Air Canada Christmas on YouTube
Active employees have certainly been busy over the past few years creating and posting Holiday videos on YouTube. I've had a lot of fun watching as many as I could find over the past few days. Some very talented people have created fun and entertaining "feel good" moments for us to enjoy.
Below is a link to a YVR Customer Service team video from 2012. While there check out the several related videos posted by various airlines.. If you have seen them before; they are well worth watching again.
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Here are a few responses that we received from our readers regarding Christmas related stores. Thanks to everyone for sharing their special memories. |
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Jean Elliot sent us this beautiful story.
Travelling with us, as a passenger, was Helen Longfellow our other roommate, who was going home for the holiday. We were resigned but disappointed to be away from the festivities. When we arrived in Sudbury we were met at the ramp by Mrs. Clark, the Station Manager’s wife. She had gaily wrapped gifts for all the crew and stated that she wanted to brighten our day. Cathy and I received aprons and the front-end crew received playing cards. I have never forgotten her kindness and Cathy has kept the apron to this day. One never knows when a random act of kindness will be a wonderful memory. Pictures are of Cathy in uniform with Helen as passenger and Cathy today with her apron. |
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From Jim Cornell
He was on his way to Norway to teach a group of budding Santas. Regards, Jim Cornell
Jim provided us with a scan of Santa's business card which lead us to his web site, Santa School.com. Sadly, Victor Nevada (AKA Santa Victor) passed away in 2009 after many years of portraying Santa Claus. He was so skilled that other Santas came to him for advice and in 1998 he founded Santa Claus School Inc. Click Here to learn more about this remarkable gentleman. Your NL Team |
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From Sam Longo Please find attached a possible submission for your upcoming Christmas edition. This was a column I wrote for Air Maintenance Update Magazine a few years ago chronicling a very wet Christmas midnight shift in YYZ while working for Air Canada, Line Maintenance, in the early 1980's. Hope you find it worthy. Merry Christmas to the whole NetLetter Crew. Cheers, Sam Longo AME A&P Click Here for Sam's article in PDF format. |
This information and photo sent to us by Tony Walsh and Rob Hemmett.
I thought your NetLetter readers would appreciate the airliner and Canadian aviation heritage value of this great high-camera position photo taken on Aug. 11, 1960 of the opening of the New Kelowna Airport that my friend, hangar-partner and retired AC YVR CAT Rob Hemmett came across on while perusing the “Old Kelowna” FaceBook page, as he occasionally is wont to do having been raised in Kelowna BC.
This “New” Kelowna airport was actually a paved 5,350’ runway expansion of the old Ellison Field’s 3,000’ 1947 grass and then 1956 gravel runway.
Local press caption reads: "August 11, 1960, was one of the hottest days in Kelowna's history, when George Hees, Conservative Minister of Transport, fired a pistol to officially open Kelowna Airport. Improvements to Ellison Airfield were made by the federal government through the constant lobbying of Mayor Dick Parkinson".
You can see how hot it was by the public attendees taking shelter in the shade under wings and fuselages. Of note in this 1960 photo, a nice front end view of a long-legged TCA Super Connie (L-1049C, E, G or H? I can’t read the fin # on NLG door) and a Canadian Pacific Bristol Britannia (both larger than any airliner seen before at YLW) plus a Vickers Viscount in the left foreground owned by Canadian Department of Transport, registration CF-DTA, which I assume Minister of Transport George Hees flew in on (for airliner buffs, this Viscount was previously owned & operated by Capital Airlines – USA as N7467. In the background-right a PBY Catalina or Canso amphib and DC-3 and as pointed out by Rob, “the terminal building was the little building on the extreme LH side of picture with umbrella on roof” plus a very proximate passenger train on the CNR Okanagan Branch tracks next to airport (that ran from Kelowna to Vernon and northwards to hook up with CNR / CPR rail mainline primarily for freighting Okanagan fruit eastward).
Who said YVR was the first Canadian airport to have direct passenger rail access? Although I doubt that any passenger trains normally stopped at this little YLW terminal.
Tony Walsh – Retired AC – Mgr Airport Ops Services – Western NA & Pac Rim
Rob Hemmett – Retired AC CAT/LAT – YVR.
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Photograph taken at Minneapolis St Paul International.No one was seriously hurt in the incident. |
For 35 years, The Moorings Interline Regatta has kicked off sailing season in the BVI with exciting races, thrilling parties and endless fun on the water.
Join us for the 35th Interline Regatta, taking place October 10-17, 2017 in the BVI. Originally established as the BVI Interline Regatta, now renamed The Moorings Interline Regatta, for members and friends of the airline industry, this annual event has grown into an international celebration attracting boaters and spectators of all types and skill levels.
Not an airline employee? No problem! Only one airline employee is required to be on board to enter a boat into the regatta. Otherwise, reserve a spectator boat and join in the festivities!
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