Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

We have welcomed 130 new subscribers so far in 2022.

We wish to thank everyone for your support of our efforts.

Back issues of The NetLetter are available in both the original newsletter format and downloadable PDF format.

We invite you to visit our website at www.thenetletter.net/netletters to view our archives.

Restoration and posting of archive issues is an ongoing project. We hope to post every issue back to the beginning in 1995.

We always welcome feedback about Air Canada (including Jazz and Rouge) from our subscribers who wish to share current events, memories and photographs.

Particularly if you have stories to share from one of the legacy airlines: Trans-Canada Air Lines, Canadian Airlines, CP Air, Pacific Western, Maritime Central Airways, Eastern Provincial, Wardair, Nordair, Transair, Air BC, Time Air, Quebecair, Calm Air, NWT Air, Air Alliance, Air Nova, Air Ontario, Air Georgian and all other Canadian based airlines that once graced the Canadian skies.

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Half term at Brooklands Museum.

Saturday May 28 - Sunday, June 5, 2022

Home of the Vickers Viscount & Vanguard et al.

Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey, England

Museum house: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

45th Annual Air Race Classic

June 21 - 24, 2022

The Air Race Classic follows a different route every year. This year, we are flying from Lakeland, Florida to Terre Haute, Indiana!

The race epicenter of women's air racing, with 115 female pilots scheduled to participate this year. Pilots range in age from 17 to 90 years old.

They come from a wide variety of backgrounds including students, teachers, doctors, airline pilots, business owners, professionals and air traffic controllers.

Race teams, consisting of at least two women pilots, must fly VFR during daylight hours only and are given four days to make flybys at each enroute timing point and then land at the terminus.

The race route changes each year, approximately 2,400 statute miles in length with 8 or 9 timing points.

Source: www.AirRaceClassic.org

The Pionairs host Coffee Group meetings at local districts in Canada, United States and United Kingdom.

Check www.pionairs.ca and select your district from the 'Districts' tab.

Click 'Coffee Groups' in the list on the left. If no meetings are listed, feel free to contact your District Director to inquire about meetings. 

Vancouver District Coffee Clubs

• White Rock / South Surrey
  • 4th Friday of the month at the Royal Canadian Legion branch # 8.
• Langley
  • 2nd Tuesday of the month at the host's residence.
• Fraser Valley
  • 3rd Tuesday of the month at Younie’s Restaurant, Chilliwack.
• Vancouver / Shaughnessy
  • 3rd Wednesday of every 2nd month at the Parish Hall of Redeemer Lutheran Church.
• Prince George
  • 3rd Tuesday of every 2nd month at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.
• Richmond
  • 3rd Thursday of the month at the host's residence.
• South Delta
  • 4th Tuesday of the month at the Royal Canadian Legion branch #289.
• North Fraser Valley
  • 4th Thursday of every 2nd month at ABC Country Restaurant.
• Sunshine Coast
  • Last Thursday of the month at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre.
• North and West Vancouver
  • 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Royal Canadian Legion, West Vancouver, branch #60.

For full details see:
pionairs.ca/districts/vancouver-district/yvr-coffee-groups/

Routes continue to resume. 

• May 4, 2022
  • Montréal to Casablanca with Airbus A330 equipment.
  • Toronto to Barcelona, after over two years, with Boeing 787-9 equipment.
• May 6, 2022
  • Montréal to Barcelona with Airbus A330 equipment. 

Source: AC Daily - May 5, 2022

Air Canada Chauffeur Service, now electrified by Porsche

Air Canada announced on April 21, 2022 that it has signed an agreement with Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. to be the exclusive vehicle supplier of the Air Canada Chauffeur Service at Toronto-Pearson, offered to select Signature Class customers connecting to Asia, Europe and South America. The Air Canada Signature Suite recently reopened at Toronto Pearson.

Source: media.aircanada.com

Larry Milberry of canavbooks.wordpress.com has sent us information on a 20 minute YouTube video posted by Sam Chui of flying into the depths of Baffin Island.

Excerpt from Sam's video description: "I flew with Chrono Aviation B737-200 Classic from Montreal to the Canadian Arctic north to experience the unique flight operation and landing on snow-covered gravel runway".

Extreme flight - B737-200 Classic to the Arctic - Landing on Snow/Gravel

Chrono Aviation is a charter airline based in Montreal, Quebec City and Rimouski. 

It was founded in Quebec City in 2012. At first, the charter airline operated a Pilatus PC-12 and employed two pilots.

With its different philosophy focused on safety and brand new aircraft with state-of-the-art technology, Chrono soon attracted clients looking for a comfortable, efficient and safe flying experience.

After seven years of operation, Chrono Aviation now runs a fleet of 14 aircraft with a team of 280 employees. Chrono is the only airline in Quebec offering 9 to 120-passengers airplanes exclusively dedicated to charter services.

Fleet consists of Pilatus PC-12, Beechcraft 1900D, Dash-8-100, Boeing 737-200 and Boeing 737-800SF.

Source: ChronoAviation.com