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Answer to 'Name the aircraft' from 'Odds & Ends'. More info: |
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The following photo of the former Trans World Airlines terminal at New York's JFK airport (now part of a hotel) dates from the 1970's. Was the terminal designed to resemble a stingray? |
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Photo by Roland Arhelger |
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A ZOOM meeting with the Computer & Systems Services (C&SS) YUL retirees was held recently at which a dozen retirees enjoyed a lively banter of memories from their working days with the company, some of which would have turned upper management hair grey had they known. However the computer operation was handled in a professional manner. The ZOOM was monitored by Aron Charad, courtesy of Shawn Goodin from Charlotte who worked with Aron at EDS. The group included Brian Swinburne, Eric Watt, Kathy and Doug Olsen, Debbie MacDonald who reported 10 inches of snow where she lived, Karl Eliason, Joe Mallory, Terry Baker, Jim Fitzmorris, Rick Ciszowski, Joe Richard and Kathie Upton. Several archival photos of the retirees were shown during the session. |
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Following up on the article in NetLetter #1496. It was on August 1, 1930, that the British airship R-100 docked at Saint-Hubert airport after its epic 78 hour trans-Atlantic flight which covered 3,300 mi (5,300 km) at an average ground speed of 42 mph (68 km/h). The planning of the visit of the 720-foot-long (215-meter) airship had begun several years earlier. The Canadian government funded the construction of the $1 million mooring mast at the time. Its construction was completed in 1928. The facilities included a hydrogen production plant. The local and regional authorities had worked hard to make the visit a popular success. A train station had been specially fitted out on Guy Street in Montreal for this event. On Saturday, August 2 alone, nearly 150,000 people took the train to see the R-100. The airship suffered damage during the Atlantic crossing so it remained in Saint-Hubert until August 8. When it returned to England, extensive damage was observed to the structure of the R-100. A sister airship, the R-101, crashed in France in October the same year. This led the British government to cancel its airship program and the R-100 was scrapped. Nearly half a million people came to see the R-100 in the fields of Saint-Hubert. Considering the limited means of transport at the time, this was an exceptional public event and Canada’s biggest aviation event. More importantly, the arrival of the R-100 allowed the establishment of the Saint-Hubert airport, which was officially opened in 1929. Today, it ranks as the oldest airport in Canada in continuous service. Source: Quebec Aerospace Museum |
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