Jack Morath in LHR shares this -
Bob Lynch, Passenger Service Manager at LHR, moved to France after retirement. He has found a new hobby, making black and white pictures into colour like the attached photo below taken at my retirement 'do' in 1991. Those in the picture from the left are: Tony Blencoe who transferred to Toronto and became a Baggage Supervisor. Harry Berry, Jimmy Rowan, myself, Brian Davies and Bill Alderson.
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The photo below was taken in 1964. We were the Maple Leafs ten pin bowling team representing Air Canada at the local bowling arena at Harlington Corner.
We had just received our trophy's for being champions in the Airport League B Division. I still have my Air Canada Maple Leafs bowling shirt and trophy.
The gentleman on the left in the photo was a colleague from Vickers at Weybridge. At the time I was an Expeditor in Purchasing and Stores dealing with requests from Canada for spares urgently required from Vickers and he was one of my contacts there. Unfortunately I don't remember his name at the moment.
Next to him is Les Powell from Flight Despatch and then Barry Rawlings who was then the mail boy delivering mail on the Air Canada push bike and later by van! He later emigrated to Australia (Brisbane). Then Terry Baker who was my Supervisor in Purchasing and Stores who later transferred to Montreal and is now retired in British Columbia (and a NetLetter editor). And lastly myself.
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Paul Stenner of North Saanich, British Columbia sent this in.
Here is a photo of my grandmother and me, taken at 'Pat Bay Airport' (Patricia Bay), now Victoria Airport, in the mid 1940’s after she had spent the war years with us in Victoria before flying home to Germany .
Little did I known that I would have a happy and rewarding career with the same company that owned the DC-3 that she was boarding.
F/O Paul Stenner, retired
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The Royal Canadian Air Force: 100 Years of Service
Volume 1, by Larry Milberry and Hugh A. Halliday
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The RCAF's (1924-2024) Centennial is being highlighted by airshows, dedications, commemorative coins and book launches. Adding to the list and having produced the RCAF 60th Anniversary history in 1984, CANAV Books introduces its 2-volume Centennial set The Royal Canadian Air Force: 100 Years of Service.
Beautifully produced, ‘100 Years” begins with Canada’s earliest aerial experiments, covers WWI where Canadians excel in the air, then moves to formation of the RCAF in 1924. The RCAF gains renown in training, photography, forestry and fisheries patrols, and daunting northern expeditions. Like today’s Snowbirds, its 1930 "Siskins” flight demo team spotlights Canada’s small but impressive air force. |
Henry Tenby has sent us this information about his forthcoming book.
Air Canada TCA History | From Lodestars to Jets – Clayton Glenn Memoirs.
Henry Tenby, the author of 'Air Travel Time Machine' presents the most extensive photo history of Air Canada TCA ever to be published in the annals of aviation in this remarkable limited print volume as told by the late Clayton Glenn. Expected shipping is late December 2024 / early 2025.
Click Here for a special order link Henry has created especially for AC staff and retirees that offers a 10% discount.
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Alan Evans, a subscriber in South Africa, has written a book about his life and exploits as a pilot:
"Nomadic Wings: By the seat of my pants".
In Nomadic Wings, Boeing 747 Captain Alan Evans delivers a gripping memoir that chronicles his journey through life's myriad challenges and triumphs. Available from Amazon |