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Retired Captain Rob Giguere advises the following: With regard to the 1987 picture of CF-TCC in NetLetter #1488 submitted by Marg Bonham, the pilots in the photo are Captain John Racey (Vancouver Base) and Captain Joe Prime (Winnipeg Base). They are 2 of the 4 Air Canada captains that flew TCC on its 50th Anniversary tour. |
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Neil Burton sends us this information and thought it might be of interest to our readers.- A newspaper report excerpt from Kamloops Daily Sentinel, April 17, 1962 (page 2), with some background to the operation of PWA between Stewart and the Granduc airstrip using the Super - 46 (Curtiss C-46) aircraft, relating to the video which appeared in NetLetter #1476 under 'Featured Video(s)' an article by Ken Pickford. Planes Carry Heavy Gear To Mountain VANCOUVER (CP) — Pacific Western Airlines has completed a 2,700 ton freight haul from Stewart to the top of Granduc Glacier in northern British Columbia. General Manager, R. H. Laidman, told the company's annual meeting Monday that two aircraft carried out the project for a mining company. The mining company cleared a 5,600 foot airstrip at Stewart on the coast at the southern tip of the Alaskan panhandle. On the glacier, 55 miles from Stewart and 3000 feet above sea level, a 4,500 foot landing strip was built by compacting the snow as it fell to a thickness of about 12 feet. The area gets 60 feet annually. In a two-month period that began in February, PWA used two twin-engine wheeled 'Super - 46' aircraft on 290 trips to carry the freight, which included everything required to support the mining operation. Prefabricated steel tanks, of 17,000 gallon capacity, were flown in and, after erection, 250,000 gallons of fuel oil was flown up in a 1,500 gallon rubber bladder inserted in one of the aircraft. Cheers, Neil Burton Editor’s Note: Neil is also a frequent contributor to PWA Reunion website @ www.pwareunion.com |
