~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\^/| _| TCA |_ _|\| AIR |/|_ N E T L E T T E R > CANADA < B E T W E E N O U R S E L V E S >_./|\._< for P I O N A I R S | Your crew is: Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson Chief Navigator - Terry Baker tm number 134 date March 14th 1997 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Following received from Fraser Muir - THIS FOLLOWING MESSAGE CONCERNS THE PIONAIR'S AGM '97 PACKAGE WHICH WAS MAILED TO ALL MEMBERS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES NOT CONTAIN THE MAILING ADDRESS FOR THE AGM HOTEL. THE RETURN ADDRESS FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO REGISTER FOR THE AGM '97 IS: RADISSON-HOTEL DES GOUVERNEURS 777 UNIVERSITY ST., MONTREAL, QUE., H3C-3Z7. ~-=o0o=-~ . The Fifteenth Annual World Airline Road Race(WARR), held in Atlanta, Georgia following the Olympic Games last summmer was reported to be a resounding success. 4,000 WARRiors, friends and family members from over 40 countries representing 69 airlines participated in the event. Top placing Canadian in the 10k was Andy Sollars of AIR CANADA and Hebert Navarro another AIR CANADA employee was the top Canadian in the 5k race. The 1997 event will be hosted by Malaysia Airlines in Kuala Lumpur in October. ~-=o0o=-~ . Phil Pawsey sends us these memories - Had a dream. I was back in QY (Sydney NS) after completing a radio operators course in WG given by Mac McNaughton and Doug Allen. Will never forget the first time I saw the electric train that used to run from Sydney-Reserve Airport-Glace Bay. It drooped badly in the middle and miners from Glace Bay had left their mark on the floors,walls, and yes even the ceiling. Met my new boss Dennie Dowling and after a few shifts with Gerry McGloin, I became one quarter of the staff per shift. The lead mechanic was Eric Grimmett now a s/k (silent key) along with mechanics, Al McWilliams, Lefty Feldman (ex RAF RCAF fighter pilot) Bud Raymond and Eric?. Worked with passenger agents Virginia Morrison (became Mrs.Dowling), Burt Beers (left TCA in early fifties and now lives at Qualicum Beach BC. -became our best man) Alie MacLean. Cargo agents were Phonse and Duff Doyle, remember the faces of the others but do not recall the names. Radio-ops were Ron Matthews, Charlie Brown, Eric Robideau. Some of the pilots passing through were Don Beatty, Joe White, Ian March, Vance Larsen, Harry Kent, Gus Cirko, John Cosco, Al Salo, Pete Hamilton, Norm Ramsay and many others. Bought a new Mercury car for $1250 and always liked to work with Eric Grimmett on the day shift because each day he would drain a little extra off when he checked the sump on the gas truck and being environmentally conscious even in those days, the contents of the bucket found its way into the Merc. Sold that car to Gus Cirko a year later for $1450. Most shifts were quite routine and during the midnight shift especially when the weather was down, we quite often had water fights in the waitiing room, it was difficult to get things dried up before Denny would arrive in the morning. Quite frequently, overseas flights would have to land at Sydney when Boston and or New York went down - remember one night we had five big ships (Connies, DC4 and 6, Stratacruiser). There was room for about 20 people in the waiting room and you can imagine the scene when about 250 came in on us. Had psgrs sleeping on the desk in the radio room, on the floor all over. They had to come in because there was no heat in the aircraft. Also remember pilots like Joe White reporting light local traffic off runway whatever and that would be our cue to jump on the gas truck and bag ourselves some fresh meat. Anyway - I have many fond memories of those days and in 1948, I was transferred to Moncton Flt Dispatch with Bob Wicks replacing me. (Thanks for the memories Phil - hope you came dream some more - eds) Phil can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ~-=o0o=-~ . Found on the internet - The 1997 National Capital Air Show May 10-11th Ottawa - MacDonald-Cartier International Airport Airbus Industries predict a total of 13,500 passenger jets will be required over the next 20 years. Korean Air received its first A330-300 and has signed for a further (4) A330 passenger jets bringing its total to 13 from Airbus Industries. American Airlines jet skidded off the runway at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. No injuries. KLM Jumbo jet skidded off the runway at Kansai International Airport near Osaka. No injuries. Air India has discontinued its flights to Canada, Australia and South Africa due to route were not commercially viable. Air Canada starts 2 daily flights to Charlotte from Toronto on Apr 7th; and Toronto to Phoenix on May 27th bringing to 36 the number of new route introduced since the signing of the Open Skies agreement with the US. ~-=o0o=-~ . Interline stuff. Since opening 2 years ago, the casino at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has been so successful - attracting about 700 visitors a day - that British and Japanese delegations have dropped by to see whether the scheme would work at London's Heathrow Airport and Tokyo's Narita Airport. Forthcoming events of the World Airline Club (WACA) - Event Host club Date Deadline Discover Fiji Fiji May 25-31 Mar 21 US$750 Kenya Safari Nairobi May 24-31 Apr 20 US$710 Dodo's Nest Mauritius Jun 2-7 Mar 31 RS14500 Jamaica Jump Up Jamaica Jun 5-8 Apr 15 US$365 Call your local Interline Club for more details Deep Caribbean Cruise - 7 days The new 'Cybership Galaxy' of Celebrity Cruises. Itinerary - San Juan . Catalina . Barbados . Martinique . Antigua St.Thomas . San Juan. Departs Saturdays from Oct 18 to Dec 13th. Cost US$1199 pp dbl includes air from Montreal, Toronto or Seattle, all transfers, accommodations and meals. Pre-cruise overnight in San Juan at US$70 pp dbl. Western Mediterranean & South Atlantic Cruise - 23 days Holland America's new 'Rotterdan VI' Itinerary - Barcelona . Malta . Tunis . Sardinia . Palma de Mallorca . Cadiz . Lisbon . Casablanca . Dakar . Cape Verde . St. Maarten . Ft Lauderdale. Departs November 11th. Cost US$2817.50 pp dbl inside US$3627.50 pp dbl outside. Call Bonnie at 1-800-690-3223 for details. Princess Cruises - Star Princess - 7 day Eastern Caribbean from US$699.50 pp dbl. Regal Princess - 15 day Panama Canal from US$2144 pp dbl. Royal Princess - 13 day Norwegian Fjords from US$2510 pp dbl. Royal Princess - 10 day New England from US$1710 pp dbl. Call Kelly at 1-800-665-3100 for details. Royal Caribbean Cruises - 10 or 11 days - from US$1199 pp dbl. Legend of the Seas - San Juan . Canal . Acapulco. Acapulco . Canal . San Juan. Legend of the Seas - 11 nights - from US$1399 pp dbl. Acapulco - Honolulu sails Apr 12 Honolulu - Vancouver sails Apr 23. Call 1-800-547-6586 Dennis ext 11 for details. ~-=o0o=-~ . Smilies found by Terry - Overheard at a local flying club - For all of my flying life I have written essential information on my right hand. IFR approach essentials, frequencies, and ATIS are always on my hand. I was also instructing several young ladies at the time. On this occasion I was talking about this procedure I used in the presence of my wife. I further elaborated that, unlike pieces of paper, I was unlikely to misplace my hand. Wife, "You'd better not." Picture this, Berlin, 1952, airfield real busy. American pilot comes on the radio requesting taxi instructions to the terminal. Controller: 'Have you not been here before?' Pilot: 'Yes, once in 1945, but I was just passing through!' At London Gatwick: a A320 Air France is making an auto-approach. At 200', the computer decided to make a go-around with no reason and no command from the crew. Here is what we heard on the TWR freq: Air France: "London from Air France 1234, It's going around !" London TWR: "Air France 1234, report intentions" Air France: " Well ... to go with it sir ! " ~-=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 . ................................................... -- Alan Rust (Sysop) ACRA Airline BBS * E-mail from ACRA Airline BBS, Surrey, B.C.
