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We have welcomed 67 new subscribers so far in 2024.

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Caz Caswell, who contributed a series of 'Top Gun Air' cartoons to the Airport News at YYZ, sent us this cartoon dated March 1990 from his collection –

Concluding the trip from YUL to Dawson City by Pierre Gillard –

Sunday March 31, 2024.

After a busy last day in Vancouver including a helicopter flight with Helijet, I was very tired when I returned to the airport.

Being more than three hours early, there is no line at the Porter Airlines check-in counter, nor is there any at security. My plane is Embraer ERJ-195-E2 C-GKQP and my flight PD318 departs on time. The plane is almost full, but in the end I have no one sitting next to me. After the snack service, exhausted, I realize that I am able to sleep in episodes, which is quite rare on a plane as far as I am concerned.

I find that seeing the sunrise by plane is always a special moment. After we land in Dorval. I collect my suitcase and go to the machines to buy a ticket for bus 747 and guess what?

None of them are functional and there is no employee at the STM counter to help me. Finally, very conciliatory, the bus driver let me board without a ticket. Thus ends this magnificent journey which took me to the Yukon.

Below is a photo of Coulson Air’s giant Martin JRM-3 'Hawaii Mars' water bomber, registration C-FLYK, photographed at Sproat Lake in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island on May 27, 2024.

This plane should join the collection of the British Columbia Aviation Museum next August after its final flight.

Editors' Note: The Mars bomber is due to be transported to the museum at YYJ during August 2024 for permanent display.

See www.cbc.ca/news/canadawww.cbc.ca/news/canada for additional info.

Photo by Pierre Gillard

Additionally, click the photo below to view a video, posted by CHEK Media, of the aircraft taking a few paying passengers on a tour before it flies to its new home.

Shirlee Schacter shares this information -
The ever-popular Annual Spring Members Appreciation Luncheon was held on Wednesday May 29, 2024, at the Mandarin's Flagship location in Brampton, Ontario. It was a big success with a record number of attendees. This Luncheon is subsidized by the Pionairs Ontario District as a thank-you to the membership for their continued loyalty and support. The vast food selection was delicious and certainly in abundance and the venue also included another highlight with District Director, Lesley Huether, drawing names for a number of prize giveaways to many happy recipients. Below left, Sheila Moscoe and Carla Marraffino welcome the attendees.