Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

 

1947, July 1 -

 

Trans-Canada Air Lines began new DC-3 services with stops at Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur/Fort William, and a new service to Medicine Hat and Swift Current.

 

Also, on July 1st, a new TCA route linked Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton.

 

Source: CAHS Regina Chapter archives

 

Issue dated September 1982

 

While in Edmonton, Pierre Jeanniot, Executive Vice President and Chief of Airline Operations, took time out to discuss the Air Canada Challenge with staff at various company locations. Here Jeanniot takes a coffee break at Maintenance.

 

Seated, from the left, are: Don Harbarenko, Mechanic; Jeanniot; Mechanics Bob Kozak, Hideo Okuchi, Lyle Sorenson and Nester Malowany.

 

Standing, from the left, are: Mechanic W. Jack Ewing and John Linstrom, Ramp Equipment Maintenance Foreman.

 

 

At the Commissary Jeanniot is shown with Melody Deck and Rajani Rukshana, right, Commissary Attendants.

 

At the gate, Jeanniot chats with, from the left: Passenger Agents Samir Ghossein, Lindy Brown and Marg McLean.

 

 

Issue dated October 1982 

 

Montreal heads of competition at soccer tourney.

A record number of teams participated in the seventh annual System Soccer Tournament held September 17 and 18, 1982.

 

Teams from Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, St. John's and London, England converged on Montreal with 130 players and guests turning the Airport Hilton Hotel into their tournament headquarters for the weekend. In the final match Montreal edged out Toronto in a 6 to 5 scoring spree.

 

The 1982 System Soccer champs from Montreal are, kneeling from the left: Jim Ryan, Victor Cerpa, Bill Badra, Cam McGowan, Harry Van Zyl, Greg Iwanivk, Bill Dickson and Gunter Voss.

 

Standing are: Ian Tyer, Adam Ritchie, Rui Ribeiro, Dave Groom, Martyn Reed, Jim Coote, Howie Thompson, Bill McLelland and Carlos Araujo.

 

Absent were: Dave Kelly, Angel Matamal and Conrad Aleong.

 

 

Issue dated November 1982 

 

 

It's something to crow about.

Air Canada became the first carrier outside the United States and the first airline in Canada to take delivery of the B-767. Our first aircraft arrived in Montreal on October 30, 1982.

 

First flight makes a big impression. A number of employees representing a cross-section of occupations were invited to participate in the first delivery flight as guests of the company, and for them, it was an event to remember.

 

Shown with President Claude Taylor in front of one of the B-767's huge engines are, from the left: Shirley Campbell, Secretary, Halifax; Larry Murch, Station Attendant, Toronto; Doug Slade, Cargo Agent, Vancouver; Taylor; Pierrette Venturini, Passenger Agent, Montreal: Marc Lefebvre, Certificated Avionics Technician, Dorval; and Marlene Godber, Flight Attendant, Calgary.

 

The cabin crew members who worked the delivery flight of the B-767 posed with President Claude Taylor during a pause in their duties.

 

From the left, back row are: Flight Attendants Jurgen Odefey and Marlene Godber; Taylor and Flight Attendant Cory McAdam.

 

In the foreground are: Leonard Lafleur, In-Charge Flight Attendant and Flight Attendant Helen Reagh.

 

Except for Leonard, the other flight attendants formed part of the galley design committee who worked closely with the manufacturer during the construction phase.