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Dave Hykle sent in the following referring to NetLetter #1505 - Submitted Photos I have just finished reading another great issue and noted the mention of ECLECTABLES. What an interesting story regarding the Viscount and the store location itself. St. Eugène was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) and, during World War II, the Royal Canadian Air Force built and operated No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) from approximately 1941 until 1945 (photo below). Several aircraft types are listed as designated trainers and the runways actually served as an automotive race track from about ‘57 until ‘63. Learning to fly nearby in the mid 1970's, the runways were still relatively intact after racing stopped, with significant deterioration though. During the last few decades, the runways have all but disappeared, but their outline still remains. Google Earth has some good views, including the concrete gun range hidden in the bush next to the north/south road. Another enthusiast has suggested that the structure was also used to calibrate the aircraft armament at the time. Dave Hykle, Fergus, Ontario |
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Garth Caron sent in the following request: Flo Perkins was a TCA Stewardess back in the days of 1940's on the Lockheed Lodestar and North Star. When you Google 'Flo Perkins', NetLetter issues 1237 and 1252 come up mentioning her. A bunch of us TCA fans are trying to find the flight attendant in a mystery photo. I went back in my Between Ourselves issues and found a couple of photos of her with Smoky Smith, Can you please go back to find those past items and the photos? Thank you for your assistance. I worked for PWA, Air BC, Simpson Air, and NWT Air. Garth Caron |
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Terry Baker supplies the photos Garth requested. Stewards graduate at Winnipeg. In June, the lecture rooms at Winnipeg's training school held a number of "students" quite different than any they had seen before. The students were attending the first Steward training class conducted at this base. Now full-fledged airline Stewards, they are dispensing TCA's high standards of passenger service on the new prairie flights that stop at Swift Current and Medicine Hat, and on the local service between Toronto and Kapuskasing. The photo shows the graduating class with their Instructress, Flo Perkins (centre). Left to right: G. Thompson, A. C. McLean, A. E. Mann, G. J. Sheppard, Flo Perkins, L. K. Latremouille, G. Lancaster, F. A. M. Anderson and W. H. Lane. Source: Between Ourselves - Midsummer 1947 |
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Nine brand new stewardesses, graduates of the 30th Flight Attendants training class, pose for their graduation pictures at Winnipeg. Left to right are: V. M. Hendren, M. L. Weir, M. A. Wilson, A. K. Fjordbotten, M. J. Lewis, T. M. Gaudet, G. J. Giaschi, M. H. Legault, D. L. Wadsworth. Front and centre is Flight Service Instructor, Flo Perkins. Source: Between Ourselves - May 1949. |
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