United Airlines has created a new program with Metropolitan State University of Denver to identify talented student pilots and place them on a path to possibly fly for United.

Regional carriers have offered similar programs in recent years, but this will be the first time a major U.S. airline has established a partnership with a university aviation department, according to United.

The partnership doesn’t guarantee students a future job, but if they meet a checklist of requirements over several years, they will be in line for an opportunity.

(Source: avwebflash February 6, 2018

Girls Take Flight

A free aviation event presented by "The First Canadian Ninety-Nines" and Durham Flight Training Centre on Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Click on poster for further details.

Enterprise Airlines,
1190 Keith Ross Road,
Oshawa Executive Airport.

(Source: girlstakeflight.ca)

On the back of this photo of the pilot, Miss Brenda Moffatt writes “my first air jaunt – taken after we landed at Esquimalt, Aug. 1/36”.

May the pilot, in the photo, be F. Maurice McGregor, (involved in the later start-up of Trans-Canada Air Lines in 1937)? On 21 August 1936, McGregor, was probably making his last run on the Vancouver – Victoria schedule, as he was next scheduled to fly the Vancouver-Seattle Canadian Airways service with E.P. (Billy) Wells, operating a Lockheed Electra

(Source: Vancouver Sun – 22 Aug. 1936 – p. 13).​

Jack Morath has sent us this photo of the eight people involved in organizing the UK – EC Pionairs Christmas 2017 lunch. Held, to a full house, in the UK at the Ship Hotel in Weybridge, Surrey on December 3rd 2017.

Names from the left are as follows: Mike Judkins (Director), Aureen Morath, Jack Morath, Gwyneth Frost, Chris Frost, John Glew, Teresa Glew and Jane Wilson.

What a year this has been! Ninety-eight Pionairs, including Sally De Mendonça, President of ACRA in the UK, and her husband, Paul, met at the Ship Hotel in Weybridge, where we were greeted with a welcome drink to celebrate our Christmas lunch.

However, this year, it was much more than just a lunch as we were also celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the UK Pionairs with four of the original founding members being present. Jack and Aureen Morath as well as Archie and Jill Furzer were with us and it was a shame that John and Ellen Baker could not join us as well this year. It was also the 40th Anniversary of the Air Canada Pionairs, then Air Canada’s 80th Birthday and to top it all it was also Canada’s 150th Birthday!

No – not finished yet – Archie Furzer celebrated his 90th Birthday and he and Jill celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary having also received a card from the Queen! I really think it will be very difficult to top this another year!

We were very fortunate that colleagues from Devon, the South Coast, Oxfordshire and Somerset joined us and this all added to the very festive atmosphere. A very generous £500 donation from Ken Page, and £100 from ACRA was used to make the event a really special occasion.

Neil Burton shares this information and these photos -

The photo below is of G-CASQ, a Fokker Super Universal, being operated by Canadian Airways Ltd., from Sea Island Airport (Vancouver), on August 1, 1936. One of the passengers on board was Brenda Moffatt, travelling to Victoria, to attend Normal School, for studies to become a school teacher.

This aircraft was manufactured in 1928, by Atlantic, and was first registered to Western Canada Airways, Winnipeg, 16 January 1929. On 25 November 1930, the Fokker was registered to Canadian Airways, Winnipeg (by company name change). On 30 June 1937, the aircraft was registered to T.H. Jones, Vancouver, B.C. G-CASQ, was damaged beyond repair at Disappointment Inlet (Vancouver Island) during a forced landing in bad weather, 17 November 1938. Both pilot and passenger escaping injury.

(source: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register by John R. Ellis (1920-1928).

It just so happened, that Miss Brenda Moffatt was flying on G-CASQ, to Victoria, the same day as the Junior Board of Trade, of the Vancouver Board of Trade, sponsored Western Canada’s Annual Air Show (Fifth), on Sea Island Airport.

(Source as to Air Show – Vancouver Sun).

Air Canada NAVI magazine was launched in March 2017.

Here we have the June cover page. Below is a photo of the crew.

Back row: Keith Ewenson, Chris Koroneos, Marlo Sarrazin, Anne-Sophie Dutoy, Martin Bourassa, Phillip Lee, Andres Suarez and David Rheault.

Front row: Hiderni Horli, Shannon McKenzie, Lyne Benoit, Marie-Helene Desgroseilliers, Ranai Chehade, Stephanie Ciotti and Amos Kazzaz.

 Issue November 1982.

The Air Canada staff who helped make the Montreal seminar on the RESERVEC a success are pictured in this photo.

From the left: Louise Slattery, Susan Ashbridge, Anne-Marie Jeannotte and Guy Maynard.

Middle row: Mac Smith, Shirlee Schacter, Susan Everts, Lorraine Larocque, Jeanne Lachambre and Richard Gendron.

Back row: Doug Stirrup, Owen Colliss, Henrick Sniecinski and Dave Livingstone. Missing for the photo is Harry Luxa.

 Issue dated August 2005.

Washington Reagan Airport, or DCA , celebrated 10 years of service in 2005. 

In our photo, from the left are: Paul Nielsen, Manager, Customer Service - Mid-Atlantic; Brent O'Dea and Valentina Thapanawat, Airport Service Coordinators; Harlow Fitzpatrick, Customer Service Agent; Carmen Mont-Ros, Airport Services Coordinator; Ileen Leyba-Sanchez and Michael Corbett, Customer Service Agents.

Brent, Carmen and Harlow opened the station in 1995.

 Issue dated June 2009. (with permission)

Our 2009 photo of the JETZ aircraft and the crew.

From the left: Flight Attendant/AC Service Director Genevieve (Gen) Wraight, Captain Conrad Caron, Flight Attendant Annick Mulroney-Turgeon, Licensed Aircraft Technician Derek Humby and Service Director Pierre Lecuyer.

In 2017 Air Canada Jetz proudly flies all seven Canadian NHL teams, the U.S. NHL team Colorado Avalanche and the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.

(Source: Daily December 28, 2017)

During a recent visit to Tokyo, Yves Dufresne, (third from the left in this photo) presented anniversary pins to some employees in Tokyo who recently had reached 20 years of service.

From the left are: Akihiro Kumagai, Masae Suzuki, Tae Sei, Michiyo Yamane and Chris Garton.

Found in the "Between Ourselves" issue dated October 1963.

ACRA (Air Canada Recreation Association) Project Outdoors - 1964

The official opening of the 24 acre site on Lac Barriere in the Laurentians planned for June 27 was announced by ACRA President Ron Sutherland. Tickets for a Chevrolet Impala car were being sold, proceeds to be used to develop the new site.

Montreal ACRA Officers for the 1965-1967.

Lucien Bussiere - President; Peter Robinson - First VP;  Art Claude - Second VP; Marlia David - Secretary; Jerry Richard - Membership; Gord Thompson - Publicity; Roy Patton - Employee Purchasing; Art Golland - Social; Earle Corrigan - Special Activities; Art McKinnon - Sports; Horace Legace - Activities; Ben Breault - Way & Means and Pam Betteridge - Treasurer.

Arrow Airways Limited timetable issued November 1, 1939 (from the collection of Bjorn Larsson.)

Arrow Airways was one of ten bush airlines acquired in 1939 to form a new airline to compete with TCA. The new airline would later become Canadian Pacific Air Lines.

(Source: Wikipedia)

This Canadian Pacific Air Lines advert appeared in the Flight magazine issued November 25th, 1943.

The title "A new continent beckons in Canada's Northland".

The concluding statement was "Yes, the north is opening. When victory is won, Canadian Pacific Air Lines will open it ...wide.....wide....WIDE!"

Roger S was prompted by the article on the ACE Fly-In in NetLetter # 1381 under "TCA/AC People Gallery" to send these two photos and information -.

Looks like this Air Canada balloon was used at one time by Air Canada Cargo. The balloon is shown trying to get airborne, somewhere in southern Ontario at an ACE Fly-In.

In NetLetter # 1385, Norm Hogwood wanted to know what the difference was between a Catalina and a Canso. It is wheels or no wheels (grin).
Note: Sadly, Norman Hogwood passed away shortly after he had sent the information published in NetLetter # 1385.

Malcolm McRae sends us this information -
The Consolidated PBY1 Catalina was an American flying boat of the 1930's and 1940's produced by Consolidated Aircraft. It was one of the most widely used multi-role aircraft of World War II. PBYs served with every branch of the U.S. military and in the air forces and navies of many other nations.

Consolidated’s first PBY flying-boat prototype made its maiden flight in 1933. Overall, there were 3431 PBYs built, of which 2029 were flying boats (PBY-5 Catalina) and 1402 were amphibians (PBY-5A Canso). More Consolidated PBYs were manufactured than any other type of flying boat or amphibian.

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Ken Pickford also provided some feedback regarding this subject.
"Canso" was the name used by the RCAF in Canada. It had nothing to do with the landing gear. The "Catalina" name was used in the US (and elsewhere other than Canada) for both the early PBY-5 (flying boat) and later PBY-5A (amphibian) models. Roughly 800 of both models were built under license in Canada, and those that went to the US and other customers outside Canada were all known as "Catalina,". That name actually originated with the RAF. I believe it's correct that those built for the RCAF were all amphibians (and known as Cansos by the RCAF).

References:
- www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=pby_catalina

- www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=pby-5a_catalina

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina

Fort William Aero Club

When the Fort William Aero Club (FWAC) was founded in 1929, one of its first requirements was a suitable airfield.

The official opening of Bishopsfield took place on June 19, 1929. Under the government "Light Aeroplane Scheme" the club received two aircraft in 1929.

Due to declining membership and generated income, the club was wound up in December 1937. The successor was the Fort William Aero Club.

(Source: NOAHC Newsletter - page 4)

Canada 3000 was a Canadian discount charter airline offering domestic and international flights.

Here is a shot of the B737-200 at Ottawa during 2001. (Source: airliners.net)

Two advertisements from airline-memorabilia.blogspot.ca below.

It was the largest charter airline in the world at the time of its operation, with over 90 destinations worldwide, although it changed to scheduled service in 2000 after the Canadian Airlines and Air Canada merger.

Canada 3000 competed with Air Canada, WestJet, and fellow charter airline Air Transat. In November 2001, the airline went out of business after a sharp decline in revenues following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. There have been several attempts to restart the airline since then. The airline was headquartered in Etobicoke in the west-end of Toronto, Ontario.

(Source: Wikipedia.org)

Additional comment from Wayne's Wings article in NetLetter # 1373

Terry Baker, co-founder of the NetLetter scours the internet for aviation related Trivia and Travel Tips for you, our readers, to peruse.

A subsonic record was set on February 7, 1996 by Captain Leslie Scott who flew British Airways Concorde C-BOAD between New York and Heathrow in a record 2h 52min 59s. 

The passengers, champagne, and caviar averaged 1,080kt (2,010km/h).

(Source: Flight International Jan 30/18)

Oldest terminal marks 90 years.

These days, it might be a drearily named business centre on Purley Way, but it is 90 years this month since the UK's Croydon Airport House opened as the world's first purpose-built terminal building.

The rather splendid structure - and equally iconic and pioneering control tower behind it was the centrepiece of what was between the wars London's main airport, transporting travellers to Paris Le Bourget and beyond, and witnessing events such as Amy Johnson's departure for Australia in her de Havilland Gypsy Moth in 1930.

After becoming RAF Croydon during the Second World War, the airport struggled to regain its status in peacetime, and Heathrow's emergence as the capital's international gateway forced its closure in 1959. The airport has long since been converted to parkland, industrial sheds and housing estate, but the listed terminal and tower live on, with the latter now housing a museum detailing the airport's history.

This is a photo of the de Havilland Heron which stands outside, marking the airport's final flight movement by Morton Air Services to Rotterdam on September 30, 1959

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