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Toronto Pearson Runway Run. Planned for September 23, 2023. Ever wanted to go for a jog out on the airport tarmac? Here's your chance! The Toronto Pearson Runway Run gives you the opportunity to run a 5k or walk a 2k route right on the airport runway! Perhaps the neatest thing about this event is that it's business as usual for Pearson Airport so during the event you'll have up close (but not too close!) and personal views of airplanes taxiing, taking off, and landing. The event, since 2016, features a 5k running course and a 2k walking course. The 5k run is timed and there are awards for top finishers, but most people tend to treat this event as more of a fun run on a unique course. Source: www.runguides.com/event/230/runway-run Click the image below for a video taken on the inagraual 'Runway Run' in 2016. |
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More comments from those retirees who worked in C & SS YUL after reading the article in 'Remember When' in NetLetter #1498. Karl Eliason: "It all sounds very familiar". Dave Harwood: "I remember the 'music' the console printers would make after an IPL. There was always a section where the two way printers would play Bud a lip - Bid a loop, Bud a lip - Bid a loop, Bud a lip - Bid a loop, Bud a lip - Bid a loop. You knew the 'onlines' were almost up. |
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Terry Baker remembers these co-workers on the second floor of the computer building at Dorval in the 80's where he worked - supposedly. Aron Charad, Al Kurys, Lilian Norcott, Bob Herron, Jim Pearce, Steve Charlton, Anne Marie Stiegler, Maryse ? - secretary, Monique Castonguay(?), Shirley Graham, Mavis Morrison, Bob Bishop, Bob Belding, Bev Cotton, Bill Downard, Bill Heshka, Ken Taylor, Bonnie Alexander, Roger Rouse, Andy MaCready, Ray Valois, Lois Morrison, Edna Morrison, Guy Langevan(?), Hans Peregoni(?), Bob Heramchuk and Brian Ward. I am sure I have forgotten some and misspelled others. |
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Bob Sheppard shares this memory with us - We were away overnight (recently) visiting the Vancouver Circle Craft show at the Vancouver convention center. When we got home, my wife got out a small knurled handled hammer that she was going to use to hang a small artwork that we purchased. Seeing the hammer reminded me of an incident many years ago. On dayshift I got a radio call that a DC-9 was about to arrive with the forward flight attendant seat inoperative. Really a big deal and it could be trouble as the '9's' usually turned in a very short time. I was waiting at the gate as the plane arrived and was anxious to check out the seat. Finally the last passenger deplaned and I quickly got to work. I found nothing wrong with it, so I went to check the log book entry to see what they noted as being the problem. The log stated that "one of the screws supporting the seat had come out". After rechecking the seat I asked one of the flight attendants to point out the problem to me. "Oh, I fixed it", she said. "You did?". "Yes, I tightened the screw." It was a large screw and I guess I was giving a somewhat puzzled look, so she reached into her bag and pulled out one of those little hammers that has several sized screw drivers built into the handle. "I bring it with me on every flight and make small repairs when I can". I thanked her for her resourcefulness and made sure all the screws were tight and it was indeed serviceable and a possible delay was averted. |
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Thanks to Pionairs District Director for New Brunswick, Rose-Anne Carney, for sending us photos from the collection of Ralph Trites. Below is the first of a series that will be continued in future editions. |
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Flight attendant, Marie Maki, poses with former boxing champions Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey. |
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Dawn Richlew, Miss Winnipeg Blue Bomber, circa 1965. The aircraft registration plate is visible top centre of the photo. The Douglas DC-8-43, registration CF-TJB, carried fin #802 and was in the TCA / Air Canada fleet from May 1960 to June 1977 when it was withdrawn from use. It was bought by a company called Transvalair and stored at Sion, Switzerland then broken up in December 1977. Source: www.planespotters.net |
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Northern Lights Aero Foundation’s 13th annual Elsie MacGill Awards Gala, held on October 22, 2022, honored eight outstanding women in aviation and aerospace.
More info: The women’s rights activist was appointed chief aeronautical engineer for the Canadian Car and Foundry Plant, and became known as the 'Queen of the Hurricanes' after she became “pivotal in the production of the Hawker Hurricane.” |
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The 2022 award recipients are:
Full bios for each of the recipients can be found at: |
