorship activities are
explicited in the accounts that the Foundation submits for fiscal and
heritage integrity control purposes to the Protectorate of
Foundations of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
VISITORS
The economic contribution of visitors on a guided tour
representing a little part of the FPAC annual income, is not less
important than the two previously explained sources, since it's the
most effective activity for the creation of new visitors.
Obviously, the opening of the Museum opens up the
possibility of increasing the number of guided tours as well as of
establishing a price to the general entrance of visitors.
INSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENTS
Additional to the sponsorship contracts,and in order to
better support the accomplishment of its mission,.the FPAC has
established collaboration agreements with several institutions, being
the most important and today in force:
Sabadell City Council - Transfer of land use
granted by AENA to build the Aeronautical Museum of Catalonia and
granting a monetary grant of € 60,000 to be effective at the
completion of the construction of the Museum.
Ministry of Defense, Air Force - Non Profit Loan
(NPL) of Aircraft and Motors for Restoration and Static Exhibition.
Ministry of Transportation, General Directorate of
Civil Aviation - Transfer of Aircraft to Restore and put in
Flight.
Geological and Cartographic Institution of Catalonia
– NPL of its first photogrammetry dedicated aircraft and
photogrammetry equipments to build in the Museum an educational site
dedicated to this kind of air works.
National Museum of Science and Technology of
Catalonia - Agreement of Advice and Collaboration in Museology
and Museography. Extended to the NPL to the FPAC of an aircraft that
did not fit into the available space of the MNATEC headquarters, in
Terrassa.
Department of Education, Generalitat de Catalunya
- General Agreement for Collaboration and Exchange and / or
Bidirectional NPLs of Aeronautical Assets between the FPAC and the
INSIB, for training and education purposes. It has been developped
through annexes that cover several operations of transfer and
incorporation of museum exhibition elements, currently displayed at
the CCA exhibition of the FPAC.
La Sénia Town Hall – NPL agreement of an
aircraft received from INSIB as well as several historical elements
to the Board of Trustees of the La Sénia Airfield Preservation
Memorial.
Igualada Gliding Club – NPL agreement of
diverse Heritage Gliders currently restored and exposed in the CCA.
Aeroclub Barcelona-Sabadell
– Flagging of several aircraft
General
Contact: info@fpac.org / fundaciopac@gmail.com
Training
and Internships Contact: pacformacio@gmail.com
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