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In 1996 Air Canada became the first North American operator of the cost efficient and customer-friendly Airbus A319.
 Air Canada ordered 35 of the 112 seat aircraft to replace the DC-9, and will be the largest Airbus fleet operator. The A319 will burn 32% less fuel than the DC-9, carries 37% more cargo, 20% more passengers at almost twice the range.The November 1996 edition of 'Horizons' magazine announced a contest entitled 'Loto A319' offering employees an opportunity to travel to Toulouse, France to be part of the pick-up team for Air Canada's newest addition to the fleet. Ballots were sent out with pay stubs.
The 25 lucky winners aboard the inaugural flight on December 12, 1996 were:
Paul Cormier, Station Attendant - Moncton; Thomas Sparkes, Sales - St. John's; Peter Leaver, Power Plant - Dorval; Richard Smith, Aircraft Services - Ottawa; Sharon Booth, In-Flight Service - Dorval; Gerry Pipe, Customer Service - Toronto; Perry Braux, Flight Operations - Toronto; Jacques Gagne, Maintenance - Dorval; Robert Wilsey - Mirabel; Klaus Trampf, Power Plant - Dorval; William Godreau, In-Flight Service - Montreal; Rob Johns, System Operations Control - Toronto; Larry Hall, Maintenance - Dorval; Elio Monaco, Stores -Dorval: Gisele Turcotte, Finance - Winnipeg; Sheldon Howe, Sales - Winnipeg; Walter Low, Cargo Sales - Vancouver; Glen Cook, Aircraft Services - Edmonton; Helen Bembenek. Finance - Winnipeg; Worell Campbell, Customer Sales & Service - Los Angeles; Jim Kannenberg, Customer Sales & Service - Chicago; Anita Shah, Reservations - London; Lau Kam-Tong, Customer Sales & Service - Hong Kong; Claudette Clement, retiree - Summerside and Reish North, Station Attendant - Vancouver.
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Photo by Brian Losito
from Horizons - February 1997
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Also included was an A319 'Fact Sheet' listing the following additional advantages:
See 'Wayne's Wings' below for more on the current fleet status.
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In late March 2024, Pierre Gillard of Musee de l'aerospatiale du Quebec (MAQ) took a trip from Montreal to Dawson City, Yukon.
In the following NetLetters we will have some of the photos that Pierre shares –
Here are some photos at YUL -
Saturday March 23, 2024. Having more than two hours to spare at YUL before boarding my Porter Airlines flight PD114 to Toronto-Pearson, I sat in front of a large bay window giving me excellent visibility of the planes dripping with de-icing product heading towards runway 06R to take off.
Source: www.pierregillard.com
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Mid Atlantic Air Museum
11 Museum Drive
Reading, Pennsylvania 33rd Annual World War II Weekend A Gathering of Warbirds
June 7, 8, 9, 2024
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WWII Weekend is in its 33rd year and has become the main fundraising event for the Mid Atlantic Air Museum.
Your attendance allows us to continue in our mission to enhance the public's appreciation and understanding of the Mid Atlantic region's vast aviation history.
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Among the collection at the museum is a fully restored Vickers Viscount in the red and white colours of Capital Airlines.
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Capital Vickers 700 Viscount N7471
Photo by Bill Hough
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 We have welcomed 46 new subscribers so far in 2024.We wish to thank everyone for the continuing support of our efforts.
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 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 and select 'NetLetter Archives'.
Restoration and posting of archive issues is an ongoing project. We hope to post every issue back to the beginning in 1995.
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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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We will try to post your comments in the next issue but, if not, we will publish it as soon as we can.
Thanks!
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