~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\^/| _| 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 61 date May 18th 1996 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . Phil Pawsey at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is seeking some information - Some friends of ours recently returned from a visit to France. By chance they stayed at a Chateau de Bovesse near Le Chatre. It was owned and operated by a Mr. Harry Atterton and my friends enjoyed his and his wife's company very much. They stayed in a room where Joan of Arc once stayed when the Chateau belonged to the military. Harry mentioned that he was retired from Air Canada and my friends would like to know a little more about him which brings a question, "Does anyone receiving the Netletter know him and which department was he in?" - any offers? Contact Phil at his email address. ~-=o0o=-~ . If you were planning on playing in the First Pionair Golf Tourney - you have missed the deadline which was May 15th! . Saville Hambleton, Director Vancouver Island Pionairs, advises us that Al Graham, President of AirBC has accepted our request to speak at the Vancouver Island Pionair luncheon planned for Aug 29th at the Kingfisher Ocean Inn, 4330 S.Island Highway, Courtney. ~-=o0o=-~ . This message was from KEN OLSEN submitted by VESTA STEVENSON From the Spring 1996 edition of Airforce magazine (Canada): 1996 Allied Air Forces Reunion Royal York Hotel - Toronto, Canada September 26 - 29, 1996 You are invited to attend the 26th Annual AAFR and join in the celebration of 50-plus-1: the year l946 - peace, family, civvy street. Activities include: . trip to RCAF Memorial Museum, CFB Trenton . trip to Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum & Mini-airshow . special luncheon and banquet speakers . rare wartime films . great hall of exhibits and memorabilia . ballroom dancing to the big band sound . Sunday memorial parade Last year's reunion was to be the final one but its over 1,200 registrants urged "One more time..." Contact: Allied Air Forces Reunion P.O. Box 472, Station "A" Islington, Ontario M9A 4X4 Fax: (905) 278-4604 Publicity: (416) 698-5009 Pilots..just PLANE people with a special AIR about them! ~-=o0o=-~ . Charles Mackie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. has sent in some of his recollections of his experiences in the Lancastrian aircraft in the early days of T.C.A. The information was supplied to an author for planned publication. The following is one - The Autopilot couldn't hold it - Oct 1945 There was a time we got as far as Three Rivers heading outwards and, for some reason, we had to feather one of the engines. We were heading back to Montreal to get the situation rectified. The first officer was flying and had it on automatic pilot. The autopilot could not hold the aircraft on three engines, and the aircraft all of a sudden went into a steep spiral dive. It was several thousand feet before we recovered and got things back to normal. ~-=o0o=-~ . The NetLetter crew are taking some days off from publishing the NetLetter. Vesta can still be reached at her Internet address. Have a Good Time at the Pionairs Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. ~-=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 . . Vancouver Island . . BEAUTIFUL B.C. CANADA . ...................................................
