Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Issue dated June 1986

 

In 1986, the New York route was 45 years old.

Employees in New York celebrated the 45th anniversary of the arrival of a Lockheed aircraft.

 

May 11, 1941 - Service between Toronto and New York LaGuardia commenced with L18-08A Lockheed Lodestar registration CF-TCW (fin #45) aircraft. The 14-seat Lodestar arrived from Toronto, making Trans-Canada Air Lines the first foreign carrier with scheduled service into LaGuardia Airport.

The New York - Toronto route was Air Canada's longest continued service outside Canada.

 

In this photo, we have Customer Service Agents and Supervisors in the U.S. reservations sales office who joined Michael De Wilde in a cake cutting ceremony.

 

Standing, from the left, are: George Maclean, Georgia Cronin, Michelle Gowey, Lorraine McNichoIIs, Ed Frazier, Grace Brucato, De Wilde, Bruce Deitsch, Jeffrey Pack, Jill Wright, Charlene Carr (behind Jill), Flo Olenick, Vincent Chiarello and Gene Schadel.

 

Kneeling are Kevin Boughton, left, and Tony Ruane.

 

 

Issue dated January 1987

 

December 1, 1986 saw the opening of the Caribbean load office in Barbados

 

In our photo from the left: John Buchanan, Certified Load Agents John White, David Edwards, Ken White and Robert Roach.

 

 

Issue dated February 1987

 

New service toasted.

When Air Canada inaugurated its helicopter shuttle flights (photo below) between Lester B. Pearson Airport and downtown Toronto, Australian Sales Manager Barry Brown decided to celebrate the new service with a contest.

Anne-Marie Walsh, a corporate accounts consultant at Australia's NRMA Travel, was the first travel agent to book a client on the helicopter service and is shown receiving her bubbly prize from Barry and Monica Serfozo, Air Canada's Sales Executive in New South Wales.

 

 

 

Issue dated April 1987

 

Mirabel (YMX) shoots and scores.

 

Winnipeg played host to the 15th annual System Hockey Event Tournament.

 

Mirabel won 2-1 against Winnipeg (YWG) and became the System Hockey champions for 1987.

 

The Mirabel team members are, back row, from the left: Robert Lagarde, Pierre Allard, Jean-Marc Lacombe, Patrick Roseboom, Jean Constantineau, Daniel Cadieux, Pierre Parisien, Pierre Carriére, Raymond Aucoin, Daniel Lemay, Alain Hébert, Stéfane Cholette and Guy Poirier.

 

Kneeling, from the left, are: Yvon Constantineau, Guy Ouellette, Marc Parisien, Guy Comtois, Pierre Sarrazin, Pierre Richard and Pierre Lamarche.

 

Air Canada Recreation Association (ACRA) Organizers plan events.

 

The 1987 joint meeting of ACRA Presidents and System Events Chairmen took place in Montreal. Main discussions centered around activities, past and planned, of each of the 22 ACRAs across the system, the 13 recognized sports and cultural events and of course, the 50th anniversary celebrations. The annual meeting has proven to be an important gathering of these two groups.

 

Because of ACRA and System Events support of one another, it is important that they share their experiences with each other. 

 

Photo below is of  ACRA Presidents or their representatives and System Events Chairmen or their representatives.

 

In the front row, from left to right: Brenda Williams, Montreal; Cory Smith, Los Angeles; Emy Amendola, Thunder Bay; Jim Whitelaw, Senior Vice President, Corporate & Human Resources; Brenda McCasin, Edmonton; Sheila Snow-Cline, Vancouver; Barbara Bernoth, Frankfurt.

 

In the second row are, in the same order: Bill Kent, Hockey; Michael McHenry, Art; Jim Batten, Ottawa; Yolande Bourque, Moncton; Noel Ebden, Saskatoon; Duncan Butchart, Calgary; Neil Stephenson, Regina; Deidra Roberts, San Francisco; Larry Lee, London, Ontario; Ron Corbin, Saint John, New Brunswick; Fred Bourdeau, Sydney; Wilfred Hackey, Québec; Keith Windsor, St. John's, Nfld.; Ken Rodgers, London, England; Gordon Graham, Halifax; Michael Hickey, Dusseldorf; Diana Duval, Winnipeg; Joe Holmes, Bowling; Jim Miller, Toronto; Warren Dunne, Ski; Ken Mackenzie, Darts.

 

In the back row are, from the left: Roy Keane, Tennis; Lucie Chabot-Gagnon, Softball; Linda Kellins, Golf; Jack Inouye, Curling; Evan Quick, Squash; Bernie Brennan, A.C.E. Fly-In; David Paxton, Soccer and Barry Drinkle, Photography.