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Videographer 'eye trapper' recently posted this video of Everts Air Cargo Douglas DC-6 (registration N9056R) departing Boundary Bay Airport in Delta, British Columbia, a general aviation airport about 25 km south of Vancouver.
We had a feature story on this aircraft in NL #1539 this past August. It was originally delivered as a DC-6A, the passenger/cargo convertible version of the all-passenger DC-6B, to Canadian Pacific Air Lines in July 1958 (registration CF-CZZ) and later flew for Wardair (1962), Pacific Western Airlines (1969) and NWT Air (1971) before leaving Canada in 1979. It returned to Canada and was converted to a firebomber for Conair Aviation (registration C-FCZZ) in May 1988.
It was acquired by Everts Air Cargo converted back to cargo configuration and registered as N9056R in August 2000.
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Submitter name withheld by request -
Canadian Airlines International - Passenger / Ramp Staff - Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador - Christmas 1993.
An evening of good food and good cheer in celebration of the holiday season enjoyed by all. Deer Lake was one of the airline’s last locations in Eastern Canada having both dedicated Passenger and Ramp Services Personnel. In the months following the company transferred this Base of Operation to Air Atlantic. While the majority of employees elected to remain in the Deer Lake/Corner Brook region of the province there were a few exceptions who are identified in the photo below.
Bottom centre, left to right:, Mike Green and Paula Ball - both relocated with Canadian Airlines to Halifax, as did Mike Ryan, Base Manager YYT/YDF bottom centre, following the transfer of the airline's St. John’s Operations to Air Atlantic - October ‘95.
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Submitted by Stan Wereschuk, Leduc, Alberta
I joined PWA In October 1984. My hot air ballooning career started when I purchased my first hot air balloon from Cameron Balloons, Bristol, England in 1974.
I have participated in this sport in Canada, USA, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. I am also a Gas Balloonist having flown in Hydrogen Balloons in Germany and many Helium Gas Balloons flights in United States.
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One more photograph from one of my Helium Gas Balloon Flights from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Stan Wereschuk.
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Submitted by Tony Connolly -
The article about the Hercules operated by First Air fails to mention that C-GHPW was not always owned by First Air. It was first owned by Pacific Western Airlines.
It was operated by PWA for a number of years both in the Arctic and around the world as were all of PWA's fleet of Hercs. Pacific Western operated various Hercules from 1967 till C-GHPW was sold off in 1984.
I flew this aircraft as well as several others operated by PWA. The Herc was a wonderful plane and I felt privileged to have flown these civilian aircraft.
Editors' Note: See NetLetter #1523 from December 9, 2023 for our story on the PWA Hercules fleet.
See also: www.pwareunion.com/hercules.htm for more history on these aircraft.
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 Terry Baker, co-founder of the NetLetter scours the internet for aviation related Trivia and Travel Tips for you, our readers, to peruse.
Visit from a behemoth: Winnipeggers witness massive cargo plane touchdown.
On November 16, 2024, the Ukrainian owned Antonov AN-124 touched down at Winnipeg to enable the crew to rest for a day before proceeding to San Francisco. On Friday, November 15, 2024 the An-124 flew from Italy to Ireland. The next day it went from Ireland to Goose Bay, Newfoundland to Winnipeg. Cargo wasn’t loaded or unloaded during the brief Winnipeg visit. |
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