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Vesta's Jump Seat
 Why not allow the NetLetter be your platform, and opportunity, to relive your history while working for either TCA, AC, CPAir, CAIL, PWA, AirBC etal. and share your experiences with us!TSA ADDS HURDLE TO RECREATION OF EARHART FLIGHT? Grace McGuire, now 59, is still pursuing her decades-long dream to finish Amelia Earhart's final flight flying the same model aircraft with the same instrumentation and parts. The journey has already taken McGuire from her home in New Jersey to the Central Coast of California, where she says it was almost derailed by TSA regulations. Having acquired an original Lockheed L-10E in 1984, McGuire eventually had the aircraft shipped in sections to Santa Maria Airport where it was to be rebuilt, made airworthy, and readied. The plan was to fly it to Miami, down the East Coast of South America to Dakar making every effort to fly a route nearly identical to Earhart's ... "except the outcome -- I'm coming back," McGuire told a local CBS news affiliate. Unfortunately, the TSA requirement that each airport tenant provide an airport issued-I.D. card put the project that's already faced considerable financial and logistical hurdles, "in shambles," according to McGuire. At Santa Maria, airport tenants are required to provide a filled-out application and proof of identification. In McGuire's case, where numerous specialty mechanics were needed to reconstruct the aircraft, the task was proving difficult. But now, the San Diego Air and Space Museum has stepped in. |
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Air Canada - our first 70 years
 1939 - March First official air mail and air express service between YUL-YVR, passenger service commenced April. 1941 - May 9th The first female passenger agent ever employed by TCA was Grace of Winnipeg. 1942 - May 1st The first scheduled TCA flight to Newfoundland 1944 April 1st YVR celebrated the 5th anniversary of transcontinental passenger service with the arrival of flight 6 Capt. Gordon Haslett, F/O Bill Peters .. and stewardess Florence Perkins, were the crew. |
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Air Canada News
 New Travel Discount Program for employees, retirees, family and friends. Creative Juices at work. Using a promotion code will discount Canada and U.S. fares by 10% and all other routes by 15%. Each promotional code can be used for one booking of up to six passengers. The offer is available on flights operated by Air Canada and Air Canada Jazz and is valid for all one-way or round-trip tickets purchased on www.aircanada.com from August 26 until December 15, 2009. Obtain codes as of August 26, through the Employee Travel site. So pack your bags, tell your friends and get ready to "Go AC". |
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TCA/AC People Gallery
 Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier "Horizons", should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts.Norm Stoddart has dug up some back copies of "Between Ourselves" from the YYJ library which he has kindly donated to us. These will be scanned, and we will extract some of the information. (We realize these photos are more than 60 years old, but, we feel they may be of interest to anyone with long memories or with genealogy aspirations - eds) From the issue dated March 1944 This month saw the launch of the Suggestion and Award Plan. The first two winners were Bill Westwood and Bud Allen of Revenue Accounting who each won $100.00. A 5 year pin has been designed as being awarded accordingly. The pin is in 10k gold, with no number on it.The little threaded spike on the reverse is also made of 10k gold, therefore care will have to be used in affixing the award. The reason for the gold is due to the fact that steel was not procurable due to the war effort. On February 17th, the Toronto TCARA held their mid winter dance. The inaugural dance of the Moncton TCARA hosted 50 couples. In May 1941 TCA operated a service between Charlottetown and Summerside with flights 42 and 43 under the command of Capt. Bert Trerice who dubbed the service "Blueberry Bullet". together with Capt. Jack Holly and F/O Jack Collett.. Issue dated May 1944. Under the guidance of Steve Sime, Bob Gifford, Claire Houlton and Alf Devonish the Halifax T.C.A.R.A. group was formed, with its first official event planned for during May at the Nova Scotian Hotel. The first passenger Service Conference ever held in the Atlantic Division convened at Moncton on April 5th. The three day event was held at the Brunswick Hotel. 15 employees attended. Issue dated Midsummer 1944  Here we have this photo of a flight crew at Gander. Left to right D. A. Balfour, radio operator; psger agents J. I. Edwards, B. P. Kemp, F. 0. K. Moreland; Capt. Griffith; Stewardess D. Gilmour; D. Weir, station manager; B. V. Wilcox agent i/c CF-TCW unloading outside the Gander Admin building. The "new" Torbay administration building. The first scheduled flight to Newfoundland was May 1st 1942 crewed by Capt. Tretrice, Stewardess Reid and Capt. Walt Fowler. Here we have this photo of unloading 200 pounds of mail. (There is a newfie joke here somewhere but it escapes us - eds)June 12th saw the formation of the TCARA at Vancouver. |
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Alan's Space
 Thomson Safety Video
THOMSON have enlisted their youngest "cabin crew" yet to demonstrate safety procedures on flights. In a UK aviation industry first, the safety film is presented by Alice & Co - a group of children taking passengers through the ins and outs of emergency exits, oxygen masks and lifejackets. The new safety video is proving effective, with Thomson's own research revealing a massive 333 per cent increase in the number of passengers who engaged with the video. Alice & Co will feature on all short and mid-haul Thomson flights from Monday and all long-haul routes from September. See: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjHCc6TZhaM or click on image below.  |
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Canadi>n/CPAir/PWA, Wardair, etc. Events & People
 Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier in-house magazines, should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts. CF-CPY has finally made her move over to the front of the Yukon Transportation Museum in Whitehorse.From the "CP Air NEWS" issue January 1979  Some staff photos - John Al Leger and Nancy Wood in Fort St. John Sue Sawyer and Bob Dawson in the res office at Whitehorse. Marlie Field also in Whitehorse but in Ops. In Prince Rupert are Janice Wyllie and Brian Walsh. Terrace has Grant Casper working there. Watson Lake has Brent Nixon, Doreen Wiedmark, Vic Cheropita and Don Honeywill. From the "INFO:CARGO" issue October 1991  Here we have a photo of the ramp at Iqaluit formerly Frobisher Bay. This is the Comox B.C. Time-Air teamL to R John Gibson, Donna Perrault, Ken Godfrey, Len Smith, Don Sorenson, Keith Johns |
 Dave Welham sends this memory. Re: NetLetter #1083: AC - our first 70 years. 1967 - Nov 1st Direct YULMIA service commences. It was still going strong 10 to 20 years later when I was there, and we got used to those "final call" announcements for "Mee-A-Mee". For agents meeting the northbound it was the "Wheelchair Express", with often at least 10 WCHR's needed per flight, especially at high holidays and end of winter. But bless those dear ol' snowbirds, they kept the flights full long before seatsale fares began and helped keep the route profitable. Dave Welham In NetLetter nr 1080, we published information about a book written by Gerald A. Archambeau author of "A Struggle to Walk with Dignity" The true story of a Jamaican-born Canadian. When clicking on the book cover the web site offered was incorrect and Gerald would like anyone interested to visit the web site www.bluebutterflybooks.ca and then click on the book cover for the new information. Carol Bell (nee Folkes) has sent us this information regarding a photo in NetLetter nr 1080. I am replying to the picture sent in by Jack Stephens of the 1960 Training Class in hgr 2 in YWG. I believe the last man in the back row on the RH side is my father Chas Folkes. He was in the Training Dept. in YWG before he transferred to YUL in December 1960. He continued in the Training Dept. in YUL until the mid 60's or early 70's and then moved to the Publications side of things where he stayed until his early retirement in 1976. Sadly he passed away in 2003. It was great to see his picture! Please keep up the good work, Carol Bell (nee Folkes) |
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Terry's Trivia & Travel Tips
 Terry's Travel Tips Last spring, your co-pilot took a tour of north and southern Ireland as a package tour with Trafalgar coach lines - here is the first segment. IRELAND TOUR May 2nd thru May 13th., 2009 Saturday May 2nd We left home at 11.00 and our friends took us down to Woodgrove Shopping Centre to catch to bus service to Vancouver Airport via the BC Ferry at Duke Point. Arrival at YVR was 15.30 and departure of our KLM MD11 flight for Amsterdam at 18:30. We were well in time to check-in. We both had a carry-on bag and a smaller bag. KLM restriction is one bag only with any smaller bag, purse, lap top etc to be allowed but included with the overall weight. One total was just over the limit, but the agent let us through with the caution that the flight crew may insist that the carry-on be checked. However, nothing was said and, looking around the lounge we noticed some carry-on's far in excess of what looked like both size and/or weight. Our seats were comfortable, and each seat was equipped with a small screen in the seat back ahead, which was controlled by a control in the arm rest. The aircraft was full, and the food was excellent for airline fare. After take off, we had an offer of anything to drink, including free liquor. Pillows, blanket and earphones were supplied. A menu was supplied and we had beef hotpot with carrots for supper. The crew were very attentive. Just prior to arrival, we were offered a hot breakfast which included scrambled eggs, yoghourt, tea/coffee/juice and muffin. Sunday May 3rd We had two hours before our next flight to Dublin which was to be on Aer Lingus Airbus A320. We went through customs with no delays and went down to our next gate, which was quite a route march from our arrival gate. There were just a few other passengers waiting in the lounge, so we joined them. Later, when the check-in agents arrived, we were all asked to vacate the lounge, as everyone is required to go through security again. While we waited outside the lounge, the check-in agents searched the lounge for anything terrorist related, they looked under every seat, behind the window blinds even the chairs that the agents would use. We assumed the security check was due to the fact several passengers had entered the lounge prior to the agents arrival, but we notice that this was the mode of operation at all the lounges. Then we were allowed to go through the security. Our flight was almost full, and very comfortable. There is nothing free on this flight. The seat pocket had the "bill of fare". Tea/Coffee or water cost euro2.50 (ca$4.00), Beer euro4.00 (ca$6.40), Wine or sandwich euro5.00 (ca$8.00), KitKat euro1.50 (ca$2.40), soft drink euro2.00 (ca$3.20). A packaged breakfast went for euro9.00 (ca$14.40). The A320 flight was just 1 hour and 15 minutes, not including the 20 minute taxiing time. We were met at the "meeting point" after immigration/customs, which was a breeze now that we are in the European Union member state. We had a long walk to the van and were the only passengers to be taken to our hotel. The driver talked incessantly, mainly complaining about the high cost of operating into Dublin airport which is driving foreign airlines away, including Air Canada. Our hotel was the Mespil Hotel. After checking in and going to our room to freshen up, we went down to meet up for the Welcome drink with the rest of the tour group. We joined a group and started talking with a couple for a while, before we realized this was the wrong group - they we "Sisters of Mercy". We removed ourselves and went to the bar, where we found another group. One of the group came over, introduced himself as David from Wisconsin USA and invited us to join him and his wife Betty. The Tour Manager introduced himself, Bernard Creegan, to the group of 49 tourists, and offered a welcome drink or two, and distributed an informational folder and a road map. The proceeded to tell us the rules of the tour ... be on time for the coach, people will be rotated to different seats each day according to a pre-planned roster, use the onboard toilet at your peril, no food or drink on the coach except water. Due to our own late arrival, we had missed a short optional tour of the Guinness plant and store. Supper in the hotel was euro22.00, but we were not all that hungry, only tired, and elected to buy a sandwich euro3.75 (ca$6.00) and a kit kat offer of 3 for euro2.00 (ca$3.20) and turned in as we had to have our luggage outside the door by 07:00 and boarding of the coach by 08:30 after breakfast. Gas price was euro98.9 per litre (ca$1.58) (More next time - eds) |
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Smilie
 From "Between Ourselves" issue March 1944.  ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL BY HELICOPTER CAUSES CONSTERNATIONFourteen-year-old Joseph Sutherin got the memorable first day of school he hoped for, when his father dropped him off in the schoolyard in a Hughes 300 helicopter early Monday morning. But his father Bart got more than he bargained for, when school officials "freaked out", and called the sheriff and the FAA. An FAA official said it didn't appear that any regulations had been violated. Sutherin, a father of three, is certified to fly the helicopter and landed in a clear area away from students. |
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Vesta's Jump Seat
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Air Canada - our first 70 years
Air Canada tested and installed rim lighting on instruments and was the first airline to develop and install red light illumination for night vision. (No comment - eds) 1967 - Oct - Official opening of a Sales office in Munich Germany. Nov 1st - Direct Montreal - Miami service commences. Nov 2nd - The arrival of a DC-9 marks the 100th aircraft in the fleet. |
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Air Canada News
 Air Canada to launch only daily non-stop service between Montréal and Houston, Texas - |
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TCA/AC People Gallery
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier "Horizons", should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts.Jack Stephens has sent along this photo of the 1960 training class at YWG . The class photo of 1960, taken in the No.2 Hangar. I can name a few, perhaps other can help in this:  Back row, left to right, Instructors Ross Smith and Norm Larson, next student Dale Mobberly. Front row, second from the left, Jack Stephens and fourth, Mike Devlin, the sixth is Marcel Candaele.We graduated in 1960. It was called, The Learner Training-Basic and General Knowledge Portion of The Trans-Canada Air Lines Training Program. I notice that two of the guys in the class went on to complete the full course in 1967, namely Mike Devlin and Marcel Candaele. With transfers to Montreal, and lay-offs to follow in 1961 and for the next few years, some who started the program, never finished. Musings from "Between Ourselves" magazine Issue dated November 1967 Here is a short history of the "Between Ourselves" magazine which was born May 1941, its predecessor was "Transcanews" born April 1940 until March/April 1941, and this was preceded by the "TCA News" which started life December 1939 until March 1940. Unfortunately, there do not seem to be any issues of either the "TCA News" or the "Trancanews" in existence. FIVE BONNIE LASSIES from Prestwick manned the Company's stand at the Scottish Air Show held September 30, and were kept busy answering questions and giving handouts. An estimated 35,000 spectators attended the show, first of its type ever held in Scotland.  From the left Gael Gray, Passenger Agent; and Ground Hostesses Russ Gardiner, Ellys McLaren, Barbara Watson, and Rosalind Robson.How's this for an excited winner?  Karen Ogilvie, Passenger Agent whoops in delight on receiving her prize from Elwood Patton, Airport Passenger Office Manager as a result of the sweepstakes for Los Angeles.From issued dated December 1967 Not exactly a fly-by-wire operation for this Vanguard.  The photo taken by Gerald Evans of Toronto. The event was shot from the Skyport Hangar as the aircraft was on final approach.ALL ARRANGEMENTS for the third annual Atlantic Ball were made by these committee members.  From left to right, they are: Passenger Agents Wayne Turner, Joan Gunn and Ken Grant; Janice Turnbull, Stenographer in the District Sales Office; and Passenger Agents Rod McAdam and Mary Lamb. MEMBERS OF THE CREW of the first direct Montreal-Miami flight Nov. 1 are shown with Sales Manager George Kennedy, third from left, and Cec McDonald, District Manager, seventh from left, follow ing their arrival in Miami. From the left: Stewardesses Verena Degen, Tatjana Misik, Peggy Boyd andArgentine Paulin; Captain E. Bowser; Captain H. Hayes; Stewardesses Danielle Lussier and Margit Kabler; Purser Ray Dugas; and Stewardess Alice Teboul. MONTEGO BAY WELCOMES LONG-8 AN OFFICIAL WELCOME greeted the first scheduled DC-8-61 flight into Montego Bay October 29, heralding the start of service between Montreal, Toronto and Montego Bay, Kingston. Shown with the flight crew and some of the cabin staff is Montego Bay's Mayor Cecil Donaldson.  Flight crew were Captain L. Greenlaw, and F/O's R. E. Thompson and E. F. Dow, while Stewardesses C. Givague, B. Helme, M. Lightfoot, N. Van den Hogen, E. Murdoch and G. Magnus, headed by Purser B. Wheaton looked after the cabin. (There was no indication of the order these people were - eds)GERMAN MEETING - The District Passenger/Freight Sales Meeting was held in Tegernsee-Sud near Munich, Germany, and representatives from throughout Germany attended.  Shown in descending order are: H. H. Kantor, District Manager; W. von Paumgartten, Sales Manager, Munich; W. W. Ulshoefer, Passenger Sales Manager; A. F. Drechsel, Cargo Sales Manager; H. G. Ellrodt, Sales Manager, Stuttgart; D. Haltmayer, Cargo Sales Representative, Dusseldorf; J. W. Hoffmonn, Sales Manager, Hanover; Sales Representatives H. Horchler and W. 0. Witte, of Frankfurt, and K. Thieme of Dusseldorf; and Sales Managers W. C. Pugge of Dusseldorf and E. Helmcke of Hamburg. |
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Star Alliance news
 Continental Airlines has announced that it plans to join Star Alliance on Oct. 27, 2009. As previously announced, Continental will end its participation in SkyTeam after its last scheduled flight on Oct. 24, 2009. Canada Lends SAS Money To Buy Bombardier Planes The Canadian government has come up with a creative way of ensuring the orders keep flowing into Montreal-based Bombardier. It's helping to finance the purchases for Bombardier's customers. Last week the government was writing a check to Scandinavian Airlines SAS for $173 million CAD toward the cost (up to $350 million total) of eight aircraft from Bombardier. If SAS defaults on the loan, Canadian taxpayers will be on the hook. "[Export Development Canada] is providing repayable loans to ensure the aircraft production sector remains strong during this economic downturn". The aircraft in question, a mix of Q400 turboprops and CRJ 900 regionals, were part of a deal struck between Bombardier and SAS last year after a series of landing-gear collapses prompted SAS to temporarily ground its fleet of Q400s. Although the gear collapses were determined not to be related to design or manufacturing faults. |
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Alan's Space
I'm away!
Today's my birthday! (I'm 59) and my wifes too! (She doesn't reveal her age). I'm away visiting my family in Ontario but (presently) in Greensburg, PA at a library (near where my wife's family lives).
It's a bit difficult to edit this as I have a slow connection, but will return next week.
Alan
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Canadi>n/CPAir/PWA, Wardair, etc. Events & People
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier in-house magazines, should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts. The November/December 2000 issue of "canadian flyer" was the final edition. Here we have this photo of the "Canadian Flyer" team. + The Canadian Flyer team (front row left to right): Sandra Semple, Writer; Andrew Geider, Archivist; Ann Cavanaugh, Writer; Ingrid Schiavetta, Layout & Production; Denise Bennett, Graphic Designer; and Carey Scott, Publications & Design. Back row: Heidi Anderson, Administrative Assistant; Katherine Aerts, Manager Language Services; Marlene GaaI, Layout & Production; Garry Bridgewater, Editor;Johan Favreau, Senior Translator/Revisor; Lance Goshko, Writer; and Margot Thomson, Coordinator, Language ServicesCPlus staff met to swap stories and bid farewell.  Here is the gathering. (Unfortunately, we do not have any id's - eds)From the "CP Air NEWS" magazine issued January 1979. EXHORTING ALL KINDS of enthusiasm in their new jobs is this group of new staffers at Acapulco, where CP Air resumed scheduled service from Toronto and Montreal on a winter basis on Dec. 15. Service to Acapulco had been suspended for about two years following a labor dispute.  Standing at back in photo are: Armando Zuniga, manager.Acapulco; and Mexico manager Bill Cameron. Second row, from left, Virginia Val de Olivar, Rosario Sotello de Navarro, Maria Eugenia Moreno, Emma Sanchez Navarette, Laura Navarro, Nicanor Pedroza, Miguel Araujo, Ramon Reyes, Raoul Martinez, Eduardo Garza Ramos. Front, from left, Martha Pelaez, Priscille LeBlanc, John Van der Flaes, Elisabet Breton do Salas.Champagne service was featured between Terrace BC and Vancouver on January 15th in celebration of 10 years of B737 service on that route.The first flight crew consisted of Capt. W.Wainwright, F/O R.Bowell and flight attendants C.Wozney, S.Richie and I. Gottinger. |
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Help Wanted.
Does anyone have any pictures of the male Passenger Agents uniform. A mustard color jacket with green pants?? We were still in Terminal 1. Late sixties to early seventies. Regards, John Cannemeyer |
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Jack Stephens sends along these three photos he received from Dave Peters regarding the restoration of CF-THG Viscount at Sidney BC.    |
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Terry's Trivia & Travel Tips
 Terry's Travel TipsMOTORHOME PACKAGES BOOK A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE Venture the Serengeti of North America from Whitehorse Yukon to Vancouver, or discover the vastness of Canada from Halifax to Vancouver: Halifax to Vancouver - includes 7000kms / 17 nights - $299.00! Toronto to Vancouver - includes 5500kms / 14 nights - $299.00! Whitehorse to Vancouver - includes 3000kms / 8 nights - $299.00! Unit types: Vary. Validity: to September 30, 2009. Inclusions: Basic Insurance, Preparation Fees, Kits (all supplies). Taxes not included. https://www.rumrabbit.com/ Airport Improvement Fees, added to tickets - At YYZ The AIF for departing passengers is ca$25 and the fee for connecting passengers is ca$8. At YYC The Airport Improvement Fee at Calgary International Airport is ca$21 - All Destinations The fee does not apply to passengers connecting through Calgary At YUL Montreal's airport, where airport improvement fees are ca$20. At YVR Vancouver's airport charges a $15 fee for most passengers. At YEG Edmonton AIF is ca$15 At YOW Ottawa AIF is ca$15 At YWG - Winnipeg AIF ca$20 per tri.. At YKA - Kamloops AIF is ca$10.00 At YHZ - Halifax AIF is ca$15.00 And finally, a little fun with IATA Airport Codes: 1. DIK - Dickinson Airport, USA
10. FAT - Fresno Yosemite Airport, USA2. NOB - Nosara Beach Airport, Costa Rica 3. KOK - Kokkola/Pietarsaari Kruunupyy Airport, Finland 4. BOG - Bogot� Airport, Columbia 5. BUM - Butler Airport, USA 6. PEE - Perm Airport, Russia 7. POO - Pocos De Caldas Airport, Brazil 8. SEX - Sembach Airport, Germany 9. EAT - Wenatchee Airport, USA 11. CAT - Cat Island Airport, Bahamas 12. DOG - Dongola Airport, Qatar 13. DOH - Doha Airport, Qatar |
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Smilie
 From "The Sky's The Limit" by Bob Todd published in"Between Ourselves" issue dated December 1967 Ladies and gentlemen, your extra-section is now boarding. For your information There will only be one bar Boo! . . the length of the aircraft Hooray There will be two stops enroute Boo! to re-stock the bar. Hoorah! Only one drink will be allowed Boo! at a time Hooray! There will only be one stewardess Boo! per person Hooray! Revenue passengers will be boarded Boo! only after all the Contingent standbys Hooray! Unfortunately, due to weather, this flight has now been cancelled. Boo! |
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Vesta's Jump Seat
Why not allow the NetLetter be your platform, and opportunity, to relive your history while working for either TCA, AC, CPAir, CAIL, PWA, AirBC etal. and share your experiences with us! |
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Air Canada - our first 70 years
Air Canada designed, tested, patented and installed a Cross Over type exhaust system using principle of expanding chamber for reduction of gas velocity and noise reduction. Also designed fabric wing covers for all aircraft at all stations to protect against wing icing on the ground. 1967 - Aug 15 - Inaugural service between Montreal and Chicago. Sept - An order for 7 new jet aircraft brings the total Douglas order to 48.  Here we have this photo of two Air Canada DC-8's at the Douglas plant.Nov 4th - Introduction of DC-8 service to Barbados from both Montreal and Toronto. |
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TCA/AC People Gallery
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier "Horizons", should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts. Pilot's progress "stalled". An Air Canada retired pilot, Allan Snowie, took off from Nanaimo BC airport on June 12th, in his replica seven-eighth scale Nieuport 118PS biplane heading for Shearwater Airfield in Nova Scotia to celebrate 100 years flight in Canada.Check his blog at www.404eaa.org. Musings from the "Between Ourselves" magazine issue dated September 1967 WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD  Mabel Midbo, Flight Service Super visor, Vancouver appears to have an inverted baking pan in her hands, but its really a gold bar, worth $50,000. Edmonton's Klondike Days loaned the bullion to the Pacific National Exhibition for display this year. The 117 lb. bar was flown from Edmonton to Vancouver. (We wonder if Mabel has any idea about where the missing gold bullion from the Canadian mint, as recently (2009) reported, went to! - eds) "Nine" Introduced To YQR - YZE COURTESY AND PUBLICITY flights were held in Regina and Saskatoon to introduce the DC-9 to those cities prior to service beginning September 1, with four flights held in each city. Company personnel taking part in Regina are shown. From the left: Eddie Mann, Regional Supervisor of Commissary Services, Vancouver; Stewardesses A. Stermac and J. Loest, Winnipeg; Charles Tilbrook, Station Operations Manager, Regina; Captain Bill Storey, P. MacCourt, Flight Service Supervisor and F/O C. Penderson, all of Winnipeg; Jack MacLean, District Sales Manager, Regina; and Stewardess C. Cleven, Winnipeg.  At Saskatoon are, from the left: Glen Steeves, Sales Representative, Saskatoon; Stewardess J. Loest; Ron Vigars Station Services Instructor, Montreal; Stewardess C. Cleven, Winnipeg; Eddie Mann; Miss P. MacCourt; Vern Bower, Station Operations Manager, Saskatoon Stewardess A. Stermoc; Captain Jeff Scott and F/O P. Relton, Montreal; S. Parr, Sales Office Assistant, and J. McHale, Office Mgr., Saskatoon. Gordon Aitchison, Station Agent at Prestwick drove off with top honours last spring when he won the final of the "British "L" driver of the year" competition at Crystal Palace, London. (For those non-Limeyite's, the "L" on a vehicle in the U.K. signifies a learner driver, akin to the "N" symbol in Canada. (We have no idea if Gordon progressed from "L" - eds)SO WHAT'S NEW?? There will always be service training courses in the airline industry and, it appears, there always has been.The first DC-3 service training course held at Winnipeg in the Spring of 1946. The class is posing in front of the old Hangar No. 2.  They are, from the left to right, standing: Joe Hymson. Chas. Gulland, Cliff Choppell, Gordie Gould, Stewart Hay, George Hall and Bill Danners. In the front row are:Les Story, Frank Lehtinen, Murray Spendie, Lee Bourbonnois, Sam Purvesand Bob Hendry GREETINGS FROM CHICAGO  Were extended to the crew of the in augural flight of the new direct service between Montreal-Chicago by Pat Dunn, First Deputy Commissioner of Aviation for the City of Chicago and Manager of O'Hare airport. The crew, in descending order on the stairs are: Stewardess Marie-Ange Estosito, Wenche Eriksen, and Deana Albertini; Captains John Crosby and Bill Irving. Initial service, began August 15. KINIGHIRO YAMAGUCHI, the Company's new Cargo Sales Representative in Tokyo visited Canada, Britain, and continental Europe recently for the first time on a familiarization trip to meet Company cargo representatives and cargo agents in these areas. He is shown being greeted at the London office where he spent almost a week.  From the left, are: Ken Banks, Cargo Sales Representative, John Petry, Cargo Sales Manager; Kinighiro, Ted Sayers and Bob Williamson, Cargo Sales Representatives |
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Bits and Bytes
Aegean Airlines, Greek independent carrier has applied for join the Alliance, but no date had been agreed upon. London Heathrow officials unveiled plans for a new £1 billion ($1.67 billion) Terminal 2 construction project that will allow the consolidation of Star Alliance operations and provide capacity for an estimated 20 million passengers each year. Construction will take place in two phases, with the initial creation of a terminal building on the site of the existing T2 and Queen's building, both of which will be demolished later this year. Construction is scheduled for completion in 2013. The second half of the project will extend T2 into the existing T1 site and will include a satellite building. T1 will remain open throughout construction but will close upon completion in 2019. The new building is designed to produce 40% less carbon than those it is replacing. |
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Alan's Space
A Bucket of Shrimp
It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where it seems he almost has the world to himself. The glow of the sun is a golden bronze now. Everybody's gone, except for a few joggers on the beach. Standing out on the end of the pier, Ed is alone with his thoughts...and his bucket of shrimp.  Before long, however, he is no longer alone. Up in the sky a thousand white dots come screeching and squawking, winging their way toward that lanky frame standing there on the end of the pier.Before long, dozens of seagulls have enveloped him, their wings fluttering and flapping wildly. Ed stands there tossing shrimp to the hungry birds. As he does, if you listen closely, you can hear him say with a smile, 'Thank you. Thank you.' In a few short minutes the bucket is empty. But Ed doesn't leave. He stands there lost in thought, as though transported to another time and place. Invariably, one of the gulls lands on his sea-bleached, weather-beaten hat - an old military hat he's been wearing for years. When he finally turns around and begins to walk back toward the beach, a few of the birds hop along the pier with him until he gets to the stairs, and then they, too, fly away. And old Ed quietly makes his way down to the end of the beach and on home. If you were sitting there on the pier with your fishing line in the water, Ed might seem like 'a funny old duck,' as my dad used to say. Or, 'a guy that's a sandwich shy of a picnic,' as my kids might say. To onlookers, he's just another old codger, lost in his own weird world, feeding the seagulls with a bucket full of shrimp. To the onlooker, rituals can look either very strange or very empty. They can seem altogether unimportant ....maybe even a lot of nonsense. Old folks often do strange things, at least in the eyes of Boomers and Busters. Most of them would probably write Old Ed off, down there in Florida . That's too bad. They'd do well to know him better. His full name: Eddie Rickenbacker. He was a famous hero back in World War II. On one of his flying missions across the Pacific, he and his seven-member crew went down. Miraculously, all of the men survived, crawled out of their plane, and climbed into a life raft. Captain Rickenbacker and his crew floated for days on the rough waters of the Pacific. They fought the sun. They fought sharks. Most of all, they fought hunger. By the eighth day their rations ran out. No food. No water. They were hundreds of miles from land and no one knew where they were. They needed a miracle.. That afternoon they had a simple devotional service and prayed for a miracle. They tried to nap. Eddie leaned back and pulled his military cap over his nose. Time dragged. All he could hear was the slap of the waves against the raft. Suddenly, Eddie felt something land on the top of his cap. It was a seagull! Old Ed would later describe how he sat perfectly still, planning his next move. With a flash of his hand and a squawk from the gull, he managed to grab it and wring its neck. He tore the feathers off, and he and his starving crew made a meal - a very slight meal for eight men - of it. Then they used the intestines for bait. With it, they caught fish, which gave them food and more bait......and the cycle continued. With that simple survival technique, they were able to endure the rigors of the sea until they were found and rescued (after 24 days at sea....). Eddie Rickenbacker lived many years beyond that ordeal, but he never forgot the sacrifice of that first lifesaving seagull. And he never stopped saying, 'Thank you.' That's why almost every Friday night he would walk to the end of the pier with a bucket full of shrimp and a heart full of gratitude. Reference: (Max Lucado, In The Eye of the Storm, PP.221, 225-226) PS: Eddie was also an Ace in WW I and started Eastern Airlines See the Wikipedia article on Eddie Rickenbacker at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker (Contributed by Ken Bjorge, YVR) |
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Canadi>n/CPAir/PWA, Wardair, etc. Events & People
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier in-house magazines, should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts.Mike Lynch sends us this invite to former Transair employees "In September 2007" a few former Transair employees put some thought into the idea of a Re-union Luncheon, with the hope that some people would turn up. Almost 100 former employees and spouses did, so they followed up with another lunch last year, which attracted almost 150 attendees from all across the country. This was a remarkable attendance since the airline ceased to operate as an entity 30 years previously. This year the re-union Luncheon will be held on Friday the 11th of September at the ANAF VETERANS CLUBROOMS at 12 noon. The price is $15.00. and the clubrooms are located at 3584 Portage Av. Winnipeg. We would like an RSVP by September 1st. Anyone with an anecdote about the Company that they would like to share with us, please let us know ahead of time and we can shedule you into the program. For more information or RSVP, please contact Joyce Rose at Jottings from the "CP Air News" magazine issue dated July 1973 CP announce that the reservations will by computerized with the first city being Winnipeg by the fall of 1974. One of those leading the studies on automated reservations for several years is Bill Murphy, director of development in the Customer Service Dept. He recalled seeing coat hangers on the wall of a tiny CP Air office in Rimouski, Quebec, in the early 1940s. On each coathanger were a few clothes pegs, each peg representing a seat on the small bush type aircraft of the day. When a reservation was made a slip of paper with the passengers name was clipped on the hanger with a clothes peg. Often the flight would go only when all the clothes pegs were used, that is, when the plane was filled. Payload control director Gordon Hercus recalled how the daily diary charts, usually covering a 30-day period, gave way to wall-mounted boards with thumb tacks to indicate the status of a flight: Green tack, sell the seat; red tack, flight full. During the June 25 thru July 5 Canadian visit of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, CP Air had a major role in moving the royal couple to their destinations. A B727 was assigned to operate Charlottetown to Thunder Bay and Regina. Flight crew members selected were as follows -Capt. C.D.Lamb, F/O J. E. Tucker, S/O J. R. Florence. Standby crew: Capt. K. I. R. Kirk, F/O G. P. Andreason S/O L. G. Fraser. Flight attendants under Mrs. Agi, supervising flight attendant, were: F/A i/c Mrs. D. F. Tweedy, first class steward P. B. Brauer; economy steward A. C. Kuiper; economy class steward esses G. M. Buckna and Mrs. N. G. Saint-Germain. Reserve duties were held by steward J. B. Williamson and stewardess Mrs. J. T. Dow. Line engineer selected was Paul Gladysz with L. E. Paterson as alternate. P. J. R. Bedard was assigned to accompany the flight as agent, backed by S. J. Kowalewicz.Capt. C.D. Lamb and stewardess Mrs. Sharon Agi, were also with the Queen's flight during the previous visit in May 1971. (We have no photos of this event - eds) CUSTOMER SERVICE, North America, held a series of weekly training seminar for all supervisory and management personnel in May. Attending the meeting were customer service/operations and reservations managers from all North American bases.  Shown left to right standing are: Pierre Cos, Montreal; Harry Voth, director; Frank Ward, Ottawa; Danny Burton, Fort Nelson; CharlIe Baker, Grande Prairie; Vic Cheropita, Watson Lake; Stan Baron, Calgary; Gerry Manning, vice-president, customer service; Frank Vikse, Whitehorse; Norm Dartnell, Fort St. John; Alf Peart, Winnipeg; Jim Wilkinson, San Francisco; Art McCarville, Winnipeg; Tony Lloyd, asst director and Jack Egan, Toronto. Kneeling left to right are: Jim Langridge, Terrace; John Rusinko, Prince George; Vern Barlow, Vancouver; Don Hawe, Prince Rupert; Eric Weir, Edmonton; Wayne Dale, Prince George; Ralph Sharp, Toronto; Bill Shilvock, Vancouver and Bill Cameron, Montreal. (Some of these employees were in the photo we printed in NetLetternr 1081 Hmmm! - eds) |
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This n That
STANSTED INTRODUCES FACIAL RECOGNITION GATES BAA STANSTED UK has been trialing a facial recognition system which scans passengers' faces and checks them against their passport photographs. The special gates were introduced in December 2008. The machine takes seconds to scan each passenger's face against the digital photo recorded in the passport. It also undertakes checks against security watch-lists. Kenneth I. Swartz sends us details of an upcoming book by author LARRY MILBERRY. " Aviation in Canada: The Formative Years" (VOL. 2)" Vol. 2 shows how civil aviation finds its place in Canada - from barnstorming to the rise of bush flying, the importance of such First World War surplus planes as the JN-4 and HS-2L, then the appearance of new commercial designs, Canada's first airlines, the coming of the air mail, the first great trans-Atlantic flights, drama in the bush & tundra, etc. Formative Years covers it as never before and polishes it all off with some 450 glorious photos, many never previously seen. 224 pages, hardcover, large format, photos, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. Larry is working on a five book series to celebrate the Canadian Centennial of Flight. Vol one came out in November 2008 and celebrated the "Early Years" up to 1919. This is volume 2 and covers Canadian aviation between the World Wars. http://canavbooks.wordpress.com/ |
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Following the request by Jim Griffith in NetLetter nr 1081 we received this information from Jim. I'm helping a friend, he is the media representative for our Silver Dart organization, the AEA 2005, our not for profit group that built and flew the Silver Dart last February at Baddeck. He is writing a book describing the building and flying of the replica Silver Dart titled, "CIGGY Flies". C-IGGY is the registration arbitrarily given to us by Transport Canada so that we could legally fly the aircraft. In addition he is re-writing a book already published in the 80's about Sheldon Luck a bush pilot who was much involved in the building of Canadian Pacific Airlines, indeed the first three chapters deal with his relationship with Grant McConachie which although estranged by a silly argument, nevertheless lasted until Grant died. The book titled, "Pilot of Fortune", has been re-written and will soon be published. He is writing a third book titled, "Earth Angels Rising" which is about Ferry Command of WWII. In doing research for this book he stumbled upon a woman living in Windsor, 88 years old, who is fighting for pension benefits for the civilian aircrew of Ferry Command who, like members of the merchant marine, were denied veteran status and thus denied pension and other benefits. As you can imagine, there are very few of them left. I was (am) going to ask for your help through the netletter in tracing others who may not know that they may be entitled to some benefits. I thought thatsurely some our retirees might know of individuals who might qualify. Its my understanding that to qualify a person must have flown outside of Canada as civilian aircrew of Ferry Command which would include pilots, navigators radio operators etc. My friend has sent letters to the departments of veteran affairs of Canada, the UK , and the USA to determine what benefits might be available. He plans to follow up with other enquiries to other Commonwealth Countries. Of the three books a large part of the profits from the book about the Silver Dart will go to AEA 2005 to cover expenses involved in showing the aircraft at various venues exclusively in eastern Canada. We aren't subbing the west. Nothing would have made us happier than to have brought it to the Abbotsford airshow. In spite of our best efforts we simply couldn't get enough sponsors to truck it that far. The cost of trucking it to XX would have been $40-50,000.00. I'm getting a little off topic but to get back to my friend who's names is, Ted Beaudoin, (his bio is on our AEA2005 website www.silverdartreplica.com ) is writing the other two books for his own profit. My role in all this that since Ted is not a pilot, I help him with various aviation terms and so on, with which he is not familiar. Jim Griffith George Brien has had a stab at identifying a few YSJ members of the photo we published in NetLetter nr 1079 George wrote I should be able to identify over half of these people, but hey! that's 45 years ago. I likely wouldn't be able to name myself if I was in the picture.1st row from left 1st Hugh Mcelliott DSM YSJ, 3rd Wils Himmelman, Stn Mgr YFC 9th Seldon Drake, reg Stn Svcs Mgr, 11th Tony Bruneau, Rgnl Mtce Mgr Back row 5th Eldon Richardson, 11th Vern Chouinard, 13th Bud Cavanaugh 14th Ed MacDonald I think I also see Ernie Crawley, Frank Cogger ,Ziggy Zeggerchuk and Jim Smith in there. cheers George |
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Terry's Trivia & Travel Tips
 Terry's travel tips and trivia.  In May 1967, C.P.A. celebrated its silver anniversary, the roster of its fleet over the years include these depicted in this photo. All images are numbered, anyone care to identify them? Terry's Travel Tips Emirates Airline has increased its checked in baggage allowance from 44 to 661b (20-30kg) for Economy Class passengers, from 66-881b (30-40kg) for Business and 88-ilOIb (40-50kg) for First Class. The new allowance has been implemented across the airline's global network of over 100 destinations. Codeshare passengers traveling on Emirates-operated flights are also eligible for the revised allowances. IRISH BUDGET carrier Ryanair has confirmed that all passengers making use of its online check-in service will incur a £5I€5 fee. The surcharge is payable per person per flight on all new bookings with the exception of the airline's promotional fares those that are advertised as 'Free, 1 cent' or '€5' will be exempt from the charge. From May 20th all passengers booking flights with the airline will have to make use of the online check-in sys tern as it presses ahead with the phasing out of airport check-in by October 1. Ryanair has also confirmed that it will charge a £401€40 'boarding card re-issue fee' to encourage all passengers to arrive at the airport with their pre-printed boarding cards. The service from Nanaimo to Vancouver International Airport by Pacific Coach Lines via Duke Point ferry terminal will be suspended effective September 28th 2009. Airport or Zoo - airports for animals? 1. Monkey Mia Airport (MJK), Australia 2. Atlanta Beaver Ruin Airport (JAO), USA 3. Squirrel Cove Airport (YSZ), Canada 4. Big Trout Airport (YTL), Canada 5. Snake River Airport (YXF), Canada 6. Goose Bay Airport (YYR), Canada 7. Whale Cove Airport (YXN), Canada 8. Beaver Creek Airport (YXP), Canada 9. Muskrat Dam Airport (MSA), Canada 10. Sheep Mountain Airport (SMU), USA 11. Elk City Airport (ELK), USA 12. Deer Park Airport (DPK), USA 13. Hawk Inlet Airport (HWI), USA 14. Big Bear Airport (RBG), USA 15. Red Dog Airport (RDB), USA 16. Moose Jaw Airport (YMJ), Canada 17. Mammoth Lakes Airport (MMH), USA 18. Wolf Point Airport (OLF), USA 19. Chicken Airport (CKV), USA 20. Fox Airport (FOX), USA 21. Duck Airport (DUF), USA Caesar Hotels Airway Vacations 1 800 422 3727 The interliners most trusted name in travel! $499 Ireland Vacation includes 5 Star Castle Stay, Car & Air! Experience true Irish Hospitality from quaint B&B's to a five star castle for $499 per person. We've just reduced pricing on a six night Ireland package, saving $300 OFF regular winter rates. This amazing package includes: Roundtrip airfare to Dublin from Boston; +$30 from NYC; +$100 from Washinginton D.C; +$130 from Chicago; +$200 from LAX Two nights (first and last) at the 4 star Maldron Cardiff Lane Hotel in central Dublin Three nights at a Bed & Breakfast, choose from over 450 across Ireland One night at the 5 star Ashford Castle, once the estate of the Guinness family and voted "Best Resort' in Ireland by Conde Nast Traveler in 2008. Economy manual shift car for the week with unlimited mileage. Upgrade to an automatic car with GPS Naviation and free tours of the Belleek China & Waterford Crystal Visitor Center for $60 per person Full Irish Breakfast daily Valid for travel Dec. 1 - 16, and Jan. 12 -31. Taxes are an additional $125-$165 per person. Travel September -November or February-March starting at an additional $100 per person. Pricing all US$ Call today, these deals sell out quickly! 1 800 422 3727 Visit us at www.airwayvacations.com for more great offers! |
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Vesta's Jump Seat
Why not allow the NetLetter be your platform, and opportunity, to relive your history while working for either TCA, AC, CPAir, CAIL, PWA, AirBC etal. and share your experiences with us!Mutt Muffs Protect Dogs From Cockpit Noise. When it's time to go flying, Michelle McGuire has a reluctant husband but a willing and happy black Lab. Cockpit noise is even worse for dogs' ears than for ours, and McGuire felt she had to do something to protect her pooch's hearing. After searching in vain for a solution and failing to come up with a homemade design, she enlisted some professional engineering help to create hearing protection her dog actually wears.  Now she sells Mutt Muffs in a range of sizes to fit everything from a chihuahua to a bull mastiff. "My dog never complained, but I could see he was unhappy," said McGuire. "The dogs figure out pretty quickly that things are a whole lot better if they don't take the muffs off," she explained. The Muffs are $52 with a money-back guarantee if your dog won't keep them on. Find out more at www.MuttMuffs.com. |
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Air Canada - our first 70 years
1967 - Aug 15th Inaugural DC-9 service between Montreal and Chicago. Regular service between these two cities, via Toronto, started in 1946. In "Alan's Space", NetLetter nr 1072, Alan told us about a web site with Old Airline advertisements.  Here are a couple more of Trans-Canada Air Lines   |
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TCA/AC People Gallery
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier "Horizons", should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts.Musings from "Between Ourselves" magazine issue dated August 1967. GIRL WATCHERS BONANZA The second class of summer stewardesses to graduate in the Company received their diplomas late in May 1967. Shown in the photo are some of the girls from the class who have relatives already working for the Company.  From the left are, standing: Johanne Square, Mary Broad, Heather Main, Maria Pascale, Elizabeth Johnston, Danielle Desparois, Donna Miller, Diane Perodeau, Lorraine Noble, Joan Pisni, Maureen Shane, Karen Ernst and Elizabeth Pettit. Seated from the left; Susan FFabro, Patricia Donnelly, Joan Antoniuk, Joan Chipman, Sandra Williamson, Vicki Bore, Barbesin, Lynn Rickard, Linda Speed, Susan Taylor and Arden Mossop. FLIGHT AND CABIN CREW of the Queen Mother's flight are shown prior to departure from London Airport.  Standing, from the left, are: Purser Lorne Pitt; Navigating Officer George Chipman, Captain Bill Bell, Captain Bill Benson, and Captain Art Tonkin, On the stairs, from the top: Supervisor Food Development Rudi Roth, Purser Chuck Smith, Stewardess Monique Pellet; Flight Service Supervisor Kay MacIntyre; and Stewardesses Ingrid Boecker and Brenda Parker.FLIGHT DISPATCH employees in London, England gathered on the occasion of the departure of B. W. Thompson to Montreal and his replacement by F. D. Milne from Vancouver.  Part of the group is shown above, from left to right: Ass't Regional Maintenance Sup't D.J. Wiley; Flight Dispatch Manager F. D. Milne; Ass't Flight Dispatchers A. G. Murray and A. C. Hatch; Station Operations Manager H. R. (Ralph) Weller; Ass't Flight Dispatcher J. E. Baker; and Flight Dispatch Manager B. W. Thompson. COMPANY FREIGHT Out of Frankfurt took a great leap forward in June when a record 200,000 lbs were boarded.  Shown after loading the 200,000th pound are, from the left: Karl Dreis, Cargo Service Supervisor, Hans Kantor, District Manager, Germany; Friedrich Drechsel, Cargo Sales Manager, Germany; Rainer Durchgraf, Station Operations Supervisor; and Horst Fleischmann, Ramp Supervisor. |
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Last chance to register for ACRA Golf!
 Dates: Sunday, September 13 to Thursday, September 17, 2009Venue: Little River Golf Resort 500 Little River Farm Rd. Carthage, North Carolina 28327 See: www.acra.ca/system-events/system-golf.html for complete info and registration. |
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Alan's Space
A380 Hard Landing at Oshkosh
(July 28, 2009) The Airbus A380, the world's largest airliner, made quite a dramatic arrival at Oshkosh on Tuesday. Dan Gryder, a Boeing 777 pilot, analyzes what went wrong. See video below to see what you think (sorry about the ad at the beginning). EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (formerly The EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In) is an annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days long and typically begins on the last Monday in July. The airport's control tower is the busiest control tower in the world during the gathering. More info at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAA_AirVenture_Oshkosh  Click on image for video |
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Canadi>n/CPAir/PWA, Wardair, etc. Events & People
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier in-house magazines, should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts.Looking thu' "CPAir News" magazine supplied by Jim Rogers in HNL. Issue dated May 1971 The inaugural of the flight to Israel arrived at Lod airport on April 2nd.  Here we have this photo of President Gilmore deplaning. The aircraft was Spacemaster C-FCPP fin 802 c/n 45927. Crew members on the historic first flight to Israel were Captain R.F.Thorne; Check Captain A. W.Weatherbe; First Officer A. W. Clark; Second Officer R. 0. Wilson; Purser; M. Ruggiero; Steward; F. Saudelli; Stewardesses; B. A. Ebster, B. A.Langpap and T M. Anderson.Mel Knox climaxed his 42 year flying career being command of the first flight of a Canadian carrier licensed to operate with the Carousel IV inertia navigation system. A number of fellow pilots were on hand recently to greet Capt. Mel Knox when he touched down at Vancouver Airport recently to end 42 years of flying.  Shown left to right with Capt. Knox are: Bill Roxborough, Director of Flight Operations; Ken Groll; Craig Stevenson; Dennis Harland; Tom McCloy; Ted Randall; Gordon Scott; Tom Gale; Lloyd Moffatt; Don MacLean; Jack Reed and Rick Wiley.Overseas Customer Service/Operations Managers got together in Vancouver and here they are.  FRONT ROW, left to right: G. W. Heinmiller, Asst. CS Mgr Vancouver; L. E. Waddell, Madrid; R. T. Nelson, CS/Ops Supv., Sydney J. Rogers, Honolulu; R. P. Stevens, Tel Aviv; W. E. Wood, Nandi; J.C.Henderson, Athens; F. J. Metzger, Tokyo; BACK ROW: L. M. Donnelly, Buenos Aires G. E. Manning, Vice-President Customer Service; R. K. Webb, Santiago, G. P. Morrison, Ops Mgr., Europe, Amsterdam; W. S. Ross, Hong Kong, W.J.Cameron, Rome; E. T. Dews, Lima; H. Voth, Asst. Director C.S. A/Ps-J. Antunes, Lisbon; H. T. Bancroft, Director CS. - A/P's; D. Connolly Mexico E. A. Lievens, CS/Ops Supv., AmsterdamThe North American Customer Service/Operations Managers also met in Vancouver.  Here they are - FRONT ROW: V. V.Cheropita, Watson Lake, D. A. Burton, Fort Nelson; D. W. Merrell, Vancouer J.G. Millar, Ottawa; F. N. Atkinson, Terrace; H, F. Campbell, Prince George,C. H. Baker, Grande Prairie; BACK ROW: G. E. Manning, V.P. Customer Service, Vancouver; D. T. Vikse, Whitehorse; A.C.Spandier Edmonton; A. B. Wilkinson, San Francisco; M. Bilodeau, Montreal; G.V.Barlow, Vancouver; J. E. Rusinko, Prince Rupert; J.D. Egen, Winnipeg; L.E.Langpap, Toronto; W. J. Simmonds, Calgary; H. Voth, Vancouver. |
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This n That
HUNDREDS FLY THE CHANNEL TO HONOR BLERIOT  It was 100 years ago, in 1909, that Louis Bleriot piloted the first airplane to cross the English Channel, and early in the morning of July 25, 2009, two French pilots marked the anniversary by completing the same flight in two Bleriot XI monoplanes, one of them a replica and one a restored original. Later in the day, however, several other pilots, from Sweden, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, who hoped to make the same flight in their own Bleriot aircraft, were grounded by French authorities, who said the wind was too strong. The grounding caused some to complain that the French had favored their own pilots, but others agreed that the winds were dangerous for the fragile aircraft. At least one of the grounded pilots, Mikael Carlson, of Sweden, was able to make the flight successfully the following morning. About 300 French, British and Belgian pilots also made the flight throughout the day in a variety of small aircraft, sometimes despite dark clouds and rain. Bleriot's flight from Les Barraques, France, to Dover, England, took just 37 minutes.He won a prize of a thousand pounds, offered by the Daily Mail, and became an instant celebrity. The event startled British military leaders, who had to cope with the fact that they now were vulnerable to attack from the air, as well as by sea. Bleriot went into business building airplanes, and many copies of the XI were built, several of which are still flying or in museums. Here's a short video of the recreation of this flight.  And amazingly enough, here's a video of the original flight.  |
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Help
Fred has sent us this request.
There were in the past employees with apartments to rent in the U.K. and France. Does anyone know if they still do these rentals ?
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Bob Gartshore sends along this memory. Your Netletter #1080 of August 4th contained an article about a 1963 engine change in HNL. As an interesting side note to these engine changes, when Wardair leased CPAL's DC6 passenger-freighter in 1962, it agreed to make the aircraft available to fly its spare engine to any CPAL AOG (aircraft-on-ground). After freighting about north of Resolute Bay for two months, a call came to ferry an engine to HNL. After two trips to Isachsen on Ellef Ringes Island, CF-CZZ departed Resolute Bay April 9th, overnighted in Yellowknife, then to Fort Smith, Edmonton and Vancouver where the engine was loaded, then to HNL where its crew "hit the beach" for the day. The resulting shock to the crew's pallored bodies was quite foreseeable! Bob Gartshore (ex-CPAL/Wardair/Canadian) Peter R Mueller sends us this information. This is further to the exchange of info between Fred Coyle and Betty Morgan in which both make reference to Ed Sword whom I also knew during my years with AC at ZRH and I wonder if anybody remembers Ken Moraesh who also flew with Ed Sword in Eastern Canada and retired as a Capt. with SR.. (Peter would like to be in contact with Ken and his wife Rosalie - eds) Hi Folks: A friend of mine is re-writing an earlier book about Sheldon Luck. I would like the email addresses of Neil Burton and Dan Driscoll if they are available, so that I can get in touch with them. I would also like Bill Norberg's address. I did have Bill's address but a recent self induced unintentional formatting of my computer erased most of my addresses. Happy Trails Jim Griffith Vic Rivers sends us this information referring to the HNL photos from Jim Rogers in NetLetter 1080. Seems to me United liked using fork lifts for engine changes including one in ORD on a DC-10 which ended in a catastrophe after the engine peeled away on take-off. Think they have since stopped the practice!! We were lucky I guess. Vic Rivers CPAL/Canadian |
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Terry's Trivia & Travel Tips
 Terry's Trivia & Travel Tips Europe continues to be very busy for Employee stand-by travel! During the current peak summer travel period, employees should be aware of the very high flight loads departing all our European stations. As our colleagues in Europe are very busy with our customers, they may be unable to assist employees in obtaining back-up ZED tickets on other airlines - these tickets must be purchased prior to your departure from home. Please also remember that some stations including Madrid and Zurich do not have Employee Ticketing facilities. We expect Europe flights to be busy for the next few weeks. Don't be caught waiting for days, be prepared! When travelling, all employees are expected to check-in on the web or at the kiosks. (Source The Daily). Accommodations around London Heathrow UK The Travelodge Hotel is within 0.2 miles of the airport. Prices from gbp19.00, but can be had for a little as gbp9.00 . Local phone number 0871 984 6353costs 10p per call from the airport. On a busget? Visit Marks & Spensers food court in Terminal 5 and get a take-out meal. There is a Hoppa bus service available between this hotel and Heathrow Terminal 5 (Hoppa number H57), priced £4 pp each way Visit http://www.travelodge.co.uk/our_rates_explained/ there are restrictions.  Watch your language - airports that may offend! 1. Old Crow Airport (YOC), Canada 2. Fukui Airport (FKJ), Japan 3. Dang Airport (DNP), Nepal 4. Pratt Airport (PTT), USA 5. Ponce Airport (PSE), Puerto Rico 6. Fort Dix Airport (WRI), USA 7. Tsili Tsili Airport (TSI), Papau New Guinea 8. Gaylord Airport (GLR), USA 9. Shafter Airport (MIT), USA 10. Phi Phi Island Airport (PHZ), Thailand 11. Fak Fak Airport (FKQ), Indonesia A 17-year-old from Yorkshire, England, met with various aviation industry executives and government officials in the U.K. recently and convinced them that he was a tycoon about to launch his own airline, when in fact he had no such plans or funding. The boy used the pseudonym Adam Tait, and used other false names in emails and phone messages to convince contacts that he was working with a team of employees. He proposed to launch a cut-price airline serving most of Europe, based in the Channel Islands. His scheme unraveled when he was stopped by police at an airport while trying to get access to a 93-seat jet he had said he wanted to lease. |
Vesta's Corner
Why not allow the NetLetter be your platform, and opportunity, to relive your history while working for either TCA, AC, CPAir, CAIL, PWA, AirBC etal. and share your experiences with us!Canadian immigration officials are trying to determine if a baby born to a Ugandan woman on an American airliner in Canadian airspace is a Canadian.
Sasha came into the world with the help of two doctors who were on the Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Boston while the flight was over Canada.
Nationality notwithstanding, the baby is said to be doing fine.
Ray Lindsay has sent us this follow up to the story in NetLetter nr 1050 -
The Black Guillemot - while native to the East Coasts of North
America and the North Atlantic as well as the Atlantic coasts of
Western Europe - has a very similar cousin - the Pigeon Guillemot - out here on the West Coast of North America and it ranges from
California to Alaska and right across into Siberia. But some Black
Guillemots are known to breed in Alaska as well.
The two birds are very similar with the Pigeon being slightly larger
than the Black and both have distinctive red feet and legs. So lets
hope that taking this bird back to Newfoundland hasn't confused it
any further! Did it have an accent? Maybe WestJet is just too eager to please for the bird's own good?
Meantime I'll check the colony of Pigeon Guillemots that nests on the cliff below our house in the Southern Gulf Islands of BC to see if any are missing and sending urgent messages from Newfoundland!
Ray Lindsay
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Air Canada - our first 70 years
1969 - enRoute in-flight magazine gets a brand new look and goes from 20 to 24 pages.
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TCA/AC People Gallery
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier "Horizons", should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts. Musings from "Between Ourselves" Issue dated April 1969  Here is a group gathered to wish "Curt" Johnson, District Sales Manager at Birmingham a happy retirement.Johnson was one of the first employees to be established with the company in Europe after WWII. Curt joined Trans-Canada Air Lines in its original Cockspur Street offices in London in May 1946. Issue dated June 1969 In the past few issues of the "Between Ourselves" we have found several stories of T.C.A. flights being asked to locate missing small aircraft - here is another one - The pilot of a Cherokee reported to Boston ATC that he was lost. The crew of a T.C.A Vanguard over Maine enroute from Moncton to YUL/YYZ was asked to hunt for the aircraft which was reported to be in their vicinity. Under the command of Capt. Al Shaw, the aircraft was located and escorted to a safe landing in Caribou, Me.  This picture of the front end crew.Under the heading "Pickets aid search" is a story about how the pickets at YYZ came down five days before the settlement between the company and IAM. The reason was humanitarian, the local police requested help to search for a missing child. The child was located, cold and tired, and the pickets went back up. The police thanked the picketers and stated they were good citizens and compassionate people. From issue dated August 1969 Some members of the London England chapter of the A.C.R.A. had the opportunity to visit the Filton division of the British Aircraft Corporation and viewed the prototype Concorde.  Here is the group, but no identifications unfortunately - (perhaps they all called in sick -eds)On a charter flight from Seattle Washington to Halifax, Nova Scotia, the crew found that the passengers were 83,000 fingerling rainbow trout. Now that's some fish story.  Here's the crew.  And here we have a photo of the first graduating class for Station & Cargo Services from the programmer school after six months of hard grind!Issue dated November 1970 The A.C.R.A presidents from the various stations met with the company to iron out problem's in the areas of communications and cooperation.  Here are the participants. Remember when the overseas region golf tourney was held in Ireland? Tournament winner was Tony Dunn of London with low gross. Competitors from London, London Airport, Prestwick, Glasgow, Toronto and Montreal. With guests from BOAC, PAA, ATC, Met Services and Irish Air Lines. Held at the Limerick Golf Club, with a wind up do at the Village in the grounds of Dunratty Castle.  Here we have this photo of the AC group. . |
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Bytes and Pieces
ACFamily Network Photo GalleryAlthough we have had a quite extensive Photo Gallery operating on the ACFamily Network for many years now, I think many of you may not be aware of it. The Photo Gallery is administered by Tom Grant who has also posted over 800 of the photos there. We have photos of Pionairs Events, RAPCAN Events, Aircraft (including Air Canada, TCA, CPAir, etc), People and more.  Shown is a drawing of a DC-3A used with TCA between 1945 and 1963.Click on the image to visit the ACFamily Photo Gallery or visit this link. |
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Canadi>n/CPAir/PWA, Wardair, etc. Events & People
Over the past months we have been publishing various photographs from earlier in-house magazines, should any photos prompt a memory in seeing one of them, feel free to send us your comments and thoughts. Issue dated April 1984  CP Air purchased Eastern Provincial Airways and Air Maritime Limited adding (6) B-737-200 and (4) HS-748 aircraft to its fleet, all for ca$20 million.EPA was founded in 1949 and, in 1963, merged with Maritime Central Airlines which was formed in 1941. Issue dated September 1984  We have this photograph of Jet-prop aircraft at YVR in 1969.Non-stop service between YVR and YUL to be re-introduced Oct 28th. CP Air Holidays to introduce new services between Wiinipeg-Phoenix, Calgary-Las Vegas, Calgary and Edmonton -Mazatlan, Calgary-Puerto Vallarta, Vancouver-San Diego. Issue dated November 1984  Norseman, CF-BAW, one of 16 inherited during 1942.Issue dated January 1985 CP Air announced its intention to reinaugurate service between Canada and New Zealand in early November. CP Air previously served New Zealand from 1951 until 1969. The South Pacific was CP Air's first international route when it pioneered the service to Sydney on July 13th 1949. Issue dated February 1985 CP Air announced plans to inaugurate service between Canada and Singapore commencing April 1986, its first additional international destination since Milan in 1974. During 1984, CP Air ran their Travel Bonus Program. for frequent travelers.  Here we have a photo of some of the staff involved..  From the issue dated January 1985, we have this photo of the staff at Terrace B.C. |
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Reader's Feedback
Here we have the conclusion of the "Great Air Race" story we started in NetLetter nr 1050 They made their decision and put out a May Day call which was picked up by other race planes in the area as well as several airliners crossing the ocean. They gave their approximate position and were told it would be relayed. At this point, Bill began to prepare the aircraft for ditching in the ocean. He held open the door of the Bellanca Viking and threw out all loose objects. He recalls thinking: "clothing stays, all heavy maps and radios go" At this point a Danish C-54 got on the radio and told them to give the Simiutaq Beacon one more try. They did and it came in, but they knew that they were too low on fuel to make the beacon, then the additional 50 miles up the fjord to the airport. To make their chances of being rescued better, they headed in towards the shore, but by then they could see the ice flows packing up tightly and decided that it would be too dangerous to attempt a landing on the ice. They turned the aircraft 180 degrees and headed back out to sea. They became visual with the water when the altimeter read zero and estimated that they were at a height of 30 feet. Forward visibility was about 100 yards. Paul, who has had experience flying float planes, did the landing and the Bellanca Viking hit the water tail first, then the nose settled and they stopped in 60 feet. They threw the life raft out, opened it and walked across the wing and climbed into the raft. The fog surrounded them and they thought they might not be rescued for a couple of days. Several aircraft had reported their position to the airport at Narssarssuaq, Greenland and rescue aircraft were already under way. They had a Rescue 99 on board which kept sending out a distress signal and enabled the search planes to pinpoint their position. They eventually heard two aircraft fly overhead, but could not see them through the dense fog. One was a C-54 from the Danish Air Force base at Narssarssuaq and the other was an EC-121 from the American base at Sonderstrom. The Danish plane had to leave after locating their position to lead another aircraft, low on fuel, into the right fjord and towards the airport. Approximately four hours after they had ditched, a helicopter appeared over them and dropped a basket to retrieve them from the raft. They later said that the ride up in the basket to the helicopter was the worst experience of the trip. The water was about 20 degrees and you must jump into the basket submerged in the water and then ride up with the helicopter downwash chilling you all the way. The Greenlanders crowded round to see the two men who had been pulled from these waters and had survived. The next morning, another race plane was preparing to leave Greenland to continue on to Quebec City and the pilot offered his one remaining seat. Bill and Paul flipped a coin and Paul won.  The following day, reports came in that the Bellanca was still afloat and they were sending out a police boat to bring it in. Bill supervised its rescue and made sure it was safely stored away in a hangar before he left for Goose Bay on another race plane.For both of them the race ended with flights back to Toronto, but they're both back flying again and will remember for some time their experience in the "Great Air Race" Gordie Aitchison |
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This and That.
In March 2009, it will be 90 years since the first Canada-U.S. air mail service. In the "Between Ourselves" issue dated April 1969, is an article to commemorate the 50th anniversary tells of a flight from Vancouver to Seattle which was re enacted by the Boeing Company. The aircraft used was a replica of a Boeing B & W 1A following the exact route made 50 years prior.  We have this photo.The coming year will be a special one for KLM. On October 7th, 2009, it will have been 90 years since KLM was first founded. This makes KLM the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. It out lasted the Second World War and survived 40 years on the bottom of the Pacific but a heavy snowfall has felled the last remaining Handley Page Hampden bomber. Volunteers at the Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley, British Columbia, are appealing for help to put the little-known but historically significant aircraft back together again after snow broke the left wing off the twin-engine bomber. Like many small museums, the facility has to store some of its collection outside and that's not normally a problem in the usually temperate coastal area of B.C.  But this year the area has been slammed with half a dozen snowstorms and, while museum volunteers did their best to clear the snow, an especially big dump on Dec. 26 was too much for the Hampden.Quarter Century in Aviation Club The Quarter Century in Aviation Club meets on the 3rd Tuesday in the following months: October, November, January, February, March and April. The Quarter Century in Aviation CLub  The next meeting of the club is on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.The club includes airline employees from all areas of aviation meeting as friends to share their experiences and memories. If you wish to join the club, you must have 25 years in aviation (any airline, any job) and the membership fees are $15/year. Guests are welcome, so you are not required to join the first time you attend. When: January 20, 2009, Social - 17:00 hours, Dinner - 18:00 hours Dinner: Chicken and Schnitzel buffet dinner is served and the cost is $19 per person. Where: The Austrian Vancouver Club, 5851 Westminster Highway, Richmond.B.C. Guest Speaker: Fred Carey See: www.acfamily.org/quarter for more information. |
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Terry's Travel Tips
 On January 1st 1970 pass privileges were extended in the area of dependants. No fuel surcharge on travel within Canada and between Canada and the U.S.(source - Air Canada web page 3rd Jan 2009) Munich Airport is reported to have dog lovers in mind. For a fee, travelers can have their favorite pooch - usually Alsatians - housed in separate kennels at the airport so that, when their owners return, they are brought to the arrivals area to greet their masters. At Halifax (YHZ) FlyGlobSpan airline plan flights to Glasgow commencing May 2009. Airport Improvement Fees: Many airports in Canada and around the world have implemented Airport Improvement Fees (AIFs). Some airports collect these fees at the airport at time of departure, others are collected at the time of ticketing and are reflected in the additional charges portion in your fare. Canadian airports that include the AIF on your ticket are as follows: (All amounts in ca$) Baie-Comeau, QC (YBC) $10 Bathurst, NB (ZBF) $40 Calgary, AB (YYC) $20 Castlegar, BC (YCG) $7 Charlottetown, PE (YYG) $15 Comox, BC (YQQ) $5 Cranbrook, BC (YXC) $10 Deer Lake, NL (YDF) $15 Edmonton, AB (YEG) $15 Fort McMurray, AB (YMM) $10 Fort St. John, BC (YXJ) $12 Fredericton, NB (YFC) $15 Gander, NL (YQX) $20 Goose Bay, NL (YYR) $12 Grande Prairie, AB (YQU) $20 Halifax, NS (YHZ) $10 due to increase to $15.00 eff Mar 1/09 Hamilton, ON (YHM) $15 Kamloops, BC (YKA) $10 Kelowna, BC (YLW) $10 Lethbridge, AB (YQL) $10 London, ON (YXU) $15 Moncton, NB (YQM) $15 Montreal, QC (YUL) $20 Moosonee, ON (YMO) $7 Ottawa, ON (YOW) $15 Prince George, BC (YXS) $15 Quebec, QC (YQB) $15 Regina, SK (YQR) $15 Rouyn-Noranda, QC (YUY) $10 Saint John, NB (YSJ) $15 Sarnia, ON (YZR) $15 Saskatoon, SK (YXE) $10 Sault Ste Marie, ON (YAM) $10 Smithers, BC (YYD) $15 Stephenville, NL (YJT) $15 St. John's, NL (YYT) $15 Sydney, NS (YQY) $25 Thompson, MB (YTH) $10 Timmins, ON (YTS) $10 Toronto, ON (YYZ) $20 Originating passengers $8 Connecting passengers Val d'Or, QC (YVO) $10 Vancouver, BC (YVR) $5 Travel within BC/Yukon $15 Outside of BC Victoria, BC (YYJ) $10 Waterloo, ON (YKF) $15 Windsor, ON (YQG) $10 Winnipeg, MB (YWG) $20 |