Subject: Netletter nr 51 - Between Ourselves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\^/| _| TCA |_ _|\| AIR |/|_ N E T L E T T E R > CANADA < B E T W E E N O U R S E L V E S >_./|\._< for P I O N A I R S | Your crew is: Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson Chief Navigator - Terry Baker tm number 51 date April 28th 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Jimmy Miller advises that his email is changed - try This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Jimmy has a TCA service date of May 13th 1940 by the way. . Welcome to John Crosby at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. John is a retired Captain, son of Jack Crosby who was an early TCA'er. . An Air Canada Viscount reg CF-THG fin 625 which has been at Vancouver (YVR) Airport being used by an Aeanautical company is soon to be replaced with a Canadi>nB737. It is expected that CF-THG will end up in the U.S (Pun not intended!) . This the 60th anniverasry of the Supermarine Spitfire. Celebrations will be held at Imperial War Museum at Duxford Cambridgeshire, U.K. on May 6th 1996. There are some 46 airworthy Spitfires in private hands today. for more details call 011-44-1223-835000. . May 1st will be the official opening of the new trans border facilities at the expanded Vancouver International Airport (YVR) The first departure will be Canadi>n and the first arrival will be Air Canada. The choice of the first movements was made with the toss of a coin. A promise that prices in the YVR stores will be competitive has been made. The Elephant & Castle Restaurant/Pub, furnished in traditional Tudor style is located on the arrivals level. . If anyone attending the AGM in Ottawa, and taking along a laptop to capture information - would you please send to me, as a file attachment if necessary, any information which you think would be of interest to our readers. For example questions and answers re travel or upcoming events. -=o0o=- . Found on the Internet Continental Airlines and World Airways will codeshare Jun 1st on Newark to Johannesburg. Tel Aviv, Dublin & Shannon. Canada and South Korea have upgraded the bilateral air agreement to allow Air Canada and Korean Air Lines to increase summer flights to 5 per week. -=o0o=- . Canadian Aerospace History - continued from Netletter nr 47 - supplied by Vesta In order to develop the capabilities of its space industry, Canada undertook in the mid-1970s to provide a Remote Manipulator Arm (CANADARM) for the US space shuttle. The arm was successfully deployed during the second flight of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981, and gained world recognition for the technological capability of Spar Aerospace and the NRC. The Modern Industry has a hierarchy of 3 tiers of capabilities and products. In the first tier are the principal companies with integrated design and production capability for complete aircraft and engines. The second-tier companies manufacture components and subsystems for the principal companies in Canada and abroad. The third tier comprises machine shops, heat treatment shops, foundries, forges and other companies whose business is predominantly the aerospace industry. All aerospace companies must ensure a very high quality and reliability of products, and as a result the companies have a high cost structure specific to aerospace. They tend not to serve general markets, other than nuclear engineering, which has somewhat similar quality and reliability demands. -=o0o=- . Interline travel Airline employees, retirees, parents & companions sharing. Australia Land Tours Great Barrier Reef 6 Islander - 14 days Cairns to Sydney US$2169/CA$2819 pp dbl Departures Jun 22, Aug 10, Sep 7, Oct 28, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 28. Ayers Rock & Kakadu - 16 days Sydney or Melbourne to Darwin US$2429/CA$3159 pp dbl Jul 13, Oct 12, Dec 28. 16 days Darwin to Sydney or Melbourne US$2429/CA$3159 pp dbl Aug 24, Sep 7, Nov 16 Red Centre, Darwin, Barrier Reef - 31 days Melbourne to Melbourne US$2435/CA$3110 pp dbl May 25, Aug 10, Sep 7, Sep 21. Barrier Reef Escapades - 12 days Cairns to Melbourne US$1199/CA$1569 pp dbl May 23, Jun 13, Aug 29, Sep 26, Oct 10. R.T. Pos space Los Angeles (LAX) - Sydney US$499 + tax - Aukland US$649 + tax. Call 1-800-665-3100 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Bermuda & Caribbean - 4 days/3 nights Antigua - Royal Antiguan Casino from US$399 Aruba - Aruba Wyndham Hotel from US$369 Barbadoes - Southern Palms Beach Club from US$289 Bermuda - Wyndham Elbow Beach Resort from US$289 Grand Cayman - Treasure Island Resort from US$269 Jamaica - Wyndham Rose Hall Hotel from US$279 Puerto Rica - Radisson Normandie Hotel from US$369 Santo Dominigo - Sheraton Santo Dominigo Hotel from US$229 Prices are pp dbl and include RT interline airfare, hotel accomodations, hotel tax & service charge. Call 1-800-422-3727 for details -=o0o=- . John Dahlgren sends us the following - The World According to Student Bloopers By Richard Lederer St. Paul's School One of the fringe benefits of being an English or History teacher is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay. I have pasted together the following "history" of the world from certifiably genuine student bloopers collected by teachers throughout the United States, from eighth grade through college level. Read carefully, and you will learn a lot. The inhabitants of ancient Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere, so certain areas of the dessert are cultivated by irritation. The Egyptians built the Pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube. The Pramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain. The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. One of their children, Cain, once asked, "Am I my brother's son?" God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac on Mount Montezuma. Jacob, son of Isaac, stole his brother's birth mark. Jacob was a patriarch who brought up his twelve sons to be patriarchs, but they did not take to it. One of Jacob's sons, Joseph, gave refuse to the Israelites. Pharaoh forced the Hebrew slaves to make bread without straw. Moses led them to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought with the Philatelists, a race of people who lived in Biblical times. Solomon, one of David's sons, had 500 wives and 500 porcupines. More to come ..... -=o0o=- . two smiles from Vesta - fictitious virus ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS: Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back. DAN QUAYLE VIRUS: Prevents your system from spawning any child process without joining into a binary network. And two from George Brien - from Yarmouth (YQI) - a sample of NS humour- "I'm a pretty good golfer. I usually shoot in the low seventies. If it get any colder than that, I usually stay home." "an auction is where you get something for nodding" -=o0o=- That's it for this time, please we need your input, send comments and email addresses of any others who may be interested to Vesta with a copy to Terry. -!- Landing on an Island in the Pacific. _____(~)_____ ! ! ! This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. <<<>>> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ...................................................................... . GREETINGS FROM Still . . Vancouver Island NO . . BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA Vacancies . ......................................................................
