Montréal–Trudeau Airport - An old friend
I have always had a fondness for landing at YUL. I was born in Montreal but moved to Toronto when I was a young adult and began my airline career there.
Of course, I frequently returned to visit family and learned to appreciate Montreal more as a visitor than during my early years.
I enjoy viewing the landscape on descent into YUL, particularly from the port side of the aircraft approaching from the North. There is something unique about the St. Lawrence River winding around the Island of Montreal, with the South Shore in the distance, while the Olympic Stadium (many fond memories of the Expos) and downtown Montreal come into view.
Autoroute 40 (the T-Can) appears below the aircraft and we seem to be following along with the traffic into the city of Dorval. 
“Dorval Airport” was inaugurated on September 1, 1941 on the site of the Dorval Race Track and, during the war years, was used by the Royal Canadian Air Force Ferry Command to deliver U.S. made warplanes to Great Britain.
There may be some irony in that Montréal-Trudeau International Airport is named for a Prime Minister who could have played a part in its eventual closing had the Mirabel project been successful. Fortunately, after more than a decade of expansion, its story continues.
Additional info:
70 Years of Success70 Years of Success at www.admservices.ca
Landing at YUL videos on YouTube
Canadian Pacific Air Lines - YouTube video
I came across this video showing the history of Canadian Pacific Air Lines. It starts in 1942 with the amalgamating of ten small bush flying operations into one airline. I couldn't find a reference to who created and narrated the video, but they did an excellent job. The video is from the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame is the on-site partner of the Reynolds-Alberta Museum and pays tribute to the people and organizations that have pioneered and advanced aviation and aerospace in Canada.
The contributions made by more than 200 of Canadas flying elite are presented through biographical panels, documents and aviation memorabilia all displayed among selected vintage aircraft from the Reynolds-Alberta Museum aviation collection.
The men, women and organizations inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame represent the very best of our aviation heroes, leaders and innovators. Come hear their stories at Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame.
They Led the Way! See www.cahf.ca for more information.
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Marlie Kelsey has sent us this information - “The first two of six episodes of the podcast, titled Uncover, will be released November 12, 2018. The following four episodes will be released online week by week. Once they are released, you will find them here: www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover Also on November 12, the first part of the documentary will air on television on our nightly news program, The National. And I believe the final part of the documentary will air December 10, 2018.” |
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A gleaming CF-CZW “Empress of Edmonton” was assigned for the day’s duties and you can see that Edmontonians responded enthusiastically. Can you imagine such a casual community event today at a major airport! (Source: From the Leslie Corness collection via Larry Milberry/CANAV Books) |
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More from NetLetter #1397 to give some different passenger tickets we have more copies of some Canadian Pacific Airlines documents from the personal collection of Gklavas Athanasios that he started since 40 years. (Source: airticketshistory.com) |
 Ticket issued May 19, 1963 for travel Munich to Amsterdam to Vancouver to Seattle to Victoria. |
 This ticket issued November 10, 1964, no other details. |
 Issued on September 7, 1965 for travel from Nandi to Auckland. |
 This ticket was issued for return travel from Amsterdam to Vancouver on March 21, 1967. |
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In NetLetter #1400, under the CP Air section, we had a report of the AC/Canadian BC district Reunion, and a mention that the CBC had interviewed several retirees regarding their involvement with the crash of CP 021 in July 1965.
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July 4, 2018 - PWA Edmonton Mini Ramp Reunion. Dennis Erickson posted this information on www.pwareunion.com on July 4, 2018 -
In the early 70's, the airline service into Canada's north was booming. Communities such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Norman Wells, Resolute, Cambridge Bay, Uranium City and others saw strong growth. PWA saw this opportunity and put cargo aircraft such as 732 and later 742, the 727's, Hercules and Lockheed Electra freighter aircraft. It was this ramp crew that loaded and off loaded tons of cargo, baggage and mail. In terms of tonnage, it was probably the biggest ramp operation in the system. Add into that the 20+ daily Airbus flights and regular domestic schedule, this crew was some of the hardest working guys in the system. (Note - If Dennis would care to supply some names, we will let you know - eds) |
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By all accounts, this memorable event was an overwhelming success. Kudos and thanks to Gale and all the organizers - volunteers who made this happen. Thanks to Glynis Santee, Neville Gosling and Gale Brisseau for the photos. |
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There are a host of photos on the web site pwareunion.com
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Singapore Airlines Receives World’s First Airbus A350-900ULR.
It is the first of seven A350-900ULRs on firm order and entered service on October 11, 2018 to operate the world’s longest commercial flight between Singapore and Newark Liberty International Airport.
Singapore Airlines is the launch customer for the new A350-900ULR, which is capable of flying up to 9,700 nautical miles (nm), or over 20 hours non-stop. With the delivery of the first A350-900ULR, Singapore Airlines now has (22) A350-900 aircraft in its fleet, with 45 more on order including the six additional ULR variants.
(Source: gtp.gr, September 28, 2018)
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Neil Burton has sent us this information regarding the de Havilland Moth aircraft. Although the photo of the aircraft seems to have the registration G-CAUN, we questioned this with Neil and he responded -
(Source: Canadian Aircraft Register 1920-28 by John R. Ellis.) It was too bad I didn’t meet him until after my career with PWA, CAIL and Time Air. |
 Click the icon at left for more of Neil Burton's story. |
