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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\^/| _| TCA |_ B E T W E E N O U R S E L V E S _|\| AIR |/|_ N E T L E T T E R > CANADA < >_./|\._< for Air Canada retirees | Our crew is: Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson Chief Navigator - Terry Baker number 149 date April 23rd 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Welcome to Boyd Algee, living in New Brunswick using email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. John Neroutsos who sends us this short bio - I joined AC as a pilot in 1957. Worked many years with Ron Baker in Flight Ops Engineering at Dorval. Left AC in 1962 to take an MBA at U of T. Rejoined AC in 1966 but lost 300 places in the seniority game. Lost my medical Feb 88 because of having a pacemaker implanted. Was out of flying for four years before going back on the B767 as Canada's first airline captain permitted to be licensed to fly with a pacemaker. While out of flying I worked for the Sr Director Training and later for Charlie Simpson, Ex Vice President. Retired in 1992 and moved west. While working with AC had a parallel career in the Air Force that extended over forty years. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We welcome Ray Taylor who sends us this short bio - In 1946 until confederation with Newfoundland work for CGTAS - Montreal Goose Bay and Moncton. Next 18 years work as navigator with CPA. The last 14 years of aviation I worked as an Air Carrier Inspector for the Federal Govt. During those 14 years a lot of my work was with Air Canada including actually doing work for them regarding Omega installations. I still participate in the AC/TCA radio net on Tuesday mornings. Thanks Ray Taylor VE7FLC This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~-=o0o=-~ . Vesta sends this information - Regarding the web site http://www.performx.nb.ca/horizons/ Vesta sent the following message to the Web site contact - I followed all the steps, using freenet not the Internet, and got as far as entering the password, bluesky, and then couldn't get past there because "my browser doesn't accept authorization" or something like that. Freenet doesn't use Netscape, as far as I know. Only users on the Internet can access this web site, but not freenet users. FYI we have quite a number of retirees that do not have full access to the Internet, for reasons of their own. Just thought that I would inform you of same. ~-=o0o=-~ From the CIC*INFO Daily News March 14th - Internet surfers numbering close to 20,000 and growing are enjoying the exclusive weekly e-mails advising them of last minute sell-off fares through Air Camada's Websaver. 'We're hearing good things about it and customers are pleased that we're the first major airline in Canada to offer this product' says Mike Bell, Customer Service Manager. Air Canada welcomes the fourth and newest A319, fin 255 into its fleet. The aircraft's journey began in Hamburg, Germany and, due to cold temperatures, the 112 seater stopped in Frobisher prior to landing in Winnipeg on March 13th for it's pre-service modifications. Official ground breaking took place recently in Toronto for the Air Canada Centre which will be home to the Toronto Raptors Basketball Club and also host cocerts, family shows, hockey and other skating events. In addition a nine-storey office tower will house the Toronto reservations and sales offices, as well as Galileo Canada. The Centre is due to open February 1999. ~-=o0o=-~ . Found on the Internet - OSAKA, April 22 _ A Northwest Airlines DC-10 with an all-female flight staff arrived at Kansai International Airport on Tuesday for the airline's first transpacific crossing by a female cockpit crew. Air France pilots due to strike for 48 hours Apr 25th. TAP Portugal pilots due to strike for 48 hours Apr 24th. French airlines TAT and Air Liberte have settled their strikes. Paris Air Show is being held at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France on Jun 15th - 22nd. General public viewing will be the 15th, 21st and 22nd only. Cost 55 FF. Express Metro from Gare de Nord, B5 line to Le Bourget, then the schuttle bus to the airport. AIRBUS TO LAUNCH A340-600 AND COMPETE WITH BOEING'S B747-400 Airbus Industrie hopes to officially launch its two new versions of its long range A340 plane by the Paris Le Bourget Air Show (June 15-22). The A340-600, a stretched derivative of the -300 version, is aimed at competing with Boeing's successful B747-400 aircraft with seating accommodating up to 382 passengers. The -500 ultra long range version to be launched at the same time will seat fewer passengers on a distance of 15360 Km (9600 miles). Design work is already completed for both airlines and the launch now hinges on the European manufacturer finding an engine and a sufficient customer base. SMART CARD TO ALLOW PAPERLESS TRAVEL, ELIMINATING EVEN BOARDING PASSES The study drew on the results of 3 airlines who already have introduced at their own level and with their own limitations such a system. Delta Airlines has issued its frequent travellers on its Shuttle flights between New York and Boston or Washington with an electronic chip card which is being used as a ticket, boarding pass, credit card and frequent flyer card. Lufthansa's ChipCard is to be used on domestic flights and flights from London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaule. Air France has issued its own version of the smart card to a few select frequent flyers on its largest domestic routes. New smart cards will also be compatible with the Europay/MasterCard/Visa Smart Card standard, allowing them to be co-branded with credit card companies. In addtion, space on the card has been set aside for immigration data should a country be willing to use the card to speed up border controls. LAPTOPS ON BOARD AIRCRAFT - AN UPDATE Canadi>n Airlines is the first airline in the world to have such a plug equipped on an entire fleet type since November 1996. Canadi>n's 12 B767-300s are equipped with a cigarette style outlet in which passengers can fit a MicroBolt DC Aircraft Power Adapter available from flight attendants, according to Canadi>n Airlines Product Coordinator Stephen Knowles. He adds that, starting this summer, Empress Class (Canadi>n's business class) passengers will also be able to use a power outlet for the Sony Video Walkman instead of relying on a battery pack, as it is the case currently. ~-=o0o=-~ . Interline stuff Alistair Blackwood managed to locate some accommodations in London and sends this information - I managed to locate one..The Thistle Park Hotel at LHR with pick up at 74 pounds. The good thing about this chain is they have a special number for Airline discounts 1-800-423-6691. The Excelsior is only 64 pounds but difficult to get in. Family Affaire sell off Toronto to Dallas-Fort Worth, until Jun 13th is US$75 or CA$99 - check with 1-800-413-1113. Planning to travel on Alberta Citylink route? Active and retired Air Canada employees are permitted to imprint SPAV personal tickets for travel on Alberta Citylink on an unlimited basis. A separate ticket must be imprinted and a zone 1 service charge will be deducted through payrolls. In addition, active, retirees and eligible dependents are eligible to 50% reduced rate positive space. ~-=o0o=-~ . Smiles - Lawson Tremellen sends us this one - A helicopter was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the helicopters electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded, "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because, similar to their help-lines, they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer.". ~-=o0o=-~ . That's it for this time, please we need your input, send comments and email addresses of any others who may be interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry. -!- Landing on an Island in the Pacific. _____(~)_____ ! ! ! <<<>>> Air Canada Pionairs ~Between Ourselves-Netletter~ http://www.mortimer.com/acra mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ................................................... . GREETINGS FROM . . Vancouver Island . . BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA . ...................................................

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\^/| _| TCA |_ B E T W E E N O U R S E L V E S _|\| AIR |/|_ N E T L E T T E R > CANADA < >_./|\._< for Air Canada retirees | Our crew is: Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson Chief Navigator - Terry Baker number 148 date Apr 20th 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What's Going On and Where!" from April 24 to May 3,1997. Thursday April 24, 1997 VanIs ComoxValley Lunch OLD HOUSE Courtenay Friday April 25, 1997 YOW KoffeeKlatsches Family Carlingwood Shopping Saturday April 26, 1997 ACRA Photography London ENG Sunday April 27, 1997 VAN IS, Fairwinds Golf 'Prestwick Closed" Tuesday April 29, 1997 NB Spring Lunch @ Quality Inn, Sussex @ 1230 Wednesday April 30, 1997 TOR BuffetLunch Murder Mystery@ the OLD MILL Thursday May 1, 1997 ACRA Squash Boca Raton,Fla YUL Lunch Chenoy's Pte Claire Friday May 2, 1997 YOW KoffeeKlatsches Family Carlingwood Shopping ACRA Squash Boca Raton contd YYZ Aviation & Aircraft show Saturday May 3, 1997 ACRA Squash contd YYZ Aviation contd ~-=o0o=-~ . On April 30th 1972, Air Canada introduced the daily shuttle between YUL and YYZ called 'RAPIDAIR' . On May 1st 1947, T.C.A.(Atlantic) Ltd assumed responsibility for the operation previously provided by C.G.T.A.S. ~-=o0o=-~ Reminiscences by Terry your navigator - One November evening, in 1963, while watching the 'tele' at home, I got a phone call from my father. My father was a Chief Customs Officer at Heathrow, London England, in fact the very first Customs officer after WWII when Heathrow was made 'commercial'. The subject of the call was 'One of your DC8's aborted within the last few minutes and crashed through the end of the runway - no injuries but I thought you would like to know before you see it on the 9 o'clock news'. Naturally I was stunned - our airline having such an incident. Well, that incident was the start of what you may call a career change - almost right angles for me. I was the Office Supervisor in the Purchases and Stores office under Tom Carr Hodgson. The next day, the whole office was atop the Queens building looking for the crash site which was at the end of the runway which paralleled the Bath Road and, in fact, ended up in a field of cabbages, hence the name 'Cabbage Patch'. Several days later, from our perch ontop of the Queens building, we watched as the damaged aircraft was dragged, supported by large airbags, down the runway to the B.O.A.C. Maintenance complex and into one of their hangers. The B.O.A.C. Maintenance complex was one huge building with 4 bays separated by workshops and could house several Britannia and Comet aircraft at one time. Trans-Canada Airlines - in those days - was obliged to insure the complete complex together with several aircraft and issue a 'hold harmless' clause to B.O.A.C. for the period of time that our DC8 was being repaired. A team of approximately 50 mechanics was flown in from the Douglas plant headed by John Cook, known as 'Big John'. Danny Sweetman and Ted Rogers from Dorval were seconded to London for a period. My role was to arrange for shelving to completely surround the DC8, on which the mechanics would place the various units removed from the aircraft. Those units declared unserviceable would be recorded and reordered from Dorval, while the unserviceable unit was shipped back to Dorval by Wally Evans and Ted Dean. All the time accurate records of the movements had to be kept as the area was declared a customs bonded zone to avoid duties on the various units. One highlight was the arrival of the under belly and wing panels in a huge C5 Galaxy aircraft which was manouvered around the various maintenance hangers, guided by a navigator who had his head out through the top of the aircraft, similar to a tank commander. This aircraft was huge. The day finally arrived when the aircraft did its test flights successfully and returned to service. Eventually, fin 813 was lost at Ottawa during a training flight in May 1967. As a result of this episode of my career, I was invited to move, on a company transfer, to Dorval, arriving on January 2nd 1965. ~-=o0o=-~ . Found on the internet - BOEING ASSEMBLES FIRST 777-300 Boeing last week began major assembly of the newest member of its 777 airplane family -- the 777-300. At 242 feet, 4 inches (73.8 meters), the new airplane will be 33 feet longer than the 777-200, and carry 20 percent more passengers. AIRLINE PAX HELP LOCATE SURVIVORS Passengers on Aloha Airlines flight 404 Thursday helped locate two people floating in a raft after their twin-engine plane crashed in the Pacific. The Aloha flight remained in the search area 28 miles offshore for a half hour and did not leave until the Coast Guard arrived, said airline spokesman Tom Yoneyama. ALITALIA'S EYE CANDY: Italy's cash-strapped national airline, Alitalia, painted one of its 747s to look like a tube of Baci chocolates, a Nestle confection that translates as "kisses." Nestle paid between two billion lire and 2.5 billion lire (US$1.2 million and US$1.5 million) for the flying advert. CANTANKEROUS CAMBODIAN WOUNDS BOEING: Problems with airline schedules and lost luggage are not Western phenomena. As evidence, we offer the case of a prominent Cambodian businessman who shot at a tire of a parked airliner at Phnom Penh airport. No one was injured. Continental Airlines bid for 20% of Aerolineas Argentinas. Delta Airlines is changing its aircraft livery - 1st time in 35 years. Airline TAT and Air Liberte, French units of British Airways cancelled 3/4 of their weekend flights due to strikes by pilots. A group of investors plan to start Swiss World Airways to fly Geneva to US destinations. Due to a strike by Indian air controllers, 3,000 passengers were stranded at Singapore, 800 at Hong Kong and more at Bangkok. Air China, largest modern civil aviation company in China launches its Beijing - Hong Kong - London England air route. ~-=o0o=-~ . Interline stuff From Carol Ann McDevitt My Dad is an Air Canada retiree, orginally based in Dorval but now living in Toronto. He doesn't have internet access, but has asked me to try to find out something for him. My Mum and Dad are planning a trip to Hong Kong in May. The hotel prices are very high, and they are trying to find out if any of them give a decent airline rate for retirees. I tracked down all of the leads and couldn't find any such list (like the booklet we used to get with all of the hotels where we got discounts). Do you know where I can find this information? You can email Carol at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (We would be interested in any replies too - eds) Alan Rust has responded - My wife and I tried to find reasonable rooms as well in October 96 with no luck. We faxed many hotels and searched the WWW for deals. They seem to be able to get away with the high prices due to the fact that there are a lot of business people in for conventions, etc all the time. Also since the change over is July 1/97 I think a lot of business deals are being made. We even tried the YMCA and it was booked solid. I think you can show up and take a chance though. Some of the cheap hotels are supposed to be dives that you really wouldn't want your parents to stay in. I hear that if you book out of town it's cheaper. We ended up going to Hawaii instead. If your parents have never been to the "Big Island" of Hawaii, it's facinating to see the volcano and I'm sure they would enjoy it. Good luck - Alan Rust. ~-=o0o=-~ . Smilies - SHORT FINAL... We're not sure if this actually happened, but we thought we'd share it anyway... According to Reuters, the dazed crew of a Japanese trawler was plucked out of the Sea of Japan earlier this year clinging to the wreckage of their sunken ship. Their rescue was followed by immediate imprisonment once authorities questioned the sailors on their ship's loss. To a man they claimed that a cow, falling out of a clear blue sky, had struck the trawler amidships, shattering its hull and sinking the vessel within minutes. They remained in prison for several weeks, until the Russian Air Force reluctantly informed Japanese authorities that the crew of one of its cargo planes had apparently stolen a cow wandering at the edge of a Siberian airfield, forced the cow into the plane's hold and hastily taken off for home. Unprepared for live cargo, the Russian crew was ill-equipped to manage a frightened cow rampaging within the hold. To save the aircraft and themselves, they shoved the animal out of the cargo hold as they crossed the Sea of Japan at an altitude of 30,000 feet. Some Headline news found in National newspapers - Farmer Bill dies in house. Iraqi Head seeks arms. Stud tires out. Soviet virgin lands short of goal again. British left waffles on Falkland Islands. Lung cancer in women mushrooms. Eye drops off shelf. Teacher strikes idle kids. Martin Wins on budget, but more lies ahead. Shot off womens leg helps Nicklaus to 66. Enraged cow injures farmer with ax. Miners refuse to work after death. Cold wave linked to temperatures. Deer kill 17,000. Astronaut takes blame for gas in spacecraft. Kids make nutritious snacks. Local high school drop-outs cut in half. New vaccine may contain rabies. Air head fired. Include your children when baking cookies. Vesta has a one liner for you - "Very funny, Scottie. Now beam my clothes down too." ~-=o0o=-~ . That's it for this time, please we need your input, send comments and email addresses of any others who may be interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry. -!- Landing on an Island in the Pacific. _____(~)_____ ! ! ! <<<>>> Air Canada Pionairs ~Between Ourselves-Netletter~ http://www.mortimer.com/acra mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ................................................... . GREETINGS FROM . . Vancouver Island . . BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA . ...................................................

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\^/| _| TCA |_ B E T W E E N O U R S E L V E S _|\| AIR |/|_ N E T L E T T E R > CANADA < >_./|\._< for Air Canada retirees | Our crew is: Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson Chief Navigator - Terry Baker number 147 date Apr 17th 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Welcome to Jack Newart ex TCA/AC worked from 1941-1984 now dividing his time between White Rock,BC and Cathedral City, California. Retired from Flight Crew Schedule in YVR. Friends and ex workers try Jack's email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~-=o0o=-~ . Phil Pawsey sends us this information - The latest Canadian Amateur Radio magazine contained an article, which I have condensed which some may find interesting. The 11 crew and 14 passengers, including three children of the 250-tonne Cook Islands ferry MV Avatapu were adrift in three life rafts and an aluminum dinghy for more than 30 hours after being forced to abandon ship on Sat. night Feb. 22. A raging engine fire north of Palmerston Atoll in the Cooks Islands caused the emergency. Quantas Flt. 101 enroute from Auckland to Hawaii was notified and they picked up the ship's emergency beacon. The flight descended and located the burning vessel and the life rafts. The survivors shone a flashlight at the jet and using morse code got the message through that they were safe. I find that quite remarkable because even with an Aldis Lamp, I think that would have been difficult. Anyway by using the wingtip lights the pilots were able to signal that they would receive HELP IN 1 DAY- this is also very remarkable. Two RNZAF Orion aircraft and two container ships were diverted to the scene with the Orions dropping a radio and medical supplies. The survivors were rescued on Feb.24, 30 hrs after abandoning ship-no reports of injuries. Phil Pawsey Packet Radio VE2DTM@VE2FFQ.#MTL.PQ.CA.NOAM Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~-=o0o=-~ . During the recent Vancouver Island Spring Luncheon, at which your Navigator attended, I was fortunate enough to sit with, amongst others, Pauline and Harry Davies from Parksville. I found out that Pauline was born in the same UK city of Bristol as I was, so we had lots to talk about. You never who you will bump into at the various Pionair functions - you really should plan on attending one nearest you - if you don't already! ~-=o0o=-~ . Don't forget all you ex P & F Stores types, Fred Pedder, editor of 'Parts & Pieces', the newsletter for Stores by Stores people has for slae at CA$20 a video of photographs from the newsletter for the past 35 years with music sound track. Email Fred at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and ask for 'Thanks for the memories' ~-=o0o=-~ . Found on the Internet - LUFTHANSA'S "IRON ANNIE" EMBARKS ON NEW SEASON: Lufthansa's legendary WWII-era Ju-52 trimotor commenced a new season of sightseeing flights in Hamburg on Easter Sunday after a meticulous winter overhaul at the company's maintenance facilities. Apart from Hamburg, Berlin, Bremen, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart are on the agenda. To obtain the timetable, mail a postcard to Lufthansa Stiftung, P.O. Box 630300, 22313 Hamburg, or fax to 49-[0]40-5070-5061. LUFTHANSA'S CITYLINE GOES ALL JET: Lufthansa Cityline, once the world's largest operator of Fokker 50 turboprops, last week bid farewell to the last of them. The Fokker 50 has been gradually replaced by the new 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet. COMAIR dedicated a Canadair RJ to employees as its 20th Anniversary Jet. April Fool fever seems to be running rampant this week. Our spies in the field turned up this (unverified) memo: "There appears to be some confusion over the new pilot role titles. This notice will hopefully clear up any misunderstandings. "The titles P1, P2 and Co-Pilot will now cease to have any meaning, within the BA operations manuals. They are to be replaced by Handling Pilot, Non-Handling Pilot, Handling Landing Pilot, Non-Handling Landing Pilot, Handling Non-Landing Pilot, and Non-Handling Non-Landing Pilot. "The Landing Pilot is initially the Handling Pilot and will handle the take-off and landing, except in role reversal when he is the Non- Handling Pilot for taxi, until the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands the Handling to the Landing Pilot at eighty knots. "The Non-Landing (Non-Handling, since the Landing Pilot is handling) Pilot reads the checklist to the Handling Pilot until after the Before Descent Checklist completion, when the Handling Landing Pilot hands the handling to the Non-Handling Non-Landing Pilot who then becomes the Handling Non-Landing Pilot. "The Landing Pilot is the Non-Handling Pilot until the "decision altitude" call, when the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands the handling to the Non-Handling Landing Pilot, unless the latter calls "go-around", in which case the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, continues handling and the Non-Handling Landing Pilot continues non-handling until the next call of "land" or "go-around", as appropriate. "In view of the recent confusion over these rules, it was deemed necessary to restate them clearly." ~-=o0o=-~ . Interline stuff Interline Emergency Half Price Sale! Holland America Line 4 days - May 1 - Acapulco to Los Angeles (was $299us) - FROM $150us 9 days - May 8 - Acapulco to Vancouver (was $899us)- FROM $359us 5 days - May 8 - Acapulco to Los Angeles (was $719us) - FROM $209us 4 days - May 13 - Los Angeles to Vancouver (was $399us) - FROM $159us Regular Terms & Conditions Apply Call 1-800-665-3100 for details and mention Pionairs. Carnival Cruise Lines Cruise to Alaska On The "Tropicale" a "Fun Ship" from Carnival Special Interline "Best Available" Stateroom Offer 7 Day Glacier Route Cruises from Vancouver to Alaska or return - US$599 pp dbl. 3rd and 4th Guests Cruise for only US$399* * Sharing cabin with first two guests Dates: May 14 & 21; June 18; August 27; Sept. 10, 17 & 24/1997 Call 1-800-665-3100 for details and mention Pionairs. ~-=o0o=-~ . Smilie from Alan Rust - What if Microsoft Started Making Cars ***************** 1. a particular model year of car wouldn't be available until after that model year instead of before it. 2. every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car. 3. occasionally your car would just die for no reason, and you'd have to restart it. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this. 4. You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought a Car 95 or Car NT. But then you'd have to buy more seats. 5. Sun Motorsystems would make a car that was powered by the sun, twice as reliable, and five times as fast-but it would only run on 5 percent of the roads. 6. The oil, engine, gas, and alternator warning lights would be replaced with a single "general car fault" warning light. 7. people would get excited about the "new" features in Microsoft cars, forgetting completely that they had been available in other cars for years. 8. We'd all have to switch to microsoft gas. 9. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. Alan Rust operates a BBS and Web site - you might try Alan Rust,Sysop, ACRA Airline BBS BBS (604) 541-1878 FAX (604) 536-4593 WWW - http://www.mortimer.com/acra E-mail: mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~-=o0o=-~ . That's it for this time, please we need your input, send comments and email addresses of any others who may be interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry. -!- Landing on an Island in the Pacific. _____(~)_____ ! ! ! <<<>>> Air Canada Pionairs ~Between Ourselves-Netletter~ http://www.mortimer.com/acra mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ................................................... . GREETINGS FROM . . Vancouver Island . . BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA . ...................................................

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\^/| _| TCA |_ B E T W E E N O U R S E L V E S _|\| AIR |/|_ N E T L E T T E R > CANADA < >_./|\._< for Air Canada retirees | Our crew is: Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson Chief Navigator - Terry Baker number 146 date April 14th 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Attractions at this year's Saskatchewan Airshow at Moose Jaw on July 5 and 6 will be: * The Canadian Forces Skyhawks parachute team; * Manfred Radius's sailplane display; * The "Super Shockwave" high-speed truck; * A Pitts Special biplane flown by aerobatic pilot Bill Carter; * A Russian-built Yak-55 stuntplane flown by Bud Granley; * The flying Pietsch family from Minot, N.D.; * Jet aircraft of the Canadian and American armed forces; * The Canadian Forces Snowbirds air demonstration team, based at 15 Wing, just south of Moose Jaw. ~-=o0o=-~ . Shirley Jay, who we welcomed recently, sent us her bio - I joined Trans Canada Airlines in Moncton, N.B. on April 14, 1952, working in the Teletype Relay Centre and when that moved to Montreal, I moved into Sales, first in Reservations, then at the Airport Counter. In January of 1957 I transferred to Edmonton Airport where I mostly worked until retirement Dec 31/1982. Did do some part time training both with AC and Grant McEwan Community College (the travel course). After retirement I opened my own Pet Care business where I looked after pets and homes when people travelled. Did that for 10 years. In the meantime am doing the books for a small company (hence the computer) which I do out of my home. Any of Shirleys' friends can email her: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~-=o0o=-~ . Vesta sends us this information - On March 17, 1937, Amelia Earhart took to the skies in her Lockheed Electra 10E. Although no one, male or female, had ever completed this journey, Earhart's goal was to be the first pilot ever to circumnavigate the globe at it longest point -- the equator. Sixty years later, on March 17, 1997, pilot Linda Finch embarks on her adventure of a lifetime when she takes off from Oakland, CA, to re-create and complete Earhart's heroic expedition. Finch's journey, called World Flight 1997, is not out to set any records. Rather, it is a tribute to Earhart's vision and spirit, and the sharing of a message that is as timeless today as it was sixty years ago. John Doney adds this information - The home page for this event is http://worldflight.org/ The home page is laid out like an aircraft instrument panel. Click on 'flight map' to see Linda's route and schedule. The home page is laid out like an aircraft instrument panel. Using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigtor, click on 'flight map' to see Linda's route and and schedule. While the plane is in the air latitude and longitude are updated every 15 minutes. She plans to arrive Dakar, Senegal from Natal, Brazil on April 11. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, April 12. Next leg is Malaga, Spain, 801 miles, April 13. Then Tunis, Tunisia, 738 miles, April 14. Then Athens, 705 miles, April 16. Best regards. John R. Doney This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~-=o0o=-~ . Found on the Internet - . FULL EUROPEAN DEREGULATION FINALLY COMPLETE Since April 1, the European airline industry is finally fully deregulated, the completion of a step-by-step process begun 10 years ago. The first step occurred in 1987 when the European council of ministers decided to simplify and reform rate structures, market division between national airlines and market access for new entrants. The most important step came in 1993 when prices, market access and capacities were fully deregulated. The immediate consequence was the arrival of new carriers competing against established national airlines on the most profitable routes. Any airline could operate between its home country and another country member of the European Union freely. Then came the sixth freedom, the right to pick up passengers in a member country and carry them to another member country, the airline being based in neither country. Since 1987, 83 new airlines have entered the market and 68 ceased operations, and the number of routes grew from 490 to 520, fuelling competitions between airlines. LOW COST OVER THE ATLANTIC Belgian based CityBird is the first airline to do for trans- atlantic passengers what low cost no frills airlines have done to passengers in the US and Europe. With unrestricted one-way fares starting at US$139, including taxes, between Brussels and New York, CityBird hopes to attract people who would otherwise not fly on its planes. CityBird will start flights to New York, Los Angeles and San Fransisco on June 2nd with MD-11 aircraft. BRITISH MIDLAND ORDERS 20 AIRBUSES The UK's third largest airline, British Midland, has signed a memorandum of understanding to order eight Airbus A321 planes seating 196 passengers and 12 A320s which seat 160 in a deal valued at more than US$1 billion. The order is the largest ever received from a British operator. Since September 1991, all 53 international B747 and B767 operated by Australian airline Qantas are equipped with defibrillators to restore heart rhythm for people suffering a cardiac arrest in mid-air. WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS RANKED Top 5 : 1. Chicago O'Hare - 69 million pass. 2. Atlanta Hartsfield International - 63 million pass. 3. Los Angeles International - 57.9 million pass. 4. London Heathrow International - 56 million pass. 5. Dallas-Fort Worth International - 55 million pass. ~-=o0o=-~ . Interline stuff The printed Time Table for Air canada will be available Jun 1st. Latest timetable on Air Canada web site is Apr 10th effective until Oct 26th. Air Canada will operate YUL-YHZ-FRA this summer. Carnival Cruises - 'Destiny' - Eastern Caribbean - 7 day Inside $669, Outside $769 Miami-San Juan-St.Croix-St.Thomas-Miami. Period Aug 31 - Dec 7. Prices US$ pp dbl. Call 1-800-690-3223 for more details. Moscow from US$669 pp dbl. 5days/3 nights, price valid until May 31st. includes spav airfare, transfers and accommodations. St.Petersbirg from US$689 pp dbl. 5 days/3 nights, price valid until May 31st includes spav airfare, transfers and accommodations. Europe - London from $469 - 5 days/3 nights. Paris from $399 - 5 days/3 nights. Dublin from $399 - 5 days/3 nights. Madrid from $519 - 5 days/3 nights. Athens from $479 - 5 days/3 nights. Rome from $619 - 5 days/3 nights. Prices US$ pp dbl includes spav airfare, accommodations and continental breakfast. London/Paris via 'Chunnel' from $659 - 6 days/4 nights. Price US$ pp dbl includes accommodations & spav airfare, one 'Chunnel' fare & breakfast. Budapest from $749 - 6 days/4 nights. Price US$ pp dbl. includes city tour, opera performance, spav airfare,, accommodations, breakfast & dinners. Call 1-800-422-3727 for more details. ~-=o0o=-~ . Smilies - Best one I read was about a Saudia B737 ready for a domestic flight. Frantic banging was heard on the outside of the fuselage as the plane was ready to push back. The flight attendants finally opened the door to be greeted by the first officer who had been doing his walk around and wanted to get back to the right hand seat. CAPTAIN (on PA explaining a delay): "Sorry, folks, but our landing been delayed by a mechanical failure. The automatic machine that beats up and loses your luggage is not functioning properly and we'll have to wait for repairs." Controller on position asks for relief so he can go to the bathroom. New controller comes over and plugs in but fails to get *COMPLETELY* plugged in. At the time, this caused both (reliever and relievee) mikes to go "hot". Controller on position proceeds to give a quick rundown: " These 2 are going to Phoenix, speeds look good. The American should fit behind that Southwest, everything else is working, rides are good, no weather and if I don't go now, I'm gonna WET my pants!" He leaves, new guy sits down, notices hot mike and fixes plug. First transmission he hears: " I hope your friend makes it". ~-=o0o=-~ . That's it for this time, please we need your input, send comments and email addresses of any others who may be interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry. -!- Landing on an Island in the Pacific. _____(~)_____ ! ! ! <<<>>> Air Canada Pionairs ~Between Ourselves-Netletter~ http://www.mortimer.com/acra mailto:This email address is being protected from spambots. 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