Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

• 1942
  • July 1 - First revenue flight as CP Air.
• 1957
  • September 23 - DC-6B inaugural service to Chile under the command of Captain R.A."Bob" McInnes, First Officer Gordon Richardson and Second Officer Larry Reeves.
• 1959
  • March - Inauguration of service between Vancouver - Winnipeg -Toronto - Montreal. Round trip air fare for 'Tourist Class' was $199; in 1984 it was $249.

From the "CP Air News" magazine.

Issue dated March 1984

CP Air's reservations agents in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal during 1984 were getting new advanced-technology computer terminals to replace the IBM machines which have been in use since Pegasus was introduced in 1975. About 400 terminals will be purchased in the $1 million upgrading program.

"The IBM terminals have served us well, but as of later this year we will no longer be able to get contract maintenance for them because of their age," explained Don Harding, Manager, Telecommunications.

CP Air selected three manufacturers able to provide Pegasus-compatible equipment and maintenance and technical support for their machines in Canada and invited them to install a terminal at Vancouver Reservations for a 10-week trial period.

The three machines tested are shown in the photos below.

Editors' Note: The terminal finally chosen wasn't any of the three in the photos. It was another model made by Raytheon.

Pat Parisien and the Westinghouse 1642 

Val Mousseau and the Raytheon PTS 4000

Sheila Phillips and the IBM Series 1 

The Great CP Air Hawaiian Bubble Bash Sweepstakes is generating enough new business on domestic routes to warrant an extension of the promotion until September 9.

The promotion was created last fall as an incentive for travel agents to book their clients on CP Air. Winners, selected in a draw, can take up to 11 companions with them on a free return trip to Hawaii in the upstairs bubble on CP Air's B747's. In Hawaii they stay at the Hyatt Regency, Waikiki.

Three travel agents were drawn as winners in the first phase of the program last year, and this behind-the-scenes promotion proved to be so titillating that it was decided to extend it to consumers effective January 6.

Now, any passenger flying on a domestic route until September 9 can fill out an entry form and be eligible to win a 'bubble bash.' Five passengers will be selected altogether, and in addition, CP Air will use its computer system to determine how each winner booked. If a travel agent did it, the agent wins a 'bubble bash' as well.