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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 495 June 19th, 2000, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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. We welcome -
Don Chidlow Maintenance Manager lives in Elora, Ont Email:
Laurelle Jones, widow of Captain E.E.Jones can be reached at
Tom Wright mechanic lives in Nanaimo, B.C. Email:
Carl Sandelin Email:
Paul Bolan Technician lives in Brossard, QC Email:
Anita Ivanov will be retiring at the end of August this year after 31 years at Air Canada.
Anita can be emailed at
Email:
in Kelowna, BC.
Email:
retired Flight Attendant.
Al Schuberg from CAI can be emailed at
Al Hustins of Toronto Air Canada can be reached at
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. News from the districts.
With the efforts of the Ottawa District and their Director Pat Hare and the
Montreal District with Director Pam Rosholt we are planning a gathering of the two
districts at Upper Canada Village with a luncheon at Upper Canada Golf Course on
Sept. 20th 2000 . Details of prices to follow.
Also those who do not wish to visit the village arrangements are being made for them to
play golf. For further information please contact me at
(514) 696-2964 or e mail john.rodger@sympatico,ca
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. Albert Siegmann responds to the subject of 'Renaming Dorval' -
About the renaming of Dorval Airport I must say that, despite the fact that I admire the
Rocket Maurice Richard for his performances on the ice and respect him for his life off
the ice. I disagree with the renaming of the airport to his name. He had the honor to have
a nice and large arena to his name during his life time, I would not mind at all if they
rename a street, a park or anything else to his name,but an airport please no!
If the Dorval Airport has to be renamed there are plenty of Canadian aviation pioneers
who have worked very hard to bring the Canadian Aviation to where it his now. I could
name quite a few but I will leave that to more qualified peoples.
Incidentally I very much appreciated the story by Rob Robbins in a recent Netletter about
the origin of the Chicago O''Hare Airport name. Butch O'Hare was a real aviation hero.
Albert Siegmann (
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Danka and Conrad Karsen send us this information.
Subject: Ireland Holiday
Just back from a marvelous two weeks in County Cork, Ireland, and thought we would
pass this on.
Picked from an ad in Horizons, we called John and Madeleine Hurley (she is a CSA at
Pearson) about renting their house on Dunworley Bay, on the south coast, West Cork.
It was really special. The house itself is fully equipped with modern European appliances,
three bedrooms, although the third is suitable for one person only. There is a living room
with a fireplace, love the smell of peat in the evening, dining area and kitchen, bath with
tub and shower and the small caravan outside holds a BBQ, lawn chairs, etc.
A firm gravel parking circle surrounds the house.
The site itself is truly spectacular, at the very end of a winding country road, high on a
cliff, overlooking Clonakilty and Dunworley Bays and surrounded by fields on the other
three sides. Green takes on a whole new meaning here. Sunsets are memorable.
It stays light until 2200 or so. Expecting rain, the weather couldn't have been better
20 May through 02 June, sunny and warm during the day and rain occasionally at night.
A special sight is the rain approaching across the Bay.
Walking in the fields or down to the beaches is a great way to spend an hour or so early
in the morning or evening. At high tides the sea is crashing on the rocks while at low the
beach is extensive. Lots of birdlife.
It's a short drive to the village of Timoleague, where there is a centuries old abandoned
Abbey, 600 people, 6 pubs, a butcher, bakery, gas station/convenience store, post office
and an off license store for items of a liquid nature to be consumed at home.
Lots of small towns within a 40km radius, Clonakilty, Kinsale, Schull, Glandore all quaint
for sightseeing and purchases. The drive along the coast is worth the thrill a minute
narrow roads. Cork, a small city, is about 40 minutes away and if you want to see Dublin,
the 2hr 30min train ride from Cork is the way to go. A return trip ticket is good for 5 days
although we wanted to get back to Dunworley.
Seafood was excellent, in Kinsale, and in Glandore, the Glandore Inn (dine outside
overlooking the harbour or inside if you prefer the pub atmosphere or it's raining),
the Courtyard Bar in Schull and for haute cuisine, the culinary school Ballymalloy (at
Shanagarry) reservations a must. If you leave early enough for Ballymolloy, you can
stop at Blarney Castle for that rock kissing thing. Lots of pubs in all these towns and
villages, some serve a noonish meal but few have evening fare.
Some of the pubs have entertainment in the evenings, De Barra for one, in Clonakilty.
No problems with a ZZ fare on EI, LHR-ORK-LHR once you get to LHR. A little flexible
and we had no real problem ex LHR for Canada on AC.
John and Madeleine may be reached at (remember MBRAT?) 416-622-8748
Danka and Conrad Karsen
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. Terry's travel tips.
In transit through Paris?
Aubrey Winterbotham of WACA sends this -
After just having returned from Mauritius through Paris, I thought I would let your readers
know about the existence of the Cocoons at Charles de Gaulle airport.
They are located in Terminal 1 and cost 200 French francs per couple for a 12 hour stay.
It is a room with a bed, a TV set and a shower and is ideal for someone connecting with
a flight that requires a place to lie down, have a shower and put on a fresh shirt.
You are not allowed to stay more than a day or overnight, it is not a hotel.
There is free shuttle bus service between the terminals.
Visiting Europe?
The following cities fall within the 751 - 1600 mile range for ZED fares from LHR.
Athens, Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Helsinki, Istanbul, Kiev, Krakow, Lisbon,
Madrid, Moscow, Naples, Riga, Rome, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Vienna,
Warsaw, Zagreb.
For the more ambitious, the following are within the 1601 to 3200 mile range of LHR.
Accra, Bahrain, Baku, Cairo, Dhahran, Jeddah, Kano, Kuwait, Lagos, Larnaca, Riyadh,
Tehran .
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. Smilies.
Found by your co-pilot -
Rules of the air.
Every take-off is optional.
If you push to stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back,
they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back,
then they get bigger again.
The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot cool.
When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.
You know you have landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi
to the ramp.
Helicopters can't fly, they're just so ugly the earth repels them.
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