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This memory was posted to Facebook by Marc Gagnon of Nordair January 2, 2013.
The day of my oral exam coincided with the freeing of the 6 American hostages from Tehran. The news broke during the lunch break, so the afternoon of the exam was spent in a bar with a dozen FAA inspectors shoving beer down my throat and I was driven to the ramp in an FAA vehicle and poured into the cockpit for the flight back to Montreal (YUL). Needless, to say, I passed the exam with flying colours. (Source: www.facebook.com) |
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| These two pictures show a B-747 visiting Abbotsford (YXX) for a public viewing. | |
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| Two more photos showing the Air Canada hangar at Vancouver (YVR) under construction. | |
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Below are photos of a group of mechanics changing a nose wheel on fin #302. (Editors note: it seems that Magnus was a tad reluctant). Left to right: Dick Shannon, Magnus (Blondie) Thorsteson, Frank Hingston, Carman Teed and Brian Hotel. Photo on the right, squatting around the nose wheel for fin# 302 are left to right: Carman Teed, Jim Stevenson, Brian Hotel and Dick Shannon. |
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Neil Burton sends this information from a "VIA NORDAIR" newsletter - These women, I believe, were at WACA events of the late 1970's. Fourth Molson Trophy win for Nordair. Montreal - Scoring a clean sweep over all other airlines entered, Nordair stewardesses finished first, second, third and fourth in the 10th Annual Montreal Interline Beauty Pageant held in Schofield Hall, Town of Mount Royal, on Saturday, May 8, 1976. First runner-up was Danielle Perrault, who was also voted 'Miss Congeniality'. Francine Vincent was second runner-up and Myrian Smith third runner-up (below right). In addition to the Molson Trophy, the fourth time it has been taken by Nordair, Ms. Guida won an expense paid TAP trip to Lisbon, Portugal, and a colour television set. Ms. Perrault won a trip to Portugal on TAP and each of the four top girls was presented with a personal Molson trophy. |
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Clarence Ash sends us two photos of Kamloops (YKA) and Kelowna (YLW) airports from his time as a relief passenger agent based at Kamloops airport in 1960. The monument in front of the Kamloops Airport photo (below) is a plaque commemorating John Fulton, 1st commander of famous RCAF 419 Squadron in World War Two, for whom the airport was named. |
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| Both had nice new terminal buildings in 1960 | |
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In NetLetter #1439 under Odds and Ends, Larry Harris asked the question:
Do you remember the name of Pacific Western's first computer reservation system?
Tami Ott sends this:
The answer to Larry Harris’s question about PWA’s first computer reservation system name: ALFIE. It was a host of Air Canada’s Reservec system.
I worked with the system at YVR Reservations at 1177 West Hastings Street from 1980 to 1986.
Thanks,
Tami Ott