Museum Newsletter #45 CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION 13527 Crescent Road, Surrey, BC, V4P 1J5 PH. (604)535-1115 FALL 94

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION IN THIS ISSUE Airshow Summer The C.M.F.T. is a non-profit society dedicated to the preservation of aviation and transportation heritage. Membership can be obtained by paying the dues Chan- table status allows for the issuance of tax deductible receipts for donations of artifacts, goods and money. The CMFT is governed by a board of Directors who are elected by the members at the General Meeting in April. Around the Site 6 B & E Meet…. 8 Letters 3 Wings & Wheels. 12 .. Restorations. 14 Nissan/Datsun Meet. 9 . Ed & Rose Retire 10 Other Groups 15 CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Emerslund, Burnaby… 298-6374 Doug Fraser, Delta. 946-2293 ….. 681-6886 Fred Gardham, Vancouver Tony Hudak, Surrey 590-1855 Ron McWilliams, Surrey George Proulx, White Rock Carol Morelli, Surrey. 590-0226 538-3836 538-0741 Wayne Ralph, White Rock John Reid, Richmond. 538-9434 271-1899 Brad Thomas, Langley 530-5013 LIFETIME DIRECTORS/GOVERNORS Barry Jackson, North Vancouver 932-2367 Ron W. Stunden, Richmond…. W.A. (Bill) Thompson, Pender Hrb 277-3827 883-2445 Ed Zalesky, White Rock Rose Zalesky, White Rock. 535-1115 535-1115 EXECUTIVE COMMITEE President. George Proulx Doug Fraser Vice President.. Seceratary Treasurer Rose Zalesky Trip to London… 16 Presentation to Surrey 16 . Giftshop 17 The Newsletter is compiled and published Quarterly by the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation using Ventura Publisher, a handscanner and laser printer. Contributions in the form of articles, news items, letters and photos are welcome, as are comments and criticisim No payment can be made for any manuscripts that are submitted for publication in the CMFT Newsletter. The editor reserves the right to make changes in manuscripts without altering the meaning. CALENDER OF EVENTS BCIT Trade Show Oct 1 Season Closing Oct 16 Dinner Meeting Oct 21 STANDING COMMITTEES Magazine Collection Vancouver Island George Proulx Tom Palmer Membership Open Open Volunteer Co-ordinator Corporate Liason Open Public Relations Special Events Open Carol Morelli Newsletter.. Brad Thomas Restoration Open Jerry Veron Research. Photo Reproduction Don Olson Micheal Read Computer Services. Exhibits Maintenance Open Flying Open Open Neil Simpson Grounds Library. Collections Jerry Vemon Tony Hudak Transportation/Hauling. Meetings/Entertainment Open Bingo… Hampden (Ad Hoc). George Proulx Fred Gardham COVER PHOTO: Captain Bill Thompson guides his classic N3N to a safe landing as the crane lowers it to the beach. As soon as the tide comes in he will be ready for take off. Bill displayed his machine in the museums pond this summer. For more on the N3N see the write up by Wilma Thompson about their trip to the Kamloops Airshow. 2

LETTERS Dear Jack, On behalf of all the members of the British Historic Aviation Group that visited your mu- seum last week, I would just like to say how very grateful we are for opening up especially for us. We were all very impressed by what we saw, and you certainly have some excellent aircraft – both restored and in the adjacent field! Unlike the aviation museum at Winnepeg, you can rightly claim to have the best museum shop in Canada! It is to be hoped that your present difficulties with the local authorities are resolved to eve- ryone’s satisfaction and that you are able to secure a permanent site for the museum; lets hope that our signatures to your petition will help to prevail. We all look forward to visiting you once again – if not next year, then in 1996. Once again, many thanks for allowing us to have such a pleasant time at your excellent museum. Best regards, Graham Dinsdale Tours Co-ordinator OURNEY IN Dear Rose, On behalf of the Radio Control Flying Club of British Columbia, I wish to thank you for at- tending our Big Bird flying event on Sunday 26 June and for the donation of the T-shirt. Although the weather was not as nice as we would have liked, I think everyone had a good time. I do hope that it was worth your while being there, and that you got a lot of cards filled in for your petition. We feel it is very short sighted of the local council not to help you to stay where you are. It has always seemed strange to me how people will travel hundreds of miles to see museums; and yet will not put them- selves out to help and maintain one they have in their own backyard. I wish you luck in all your endeavors. We have another Big Bird event on Sunday 25 September this year. If you would like tocome, we would love to see you. Your Sincerely Mr. T.W. Hammond Event Co-ordinator R.C.F.C.B.C. The CMFT would like to thank member Jack Meadows (far left) who personally hosted a large group from George Pick Aerotours, Leicester, England, through the museum after hours. 3

COMOX AIRSHOW by Brad Thomas om n the week end of August 6th, three hardy members of the CMFT undertook the ar- duous journey to Comox for the semi-annual airshow. Museum director John Reid, volun- teer Kelly Vouri and Brad Thomas squeezed into a van that had been packed full of giftshop merchandise by researcher Jerry Vernon. A trip to Comox doesn’t really sound to difficult but just try and do it on a summer weekend. The crew left the museum at 9:30 in the mom- ing but didn’t even get onto the mid-island ferry until 1 PM. So it wasn’t until after 5 that after- noon that they finally saw Comox. The airshow organizers were waiting and they quickly pointed out where the display area was (next to Bombardier) and where the sales table would go (in front of the B1). The airshow itself was all day sunday and was as exciting as Abbottsford was this year. The CMFT sales crew was set up right in front of the show but were under a tent whose roof blocked the view of most of the aerial activity. A quick trip was made outside to see special events like the Harrier flypast or the Snowbirds. BOUNDARY BAY n August 6th another CMFT team consist- took a table full of giftshop merchandise to the Annual Boundary Bay Airshow. Seeing as how the van and trailer were being used else- where, they used their little red car to do the hauling job. The weather was perfect for the event. There was even a flypast by the Snowbirds. It was possible for Boundary Bay to arrange this display because the aerobatic flight team was on its way to preform in Comox.While the sales did not reach the same level as Comox or Kamloops; the event was an important pub- lic relations excercise for the CMFT. The group that travelled up from Vancouver were joined by Kandy Bessie who did an excellent job of extracting a promise from everyone who walked past the CMFT display to come and visit us in Surrey. At the gift shop table Kelly did a none stop job of sales for the entire show. As a result the days receipts were over $1200. The airplane pins and the Tee shirts were the big sellers. Our merchandise was a welcomed change from the standard stuff that the “Official” air- show merchandisers were offering. The Comox museum had their beautifully painted CF-100 and Starfighter on static dis- play. As well the Argus Comiittee had their Argus project on the tarmac. A very enthusia- tic group of people! Immediately after the last flyby at 4:00 the van was quickly repacked and the race to the ferry was on. Despite the fact that at 8:30 we were in a lineup that stretched halfway to Victoria we managed to get on the ferry and arrive back before Monday (barely). All involved agreed that next year we are going to fly! CHILLIWACK AIRFAIR et another group of dedicated CMFT vol- Yunan took to the road on Sept. 10th for the annual Chilliwack Airfair. This illustrious group consisted of President George Proulx, his wife Helen, members Chris and, Basil Watson and past president Jerry Vernon. The gift trailer was towed out by John Clark. The weather co-operated. It threatened to rain but never did. The wind did not blow away the merchandise the way it did last year. The summer months certainly do keep the volun- teers busy attending airshows. There were 4 in one month and we didn’t even bother with Abbottsford this year. 4

HOMESITE CHALLENGE There is still time to save the museum. Like it or not, the museum must move by June 30, 1995 unless we can satisfy Surrey Council that we have secured a specific alternate site and an acceptable moving plan in place. Finding a suitable and affordable homesite has been he number one priority for many years, but the search has been extremely frustrating. Those sites which show promise of allowing the museum to prosper have proven to be out of our reach because of a lack of funding. A major fundraising campaign cannot be launched until a site is chosen, and a commitment made to either purchase or lease it. It is at this point that we must turn to our own membership to make the initial commitment of capital to create the “seed” money which can then be used as a base for matching funds from various levels of government and the corporate and private sector. Sure, we have a collection of worth, some of which the new board is prepared to sell at market prices to raise funds, but it is not practical to do so until a new homesite is secured. We now have identified a homesite which seems to have the attributes to enable to museum to carry on with a minimum of disruption, still maintain the present volunteer base, and with the potential to earn extra revenue. We now need enough cash to secure it, and for this we need cash for the down payment. Member Ed Foster has come forward with a reasonable and achievable solution. He points out that if only 100 members donate $2,000 each, that it would be sufficient to secure the property, at which time we could then undertake a serious fundraising campaign for buildings and improvements. Ed has pledged his $2,000 contingent on 99 others taking up the challenge to do the same. Donations will be held in a trust account until December 31, 1994. If there are sufficient funds in the account at that time, the money will be used for the down payment or lease with option to purchase payment, and all donors will be issued a tax deductible receipt. Revenue Canadaallows you to claim 42% of a donation as a non-refundable tax credit (see the 1993 personal income tax guide). Please help, or ask anyone you know who might be able to help, to send in their donation. If you can’t come up with $2,000 then send in $1,000 or even $500. Working together, we can still pull this off. The alternative may well be that the museum will have to sell off its collection just to acquire a small piece of land with a fence around it and room to store a bunch of loaded containers- perhaps for a long time. DONATION TO THE HOMESITE ACQUISITION TRUST ACCOUNT Enclosed is my donation in the amount of $ and Transportation “Homesite” trust account. I understand that the monies will be held until December to be placed into the Canadian Museum of Flight 15, 1994, at which time, if there is enough money, it will be used to secure a homesite, and a tax deductible receipt will be issued to me or my appointee. If there are not sufficient funds in the account at that time, I will be contacted by the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation as to whether I wish the return of my money, or if I wish to divert it to another account. Name: Address: Postal Code Mail or deliver to: The Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation 13527 Crescent Road, Surrey, BC, V4P 1J5 Phone: Days: _: Eves: Payment can be made by cheque, money order, Visa or Master Card For further Information, call the museum at (604) 535-1115

KAMLOOPS AIRSHOW 94 by Wilma Thompson Quite an entourage set out very early Friday morning, on August 5, for the Kamloops Airshow. George and Helen Proulx took the truck and N3N trailer. John Clark set out with his station wagon and the museums sales trailer, while Bill and I left in the N3N-3 Bill had already checked out the fuel supply available at Harrison Lake, and found there wasn’t a drop to be had. So museum member Gerry Chappell very kindly brought us gas down to the lake from his home in Aggassiz both on the up trip and the down trip. Both times it was a welcome break for breakfast. The flight to Kamloops was most enjoyable and certainly very beautiful. Bill landed us in the river and found that the float to tie up to was perfect for the “N” as we were able to get the dock very nicely between the main float and the wing tip float. The rest of the party arrived and we proceeded to get the plane out of the river and onto its own trailer for the short hop over the road to the airport. As luck would have it, the wind came up exactly the wrong time and gave us a great deal of trouble. Both Bill and I ended up to our upper chest in the river and up over our knees in the mud! Helen later on, when all was under control, made the statement that she would love to have had a movie camera as it certainly would win on “Funniest Home Videos”. The attendance at the Airshow was apparently down compared to what it had been in the past. However, they had changed their day from midweek to Saturday so one would ex- pect it to be up not down. Our sales weren’t bad but we would have preferred them to be better. The “N3N-3” was certainly well re- ceived by one and all. Bill wasn’t too pleased with some of the questions like- “Do you think it will ever fly?” We were all treated very well by the Airshow people. Accommodation and reception were very nice. Our flight home was also very beautiful and uneventful. It truly is a great feeling to be flying through, the mountains in an open cockpit plane! Many thanks to George, Helen, John and Gerry Chappell for making this endeavor on behalf of the CMFT a most enjoyable success. Wilma somehow managed to take this picture of her husband, Bill Thompson, while he was flying the N3N through the mountains during the Kamloops trip. If you have ever seen Captain Bill’s beautifully restored N3N, you can under- stand his broad smile.

AROUND THE SITE The Saturday work crew took a break from packing artifacts for the move, to touch up the displays. Volunteer Kieth Retallack spear- headed the attack on the interior of the H-21 helicopter. He braved the nasty odor to clean up the foul residue that was left inside the cockpit glass by sev- eral birds that man- aged to find their way inside. The remains of 27 trapped starlings were removed from various crannies. 1.5. AF A SER. BRADE I BATTERY CABIN DE LOCATED ON CABIN 7.30 94 Museum director Ron McWilliams supervises volunteer Keith Retallack and fellow director Brad Thomas as they mask the sun faded fuselage numbers on the T-33 jet. Along with a young volunteer by the name of Warren Ruiter, the crew spent about 3 days touching up the weathered ensigns, painting the tip tanks and stripping the sun bleached day-glo paint from the wingtips. 6

As well as a cleanup inside, the H-21 got a bit of a lift on the outside. A new tube was found for the nosewheel, the helicop- ter was carefully jacked up and a switch was made. In this photo Ron Williams can be seen struggling to split the wheel halves while Brad Thomas re- laxes and watches Mark Zalesky refit the seal on the oleo. Keith Retallack, the sheet metal expert for the day, is hunting for more tools to fab- ricate some of the covers that were missing in the cockpit. The Museum president, George Proulx is checking up on the volunteers to make sure they are working hard. Despite the size of the crew you see here, it still took all day to get the tire changed and inflated. Eventu- ally all the tires were reinflated so the H-21 sits proud now. US CLOSING FOR SEASON The CMFT closes for the 1994 season on Oct 16 th. The outdoor displays will be closed to the public but the gift shop will be open. Members, of course, are always wel- come to come down and help out. Drop by on Saturday and join the work crew that is starting to get packed for our move! MEDAL OF COURAGE An unofficial medal of valour goes to Craig Stewart who, without the aid of heavy equip- ment, removed the accumulated debris from the kitchen counter in the museum offices. Craig suffered no injuries during the remark- able event. The CMFT would like to report to the membership that the countertop is white arborite with light green marble-like veins. MISSING LODESTAR The CMFT was a flurry of activity for several days with the news of the discovery of Lock- heed Lodestar CF-TDF crash site after nearly 50 years of mystery. Researcher Jerry Vernon hosted several television crews at the museum site. The CBC alone managed to have 3 separate camera crews. Jerry showed the media the museums Lodestar CF-TCY, which is the sistership to the crashed aircraft. Jerry also spent hours on the phone conducting interviews. It was his research file that supplied many of the news outlets with the story of the aircrafts discovery. Congratulations to Jerry for a job well done. The full story of the discovery of CF-TDF should be presented in the next newsletter. The newsletter editor might be able to squeeze a few words from Jerry. 7

BRITISH & EUROPEAN MEET POLICE RNN B19 This years British and European car show attracted 200 cars to the museum grounds. It even attracted the attention of this police officer, who after asking “Now, wot’s all this about.” decided it was about enjoying yourself. Our “Bobby” here is Brian Lees with his immaculate 1954 Wolseley 6/80. The event brought in MG’s, Jaguars, Alfas and even a very sexy Ferrari Dino. Fitting in especially well with the aircraft was Steve Schleppe’s Czechos- lovakian Tatra T600 with its big central fin. One of the classic British Motorycles can be seen at the right fitting in nicely under the nose of the Harvard. With a crowd of over 700 the museum managed to collect over $2000 in admission fees and do about $1500 worth of food booth and gift shop sales. All the figures were fairly comparable to last year. Thank-you very much to the 2 dozen volunteers who handled the crowds, the food and the garbage. Our gratitude to Trev Deeley for the loan of their tent. 8

NISSAN/DATSUN MEET SSAN FINISH Some of the crowd at the July 18th Nissan/Datsun meet listen to event organizer Ross Mullen as he announces some of the prize winners. Not only did many of the participants win recognition for their cars but there were plenty of door prizes as well. Almost everyone in attendance went home with a Nissan trunk organizer! Thanks must go to to the many organizations and people who provided sponsership; like Airflow Ultralights for the flypast, Terry Elgood for his Tigermoth ride and Tundra helicopters who were busy all day providing helicopter rides for $25 each. Also thanks to the many museum volunteers who helped the Nissan folks organize the day. To the right is an example of the mixture that makes the Nissan/Datsun meet such a success. People, planes and polished automobiles. Mike Langford can been seen with his Harvard doing a flypast in front of the crowd. Below him are visi- tors enjoying the T-33, the Vampire, a vintage Roadster and a more recent Datsun. The weather helped as well. It was a high overcast all day. It started to sprinkle just as the days events were wrapping up. About 730 people attended. 6-

ED & ROSE RETIRE The Editor, & CMFT Members and supporters; The gut-wrenching decision has finally been made, and after 23 years, the Zalesky family is calling it quits as the unpaid driving force of the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation. The Canadian Museum of Flight and Trans- portation was Ed’s brainchild and dream, but the daily effort to keep it running smoothly has taken its toil. It’s time to move on to other things, and to now try to rebuild the once thriving family business that was virtually abandoned due the demands of operating the museum. We wish to thank all the fine people who have, over the years, worked with us to build the dream to what could still be one of the best museums in Canada. Sadly, we never were able to attract the kind of support and funding from government or the corporate sector to provide housing for what has become a fine collection. Many feel betrayed, and a few feel they can do better. We apologise to those who feel we have let them down, and our best wishes to the others. A very special thank you to Bill Thompson of Pender Harbour and to Barry Jackson of North Vancouver. Bill and Barry actively and continuously shared Ed’s dream to start a museum and were founding directors wher the museum became a formal entity in 1977. They have stuck with us throught the lean years, the good years, and these past disap- pointing years. The museum has indeed come a long way since 1971 when Ed first started pestering his friends and customers for bits and pieces to start a museum to preserve Canadian aviation history here in the West. A thank you also to the many members and friends who were the museum’s hauling crews. These people gave of their time, loaned their vehicles and equipment, and paid the fuel and e> penses to haul in the battered and derelict pieces from all over Canada and the U.S.A. and which became the basis for most of the museum’s exhibits. A special thank you to Bill Thompson, Ron Krywiak, Jerry Van Humbeck, Pieter DeVries, Gary Moonie, Gordon Weismiller and Roy Bris- coe, who could always be counted on to drop what they were doing, pack up their gear into their vehicles, and drive thousands of miles to pick up treasures, many of which required all of their ingenuity and skill to load and haul. Bill also put his towboat, his barge, and his family to work hauling in marine rescued items – the Stranraer and the Hampden in particular. Sadly, we’ve seen many of the people who worked so hard in the early years become ill, some have passed away, while others simply burnt out and gave up. Our heartfelt thanks to those of you who were there during the forma- tive years. We miss the talent, flexibility and ingenuity these early members displayed. while working under the most miserable con- ditions. We miss Bill McGarrigle, a master woodworker, mentor and teacher. He would be pleased to know that at least one, and hopefully more, avid students have taken up his challenge that nothing less than the best work is good enough. Harry Fordham, Fred Gardham, Frank Coulter, Roy Willis and others worked alongside Bill to teach and shepherd budding mechanics through Fed- eral Job Creation projects which saw the as- sembly of the S-55 helicopter, Tiger Moth, Stampe, and several other displays. Mike Gatey, Ted Harris and Hank Koehler are among those who shared our dream and gave it their best, but decided to drop out. We cherish the friendship of the many people who came to help and became good personal friends. Another special thank you to John Reid, who has contracted the same advanced stage of the “dedicated volunteer disease” that we did, and now works full time at the museum; and to Ralph Emery, who volun- teers as much or more tire as he gets paid for to keep the museum’s accounts in order. 10

We really did try. Ed and Rose have volun- teered full time (over 100 hours per week during much of the time in Rose’s case) since 1980. April Zalesky worked full time in the office for 5 years, while Mark Zalesky has spent nearly half of his lifetime as a “Mr. Everything” at the museum, all at no cost to CMFT. The real heartbreaker and “monkey wrench in the works” was the expropriation of the Zalesky family’s Crescent Road homestead by Surrey in 1985 which by that time had become the temporary home for CMFT. Coun- cil members continue to crow that they are heros for so doing – it is obvious that none has ever had the wrenching experience of having had their home and dreams taken away from them against one’s will. They insist that fair value has been paid. Baloney! We were de- prived of the right to live in a home of our choosing, and the right to sell it when and for how much we felt was fair. (As a footnote, a 3 acre piece just down the road from our expro- priated 24.5 acres has just been placed on the market – asking price is $1.3 million. Compare that to the $1 million before taxes received for our 24.5 acres with a 1/2 mile of waterfront). We were thus also deprived of the opportunity to help re-establish our baby, the Canadian uch more gratitude than can possibly be Mexpressed must to go to the Zalesky’s for their incredible contributions to the CMFT. Thanks to Ed for breathing life into the baby of an idea. Thanks to Rose for her daily sacrifice of energy to grow the museum for so many years. Thanks to Mark for the craftmanship and knowledge. The retirement of the Zalesky family should be considered a challange to the membership. The CMFT has been riding on the Zalesky’s financial and spiritual coat tails for many years. We now have a collection with over 80 aircraft and thousands of artifacts. Museum of Flight and Transportation on an- other site. The pittance that was paid in com- parison to the value of the property today can never compensate for taking away our future. Many members of council continue to state that we should give more money to the mu- seum, and Mayor Bose exhibits an avid dis- like for the Zalesky family and its efforts. We have already had to give up our home, we’ve given CMFT more than $300,000 in cash, and at least that much more in value of aircraft, equipment and the like. What more do they want? Our resignations take effect October 11, 1994 – the day after exhibits close for this season. We’ve been ready to go for some years, but nobody came forward to take over the work we do, in spite of repeated pleas in the news- letters. We’ll help train replacements and will continue to volunteer periodically and for spe- cial projects. At a recent board meeting, Bill Thompson summed up our feelings about leaving the museum in his statement: “We’ve given it our best shot, and it wasn’t enough.” Ed and Rose Zalesky September 1, 1994 But the harsh reality is that the CMFT has not got one single square foot of display space that it can call its own. The land everything sits on now belongs to the City of Surrey and the buildings belong to the Zaleskys. It is time for the museum to stand on its own two feet. We must find a new site and move our collection safely to it. This will require time, money and the energy of the members. The museum directors are going to need you to become more involved in your museum. Help fill the large gap left behind by the depar- ture of the Ed and Rose. Call the museum or one of the directors today! 11

WINGS AND WHEELS WIN A TRIP TO ENGLAND NO 12

Wings and Wheels volunteers take a well deserved break at the end of a great event. From left to right we have Sheila Chmilar a long time volunteer who helped with parking and the Lysander display. Next is Carol Morrelli who was all over the site with her radio, organizing people. Carol did much of the necessary preparations required to bring Wings and Wheels off. With her is Jerry Ol- sen of the Hampden Restoration Team. Di- rector Ron McWilliams is kneeling in the shade after a long day of parking people. Behind him is the Master of Parking, John Clark. Also kneeling is Yvonne Chasse who collected admissions at the front gate and hosted the media representatives. Next is Lifetime Director Bill Thompson who had his beautiful N3N on display in the pond. Darrell Macintosh and his son David han- dled security and parking and on the far right is John Divisser who also worked with a cash pouch and a smile at the front gate. More of the Wings and Wheels crew. Start- ing at left we have the control tower opera- tor Jerry Vernon sitting with Cloverdale MP Ken Jones. Next is Giles Chater who helped park the vintage autos and direct traf- fic on the road. Behind him is Mark Kar- penko whose encyclopedic knowlege of cooking was put to good use in the food booth. Norm Weber, who helped with park- ing and security is peeking over his shades. Craig Stewart worked up a sweat helping to serve in the food booth. To his left is Steve Heinemann who did an excellent job preparing the aircraft for the Snoopy skit and delivering passes to the neighbours. Kathy Kallwajtys was very popular with the kids because she did face painting. Brad Thomas waves one more greeting after col- lecting admissions all day. Beside him is Kelly Vouri who was mobbed by kids be- cause she did face painting with Cathy. At the end is Rose Zalesky who planned the event, co-ordinated the volunteers and ran the very busy gift shop. Snoopy is always a favorite with the kids at Wings and Wheels. With him are two of the biggest kids, Directors Carol Morrelli and John Reid. The lovable fellow inside the suit is Craig Stewart. eedless to say we have not included a Npicture of all the volunteers that helped to make Wings and Wheels a big success. Nor is it possible to give recognition to all the sponsers and exhibitors that made this years event a great success. Hundreds of beautifully maintained classic cars invaded the site. We were actually run- ning out of room to display all of them. How- ever the parking attendants worked hard and managed to find a space for everyone. There is always room for one more vintage British Motorcycle or one more Classic T-bird. Peo- ple always seem to make space for the Military Vehicles Western Command Chapter mem- bers when their jeeps (armed with 50 cal machine guns) are looking for room. A special thanks to the St. Johns ambulance crew for providing emergeny health services to the crowd. As for next year…….? 13

RESTORATIONS ome members and volunteers have been Sanxious to get more airplanes on display. over my objections. While I can understand the desire to have more to offer the visitor, the museums’s goal is to preserve as well as to display, and the continued exhibit of fragile aircraft outdoors without protection or cover results in damage that in some cases may already be too great to repair.. Little restoration work has been done these past two years, to the disappointment and frustration of those who want to work on air- planes. Time that might have been spent on restorations by the restorer has instead had to be spent fixing things and grooming the yard. This is partly due to a lack of manpower and volunteer co-ordination. I will not compromise my commitment to pro- vide quality work for accurate and authentic displays. I find it deeply disturbing to watch well-meaning people change history by taking the easy way out and performing rebuilds instead of restorations, or dive into a project without any contemplation or research of preservation and restoration methods. I can no longer tolerate being considered a “flake” for insisting that finishes, decals, markings, fasteners, etc. are authentic for the particular project’s timeframe. My resignation as Restoration Committee head therefore really took effect August 26th. I can only hope that whoever takes over this position remembers their responsibility to the visitor and aviation history in general. People come to a museum to see things as they really were, not as how someone believes they look good. For me, “That’s good enough” is never good enough. It should be done properly or not even attempted. The Museum holds, in its collection, some fantastic examples of avia- tion history, some ultra rare, some not, but all of them deserve the very best care they can receive. I hope that when the facilities exist for their proper restoration, I can be involved in some way with the resurrection of these mar- vellous treasures. I will continue to help out as I can at the museum until October 10, 1994, after which I must get on with helping to rebuild the family business and look after personal affairs. I will continue to be available for advice if anyone wants it, and will volunteer whatever time I can at the museum.. The shop building, which belongs to the Zalesky family, will be moved as soon as arrangements can be made. I will undertake to complete the restoration to flying condition of the Cabin Waco AQC6 CF-CCW and the Fairchild Cornell CF-FLY at no cost to the museum excepting those parts and materials I cannot afford to buy. The Waco INF, Se5a Replica and the Bowlus/Dragonfly are cur- rently stored at my farm. The Cabin Waco and the Comell will also be accomodated until finished, unless unforseen circumstances dic- tate otherwise. Like my parents, I have devoted a good part of my life in trying to make the flight museum succeed. I enjoyed the work, and learned a great deal from other talented people. I gave it my best shot, too, but it is also time for me to move on. Mark Zalesky HAMPDEN GETTING ENGINES Fred Gardham and his small crew have been taking advantage of the fine weather to work on the Hampden. It is looking very good and the offer of vacuform expertise from Dave Christian means that it will also be getting “engines”. They will only be mockups but will help complete the restoration to staic display. Thanks go out to Jerry Olsen and the crew at J & M Fiberglass for repairing the cowl rings and exhaust collectors. Fred and friends are busy making mounts for the replica engines. 14

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TRIP TO LONDON The draw for the winner of trip to London was made on July 17 at the end of the Nissan Datsun Meet. The lucky winner was RICK COTTRELL of Powell River. Rose Zalesky holds out the ticket bucket for Dave Mackintosh to draw the big winner. The story of the tickets did not end with the draw on July 17. It seems that the winner did not want to travel to London this summmer so he tried to give the tickets to his relatives. No one seemed to have the travel bug so he offered them back to the museum. The CMFT got approval from Skybridge to hold a silent auction for the tickets. A bid list was put up at the museum giftshop so people could place their bids. People who had bought. many of the earlier draw tickets were con- tacted so they could place a bid if they wished. The bid deadline is September 30th so as of press time the results are unkown. Unfortunatly the last flights are in October so we cannot offer the rickets in the newsletter. Skybridge MUSEUM & SURREY n July 25, CMFT President George Proulx and past president Jerry Vermon gave a presentation to Surrey City Council. The museum was responding to the eviction notice that stated the museum had to vacate the Crescent Road site by June of 1995. The Museum representatives asked for an extension of the deadline so that the Museum had time to find an altemate site and move its large collection. The Councillers said that they heard the same requests many times before and they expected the same request in two years time. They could see no progress being made by the Museum towards a move and so were disinclined to provide an extension. The Museum Directors felt that the eviction notice was based on reasons that were not factual. Council made repeated reference to money that was paid to the museum to pay for moving costs. The CMFT says it was not involved in the negotiations with council at the time of the expropriation and recieved no money. Surrey Council stated that the Mu- seum was not recognized as a legal entity at the time, so the money to move the museums airplanes was paid to the Zaleskys. George stressed the fact that the CMFT does not want to stay on the Surrey site forever. We want to get the airplanes indoors so that they do not deteriorate and we want the museum near an airport so that we can survive as an entity. Council thanked the delegation for making the point that the Museum wants to move and asked if the CMFT had abandoned the prospect of moving to the Cloverdale site. George explained that we had abondoned the Cloverdale site because it was felt we could not afford the services required or survive without the Transportation Museum as neigh- bours. The presentation was accepted in a thoughtful manner by the entire council and they ex- pressed the hope the next submission by the Museum would be a moving plan. 16

GIFTSHOP FEATURES Pioneering Aviation the West in As told by the pioneers OPERATIONS ON – ROBERT TAYLOR Taken from the original painting which was presented to The Late Sir Arthur T. (Bomber) Harris on his 90th birth- day, A superbly alive picture which captures the actions of aircrew and groundcrew around their Lancaster in the last moments Before take-off on a night sortie. Print is matted and framed in wood. This particular one has an 8″ x 11″ image inside a 14″ x 7″ frame. 6267… $95.00 This is just one of a selection of many Robert Taylor miniature prints available at the giftshop They vary in size with small ones (6 1/2″ x 5″) costing $40. Come down to the museum and check out the selection. You will find your favorite Robert Taylor in this affordable format! CF-AZE- Canadian Museum of Flight & Transportation and Lloyd M. Bungey The Museum’s 330 page soft cover book, full of b&w photos, is an enjoyable way to learn about our aviation history through the words of those who helped create it. It is a fresh insight into the roots of one of BC’s major industries. The book is available from the Mu- seum Giftshop. Order number 4744. Price including tax and postage… $26.85 non-members $24.40 for members. 1 year subscpbon $25 Overseas $30 1/48 SCALE TIGER BEER HUEY MODEL You have seen something similar at airshows but never with this amount of detail. Handcrafted in Vietnam these tin models have operating rotors and doors. They even include interior seats. Also available as Phantom, Eagle, Thunderchief and Skyhawk. Come check them out! 5925………..$19.50 Please note there will be $5 postage and handling Pay using your credit card. Just phone… VISA 535-1115 MasterCard WW1 AERO (1900-1919), and SKYWAYS (1920-1940) Two Journals for the restoral bulder & sanous modeller of early secral news of museums and airshows technical drawings and sta photographs scale modeling matanal *news of current publications workshop noiss formation on care co aeropianes, engines pants your wants and asposals Sole asbutors for PJV, a computer program to generate a 3-view from, a photograph Published by WORLD WAR 1 Geroplanes, INC. 17 15 Crescent Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 USA (914) 473-3679

THE COPILOT I am the copilot, I sit on the right, It’s up to me to be quick and bright; I never talk back for I have regrets, But I have to remember what the captain forgets. I make out the Flight Plan and study the weather, Pull up the gear, stand by to feather; Make out mail forms and do the reporting, And fly the old crate while the Captain is courting. I take the readings, adjust the power, Put on the heaters when we’re in a shower, Tell him where we are on the darkest night, And do all the bookwork without any light, I call for my Captain and buy him cokes; I always laugh at his corny jokes, And once in a while when his landings are rusty, I always come through with, “By gosh it’s gusty!” All in all I’m a general stooge, As I sit on the right of the man I call “Scrooge”: I guess you think that is past understanding. But maybe some day he will give me a landing. P40 PARTS everal bids were received for the SP40 parts that the museum has put up for sale. However, none of the bids were accepted buy the Directors of CMFT. A second offering is being made of the parts. The minimun bid is set at US$35,000. For anyone who wishes to bid on the package, please contact Brad Thomas of the Parts Sales Com- mittee at 604-530-5013 or Jerry Ver- non at 604-420-6065. There is a video of the parts available for a cost of $20. Please send a check or money order to P40 Parts CMFT 13527 Crescent Road Surrey, B.C. V4P 1J5 The next bid evaluation will be at the Directors meeting on November 10th. Congatulations! To members and their new babies. Bill and Gina Emerslund with a girl and Mike Gatey and Jane Etzkorn with a boy. These 3 smiles in the giftshop belong to director Rose Zalesky, new man- ager Lori Cockerill and director John Reid. The CMFT board agreed to hire Lori on as the gen- eral manager this winter, as a partial replacement for Rose, who is step- ping down from her very active role at the museum. John has been working so hard that we fig- ure his pay should be doubled! (He vol- unteers.) 18

NORTHERN FLIGHT ne of the policys we have at the CMFT is fellow aviation groups. This is done by swapping space in each others newsletters. WW Aeroplanes Inc. provides the museum with a complimentary subscrip- tion to their publication as a result of the mention we make of them in this newsletter. NORTHERN FLIGHT is a publication that in- tends to bring to the public at large the history of Canadian aviation as presented by a varied group of aviation museums, writers, film mak- ers and associations. This magazine is pub- lished 6 times per year by Robin Murray of NORTHERN FLIGHTS PUBLICATIONS 24-275 Manse Rd., West Hill, Ontario M1E 4X8 Tel:(416)-283-0614 Subscriptions rates in Canada are $15.75 per year. They have a free lapel pin offer on right now so you can get either a Tutor, an Arrow or a P-40 pin when you subscribe. AVIATION QUARTERLY embers who took advantage of the offer Min our last newsletter will have at last received the premier edition. This first issue is really excellent and worth the wait! Its 48 pages are on a fine gloss paper, the many photos are in colour and the whole product demonstrates a high quality. B.C. gets good mention in the all Canadian content with articles on Don Crowe and his Sea Fury, Bush Flying, Air Command counter drug operations, military test pilots, BC’s Air- vac helicopters and Buffalo Airways. Aviation Quarterly is only available by sub- scription for $26.00 a year from AVIATION QUARTERLY Sunnyside Ottawa, Ontario K1S OR1 BECOME A VALUED MEMBER! Take this opportunity to become involved and maybe win a trip to London with Skybridge. Fill out this membership form and mail to: CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION 13527 Crescent Road, Surrey, B.C., V4P 1J5 Please if you can… Donate aircraft, parts, or engines. Loan equipment for salvage transport. Provide expertise for restoration. Donate books, photos, or memorabilia. Help with research and writing. Do general yard, shop maintenance. Assist in the library, office, or archive. Or help out another way, then please come visit the site or give us a call at 535-1115 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES General.. $20 $10 6 Month Extension Family.. $30 Friend.. Lifetime (Tax Deductible) $10 $300 Membership entitles you to free admission, a subscription to the newsletter and (except Friend) 10% off most items in the gift shop. NAME: ADDRESS: CITY: POSTAL CODE: COUNTRY: PHONE: Enclosed $ If paying by credit card. Expiry Date_ Card # New Membership. Extend my membership. We hope the publisher can afford to keep up the high quality. Next issue due in November. 19 Gift Membership for a Student. 000

NOTICE OF MEETING SUMMER GENERAL MEETING VOLUNTEER BAR-B-QUE FRIDAY OCTOBER 21, 1994 Will take place at Yics Dining Lounge 13639 104th Ave at King George Highway, Surrey, B.C. Great selection of Chinese and Western food, soups and good deserts, Smorgasbord style. NO HOST BAR 6:00 DINNER 7:00 GENERAL MEETING 8:00 Cost will be 12$ per person including taxes. Guests and friends are welcome. Please phone and make your reservations now. 535-1115 MEMBERSHIP DUES DUE? Please check your address label, which lists the expiry date of your membership in the top right comer. If you are overdue, or nearly so, please send a cheque or credit card # to: Canadian Museum of Flight & Transportation 13527 Crescent Road Surrey, B.C., V4P 1J5 Please include your name. We need you! Dues are $20 (General), $30 (Family) or con- sider a lifetime membership at $300. Member- ship entitles you and a guest to free admission to the museum exhibits during the open sea- son, a subscription to the newsletter, and a 10% discount on most purchases from our well stocked gift shop. Friend category at $10 has same priveleges except no discount in the gift shop. 20 El 21 25 70 MALOG EXPIRED PLEASE RENEW Brad Thomas #80, 20350 53rd Ave Langley, BC V3A 519 MEMBERSHIP ISSN-0820-8336