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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 519 Sept 11th, 2000, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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. We welcome -
William Bates retired from Air Canada living in Toronto, ON
Email is
: Robert Ayotte retired from CAIL lives in New Westminster, BC
email will be
Raymond Stocker Production co=ordinator lives in Staines, England.
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. Bill Rowe sends us his bio -
Bill Rowe joined T.C.A. 15 June, 1952 as a Passenger Agent ( Tel) in the Calgary Reservations Office. After working at the airport, promoted to Reservations Supervisor 1958, transferred to Vancouver as Sales Representative 1965, then Assistant to Western Regional Sales Mgr. 1967.
In 1972 transferred to H.Q. in Montreal, then back to Vancouver as Regional Passenger Sales
& Service Manager. In 1978 became General Manager, Vancouver.
In 1980 promoted to Vice-President Atlantic Canada based in Halifax. Subsequently held V.P.
and Senior V.P. positions in Vancouver, Toronto and H.Q. Montreal. Returned to Vancouver
in 1990 as Senior V.P. Western Canada & Pacific. Retired May 31, 1991.
Only regret was that he could never hold a job in Vancouver for very long !
Born in Portage la Prairie Manitoba, has lived in many cities across Canada and volunteered
in a number of community organizations. Married with three children and six grandchildren.
Received his MBA at Simon Fraser University and currently serves on the Board of Governors
as Vice-Chair. Treasurer of the International Congress of Gerontology, Vancouver, 2001.
Enjoys boating and travelling.
William Rowe" <
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. News from the districts.
Subject: T2 Coffee Klatch
Well, we had our 2nd anniversary at the Golden Griddle on Sept 5th, with a record
turnout! It was great to see everyone again.
The restaurant even provided us with a chocolate cake. And then, we said "good bye"
to Mike (our waiter) and the Golden Griddle.
Starting October 2nd, we will be getting together (as usual, the 1st Tuesday of each month)
from 10:30hr, at Tucker's Marketplace, 15 Carlson Court, Etobicoke, ON;
phone: 416-675-8818. It's very easy to get there.
North off Dixon Road at Attwell traffic lights (opposite the Delta Inn),
then, east on Carlson Court. It used to be called Mother Tucker's.
I'm sure everyone will be pleased with the new venue. The same good deal of $2.00 for
unlimited coffee/tea. And a great buffet!! I will let you know later who will host the event,
as I will be away in England on tour.
Sheila Moscoe
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. May Day -
From: Sheila Moscoe
Subject: Bangkok cruise port
I have a question... if anyone can help me.
How can I get from Bangkok to the port of Laem Chabang (approx 120km south)?
So far, Princess Cruise wants us to take their hotel the night before embarkation,
and then their ground transportation. However, it will cost over $200USD.
We were thinking of getting there on our own, cheaper! I have been surfing the net for info,
but no luck.
Didn't know whether you or our readers could help me out.
Cruise (Regal Princess) leaves on November 3rd.....19 nites from BKK to SYD....
$1060USD pp, outside cabin, incl all taxes.
Thought that was great deal.
Thanx, Sheila
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. Remember when?
Canadian Air Lines first Canadair C4-1 was registered CF-CPI in April 1949, the next
one was registered CF-CPR and used on the survey flight to Australia on May 26th 1949.
The pre-inaugural Vancouver to Sydney was with CF-CPI on July 10th 1949. The
scheduled flights started July 13th.
CF-CPI named 'Empress of Sydney' was later sold to Trans-Canada Air Lines on
27th Nov 1951 and reregistered as CF-TFU fin nr 221.
CF-CPJ named 'Empress of Auckland' was sold to T.C.A. on Feb 5th 1952
and reregistered as CF-TFV fin nr 222.
CF-CPP named 'Empress of Hong Kong' was sold to T.C.A. on Jan 2nd 1952
and reregistered as CF-TFW fin nr 223.
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. Found on the internet.
HE LIGHTS UP THEIR LIFE -- BUT THE FEDS DON'T LIKE IT:
An Alabama man who has been waging a luminescent war against "low-flying" military
planes has pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Montgomery, Ala.
Henri de Yampert, who lives near Montgomery's Dannelly Field, has been charged under
the Air Sabotage Act with (according to his lawyer) "waving a flashlight at a military jet."
Yampert has long complained about military aircraft flying over his house, and is known
locally for having 400 Christmas-tree lights on the roof of his house spelling out
"NO FLY" in letters eight feet tall. The FBI raided de Yampert's home in May with a
warrant authorizing the seizure of white spotlights, red laser lights, firearms and white
Christmas lights.
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. In NetLetter nr 270 issued May 15th 1998, we ran the following story
supplied by Bill Norberg, we felt it worth repeating -
It seems like last year yet it was 27 years ago that Air Canada received
their first 747 aircraft.
Air Canada had been preparing for its arrival for quite a while and
had a major facility building program underway to accept this huge new
aircraft.
Our 2 bay hangar at Dorval was in its final stage of completion in early
1971 when Air Canada had the first unexpected 747 experience.
Air France were operating 747's from Paris to Montreal and then on to
Chicago. On a windy icy Friday when the Air France flight was landing at
Dorval it swerved off the runway and plowed into the snowbanks along side
the runway. The nose wheel managed to punch a hole in the ground leaving
the aircraft with its large tail section high in the sky The in-flight crew
had operated the escape chutes in the approved manner only to have the rear
ones waving in the breeze many feet off the ground.
When Air Canada heard of the incident Slim Munson and I headed out to the
aircraft to see what help we could offer them. The aircraft was of course
blocking the runway and everyone was most anxious to remove the aircraft.
Air Canada offered to do the job for the Air France Manager and he was only
too eager to have us help him out.
We organized our work crew with the best people we had to move this
behemoth. Little did we know what a task we had taken on. We had lifting
air bags brought in from Idelwild to lift the nose section so we could
free the nose wheel. The high winds persisted all weekend and were giving
the people a lot of trouble. As soon as the bags would get the aircraft up
at a fair height the wind acting on the large rudder area would cause the
bags to slip out from under the fuselage.
Slim Munson in his inimitable common sense approach to things figured out
that if we placed double sided 2 inch masking tape between the bags and the
fuselage it might hold the bags in place. And it did.....we were then able
to tow the aircraft to our hangar.
The Air Canada hangar was a two bay hangar and our plan was to have one bay
ready for our own 747 to arrive in February. At this point it was not ready
to accept an aircraft but Air Canada made a deal with the people building
the facility to use it for a few days while the damage to the Air France
aircraft could be assessed. Air Canada charged Air France $50,000 for the
inconvenience and delay to our building program.
The Boeing people came up to assess the damage and carry out the necessary
repairs. We later moved the aircraft outside the hangar and built a
temporary structure around it so the Boeing people could work in reasonable
comfort.
Two of the JT-9 engines were damaged due to ingestion by the incident and
required two spare engines to be brought in by truck from the U.S. One of
the engines travelling on a flat bed trailer went under an underpass that
was too low causing damage to the engine. A third engine had to be located
and shipped to Dorval.
The people doing the job performed very well and Air France was very
pleased with our work. After the whole affair was behind us my secretary
said a large box addressed to me had arrived from Air France.
When we opened it inside was a dozen bottles of Champagne with a name tag
on each one for the people who had worked so hard for them.
What a nice thing for Air France to do.
"Bill Norberg" <
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. Douglas R. Maclaren sends us this message -
Subject: my brother, Bill Maclaren
It has been some time since I have been in touch with you people and possibly Alan Rust
as well. What I am writing you about at this time is to ask if, in spite of our recent
differences with British Airways, it is possible to have my older brother Bill Maclaren,
who worked for 41 years with Imperial Airways/B.O.A.C./British Airways to be put on your
mailing list. (This we are more than happy to do - eds)
Bill worked first in Bermuda starting in 1936 straight out of the University of Toronto.
During the war years he was attached to the Ferry Command in Montreal/Dorval/Gander.
He was paymaster for all the pilots and navigators. After the war he was moved to
New York/Manhatten where he was Financial Manager for North America. He has
been retired now for a number of years and is presently in the process of putting together
all the photos that he took of the Pilots and Navigators in Ferry Command.
He is going to take the display to Gander where it will be put on display in their air museum,
so that their memory will live on.
I'm sure that if you were to get in touch with him that you could probably get a great many
stories about the Ferry Command and some of his experiences in Gander during those
years plus the prewar years with the flying boats in Bermuda.
His e-mail address is
of Bermuda and of Canada.)
He is now a citizen of U.S.A. and has lived in Greenwich, Connecticut for quite a
number of years. Greenwich is about 40 miles from Manhatten.
Doug Maclaren
(We are sure Bill would wish to receive emails from anyone involved in those days. - eds)
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. Smilie.
Famous quotes -
First Flights -
With a short dash down the runway, the machine lifted into the air and was flying.
It was only a flight of twelve seconds, and it was uncertain, wavy, creeping sort of
flight at best; but it was a real flight at last and not a glide.
-- Orville Wright, first flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft.
The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the
irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine.
-- Orville Wright
Those who understand the real significance of the conditions under which we
worked will be surprised rather at the length than the shortness of the flights made
with an unfamiliar machine after less than one minute's practice. The machine
possesses greater capacity of being controlled than any of our former machines.
-- Wilbur Wright
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