Ken Starnes has sent us a group of photos of the Aircraft Maintenance Retirement Party held at the  Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club in Dorval  in  1983 which appeared in NetLetter nr 1338, here are some more –

Ian and Agnes Jackson has sent us this photo - 
DC8 instructor, Captain Ian Jackson shown here shaking hands with Douglas Rep, Jim Pintas, while taking delivery of our second DC8 with modified door in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

On the left, John Bradshaw, Toronto Supervisor; Jim Pintas; Don McKay, AC DC 8 engineer; Gerry Spraklin, Ian Jackson, and (an unknown) AC Maintenance Representative, Tulsa.

Jack Stephens has sent us this e-mail he received from Don Heron regarding Don's father George Heron and he also forwarded us some photos which Don had provided..

George K Heron was born in Toronto in 1910 and became very proficient in ham radio as a hobby. He hired on with Trans Canada Air Lines in Toronto in 1938 and was immediately assigned to early familiarization flights to ensure the radios worked as intended and to improve the radio systems. George was then transferred to the TCA maintenance base in Winnipeg. After WW 2 broke out, he was transferred with his new wife, Margaret, to Montreal to support radio maintenance for TCA’s role in the Return Ferry Service. After the war, George and his family was transferred back to Winnipeg where he spent the balance of his career headquartered at the TCA maintenance base in the field of radio and electronics.

Here is a series of scans and a word document with captions of photos in one George’s photo albums from the era.

Don Heron, Calgary.

TCA operations at Montreal were from St. Hubert airport in Quebec. Here we have this photo taken in October 1938.

With his move to Toronto, George took these photos of CF-TCE getting prepared for an Eastern Canada familiarization tour in October 1938.

Wagaming Ontario, which was listed on the original TCA timetable as "Service Stop when Necessary", was also on the tour.

(George Heron's next move was to Winnipeg, and we have some of his photos which will be in NetLetter nr 1340 – eds).

1945 - February - Timetable Trans-Canada Air Lines from the private collection of Bjorn Larsson (pictured).

1947 - October - Inaugural North Star service between Montreal and Shannon, Ireland.

1955 - April 4th - Inauguration of Viscount service between Toronto and New York operated with  CF-TGK.

Located in the "Between Ourselves" magazine issued October 1948.

Ardhur House in Limerick, Ireland which was the home-away-from-home for TCA'ers who were on temporary assignment at Shannon, Ireland.

Boston's Airport Ferry takes airline passengers in quick time between Logan Airport and the downtown Boston.

Found in the "Horizons" magazine issued August 1972.

The United States Air Force and Olympic Airlines teamed up with Air Canada at Heraklion Airport to unload the first shipment of calves on the island of Crete.

The DC·8 cargo aircraft unofficially stole the show when it landed at the Greek island's main airport during ceremonies marking inauguration of the airport. Accustomed to disembarking tourists of all nationalities, guests and local dignitaries seemed more interested in Air Canada's arrival and hurried over to watch the 285 ''Canadians'' being unloaded.

The double-deck stalls in the freighter were unloaded by U.S. airmen of the Heraklion air base, supervised by Athens Sales Manager Ianni Souvaliotis. The Toronto-based crew of Captain Gus Crocker, First Officer Dan Parker and Second Officer Howie Jacobs flew the Crete cattle charter. 
(Those of us who travel economy can feel for the cattle in this shipment – eds)

Air Canada participants in Philadelphia's annual Delaware River Cruise for the Travel industry are seen with Philly Sales Manager Hugh Mackay at the microphone.
From the left: Joe Pareti, Sales Manager, New Jersey; Rhonda Spottor, secretary to the Public Relations Manager, New York; Donna and Hugh Mackay and New York Passenger Sales Manager Gerry Churchill.

In August 1979, the company signed a charter contract with the Canadian Government to supply a DC-8 and crew plus the necessary ground crews to transport Vietnamese refugees from Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia to Edmonton and Montreal during the period September 29 to November 28th 1979.

It was not an ordinary DC-8 charter operation and to many employees, especially the flight crews and ground support staff involved, doors were opened to new experiences and new relationships as they became exposed to the contrasts of the exotic Far East.

At the completion of this charter, another charter contract was signed to cover four flights to Singapore and three to Bangkok commencing in January 1980.

In our photo, a group of refugees seeks shelter from the hot sun at Kuala Lumpar while waiting to board the company charter flight to Canada. The photo was taken by Jack Burgess, Aircraft Maintenance Foreman, Vancouver.

(Does anyone involved wish to share any memories or photos? – eds)

1965 - October - Timetable for Canadian Pacific Airlines from the private collection of Bjorn Larsson. (pictured)

1990 - Dec 12th - Service between Vancouver-Taipai-Hong Kong commenced.

1991 - April 12th - First A320 Airbus delivered.

Found in the "INFO:CARGO" magazine issue date January 1991.

Victoria divisional GAD winners, was the first partner station (First Air) to win the annual Guaranteed Cargo Contest. In this photo we have:

Back row from the left:
Carla Unser, Cargo Agent; Keith Johns, Cargo Sales and Service Manager; Dan Hunt, Cargo Lead Agent; Ron Shelton, P & D Operator; Donna Lynch, Customer Service Manager; Aurora Serptco, Cargo Agent.

Front row from left: Ron Ostipochuk, Mike Saunders and Brian Jan, Cargo Agents.

This heading “We've arrived”., accompanied this photo to celebrate the transfer of Canadi>n Air Cargo U.K. sales base to Heathrow airport (LHR) at the beginning of April 1991.

From the left: Mark Bright, Manager Cargo Sales and Service, London; Tim Hitchings, Cargo Sales Representative; Paul Norris, Regional Manager Cargo Sales & Service, Europe; Peter Comport, Cargo Sales Representative

The routine rarely varied. Each night at 20:30 hrs CP729 departed Chicago arriving the next morning at 10:00 hrs plus one at Toronto's air cargo terminal. The sleek 44-foot cruiser carries only one passenger and the rest is cargo. "Most customers don't even know that CP729 is not an airplane but semi-trailer truck." Here we have the photo of the lone "passenger".

On the right is Bob Sedlak, Manager, Cargo Sales and Service with Anthony Williams, Operations Manager, Air Cargo Express.

From the "CP AirNews" magazine issue dated Mid July 1984.

The Pegasus System was introduced to Lima on July 16th, Santiago July 25th and July 30th at Buenos Aires.
In this photo, we have the new Pegasus equipment being inspected in the Buenos Aires ticket office, form the left: Bill Morgan, Assistant Manager; Veronica Lavigne, Ticket Agent; Monica Rodriguez, Ticket Agent; Jimmy Rush, Supervisor; and Eida Barbieri, Ticket Agent.

In Santiago, here are the staff checking out the Pegasus System.

From the left standing: Pablo Lorca, Cargo Agent; Francisco Briones, Reservations CTO Supervisor;Antonieta San Martin, Time-payment Plan Clerk; and Ian Williamson, Reservations Sales Agent.

Seated are: Cecilia Lanas, Passenger Agent; Elena Zenteno, Passenger Agent; and Veronica Gomez, Senior Passenger Agent.

On the right side of the photo we have Marcelo Parreil, Sales Representative; and Raul Cifuentes, Cargo Manager with Francisco Briores.

Seven Tokyo employees receive service pins in a ceremony when Bob Connor (left) Regional Vice President, Pacific/Latin America visited Japan.

In the photo from the left:

Shigero Tanaka, Customer Service Supervisor, cargo, 25 years; Masae Kimura, Reservations Sales Agent, 15 years; Reiko Izumi, Reservations Sales Agent, 5 years; Masakazu Ichikawa, 5 years; Yoichiro Kuhara, Reservations Sales Supervisor, 25 years; Noriaki Hatta, Passenger Sales Representative, 15 years and Derek Hood, Director, Japan/Korea.

Also, but missing the photo op,  was Toshio Makayama, passenger agent who received a 15 year pin.

In the Netletter #1338 March 13,2016 you are mentioning Aircraft Maintenance Retirement Party (including photos).

The Superintendent DC-9 O/Haul is written as Jim Ruddock. It should be Jim Riddoch.

Jiri George Koristka

Betty Draper sent us this cutting from the "Winnipeg Free Press" newspaper July 14th 1965.

Experts agree :Strong Force" split CPA CF-CUQ DC-6B airliner apart.

Exploding acid mixed in a lavatory was a strong possibility as the cause of the crash 20 miles west of 100 Mile House, BC on July 8th 1965. One of the passengers was an unemployed Surrey man who was bound for Prince George looking for employment. He was one of two passengers had recently taken out an insurance policy for $125,000.

Canadian Pacific Flight 21 was a domestic flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Whitehorse (YXY) via Prince George (YXS), Fort St . John (YXJ), Fort Nelson (YYE) and Watson Lake (YQH). At 14:42, the DC-6 "Empress of City of Buenos Aires" took off on an instrument flight plan for Prince George, via Victor 300 and Blue 22 airways.

Enroute, at 15:29 the crew reported to Vancouver ATC Centre that they had passed Ashcroft at 16,000 feet. They were estimating William Lake at 15:48. At 15:38 hours, Vancouver Centre called Flight 21 and did not receive a reply. About two minutes later, three "Mayday" calls were heard by Vancouver Centre. An explosion had occurred in the left aft lavatory. Smoke trailed the aircraft and the tail separated from the fuselage. The main portion of the wreckage assumed a nose down attitude and spiralled to the left until it crashed into a wooded area.
A stone cairn & bronze plaque unveiled August 31st 2013 at 100 Mile House, BC.