THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANS PROTATION Held June 12, 1981 7:30 P.M., RICHMOND ARTS CENTRE, MINORU COURT, RICHMOND, B.C. PENING: The meeting was called or order at 19:35 with 26 people in attendance. GUESTS: Morris and Irene Brett, from England, John Kyte, Richmond Museum, Don Carricy, Reporter INUTES OF APRIL 10 MEETING: Posted, but not read as all members receive a copy in mail. TREASURER’S REPORT: POSTED, but no read. Brief verbal report that CMFT has nt May 31, 1981 $7520.88 on band, of whch $3,200 is Bolingbroke purchase fund. GENERAL REPORTS: CAPA CONF ERENCE – Bruce Duncan reported on bis attendance at theCanadian Aeronautical Association at Moose Jaw on May 7 and 8. Subjects discussed included IND disporals of surplus aircraft, National Museums representatives advised funds normally available to Associate museums are not available due to financial pressures on NMC. Delegates visited Harry Whereatt collection. Motion passed recognizing CMFT as official Aviation Museum for B.C. NEWSLETTER UP-GRADE: No report. Frank Stevens not at meeting. FR Recent press coverage May 28, 1981 includes letter to editor Vancouver Sun, May 28 Article in Times-Colonist, Current Air Classics has Jerry Vernon article on CMFT. Fly-In participation at Salmon Arm 4th and 5th July and Alberta Air Show Aug. 1 and 2 discussed. – DINNER DANCE: Held May 2 at St. Paul’s Auditorium in Richmond, Fewer than 50 people attend- ed, and those who did had good time. Fun auction held. Enough money left after expenses. to get Appreciation awards for next year. Pot luck rupper turned up superb food. ARGUS, CF-100: Attempts to procure one have so far falled. AUDIO (TAPE RECORDINGS) LIBRARY: Word received tht neither of student employment grante awarded. Helena Ashdown offered to work on it, but need another to help her. NEW BUSINESS: A SHOP on Harris Road in Coquitlam has been offered at a very low rental rate, including use of equipment owned by other renter. Mike latimer will check out. PHOTOCOPIER: We’ve got it running, but it should work better. Mike will look at it, ton. JOHN KYTE offered to help organize the museum record-keening, PART-TIME HELP still needed in office. Have an offer of person to work at very low rate, which we are taking, but where are the volunteers? MEETING DATES to be changed to third Wed or Thurs 1f Arts Centre available. Next meeting planned for Sept. Check newsletter for new date. VOTE TO SPEND $2,000 on a rebuildable Stearman motioned and arried. MIKE LATIMER offered to help haul H21 helicopter from Ontario to farm. ART SELLER has given CMFT permission to store the PB4Y at the Fort Langley Airport. BEECHCRAFT at Salmon Arm has been moved, but seems to be OK. Was to be padlocked. ROY WILLIS advised that $55 stuff has got to be picked up (see newsletter). “BRISBANE ROCKET” famous Vancouver Airport landmark discussed as being an ideal item for permanent display. Gordon Peters will look into possibility of constructing replies with help of retired sheet metal union members. We’ll need money to buy sheet metal and other materials to build. Who wants to sponsor the project?….rtially monsor? GORDON MOORE offered some needed office quipment. Thank you. RON KRYWIAK 1s planning to build up a replica Demoiselle, andne ede while bedsheets. Offers? WHITE ROCK SAND CASTLE COMPETITION AUG 2 fee is $25. CMFT will pay fee if group can be put together to make up a really impressive cand carving or Must knot Laned fately. KEN TURNER is working at indexing magazines for the Library. As he liver a long way away, he takes batches of books home with him. Its not hard to co, we train, and its easy to learn. Many more magazines that need the same indexing work. CMFT NEEDS MISC. ITEMS for making up information booklets, filing andstoring Library items. Used stuff okay. Please refer to newsletter for list. ADJORNMENT: 20:30. Coffee and goodies as usual for all. Door prizes wereCMFT Jewelry. MOVIES: Bob Fortune’s very enjoyable “Klahanie” film on the Stranraer and the casual rem- iniscences of the people who flew or knew them. Thanks, Bob, for the loan of not only the film but your excellent projector. Morris Brett showed several reels of Super 8 on the DH Moth Rallye in 1980, and other (Moth and otherwise) British Airshows. NEXT MEETING: CHECK NEWSLETTER. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 RICHMOND ARTS CENTRE 7:30 P.M.

VIDEO MACHINE – still looking for someone with a video recorder to tape Aviation oriented 2 programs for CMFT library. INCOME TAX ADVICE REGARDING DONATIONS We recently received a billing that Jarred us to the bone: $840. for advice on how one pot- ential donor couldreceive tax benefits by donating an airplae, and another donor who was considering land donation. Up til now advice had been given free of charge, and we were not advised this request would be any different. Any one out there with the knowledge of current. laws and regulations on donations who would be willing to help us with needed advice from time to time as potential donors come up with specific cases? PERSONALS COLUMN We try to keep this paper interesting, and we now have an item for this category. George H Neale is looking for C.J.”Fergie” Ferguson, who was with #10 AOS Chatham, N.S. in 1944. He was last known to be in Seattle with a jor airplane company. We obecked with Boeing who went to no end of trouble to try to locate without results. Anybody who knowe or knew Fergie, please let us know, or we will give you George’s address in Downsview, Ontario, RAFFLE TICKETS FROM COTTONWOOD CORNERS DRAW If you’ve still got those unsold stubs kicking around, please send them in, so bookkeeping can be completed. AIR SHOWS: Alberta Air Show Aug 1 and 2, 1981, Medicine lt. We have rented a booth at $100 day for the two days, to sell Tee shirts, bats (cowboy included), Jewelry, posters, post cards, and a few coffee and beer mugs. Wayne Manning will be there, but be needs at least 2 or 3 more people to help him. We’ll pay the gas for a small pickup with canopy or stationwagon to go there. Paters are bulky and won’t fit into an ordinary car. All items are priced and selling is easy, and besides, you get to see the Air Show. There will be demon of crop dust- ing, forest fire protection, flying displays of Harvards, Aerojet (world’s smallest), Ultra- light demos, Aerobatio acts including Callier Flying Circus, The French Connection, Al Hautf Pitts special, Bob Hoover, Canadian Reds, Art Sebell, etc., not to mention 4×4 drag racing, Plen market, and British Army training unit dicolay. Sounds better than Abbotsford: Abbotsford Air Show Aug.7, 8, 9th. We’ll have our display on the tarmac only this years No sales allowed inside of buildings, and no circus tent this year. Have several offers of help but need more. Need help also in pricing materials and getting stuff ready to take out, all of which takes a lot of time, and has to be done a few days before the show starts. Passes for the show included, but please don’t turn up and pay a short duty visit to the booth then buzz off for the rest of the day. Come prepared to spend at least four hours in the booth. “BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR” Lou Hansen’s Nieuport 17 half-scale again a “etir”. This time in toe lobby of the Queen Eliz- abeth Playhouse for more than a month during the staging of this very good play. A big sign and a pile of brochures available for the taking we hope will have acquainted a few people with our efforts. MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Please keep those renewals coming 1o. Lots of you are unable to help out physically or with donations, but your membership is very much wanted and needed. Please check the sailing label which lists the expiry date, and if its due or overdue, send along renewal. $12. per year, (plus $3. non-mandatory postage fund donation), $6, Juniors under 16, $300. Lifetime, $100. corporate. LETTERS TO MP AND MIA These are a very powerful and effective way to reach the ears and get the attention of our politicians. Ken Swartz has written a superb letter which you are free to copy all or in part, and is included in this newsletter. Substitute your own MLA’s name (his address is in your phone book) and send it off. Change it around to suit, but for our home’s sake, send it! PHOTOGRAPH COPYING WORK Proceeding in fits and starts. Dave Bennett has been doing some work making copies of photos that owners want returned. Thank you. RY VERNON ARTICLE Our FIRST contibution to the newsletter is enclosed with this mailing. Pictures of the Alex- ander Eaglerock described in the Hal wilson story, also further serialed herewith, and some of our Fairchild Husky donated by the Patterson group. SHOP BUILDING, AND more on next page, please.

CANADIAN MUSUM OF FLAG TRANSPORTATI LETTER UPDATE Frank Stevan advises be barne had any calle re helping out financially or otherwise to enable the production of rolnester newsletter. Ie everybody really happy with the money and loosely organized one we now bavet Money to pay for the making of photographic plates will not only make it more readable but will enable the inclusion of plotures, of which we have lots of good ones. RECENT DONATIONS RON KRYWEAK several Luftwaffe collar patoben, CAP beret, some felt patches from MNZS Canter- bury and HMCS Cornwallis. CLARENCE KOLCUN – an instrument panel with some instrumente, mag and carb and band-painted insignia from the tail(1) of the Alexander Eaglerook RON KRYWIAK and KEN SWARTZ tried to re-locate. ART ARNOLD Ome up with a superb book on the Commonwealth Air Training Program. BILL MCGARIGLE who is a wonderful and steady source of material turned up with several well cared for RCAP uniforms, including bat and greatoont, miso. buttons and decorations, and more magnines, and some felt aresta. ROY WILLIS donated a set of (playing card size) aircraft recognition cards, Mrs. Dot Valerie, who has already donated lots of material, sent along an aerial camera, and a large number of Aviation items, including a 1934 Webster Trophy plaque. The metal figure on the plaque needs repair-who can do? LOTS OF MAGAZINES bave come in, and if I’ve missed acknowledging its because I’ve missed recording she donation. Please phone and tell me. TEMS FOR SALE Mrs. Valeries asked us to help ber sell a number of brand new items that Ben used to die- tributes Included are tubes of “Grip-It Metallic Prioton Compound” for attaching brake 21n- inge, several new “Perfection Schwank” infra-red heaters, a couple of Movie projectors, some old-style inter-com sete, and other “goodies”. Need someone to research and help set prices. If you are interested in buying any of this material, please phone. LP WANTED 1. Project Cleanup of #1 shed to make it more presentable. Work is sweeping up starling nest- ing material and building of parts shelves to hold stuff presently flat on the floor to free space for more material. Saturday morning best for this job, or evenings, if week- days too bard to arrange. Materials all supplied. Bring hand tools only Project WingreckiA wooden rack needed to vertically store wings now lying around all over the place taking up valuable space. Materials all supplied. Bring hand tools. 3. Project Airshow Display Booth Bruce Duncan bas donated bis old collapsible tent-trailer, which should convert into a dandy prtable booth. Need someone with imagination, and ability to do a little woodwork and a bit of metalwork. Colin Walker will take on project but neede someone to help. We have the plywood on band, and will get conduit or whatever mterial is used for the canopy, but would appreciate any interior finishing plywood to doll it up. 4. Project tafelplanes racks A rack to store small surfaces needed in loft of #2 shed, again to free floorspace. Somebody handy with a hammer who can tack together some 2×4 and 1×4’s. 5. Project Tire Rack- A rack to store tires, now laying around taking up floorspace. Materials supplied as with all projects listed bere. 6. Retractable Staircase Project -Does anyone have one of those retractable stairs that fold up into the ceiling kicking around unused and uneeded? We need one to get at storage space in the loft of $1 shed now under-utilized as it takes a monkey to get up there now. If no staircase is offered, need someone to make up one. 7. Project 855 parts Someone with a pickup or van and/or trailer to haul the 855 belicopter terial donated by Deltaire Helicoptere (Roy Willis?) to the storage yard, as its in the way there. Short local haul. 5. Project Webster Trophy: The 1934 Webeter Trophy plaque donated by Mro. Valerie has suffered a fall, and the metal figure is broken in two spots. Need someone to fix, please. Project Taped Interviews Helena Aabdown needs someone to work with her on getting taped interviews from local Aviation pioneere. We have the list of names and small recorder. We need someone to help reseach the prospect, to visit and make the recording, and then to transcribe the result on papery and catalog. Ideal part-time job. Project Library Outside of Ken Turners help, the work bas come to a grinding balt. Ron Krywiak and Ken researched out methods of setting up, now we need someone who can spare about 3 or 4 hours a week on a regular basin to come in and get the place organized. You pick the bours. Project Newsletter No offer to take over its production and/or publication refused.

BUILDING Going up this summer POR SURE, Ed Zalesky basn’t bad the time to get the contractor, the mat- erials, and the building permit altogether, but its the next project on the agende so hope to be able to start within another month on it, Mo 11 need belp in building trussee, in putting them up, wiring, plumbing and beating. If you ono belp during weekdays all the better, but if not will organize work over weekends and maybe evenings, Please phone yor offer to help. If you’re already on the 1st, please re-confirm ERROL H2 HELICOPTER Geddes Contracting Ltd. of Kaaloops bave donated a Boeing Vertal H21 helicopter was licensed until not too many years ago, and is not damaged, but will require some work to CMFT. It to help transport, but do not expect to get any eo as usual, will have to do it ourselves. to makeit-flyable. It is in Ontario and has to come out bere. We’ve asked the Armed Forces We’ll need several trucks, trailers, and low bed(s) to haul it out in pieces. It has to be moved by summer’s end, at request of landowner and to preclude possiblity of vandalism. EPICE AND LIBRARY ITEMS MANTED We need the following items to carry ons 1. A table needs to be made up to hold the photocopier. The two sawhorses it sits on now are needed elsewhere. 2. Looseleaf binders, any size, with or without someone else’s advertising, thesis covers, cardboard or plastic covers, and any kind of binding equipment or supplies. 3. File folders, used okay. 4. Piling cabinets, any size, from card size up. 5. Records storage boxes either the kind that stack with a sliding drawer, or the kind that have lids and stack on eaob other. Used ones okay. Need for storage of uniforms, odd-eba.ped item, extra magazines. 6. Three-hole punah. 7. A paper-cutter, or someone to repair the one Rose has been using for nearly 30 years. 8. A nice new carbon-ribbon typewriter with all the fancy features wouldn’t be refused. DUNDARY BAY AND HOME SITE PROGRESS Mentioned here because members always aak how things are coming. The short answer is not really at all”. We’ve had a meeting with Mr. Hall MacKenzie of the Transportation Collection, and with Trades and Industry Minister the Hon. Don Phillips and Newell Morrison, the head of the B.C.D.C. We’ve been told that the Transportation Collection’s mandate is to collect, and not to function as a museum. Collection is specifically for Transpo 86, after which time the artifacts are to go the Provincial Museum or 1. Again, we were told we could expect no finan- oial belp fromthe Government until we are prepared to turn over title to all the artifacts. We did not get a clear answer to our query as to possibility of direct grants as other Museum do. Discussions as to another application to Lotteries fund not too productive, as got impres- sion we would bave to have considerable assets of our own before expecting participation. Seems the airplanes and materials we have are not assets, Rumor is that the deicsion as to who, if anyone, will be the prime operator of Boundary Bay airport will be made some time in August. Unofficial request for re-zoning portion of Zalesky farm to use temporarily unofficially turned down. The only option appears to be to “go it alone”. If we have the land we are then in a position to expect a grant to build might be considered. Any ideas on how we can collectively acquire a nice piece of land next to the river (preferably) somewhere in the Fraser Valley? E SHIRTS AND HATS In deference to the advice of our younger members, we’ve gone mod” on our tee shirts, and more have been ordered in a new format. This time we’ve ordered kids’ sises too Hundreds and hundreds of hats have been ordered, so everyone pray for hot sunshine at Abbotsford and Medicine Hat on the appropriate days. ETTER SAMPLE AND MORE OF THE HAL WILSON STORY NEXT PAGES NEXT GENERAL MEETING 7:30 PM. Richmond Arte Centre, Minoru Gate, Richmond, B.C. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1981

Dear Sir, Following is Ken Swartz’s letter to his MIA Mr. Allan Williams. I wish to draw your attention to the plight of a non-profit society of which I am SAMPLE LETTER TO MIA’S an active member. The history of British Columbia is intertwined with the history of aviation in Cannon There are perhaps few provinces more dependent on aviation to link isolated settlements with major centers. It would therefore seem reasonable that British Columbia should one day have its own avhtion museum. The history of efforts to preserve British Columbia’s Aviation heritage and historic aircraft is relatively young. Two museum groups were formed in the early 1970’s when it became apparant that many artifacts were leaving the country for the United States and Great Britain. In 1980, the two non-profit aircraft preservation groupe merged under the umbrella of the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation. There was much hope that federal provincial governments could now be approached in an effort to establish a permanent home. However, the provincial government seems to have established a parallel organization of its own to duplicate the efforts of various non-profit Transportation societies. Little information has been published on the B.C. Museum of Trans- portation, Science and Technology, other than it is a branch of the B.C. Development Corp. I would be most gratefull if you could clarify the operating terms of the B.C. Museum of Transportation, Science and Technology. Is the intention to assume control der the various transportation collections in the province? Is it reasonable to believe that any future Aviat museum will exist under this BCDC funded organization? Would this be a dupliation of work undertaken by non-profit societies, primarily done with volunteer labour? Would turning over title of our collection to the BCMTST mean the end of a citizen’s supported Aviation museum? A great deal of private money, time and labour has gone into building up our wureum’s collection of 35 aircraft. Two groups were milgated to form one organization. How it seems that the province would rather support a museum of its own creation. Wat promise can this hold for private enterprise? Yours sincerely, SUMMARY OF EARLY AVIATION ACTIVITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COUMBA BY A. H. WILSON (Continued from Newsletter number 13) November, 1954 It was only a matter of time before the referenced company had to fold its operations. It sold its two Eaglerocks which were still intact to the Aero Club of B.C. in Vancouver, and the Driggs Dart to the Sprott-Shaw School of Aviation. I flew this aircraft from Victoria and delivered it to the Sprott-Shaw School in Vancouver. This aircraft, having a 3 cylinder engine which was only operating on 2 cylinders upon its arrivel in Vancouver, we left in the hands of the Sprott-Shaw School of Aviation to be held in custody pending arrival of the B.C. Aviation Engineer, Mr. Cressy, who vacated the aviation business many are ago. It appears that Nr. Cressy was successful in getting the 3 cylinders to once nga in function, and the enthus Lect of the students of the Sprott-Shaw School and its manager war such that Ted Lake, against his better Judgement, was persuaded to take this aircraft up without any ebeck out by someone who was familiar with it. This resulted in an inadvertent spin shortly after the take-off. The aircraft fortunately landed on one of Lulu Island’s many wester filled oyken and Mr. laite sur- vived the oreal. He is today a Senior Officer in the RCAF. I did not completely escape becoming involved in seefdents. lowever, the two which i was involved in were fortunately of a minor nature. One tank pince on July 19th, 1928 tollow- ing a complete engine failure at 1,000 feet altitude on the Fir Crest Golf Linds near Tacont. Mr. E. Eye, who was in the fron seat, and myself had been visiting the National Air Tour (Ford Reliability Tour) at the Tacom Airport. Neither Mr. Eve nor myself were injured, and in due course the aircraft G-CAIS was repaired in Seattle and renume service. The second accident took place at Hatley Park on tarch 2nd, 1928. Once again Mr. S. Eve was in the front seat of the Driggs Dart, and after landing in the field in fron of Hatley Park (now Royal Roads) we were successful in selling the Dunnin’s $500.00 wath of stock in the continued next page.

Airways Ltd. Due to esceedingly poor judgement I struck a fence in taking off, doing dam the aircraft amounting to $460.90. After adding to thi, the cost of transporting the w ok to Vietoria, to the net profit of the operation was nil. The strange part about these No accidents was that Mr. E. Eve accompanied an on both occasions and was in the fron seat both times. Not only did be survive injury but he is today the Airport Manager at Dog Creek. He to Jears of age, owns his own aircraft and still flies it. His brother had to give up flying due to ill health and retired on a fara on Vancouver Island. It was furing 1928 that the Canadian Flying Clubs were organized, two being commenced in B.C., one in Victoris and one in Vancouver. The Victoria Flying Club bad one Wooden Moth and I was called upon to instruct during the week when golinteer instructors were not available, Mr Sidney Pickles and Mr. A. W. Carter usually carried out instructions on Saturday and Sundays. There was a fair list of students, but after a few months operation Mr. Carter bad the misfor- tune to bave a forced landing, putting biswelf in the hospital and writing off the aircraft. The other Flying Club located in Vancouver was issued to DeHavilland Moths, employing Mr. Percy Hainstock as their instructor, and Mr. Bill Bolton as engineer. Early in 1929 the instructor and one of his pupils were killed. It was following this accident that I became instructor for the Aero Club of B.C. and worked hand in hand with Bill Bolton for a period of 10 years. Pilots graduating from this club wer Len Foggin, Capt. Don Lawson, Geo Lothia, J Wright and many others who will be referred to later. During 1928 Mr. Archibald of the Consolidated Mining and Smelsing, a great flying enth- usiast in bia day, came to Vancouver and took some instruction, following which be returned to Trail and instigated the construction of the Trail Airport, known as Columbia Gardens. I bave little knowledge of operations at the Trail Airpos in those days, butit is felt that this infor- mation could be obtained from some other source who would be better informed on the subject. It was during 1928 that the Sprott-Shaw School of Aviation started up in Vancouver, the airport being located on what was known as Lansdowne Field immediately North of the race track. As stated above, the first aircraft that intended to fly cracked up on its first flight. However, this aircraft could ever have been of any use in training, since although it had dual controls, it only weighed 380 pounds and wan exceedingly sensitive and somewhat tricky to fly. The company later purchased an 0X5 Maco. This aircraft bad quite a career. The school ps time to time employed instructore, the first of which was Pat Renaban who took over from Ted Luke, who as stated above, wrecked the Driggs Dart. Renehan var succeeded by George Silke, who in turn was succeeded by Snelgrove. Pdlowing Snelgrove Ted Curtis became the school’s pilot. They added a Barling to their school of operations. This, however, did not take place until 1930. The school, with all its instructors, in addition to the undersigned, working them for a matter of a few weeks, did not turn out many pilots, But did avoid becom- ing involved in accidents. If my memory serves se correctly Capt. H.0. Madden went from his Private to Commercial on the Waco as did Gordon Bulger, who te now with the Department of Transport in Ottawa. This aircraft was ultimately sold to Ed Bennett who with Tom Laurie, now with CPAL, flew it for a great many years. I cannot recollect what became of this aircraft, but it was like the case of the old soldier, it never died but merely faded away. On one occasion it was known to have shed its propeller while flying at 1,000 ft. Not even this bothered it, as it landed and the propeller was put back on, and it then continued operating. In the Spring of 1929 the RCAF was once again generous to me and gave me a seaplane and flying boat conversion course. Mr. O’Brien Saint, who was later killed in a flying accident with the Toronto Flying Club, was my instructor. In order to build up time it was the custom for two pilots to fly together. For this purpose I was teamed up with Jock Shields, who later became the DSAR in the Winnipeg District for the Department of Transport In the fall of 1929 an American company formed a subsidiary in Canada known as the Alaska-Washington airways, and since I always had an inclination to become engaged in sched- uled operations, I temporarily left the Flying Club to commence the Victoria-Vancouver eebed- led service between the False Creek where the Burrard Bridge is now located in Vancouver, and the inner barbour in Victoria. This operation commenced October 15th, 1929 and a Pairobild 71 CP-AJP was the aircraft used. Mr. Gordon McKenzie, who bad been brought in from the U.S.A. promised this Job, but due to him not being able to obtain bie Canadian license until be dwritten the necessary examinations, I was put to work temporarily. Six weeks later, bow- aver, McMcKenzie obtained his license and took over from me, placing me in the reserve position of lying one day a week. In January, 1930, however, bebad the misfortune to crash in the fog in English Bay, which resulted in the aircraft having to be placed in the newly organized Boe- ng Aircraft Factory, situated near G orgia St., in the vicinity of Stanley Park, for major

epairs. In the meantime, the company was without a Canadian aircraft and accordingly laid me ff. This action caused me considerable annoyance since it was the second time that I had een crashed out of a job. I returned temporarily to the Aero Club of B.C. since during my absence they had had nfortunate dealings with their instructor. Although considerable persuasion was placed upon e to stay with the Club, I still had a desire to become a scheduled airline pilot, with the esult that I started negotiations with Mr. W. Anderson of the Hayes-Anderson Truck Manufactur- ng Co. Two factions were negotiating with Mr. Anderson, one headed by Mr. Paddy Burke, Messrs. oerss and Leonard Miller, who had some get-rich-quick scheme in mind operating in the Northern art of the province and the Yukon on some very secret gold mining mission. I, on the other and, was trying to persuade Mr. Anderson to operate a Canadian coastal service taking in Van- ouver, Victoria, Nanaimo, Powell River, etc. The final outcome was that Burke and his party on out, with me being offered the job of operating a flying school, since for their proposed perations they were purchasing two Junkers 16 type and one Junior, a two place. Since I had no esire to become involved in the operation which I regarded as a risky one, I returned to the irectors of the Aero Club of B.C. with the result that the club was re-financed and we started perating with Fleet Fawns. Mention was made in the above paragraph of a Canadian Boeing Factory. Mr. H. Hoffer as the general manager of this company and Mr. Ed Elderton, who had previously been with Vick- re and who I believe designed the Vickers Vancouver, as their engineer. In 1936 thewriter isited Mr. Elderton who was engineer for Saunders Roe in the Isle of Wight. The Boeing factory produced Canadian versions of the Boeing B1E which was a flying bont bi-plane with Pratt and hitney pusher power. They also manufactured some primary trainer glidern and on July 31, 1939 was towed in one of these gliders by Ar. Holley, the Fleet salesman, in CF-AKC to an altit- de of 1,000 ft. and out loose. It is believed that this was the first aeroplane towed glider light in Canada. In any event, the Government Inspector, Mr. Carter Cuent, had wired Ottan for permission for this to be done and before a reply refusing the request had been received, the successful flight bad been carried out. Fleet CF-AKC wns then sold to H.0. Madden, who, 1th Joe Bertalino, his engineer, proceeded to the interior and carried ons flying school both t Kamloops and Trail. When the Trans-Canada Air Tour returned East Cant. Madden accompanied t and remained out of B.C. until the outbreak of war in 1939. THIS IS PART TWO OF A FOUR-PART (THREE IF ROOM PERMITS) STORY, NEXT NEWSLETTER WILL BE AS AIRCRAFT QUALITY BIRCH PLYWOOD AIRPLANE SUPPLY CENTRE advise that the plywood is finally in stock, ready for immediate delivery. Please refer to pricelist on back of minutes. MUSEUM MEMBERS GET 10% OFF REGULAR PRICES. Please return to sender if undeliverable ROM: THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORATION INC., CANADA 1040 Cambie Road, ichmond, .B.C. 6X 112 Phone 278-9804 CONTENTS: MINUTES OF MEETING JUNE 12, 1981 NEWSLETTER NO. 14, JULY 12, 1981 #250 ExpJan 1, 1982 John A. G. King, 2225 Barbour Ed., Sidney, B.C. V8L 2P7