Calgary Aero Club
The Calgary Aero Club (the name was changed to "Calgary Flying Club" in 1946) came into being due to a number of factors. You can read about the early history on FaceBook It operates out of Springbank airport, CYBW. |
Neil Burton sends us some more information regarding the Aero Club of BC which we had in NetLetter #1380 -
On Wednesday, September 30, 1931, Lana R. Kurtner, with passenger Elmer Manning, both of Seattle, in a low-wing aeromarine (NC 199 –M), won the first Vancouver-to-Vernon airplane race, landing on the Vernon airfield at 3:30 p.m. They flew up, experiencing fog, the Fraser and Thompson rivers to Kamloops, before heading south-east to Vernon. Four other competitors were not yet in sight; their prize $100.00 Second place went to Eddie Brown and Ted Morrison, in a Travelaire, followed closely by Art Leaf, in a Great Lakes, and Eddie Kearns and Al Paulson in a Stinson Jr. The event was the opening and pageant for Vernon’s airfield – September 30 – October 1, 1931, on Mission Hill. At least 15 aircraft ended up participating in the pageant. Estimated crowd of 6000 spectators. (Research: Vancouver Sun, Vernon News, Victoria Daily Colonist).
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