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Pierre Gillard, of the Quebec Aerospace Museum, published a story about 'Buffalo Airways Curtiss C-46 Commando' on their web site. The story describes the indispensable freight planes supplying remote communities in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The article was produced for the benefit of the Quebec Aerospace Museum, and made available to our readers with the kind permission of Pierre Gillard. |
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In NetLetter #1494, Diane Kleiman Bellamy submitted an article regarding the inaugural flight to Chicago, together with a photo of Jane Powell initiating the event. Diane mentioned that there was no indication of the lady who appeared to be receiving the brunt of the champagne. However, the NetLetter gang read through some old “Between Ourselves” company magazines and found the article and photo, and the identity was Jane Powell's mother. Below the photo is a list of those 'sprayed'. |
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Extracted from the 'Between Ourselves' issued Mid-summer 1948. Taking the spray are, left to right: Edmond Tureotte, Consul General for Canada; Oscar Hewitt, Commissioner of Public Works, Chicago; Arthur H. Marlow, British Consul General; Benjamin Adamowski, Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago; Leverett S. Lyon, Chief Executive Officer Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry; John A. Casey, Superintendent Chicago Municipal Airport; Harry J. Cooper, TCA District Traffic and Sales Manager. Mrs. Powell, mother of Jane Powell, is in the foreground, centred in the deluge. |
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Pierre Gillard of the Quebec Aerospace Museum tells us that their recently acquired 1958 CAE "Twin Engine" Flight Simulator is currently at CAE's as part of their 75th anniversary commemoration, but it should soon be moved to downtown Montreal where it will be displayed fully functional! This was used by numerous RCAF transport pilots for procedure training. A lot of them were later hired by airlines. Probably some of your readers flew that simulator! Editors' Note: If any of our readers flew this simulator, perhaps you might care to share their experience. More from Pierre Gillard below. |
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It was 1968 and Helen Healey wanted to see the world. And she did, taking to the skies in a memorable career as a flight attendant. During one of the most tumultuous years in history, marked by the war in Vietnam, civic unrest and social change, a young and adventurous Healey desired a move to the West Coast. So she packed up her 1956 Austin and despite less than ideal road conditions, armed with her little poodle, she set out for a new life in Vancouver. “I stayed over with my cousin in Revelstoke and recall him saying, ‘You came through the Rogers Pass in that?’,” referring to the little British sports car that also bore her surname. Having already signed on for training with Canadian Pacific Airlines, Healey and her classmates stayed at the old Skyline Hotel in Richmond to study aircraft safety, food and beverage service, grooming, first aid, wet ditching (a water emergency technique), and addressing the public among other things. |
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Kentucky Woman Becomes Air National Guard's First Female F-35 Pilot “People just treat me like a wingman and it’s great as it allows me to focus more on flying.”
First Lieutenant Kelsey Flannery is a 30-year-old former boxing instructor from Kentucky. According to the Air National Guard, she has spent the last three years training to pilot the F-35A Lightning II. Flannery was part of a small group of hundreds of applicants selected to become a pilot with Vermont Air National Guard's 134th Fighter Squadron, also known as the Green Mountain Boys. In 2019 they became the first Air National Guard unit to base the F-35A Lightning II, the most advanced and capable weapon system in the U.S. Air Force. |
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Mystery Fin Can you name this Asian airline? Answer in Terry's Trivia.
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KD Air Corporation was an airline based in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada, offering both scheduled and charter service. The airline ceased operations in 2019. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KD_Air |
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Not Coming To A Dealer Near You! Could it be we are at the one-in-one-out phase of the budding eVTOL market? This week, the outtie is KittyHawk, an early and well-funded entrant into what is imagined as the Urban Air Mobility market. The closure is significant because the company was well along with a couple of designs and seemed to have investment staying power from Google mega-billionaire Larry Page. But the field is crowded and ripe for a shakeout, and UAM is still little more than a concept. Source: www.AVWeb.com |
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Entering through the revolving door is AERWINS with the Xturismo hoverbike it debuted in the U.S. this week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. They actually flew the thing (briefly) and their website is accepting orders at $777,000 each. Source: AVWeb.com |
