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Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter Since 1995

Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Since 1995

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Issue dated March 1979
 
CP Air's entire West German team in 1979.
 
The group staffs sales offices in Dusseldorf, Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt, gathered in Frankfurt for a three-day technical seminar on ticketing and fares.
 
Around the table from left, Sales Reps Anna Wrossok and Brigitte Jovic; Passenger Agent Anne Klemm; District Sales Rep Detlef Hinrichsen; Passenger Agent Sylvia Rehbock; Services Training Senior Instructor Jim Redding of Toronto; Accountant Regina Boendgen; Senior Passenger Agents Jutta Castellino and Rita Schnoor; Germany Sales Manager Peter Garms and Cargo Sales Assistant Rotraut Emde.
 
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Found while scrolling though the Whitehorse Star newspaper
  • November 24, 1944: Although the regular scheduled trip to Aklavik was not due until December 16 Captain Will Cormack, Canadian Pacific Air Lines pilot landed at noon on November 19.
    • The plane left Edmonton with 1200 pounds of northern mail. It left Edmonton on wheels and on arrival at Fort Smith the wheels were changed to skis.
    • This is believed to be the record for airmail service into the Mackenzie river district since its inauguration in December 1929.
  • April 26, 1946: Effective May 1, CPA Lodestars will leave Whitehorse at 10.00 p.m. daily except Sunday, arriving in Edmonton at 7:00 a.m. and at Vancouver at 8:30 a.m.
    • This will allow for same-day connection to destinations around the world, and also allows passengers from Mayo and Dawson to make direct connections.
  • May 17, 1946: Fly to Vancouver in 9 hours, to Edmonton in 7 hours, 45 minutes, with Canadian Pacific Air Lines.
  • February 7, 1947: Canadian Pacific Air Lines is advertising new low fares from Whitehorse - $35 to Fairbanks, $75 to Edmonton, and $89 to Vancouver.
 
PWA in the year one.
 
The first, one and only, PWA ticket counter, Res office, freight office and dispatch office upstairs, in the summer of 1953.

Picture shows agents Irene Koonce and Sandy Welbourn expediting flights to Kitimat and Kemano. This first traffic office was located on the Fraser River at Vancouver Airport.  
 
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Issue dated December 1985
 
After the strike at Pacific Western Airlines in 1985, we have these happy employees -

tmb 250 pwa churchillIt is busier for Churchill's Working Manager, Cathie Edgar, but the picket line is not hard to cross. There was only one striking employee to picket in Churchill.
They Sure Are Smiling in Regina!

tmb 250 pwa regina unsmilingWolf Walter, Sales Representative in Vancouver and Ralph McDonald, Calgary, weren't sure whether to smile for the camera...
tmb 250 pwa regina add jamieson...but after they enticed Ken Jamieson, Coordinator of Flight Dispatch, Vancouver into the picture it was different...
tmb 250 pwa regina full house...and that was so much fun, they pulled in Gord Camp, Station Manager, Regina and Glen Kraeling, First Officer. Ken Jamieson makes a final check to make sure they are all smiling.
tmb 250 pwa ywgIn Winnipeg, Leo Fournier, Supervisor Line Maintenance; Ted Ranson, Vice President Eastern Region and (Jan) Janmohamed, Maintenance Planner are really smiling because they are inside for a few minutes rather than braving the -25 degree temperatures outside.
tmb 250 pwa yycIn Calgary, Ingrid Schiavetta (left), Sandy Stirling (centre) and Susan Vendreyes are smiling because Marilynn Knoch (editor) has met her performance deadline and will quit bringing a rush copy to Word Processing CAB.
Without these ladies and Linda Wilde (missing from the photo) 'PERFORMANCE' would not be published.

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