Glidepath Fall 2013 Issue 118 From This… To This… The quarterly newsletter of The Canadian Museum of Flight

Season’s greetings to all

We finished the year once again in a strong position. So I’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all who have put so many hours in to make the museum what it is today.

We have had so many projects over the last seven years, so we thought we would go through our archives of photographs and come up with some images from the past to the present of individuals. that help to make the Canadian Museum of Flight a success. Some valued members and volunteers. have passed on, but we hope you’ll look on these images with fond memories.

We wish you all a very special Christmas and New Years.

Terry, CMF General Manager

Thank you to Trish McAuley for standing in for our regular editor Bruce Friesen. Bruce is otherwise occupied sunning himself in Arizona.

Hanger Party June 21st, 2013 ** Yes, I want to support the Canadian Museum of Flight! MY CONTACT INFORMATION: OPTION 2: A MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION Name: Address: City: Province: Postal Code: Telephone: email: OPTION 1: A ONE-TIME GIFT I would like to donate $ once a month I would like to make these monthly for months, or until I tell you to stop donations by credit card: Credit card issuer (e.g. VISA) Credit card #: Credit card expiry date: Signature: I authorize the Canadian Museum of Flight to withdraw these monthly donations from my bank (“voided” cheque is attached). Signature: Donation amount: $ by 0 Cheque Credit Card Credit card issuer (e.g. VISA) Credit card # Credit card expiry date: Signature: I understand I can cancel my monthly contributions at any time by contacting the Museum at 604 532-0035. Date: Glidepath-Fall 2013

THEY REALLY NEED TO TALK! …and we can help

CMF RADIO FUNDRAISER! GOAL $10000

CMF Radio Fundraiser

Our Waco INF, S.E.5 replica and Fleet 80 Canuck are in the process of being restored to operational standards. However, the last time these aircraft flew there have been changes to requirements for all aircraft operating in and out of controlled airspace. In order to meet current standards we need to equip these three CMF aircraft with a radio, transponder/encoder and an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT). The cost to equip all three aircraft (including installation) is close to $14,000.

Please help the Museum meet this goal. You can donate to the CMF Radio Fundraiser either online, by phone (604-532-0035), by mail (cheque or money order)

Canadian Museum of Flight Hangar #3 5333, 216th Street Langley, BC. V2Y 2N3

or the next time you visit the Museum.

As the Waco INF is nearly complete and will be the first in line to be radio equipped. The S.E.5 Replica and Fleet Canuck will follow respectively (subject to the restoration progress of the aircraft(s), safety and regulation standards and meeting our donation goals). Note: Donations of $50 or more are eligible for a tax deductible receipt (upon request),

The first of many planned Pancake Breakfasts held on December 1st by the Runway Café with seating in the hanger… Thanks to Dan, Amanda, Straun and Lora for a terrific breakfast. The breakfast raised $1000.00 for the Museum Radio Fund

Canadian Museum of Flight Volunteers

If there’s one thing I learned quickly about the Aviation Museum it’s that none of it runs without Volunteer power. These are the folks who come from all over to give their time and energy in an effort to help the Museum maintain what it is and strive towards what it wants to be. Volunteering means you donate your time without monetary compensation. It means you might put in an 8 hour day, go home tired and your payment for this is the feeling of a job well done and the satisfaction that you’ve helped make a difference.

I keep the Volunteers in mind with everything I attempt to do for the Museum because they deserve that level of effort along with a good measure of thanks for the work they do and that’s why I decided to write about them here.

With my local Aviation Museum (The Canadian Museum of Flight), the Volunteers are absolutely essential, without them the doors won’t open and the Museum would simply cease to exist. It doesn’t have a financial backer with deep pockets and like most, it has bills to pay. They can raise money by doing things like renting out the hangar for events a number of times a year which is a terrific way to generate extra revenue but it won’t happen if the Volunteers don’t come in on one afternoon, haul the planes outside, tie them all down, setup tables and chairs in the hangar and then come back the next morning to put them all away and bring the planes back in….and hey, don’t forget to mop the hangar floor by the way!

The Volunteers I spend most of my time with come from all walks of life. Some were in the Armed Forces, some the Commercial Aviation industry (some from both). A number of them have been involved with General Aviation and others hadn’t been near an airplane at all until they first came to the Museum. They come in the door with some sort of skill to offer, time to give and a desire to help. Welcome!

I watch the Volunteers work outside in the rain because there’s no hangar space for them to use and all the static aircraft have to be kept outdoors. They put in a hard days work trying to fix or improve something that’s exposed to the Pacific Northwest elements all year round and hope it’s not all for nothing come the springtime. I watch them try to restore an airplane in a space barely big enough to fit your Honda Civic and I hear drops of water hit the hangar floor around them because the roof is in dire need of repairs the Museum simply can’t afford to make. That doesn’t mean they don’t spend days on the roof on the hottest days of the year trying to patch it though because they did! They did it because they wanted to and they believe in it. They’re a team and maybe for some this is something they haven’t felt for a good number of years. A sense of real belonging and camaraderie. We can give them that.

The aircraft are flown to various events and perform for a chance to gain some publicity for the Museum but unlike most others, they are not paid above the fuel and oil they use for the performances and still, every year those aircraft have to pass inspection while hoping there’s nothing needed that can’t be afforded. Cue the Volunteers again, they’ll get it done! The pilots go from flight suits to coveralls and back again several times a year. The air show and appearance schedule dictates what kind of summer they (and the crew) are going to have with their families. Please don’t think they don’t enjoy it though, they do. They’re proud to fly our aircraft and do an incredible job showing off our little flying Museum.

The Volunteers are why I want a new Museum hangar and they are why I want a better land lease for that new hangar. They’re the reason I want to do what needs to be done to get more people in the doors so the work they do can be seen and better appreciated. They’ve more than earned it. The Museum deserves to grow because of the Volunteers who’ve been putting in their time all these years trying to make it happen. For as much as they give (and they give a lot) they need a reason to believe like they do.

The most important thing in all of this is that these people are my friends and I’m beyond grateful and honored to know them all….

Mike Luedey

Used with permission- this is from Mike’s Blog on his Yellow Drum Productions website – yellowdrumproductions.com

Bigger and Better things to come! Did you say something? this solvent sure smells good These staterooms sure are I need anather bag of screws and some more wood The foreman No I don’t shave my legs 1 Boy 1 the airport’s changed. That’s the problem. You’ve been reading the plans upside Take your dem hand out of there and it will fit ‘S Glidepath-Fall 2013

you sure it goes hare? You think anyone will notice? they will never find me here. Terry You want me to wear what 70 Purchase any tan mugs and we throw in the moth get to be in here know my coffee cup is here CGBJS 6 You didn’t tell me Its supposed to fly Glidepath-Fall 2013

Some of our Museum Volunteers RE 605Y 104 Thank you! 7 Glidepath-Fall 2013

The Canadian Museum of Flight Bringing British Columbia’s Aviation Past into the Future

Membership Benefits!

• Partnerships! Members are entitled to visit, free of charge:
  • Flight Museum, Seattle
  • West Coast Rail Museum, Squamish
  • Military Education Centre, Chilliwack
• and a Gift Shop Discount of 15% at CMF

Volunteers Welcome!

The Canadian Museum of Flight is always looking for new volunteers. We are always in need of history and aviation enthusiasts of all kinds for aircraft restoration, gift shop operations, facility maintenance and many other tasks. No experience is necessary. We invite everyone from 1937 Waco AQ6 cabin biplane in the students to retirees to join the team. If interested please contact the Museum General Manager, Terry Brunner 604-532-0035

Front Cover: Museum’s Collection. Donated by Doctor Jack Pickup to the Museum in 1992

The Glidepath Newsletter is published quarterly by the Canadian Museum of Flight” Contributions in the form of articles, news items, letters and photos are always welcome as are comments and suggestions although no payments are made for manuscripts submitted for publication in the Newsletter.