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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 580 Apr 17th, 2001, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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This is a duplicate NetLetter due to the errors in the Welcome section! - Sorry!
Definitely need to know!
Come and join all the Pionairs at the Annual General Meeting being organized in
the Westin Hotel, Calgary May 18-19-20, 2001
Forget about the transit strike there - get carried away by Pionair Pete billed as
the biggest dang rootin' tootin' AGM ever this millenium.
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. Need to know.
If your travel plans include a trip to Israel, be sure to exercise extreme caution
due to the latest wave of terrorist bombings and attempted bombings.
If possible, avoid large crowds, crowded places, pedestrian malls, shopping malls,
bus stations, and public buses.
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. We welcome
Howard Legault
Ground Equipt Mtce
ndre Lemieux
George Lewis
Norman Lewis
Wayne MacLellan
Norm MacSween
Marie-Andree
David McCheyne
William A McComb
Gavin McKay
William F Miles
Gerry Morier
Rosemarie Muzyka
Len Neath
Elizabeth Pasche
James Peirce
John Peters
J. Rock Proulx
Roy Reaville
Bernard Rich
William Schultz
Gerald Shepherd
George Spence
Gerald Spracklin
John Spronk
Weldon Stacey
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. To our new readers of the NetLetter.
If you have been wondering why suddenly you are receiving unsolicited<G>
copies of the NetLetter from Terry and I, the reason is that when you signed up to
the CON LIST a couple of weeks or months ago your application did not come down
the tubes to us(the NetLetter) for membership at that time due a communications
bleep. (which has now been adjusted)
If you do not find our NetLetter informative and interesting to you then just drop us
a E-mail at
and we will delete your name from our mailing list, but do give us a fair read.
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. Message from Lew Hand -
Subject: Lindy Rood
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I had the very good fortune to visit with Captain Rood a the Foothills
hospital this afternoon. When I walked into his room he was reading about
Air Canada. He can still read the news paper without glasses and only uses
them to make reading a little easier. The bad news is that he may be in
the hospital for two more weeks. The good news is his Doctor has told him
there would be no lasting effects from his stroke and he can expect a
compleat recovery. Captain Rood asked that I pass along his regards to
his many friends.
Regards, Lew Hand
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. From the RAPCAN eMailNews issued by Duane Frerichs -
Subject: Polar confusion or PR confusion
I was amused by the item you carried regarding UAL's new JFK-HKG
service and the statement that:
pilots must take the controls and turn off the plane's autopilot as the jumbo
jet passes over the North Pole, where navigational devices will be tested as
all directions point south, a United spokeswoman said.
I sincerely hope that is just the product of some PR flacks imagination. We
had occasion to fly right over the Pole in the summer of 1976 when Canadian
ATC were on strike. It was a CPAir charter load from Gatwick to Calgary and
the easiest way to get them there without entering Canadian airspace
was Gatwick-Anchorage-Spokane.
Our flight plan went straight up the 06.11W meridian from Stornoway to
the Pole and then down the 147.xxW into Deadhorse on the Alaskan coast
Approaching the Pole, we did in fact take the autopilot from INS to Heading
Select, but only because we anticipated the autopilot's early initiation of the turn
and we wanted to be sure we actually went directly over the Pole.
We were looking at a lot of things on passing but watched the INS closely.
It had no problem knowing which "South" to turn to. It simply made a left turn of
39 degrees to follow the longitude of its next waypoint at Deadhorse. After
passing, we selected the cross track display and then a heading that intercepted
our track and re-connected to INS guidance.
That was twenty-five years ago, probably before some of these PR people
were born.
As an interesting aside, we were at about five minutes to 90N in clear conditions
and thinking we were all alone on the top of the world, when we noticed a contrail
at about 11 oclock apparently travelling left to right across our path. When it
reached the 12 oclock bearing, it turned and came directly toward us. The JAL 747
passed 2000 ft. below us on the opposite track from ANC-LHR. It was interesting
to see the position of the Pole marked so clearly by the hook of their contrail.
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. Regarding the info re "Restrevor" in nr 579, Betty Morgan comments -
The report back from Restrevor is very helpful. It would be great if
everyone reported back this way, because there are lots of people traveling.
This kind of information is useful. Also, if somebody has a particularly
good experience, it would be nice to know that. Average....well, we don't
need that so much. By the way, isn't this Interline's job???
The older one gets, the more of this info we need.
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. Found on the internet.
Holiday makers are being advised about the potentially
lethal effects of cheap Spanish cigarette lighters and are
warned not to pack them in their suitcases. Airlines and tour
operators say the lighters, which are being given away free
with packets of cigarettes in Spain and the Canary Islands
ignite at the slightest touch of a button and pose a fire
risk if packed in luggage.
..SPACE COWBOY OR GANGSTER OF LOVE?
Dennis "Some People Call Me Maurice" Tito will soon have to live with
the title of Space Cowboy, which seems just fine with him. It appears
the 60-year-old California millionaire is on his way toward becoming the
first "tourist" in space. On April 28, despite NASA's efforts to stop
him, it looks like Tito will fly like an eagle to the International
Space Station while the Russians take his $20 million and run.
Concorde takes control flight
A supersonic Concorde, grounded and in the hangar for
months, made a control flight Wednesday from Paris and back at
subsonic speed, preparation for a trip to southern France for a
battery of tests. The Concorde left Charles de Gaulle airport at
about 4:30 p.m. and returned 2 1/2 hours later, Air France said.
Such control flights are routine for aircraft that have been out of
use. All Air France and British Airways Concordes were grounded
after the fiery July 25 crash outside Paris that killed 113 people.
France's civil aviation authority said Tuesday that it had given
special flight authorization for an Air France Concorde to fly to a
test base in Istres for air and ground tests of the aircraft
equipped with new tires. The aviation authority had said the trip to
Istres, in the Marseille region, would be preceded by a control
flight. Two pilots and two navigators were aboard the Concorde for
the Wednesday flight, Air France said, adding that the flight to
Istres would take place next week but did not give a date.
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. Terry's travel tips.
World Airlines Club Association - WACA
Jun 5-10th Sensational Seychelles in the Indian Ocean us$500 deadline May 1st.
Jun 16-23rd hosted by Frankfurt Interline Club - Tour Moscow & St.Petersburg
Cost us$980 pp dbl includes accommodation, full board, guide,
entrance fee, transport in air conditioned bus,
confirmed train 1st class Moscow to St.Petersburg.
Does not include: air from Moscow to and back from St.Petersburg.
visa costs, personal costs or beverages.
Deadline April 30th - restricted to 25 participants.
Jun 21-25th WACA football tournament hosted by Hungarian Interline Club us$320.
Contact your local interline club or email
for information on these or future trips.
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. Smilie.
A Lufthansa 747 was holding short of runway 18 at Frankfurt Airport.
Behind it was a USAF C-130.
C-130: "Lufthansa 747 that is number one for One Eight, this is the
Herky behind you, can you come up on 131.31?"
747: "Lufthansa pilots are professional pilots. We do not use
nauthorized frequencies!"
(pause)
C-130: "Frankfurt Tower, Herky One-Three. Can you please tell the
professional pilot in the Lufthansa heavy, in front of us, that his
landing gear pins are still in!"
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