“MINI” NEWSLETTER MARCH 10.1985

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION

Museum Storage Site, 13527 Crescent Road, Surrey, B.C. V4A 2W1 (604) 531-2465

The airplane at left is a Waco belonging to the Sprott-Shaw School of Aviation, while the other two are Gipsy Moths operated by Dominion Airways. Joe also told us that the location is not the Vancouver Airport as we know it today, but the old Lansdowne race track, which is where the Lansdowne Shopping Centre in Richmond now stands..

HERITAGE AIRPORT HANGAR DONATED TO CMFT. SEE STORY INSIDE.

“PIONEER PROFILE” AVIATION HISTORY RECORDING ON VIDEO AND TAPES UNDERWAY. READ ON TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET INVOLVED AND ENSURE THAT WE GET THE WHOLE STORY *(Joe Bertalino)

SHOPPING CENTRE DISPLAYS

CMFT had a very successful small display at the SEMIAHMOO CENTRE IN WHITE ROCK March 13 to 16.

MAYFAIR LIFE STYLE 85, WHITE ROCK, MAY 8TH THROUGH 12TH, at Centennial Park. This will be an outdoor display, and we’ll need, help to set up and tear down and to man the booth. There will be hot air balloon rides, contests, and other family oriented events. This is the show-case for White Rock merchants. If you can help, great! If you can’t, come and visit the booth, and send or bring your friends.

RICHMOND SQUARE MALL. This has been our most successful and largest display each year. Lots of help needed. Phone in if you can help out May 26 through June 1.

DAKRIDGE MALL. Tentatively set for October. It is hoped the Camel will be ready to show by that time.

STAMPE BIPLANE TO BE EXPO’86 RESTORATION PROJECT

DAVE SMITH and JIM KNEESCH need help with the Stampe restoration they have begun in Jim’s basement in Richmond. Expo 86 want an on-site restoration for the term of the fair, with the finished product to fly at the Abbotsford Air Show or just prior to the end of Expo.

The object is that the fair visitor will be able to go through the exhibit and watch how an airplane is built through to completion. Several examples will have to be worked on concurrently, so that initial, intermediate and final stages of restoration will be displayed at all times.

Picture I.D. passes to the fair will be issued to those who put in a major commitment of time and effort to the project. There is a lot of work to be done, starting immediately. Passes will not be available to those who make only a token effort.

If you can help, please call Dave at 273-8029 or Rose at 531-3744.

Any complaints about the quality and content of this newsletter should go to Rose Zalesky, who put it together in a hurry, under pressure, as usual.

Board of Directors

Duncan, A. Bruce Duncan, Michael Lang, Marvin E. Olsen, Jerry Elgood, Terrence Stunden, R.A. (Ron) Goguillot, R. “Gogi” Thompson, William Griesbeck, lerner Vernon, Jerrold E. Harris, .E. (Ted), Weeks, Brian Holmes, C.C. (Neil) Zalesky, April Jackson, G. Barry Zalesky, Edward V. Jubb, Ruce Zalesky, Rose Knowles, Peter

The Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation is a nonprofit society dedicated to the preservation of aviation and transportation heritage. Charitable status allows for the issuance of tax deductible receipts for donations of goods and money. It is governed by a board of 20 directors, elected annually. Elections held in April.

NOTICE OF MEETING

Mar 21, 1995 8:00 p.m. Business/social Apr 18, 1985 8:00 p.m. Annual General May 16, 1935 8:00 p.m. Social Jun 20, 1985 8:00 p.m. Business

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION 1984/85 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

E.V. (Ed) Zalesky, 531-3744 President A.B.(Bruce) Duncan , 273-5883 V.President Rose Zalesky, 531-3744 Peter Knowles, 477-3684 Sec’y-Treasurer Chairman, Vr.Is. Dave Ruemke, Vice-Chairman, Vr.1s.

COMMITTEE HEADS

Gary Warnock, 531-3744 Communications April Zalesky, 531-246S Ken Swartz, G88-4810 Gift Shop Newsletter Research Jerry Vernon, 420-6065 Terry Elgood, 273-4043 Restoration Gordon Dann, 859-6905 Special Events Underwater Recovery Jerry Olsen, 687-6805 John Gough, 479-1843 P.R., Van.Isl. Peter Knowles,477-3684 Mike Anton Records, Van.Isl. Recovery, Van.Isl. Tom Palmer, 477-5706 Restoration, Van.Isl. Vacant Special Events, Van.Isl.

VANCOUVER ISLAND MEMBERS MEET THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT 7:30 P.M., AT THE BAY STREET ARMOURIES, VICTORIA. PLEASE USE THE FIELD STREET ADDRESS. ANYONE INTERESTED IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

APRIL 18, 1985, 8:00 P.M . at 13527 CRESCENT ROAD, SURREY.

The main business of the meeting will be to elect a new Board of Directors. It is your museum. Paid up members all have a vote. Attend in person or mail in proxy.

Nominating Committee is Barry Jackson who can be reached at 255-3825 (leave mes sage) or call Rose Zalesky at 278-9804, or 531-2465, if you want to stand for election or wish to nominate someone.

Of the total of 20 board members, 5 are permanent (Barry Jackson, Ron Stunden, Bill Thompson, Ed Zalesky, Rose Zalesky).

Two seats are reserved for Vancouver Island people, which leaves 13 seats to be filled.

Directors are elected for a one year terms and can serve no more than 3 years consecutively.

It is preferable, but not mandatory, that a member serve as Committee Head for one year before seeking election as a Director.

Director’s meetings are held the second Thursday of every month, at the storage site, at 7:30 p.m. Active participation and regular attendance is a requirement (illness or other unforseen circumstance excepted).

COMMITTEES

Operation of the museum is becoming increasingly complex and time consuming. Members are encouraged to take a hand in the operation of the museum by serving on Committees. Active committees help take pressure off the full time volunteers.

Committee heads attend directors meetings. Input is encouraged but voting privilege does not apply.

The Committees are:

NEWSLETTER researches, collects and edIts material, with final draft to be approved by the Directors. Ability to do complete paste-ups an asset, but not mandatory. Printing is done by office staff, but collating, addressing and mailing should be handled by the committee. Lots of people are needed on this. committee, most for only one day a month.
RECOVERY AND HAULING assist in arranging transportation of aircraft and material.”
DEEP WATER RECOVERY – salvage and transport of recovered Items.
SPECIAL EVENTS – includes organizing annual Open House, Fall and Spring Dinners and other displays.
FLYING COMMITTEE – determine, with approval of Directors, flying schedules, and maintenance and crewing of airplanes.
RESTORATION- co-ordinate volunteer involvement in restoration projects. A very important position this term as CMFT will have involvement with Expo 86.
RESEARCH co-ordinates the research required for various projects, and processes public requests for information.
RECORDS (Vancouver Island only)
GIFT SHOP staff gift shop on weekends and has input into the stock carried. Hours from 11 to 3 Saturdays and Sundays. This committee will hopefully reduce the burden on the Zalesky family.

VANCOUVER’S ORIGINAL HANGAR BUILDING GIFTED TO CMFT

CMFT now has the original hangar which once stood at Vancouver’s first airport at Lansdowne (the site of the present day Lansdowne shopping centre). The hangar, presently located on Vancouver Airport South, is a gift to the Museum from Transport Canada.

It is now in the process of being dismantled for storage and later re- erection at a permanent Museum site.

If we can get permission to temporarily erect it at the storage site it will provide room for other restoration projects or storage.

Any offers of assistance to put the building up? It’s a steel truss building, with lots of wood, and shouldn’t be a big job.

SOPWITH CAMEL NEAR-REPLICA

George Neuman is heading up a three- man team and the full size scale near- replica of the Camel is rapidly coming to life. They are doing a great job and having a lot of fun at the same time. If you live near Fort Langley, where the work is being carried out and want to volunteer help, they will be pleased to have you.

Especially needed is someone who can mock up an engine for the airplane. It has to be scale and it has to look right, but it can be made from tin cans, foam, fibreglass or whatever else will work.

It should be in displayable condition for Open House.

AVIATION PIONEERS TO HAVE THEIR DAY

This lovely silhouette of a Tiger Moth was taken by Gordon Peters. The Tiger Moth and other old airplanes are part of the history we are recording through personal interviews with our aviation pioneers. We need photos and stories. Please get in touch if you can help identify people we should interview, if you have photos or a story to tell.

A reception area will be set aside at Open. House where these people can meet each other and the public. Publicity will be arranged if there is sufficient interest.

“PIONEER PROFILES” PROJECT

The museum has been researching material for production of audio and video tapes on our aviation pioneers, with the production of a book as an additional end product.

The Employment Development Branch of Canada Manpower has provided the funding for three people for six months, while some of the video equipment has been purchased with a grant from the Ninety-Nines Award In Aviation Award program. A donation from Barry Jackson will go towards the purchase of more equipment, but we will still need a few things such as a fairly good quality reel-to-reel tape recorder, and while a mini recording studio would be nice, as would a video editor, we are prepared to get along with very much less.

We would appreciate any advice or suggestions as to how to do it well but reasonably, as well as suggestions on where to buy the equipment, or perhaps a loan can be arranged.

Although our camera operates in very low light conditions, there is the odd time that lights are needed. Any offers of the loan of donation of lighting?

We also need lots of VHS video tapes and tapes for standard small tape recorders as well as for the reel-to-reel if we are fortunate enough to get one.

SAMPSON V WORKING SCALE MODEL

THE VALLEY MODEL BOAT CLUB has generously offered to build a working scale model of the Sampson V, the Fraser River snag boat, complete with two operating steam engines, for the CMFT.

They will undertake the operation and maintenance of the model, and will show it at major modelling events throughout the year, but it will be the property of the CMFT.

It is expected to be displayed at Expo 86. If model building is your forte, and you want to get involved in this interesting project, call Larry Coonce at 534-3782 or Robert Wormald at 536-5338 for details of membership.

OPEN HOUSE ’85 DATE SET

JUNE 22 AND 23 ARE “OPEN HOUSE” DAYS. Work is well underway, but lots of help needed to ensure another successful event. Please offer your help, or if you can’t be sure to attend and pass the word around.

SUNDAY HELP NEEDED

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO STAFF THE GIFT SHOP ON SUNDAYS. (11 to 3). Very easy work and you’ll meet lots of great people.

FIFTH ANNUAL SPRING DINNER

The time has come again for our fifth annual Spring Dinner. We are trying a slightly different approach this time. Instead of the usual auction, we are allowing more time for members and guests to get together and swap stories. We have found that the past few dinners brought complaints of not enough time to talk, so here’s your opportunity. We will be holding the usual door. prize drawings, as well as a speaker. The speaker for this dinner will be Dan McIvor, who will be presenting a slide show on the original concept of the largest operational flying boat In the world, the Martin Mars, along with a short film. Please join us! A great opportunity to renew old acquaintances and make new friends. Reserve your tickets early!

DATE: Saturday, April 20, 1985 TIME: Bar opens 6:00 PM, dinner at 7:00 PM Chinese food buffet. COST: $8.00 per person

PLACE: St. Paul’s Church Hall 8251 St. Alban’s Rd., Richmond, B.C..

PLEASE MAIL OF PHONE IN YOUR RESERVATION TODAY!!

GUESTS WELCOME!! PHONE 531-2465, 278-9804, 531-3744

We would like to remind you that if you reserve tickets, they must be paid for whether you attend or not. This may seem unfair, but we just can’t afford to have meals ordered and not pald for. Thank you. for your support! * no walk-in ticket sales. Advance order only.

MINUTES OF A GENERAL MEETING FEB. 21, 1985

MINUTES OF JAN. 17 MEETING accepted.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Report for Jan filed.

REPORTS:

SITE STUDY: Provincially funded site study is under way.
AWARDS: Gordon Peters and Ferdie Vachon received the Robert Hope award for outstanding contribution and dedication to aviation.
PIPER L4: Offer of welding by Gogi.
CONSTITUTION CHANGES: Marvin Lang supervised a unanimous vote on final changes.
BCAC: B. Duncan reported that Clubs and Organizations committee still active.
MANPOWER GRANTS: Grants received for continued work on the Norseman, building a full scale, non flying replica Sopwith Camel model in Murray Lundberg’s shop, video/audio history on aviation pioneers, and static Sikorsky $55 helicopter.
OPEN HOUSE: June 22 and 23. Planning meeting to be announced in next Mini.
PVI SYMPOSIUM: CMFT supported the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s Symposium with a cash donation, and provision of volunteer assistant April Zalesky. A booth was well attended.
FRASER VALLEY MODEL BOAT BUILDERS ASSOCIATION: have offered to build a scale model of the Sampson V, to be displayed at Expo
RIVERSIDE FLYERS SYMPOSIUM MARCH 24. TOWN AND COUNTRY INN, DELTA. Everyone welcome. CMFT will have an information booth.
NATIONAL WACO CLUB: Their current newsletter has a photo of CJR on the cover. Waco owners and admirers invited to join.
TOUR GUIDES: Tours start March 15. Lots of work prior. Guides needed. Commentary will be available.
EXPO 86: Yet another new concept, but appears that CMFT and the EAA will be given space to conduct a 5 1/2 month building project on site. Volunteers needed to work on project, which will probably be a Stampe. A pass to Expo for sufficient commitment.
PLANNING REPORT: Marvin Lang is conducting a study of CMFT policy, and will be interviewing members and directors.
STAMPE PROJECT: Dave Smith and Jim Kneesch working on a Stampe. Call Dave at 273-8029 or Rose at 531-2465.
MOSQUITO OPEN HOUSE: Date to be announced
VANCOUVER ISLAND REPORT: Dave Reumke reported that the V.I. group is restoring the Grunau Baby trailer.
EDSEL PROJECT: CMFT has a running Edsel, which needs a lot of T.L.C. Any offers?
TIGER MOTH: C-GMFT has been run and is nearly ready to go.

NEW BUSINESS

CONFERENCE OF B.C. HERITAGAE SOCIETIES JUNE 4 TO 7. Murray Lundberg will attend.

ADJOURNMENT: 21:15

NEXT MEETING: March 21 at storage site.

ENTERTAINMENT: JOHN MOUTRAY, gave a slide presentation of his RAF days. Enjoyable trip into the past.

NEXT GENERAL MEETING

NEXT GENERAL MEETING THURS. 8 PM. MARCH 21 VERY SHORT BUSINESS MEETING, MOST OF EVENING WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR TALK.

13527 CRESCENT ROAD, SURREY

MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING JAN. 17. 1985

CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order at 8:12 p.m. with Ed Zalesky presiding.

MINUTES OF NOV. 15/84 MEETING accepted.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Filed.

REPORTS:

BEECH CF-CKT: Airlifted from Abbotsford to the storage site Dec. 2 courtesy of Okanagan Helicopters Ltd.
EXPROPRIATION OF STORAGE SITE: Final Jan. 9. CMFT will be allowed to stay on the property for up to 5 years.
MUSEUM SITE STUDY: Several meetings have taken place between Federal and Provincial Governments, CMFT and other transportation heritage groups. A study has been commissioned to determine best site for a world class complex, to included CMFT.
PIPER L4: Gogi offered to weld in new longerons.Help need for recover.
CONSTITUTION CHANGES: Minor further change required, to be voted on Feb. 21
BCAC REPORT: Delegate reports BCAC want to disband committee dealing with clubs and organizations. CMFT registered protest.

NEW BUSINESS:

MANPOWER PROJECTS: Roy Willis is manager of project to build up static S55 copter.
HOWARD DGA15P RESTORATION: Frank Stevens has started. Help sought.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: Will be advertised soon, with service clubs to be targeted. Frank Stevens in charge.
BOOK SPONSORS: Sponsors sought to purchase books for library.
OPEN HOUSE 1985: Dates are June 22 and 23 Committee meeting to be announced.
CANADIAN AVIATION ARTISTS SHOW: Graham Wragg has offered to do a “dry run” at Open House in preparation for a 1985 show.
P.V.I. SEMINAR: FEB. 13 to 15. Assistance to man booth needed.
QUARTER CENTURY IM AVIATION CLUB SPONSORSHIP: Suggestion that Club assist CMFT mado. Club is a social club and provides no assistance to other groups.

RECENT MAJOR DONATIONS: A flying 1946 Aeronca Chief by Dr. Harvey Henderson and Doug Banks of Tofino. A Schweitzer TG3 glider has been donated by Ken Goosen.

ADJOURNMENT: 9:00 P.M.

ENTERTAINMENT: Member Lloyd Bungey gave a slide presentation on gliders in B.C., including items on each of the gliders in CMFT’s growing collection.

OTHER WANTS AND NEEDS

THE DRIVEWAY NEEDS OILING NOW, so that it will have time to settle down in time for Open House. We need old oil or used solvent to spray on it, and if possible, some ingeneous person to make up a simple oiler that could be pulled behind a car or by hand.

PRINTER FOR THE COMPUTER. Another small dot-matrix printer is needed as cur “conputer department” is getting so big that one of the sets has to be moved out, which also necessitates its own printer. Any offers? A new one will cost about $350 if anyone is inclined to make a donation to cover its cost.

RESTORATION PROJECTS

There are several projects under way. If you want to help with any of them, please phone Rose at 270-9804 or 531-2465.

VAMPIRE: On “hold” at the moment due to Tack of volunteers. Tentative plans call for it to be moved to Fort Langley as soon as the Sopwith Camel is far enough along.
BOLINGBROKE: The Wednesday night work parties petered out and finally died. Call if you’d like to work on the cabin section of the Boly. Lots to do, but if work doesn’t proceed, it will be relegated to storage area as it is taking up space in the shop.
TG3A: Anyone interested in completing the restoration work on this one?
1960 EDSEL: Yep! The Museum has one in running order, but it needs some TLC (tender loving care), brake work, and a polish job. Any offers?
BEECH EXPEDITOR: Needs cleaning up, and Eldying up, Inside and out. fo room in the shop for this one. It has to be done outside.
SIKORSKY S55: Coming along well, but project ends March 31, and there will still be work left to do. Project hours are 8 to 4:30 weekdays. Come as often as you like and stay as long as you can.
NORSEMAN V: Not a great deal that inexper- Tenced people can do on this one, but still lots of work to be done.
FLOATS: Anyone out there with the know-how and the inclination to supervise the rebuild of a set of floats for the Husky or the Norseman?

FIFTH ANNUAL SPRING DINNER

OUR FIFTH ANNUAL FALL DINNER WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1985, Bar 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. St. Paul’s Church Hall 8251 St. Alban’s Road, Richmond

GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE DAN MACIVOR, WHO WAS THE INSTIGATOR OF THE MARTIN MARS WATER BOMBER PROGRAM.

CHECK ELSEWHERE THIS NEWSLETTER FOR FULL DETAILS GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY. BRING A GUEST.

OPEN HOUSE ’85 PLANNING MEETING APRIL 4, 7:30 P.M.

THE FIRST OPEN HOUSE PLANNING MEETING will be held THURSDAY, APRIL 4, AT 7:30 PM, AT THE STORAGE SITE GIFT SHOP. Everyone welcome to attend. Your ideas and suggestions are needed, and duties must be assigned now to ensure that the event succeeds.

There is a great deal of work yet to be done. Please come and help.

MOSQUITO OPEN HOUSE

The Mosquito project has been dormant for nearly a year, but in response to the many requests we receive to view the restoration under way, we have arranged an OPEN HOUSE SAT. APRIL 6, 1985, FROM 10:30 TIL 2:00 How to get there: Take 401 East to the Mt. Lehman exit. Turn left (north) onto Mt. Lehman Road and drive about 3 miles to Hawkins Road. Turn right. Turn right again on to Odlin Rd. Now you’re heading South. Drive down the hill to a silver building on the right side of the road. That’s it. Use this opportunity to see one of these all-time classics in detail. DO NOT VISIT THE SITE AT ANY TIME OTHER THAN DURING OPEN HOUSE!!!

TOUR GUIDES

Three tour guides will be on hand every weekend, but more are needed. Training will be provided this year, and airplanes are numbered for easy identification. Please phone your offer to help.

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION