Air Canada - our first 70 years
Extract from "Between Ourselves" issue May 1967
May marks quarter century air link with Newfoundland. Late in the afternoon 25 years ago May 1, a 12-passenger twin-engine Lockheed 14H-2 in the colours of (then) Trans-Canada Air Lines touched down at Torbay Airport at St. John's Newfoundland establishing the first commercial air link between Canada and Newfoundland.The date was May 1,1942 and the flight marked the inaugural of regularly-scheduled passenger, mail and express service between Moncton, Sydney, St. John's and Gander. The inaugural flight left Moncton at 10:00 a.m. arriving in St. John's at 4:15 p.m.
after a stop at Sydney, Nova Scotia. After a short delay for deplaning and boarding passengers, mail and cargo, servicing and other formalities, the aircraft took off again, reaching Sydney at 7:15 p.m. and Moncton at 9:07 p.m. Air Canada pioneered eliminating the V2's law as a principal of climb out criteria which, in turn resulted in the "rational approach" to climb criteria. Pioneered the multi-channel flight recorder. Introduced the first propeller turbine aircraft in North American commercial airline service, and was the first major airline with an all turbine fleet. Air Canada was the first airline in the world to accept carriage of all first class mail by air.
1967 - Sept 29th - Daily DC-8 service from Montreal/Toronto and Los Angeles due to be inaugurated. due to the late delivery of the new aircraft, the inauguration was twice postponed from July 5th and then August 22nd.
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Connie Reunion in Rome, NY
(From an email originally written by Bob Bogash) Last week, I was privileged to host an honored group of aviation veterans, who came to see the TCA Super Connie in Rome, NY, before we dismantled it and brought it out to Seattle. This project is exactly four years old at this point. This was likely their only chance to see a full-up Super G for the rest of their lives. We did good. Their ages may have ranged from 75 to 90, but their spirits were in their mid-20s, as they gazed upon, and sat in, the very airplane they had spent so many years flying and maintaining. It was an emotional experience. From Bob's web site: "With the day fast approaching, when the restored Trans-Canada Air Lines Super G Constellation CF-TGE would be dismantled and transported to Seattle, I knew there was one more thing that had to be accomplished. A Reunion. A Reunion of Old-Timers who had worked on this airplane, perhaps flown this very airplane, way back in time while she was still in service. People who lived in Eastern Canada - close enough to Rome, NY - but who would be unlikely to make the trip West to Seattle. Read the whole story, with photos at: www.rbogash.com/Connie/connie_reunion.html More info and another great writeup at author's Larry Milberry's Blog at http://canavbooks.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/super-connie-field-trip/ (Alan - Great photos and excellent write-up, I'd hate to say it, but it looks like CF-TGE wasn't meant to remain in Canada and it will have a better home in Seattle.) Note: I worked for Nordair with Jim Dawes as my foreman in YUL in 1973 (I was only there 10 months before joining Air Canada) |
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Fred has sent us this request.
There were in the past employees with apartments to rent in the U.K. and France. Does anyone know if they still do these rentals ?
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