Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Issue dated - April 1962
Musing through the "Between Ourselves" magazine -

Issue dated - February 1979
Extracts from "Horizons" magazine

In view of the recent weather in Europe, we thought this article was appropriate -

Hurrah Heathrow
Thanks to local employees was the only carrier to land at London's Heathrow Airport on January 23, 1979.

Arctic weather conditions in England forced closure of the field and the British Airports Authority did not have sufficient staff to clear the snow which blocked aircraft stands.

Meanwhile, flights 852 from Vancouver and 862 from Halifax were grounded at Prestwick, stranding nearly 300 London - bound passengers who, because of a national rail strike in the United Kingdom and the closure of both Heathrow and Gatwick airports due to weather conditions, could not get from Scotland to England.

Company Heathrow staff set out to overcome the problem. Brian Sygrove, Airport Customer Service Manager, requested permission from the BAA to use Air Canada personnel to clear a stand while Flight Dispatch Manager John Scott sought Civil Aviation Authority clearance for start - up at Prestwick and permission to land at Heathrow.

Given the go - ahead, more than 20 volunteer station attendants, load agents, mechanics and supervisors from Aircraft Services assisted by Brian and Peter Baldry, Aircraft Services Manager, set to work with shovels and makeshift snowploughs consisting of Landrovers equipped with sheets of timber strapped on in front.

After two hours' hard labour, the stand was declared safe for landing by the BAA.

At Prestwick, 300 tired but happy passengers climbed aboard flight 852 and at 1525 hours, the 747 became the first aircraft to land at Heathrow's Terminal 3 that day.

Not only was Air Canada the only airline to land at the International terminal on January 23, it also was one of the first to depart. The 747 went out two hours later as flight 865 bound for Montreal and Toronto, making an extra stop at Prestwick to drop off Halifax -bound passengers who found their aircraft ready and waiting.

Mosquito Restoration on Track for Spring Flight

November 24, 2010 - The restoration of a flyable de Havilland Mosquito is on track for completion in spring 2011. With remains rescued from a Canadian farm, the aircraft is undergoing an extensive rebuild in New Zealand and would be the only flying copy of this WW II fighter-bomber in the world.

The Mosquito is mostly a wooden aircraft, which gives it a great speed advantage over its competitors and adversaries.  Rebuilding a wooden warbird, however, is not a speedy process since much of the original aircraft had to be thrown away and built from scratch, including the tools and equipment required for the restoration.

Visit www.eaa.org for full article and more information.

  

News and articles from days gone by gleaned from various publications from C.A.I.L. and it's "ancestry" of contributing airlines.


A few more photos of older aircraft operated by CPAL and sent in by Art McCarville.

Sometimes we receive articles and information that just doesn't fit in our other areas. This is where it goes!

Go AC renewed for 2011! The Go AC Travel Program is back and renewed for travel right through until March 31, 2012. Employees and retirees will find that 10 brand new promotion codes have been loaded into their travel profiles.

Each promotion code will discount Canada and U.S. fares by 10 per cent and all other routes by 15 per cent and can be used for one booking of up to six passengers. The offer is available on flights operated by Air Canada and Air Canada Jazz and is valid for all one-way or round-trip tickets booked on www.aircanada.com between December 3, 2010 and December 31, 2011 with all travel starting on/after December 3, 2010 and completed by March 31, 2012.
 
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Jim Griffith sends us this gem!
From our friend the retired U.S AF Pilot and Vet extraordinaire, Irv.  This is hilarious!

When I was Training on the Airbus A310, the manuals were written by the French, translated into English by a German, who was schooled in England and then printed for us by a Spanish Printer. This sounds like it was the same people doing this!

Thought you would like to see the notice that British Airways sent to its pilots explaining what we in the US refer to as the "monitored approach" method where on an approach to very low visibility and ceiling one pilot flies the approach and when the other pilot sees the runway he takes the plane and lands.

This removes the problem of the pilot having to make the transition from flying instruments and at the last minute looking outside and getting his bearings" as the other pilot is already "outside". If the pilot not flying says nothing by the time they reach "minimums", the pilot flying automatically starts the "go-around" procedure as he is still on the instruments.

Now try this actual explanation of this procedure from the British Airways manual:

*** British Airways Flight Operations Department Notice ***
There appears to be some confusion over the new pilot role titles. This notice will hopefully clear up any misunderstandings. The titles P1, P2, and Co-Pilot will now cease to have any meaning, within the BA operations manuals. They are to be replaced by:
Handling Pilot, Non-handling Pilot, Handling Landing Pilot, Non-Handling Landing Pilot, Handling Non-Landing Pilot, and Non Handling Non-Landing Pilot.

The Landing Pilot, is initially the Handling Pilot and will handle the take-off and landing except in role reversal when he is the Non-Handling Pilot for taxi until the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, hands the handling to the Landing Pilot at eighty knots. The Non-Landing (Non-Handling, since the Landing Pilot is handling) Pilot reads the checklist to the Handling Pilot until after Before Descent Checklist completion, when the Handling Landing Pilot hands the handling to the Non-Handling Non-Landing Pilot who then becomes the Handling Non-Landing Pilot.
 
The Landing Pilot is the Non-Handling Pilot until the "decision altitude" call, when the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands the handling to the Non-Handling Landing Pilot, unless the latter calls "go-around", in which case the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, continues Handling and the Non-Handling Landing Pilot continues non-handling until the next call of "land" or "go-around", as appropriate.

In view of the recent confusion over these rules, it was deemed necessary to restate them clearly.

OH REALLY? Happy flying British Airways!

 

• Chief Pilot - Terry Baker, Nanaimo, B.C.
• Co-pilot - Alan Rust, Surrey, B.C.
• Flight Engineer - Bill Rowsell, Londesboro, Ontario