Volume 36, No. 1 THE Winter Issue January 2018 Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Contents of this Issue: John Maris Gen. (ret’d) Dr. Gregory Powell Paul Manson John Bogie 4 New Inductees 45th Annual Induction Ceremony & Dinner Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame BOARD OF DIRECTORS: (Volunteers) Rod Sheridan, ON Chairman Chris Cooper-Slipper, ON Vice Chairman Miriam Kavanagh, ON Secretary Panthéon de l’Aviation du Canada Michael Bannock, ON Treasurer Bruce Aubin, ON CONTACT INFORMATION: Gordon Berturelli, AB Denis Chagnon, QC Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Lynn Hamilton, AB P.O. Box 6090 Jim McBride, AB Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 2E8 Canada Anna Pangrazzi, ON Craig Richmond, BC Phone: 780.312.2065 / Fax: 780.361.1239 David Wright, AB Website: www.cahf.ca Email: see listings below: Tyler Gandam, Mayor of Wetaskiwin, AB (ex-officio) STAFF: Executive Director: Robert Porter 780.312.2073 OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: (Wetaskiwin) ([email protected]) (Volunteers) Collections Manager: Aja Cooper 780.312.2084 ([email protected]) David Wright, Chairman Blain Fowler, Past Chairman John Chalmers OFFICE HOURS: Denny May Tuesday - Friday: 9 am - 4:30 pm Margaret May Closed Mondays Mary Oswald Robert Porter CAHF DISPLAYS (HANGAR) HOURS: Aja Cooper Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm Noel Ratch (non-voting, Closed Mondays representing Reynolds-Alberta Museum) Winter Hours: 1 pm - 4 pm (Please call to confirm opening times.) THE FLYER COMMITTEE: To change your address, Mary Oswald, Editor ([email protected]) contact The Hall at 780.312.2073 780.469.3547 John Chalmers, CAHF Historian Janice Oppen, Design and Layout PORTRAITS: 2 Information about The Hall Robert Bailey 3 Chairman’s Message 3 A Treasure in our Collection PATRON: 4 Announcing the New Inductees To be announced 5 Memories of Early Days 6-7 Memories of Induction Gala 2017 8-9 Speaking of Members 9 A New Memorial Airport February: April: 10 The Plant Feb. 8th Apr. 9 Byron Cavadias Pierre Jeanniot 11 More Musings Feb. 23 Apr. 9 to these Members: Marc Garneau Robert Deluce 11 Donations Apr. 13 12 Invitation to Visit CAHF’s Website January: March: Rogers Smith Jan. 13th Mar. 10 Ron Peel 12 From The Flyer Editor Dick Richmond Mar. 17 William Carr Chairman’s Message Rod Sheridan Welcome to the first Flyer edition for 2018. west balance, the location of the year’s inductees as well as the venue possibilities. We do rely on For everyone involved in the operations of the Induction Gala as the primary source of The The Hall of Fame, this is the time of year when Hall’s operational funding, so cost of the location preparations for our 2018 Gala Induction move to will always rank high in our decision process. location options, but this is not in the cards, full throttle. at least for the immediate future. Building the For obvious reasons, using aviation related financial foundations of The Hall is a slow process The 2018 Gala locations is a relatively easy decision when the and needs the support of the Friends of The Hall. In October we announced our 2018 inductees opportunities present themselves. Not only do size Support can come from attending the Gala Dinner, and that we would be holding this year’s event and flexibility matter but convenience with respect Sponsorship of the Dinner, congratulatory ads in in the great city of Calgary. Sunwest Aviation to hotels, parking and ease of travel play key roles the program book, as well as direct contributions. has graciously offered their hangar facility as the in the selection each year. venue for what we are confident will be 400+ Show Your Support guests. Having said that, when we have Friends of The In a roundabout sort of way, I’m asking for your Hall like Richard Hotchkiss, CEO of Sunwest support. Submit a nomination for a new member, The Inductees aviation, that contribute the location, our decision let us know if there is an organization that might I personally congratulate John Bogie, Paul becomes even simpler. Thank You, Richard for be able to help us financially or if you have an idea Manson, John Maris and Gregory Powell. They your support for our 2018 Gala. that we can use. My fellow Board members and I are the four who will join our exceptional list of are open to any discussions that will increase our Members at the ceremonies on June 7th. They, Financial Considerations Membership in The Hall, add to the Friends of along with family and friends, will celebrate with It would be nice if financial considerations were The Hall and strengthen the financial foundation us at the gala event. less of a driver in our decision-making process but of Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. the fiscal realities of operating The Hall must a Choosing the location factor in our location selection. All the best for 2018 Choosing the location of the Annual Induction event is a little more complicated than you would Having an unlimited bank account would make Rod Sheridan imagine. It’s a question of being fair to an east- these decisions much more open to different A Treasure in our Collection Aja Cooper, Collections Manager As a child, one of my favorite things to do was from northern Ontario areas to the nearest to rifle through the attic looking for unique hospitals; objects – much to the displeasure of my parents - Revolutionizing forest fire suppression. because I never left the attic as I had found it. It has only come to my attention now in writing After Blakey passed away in 1986, the Rusty this article that these treasure hunts contributed to Blakey Heritage Aviation Group and the City why I eventually became an Object Conservator / of Sudbury collaborated to erect a monument Collections Manager. I may be older now, but I still in 1988 at Sudbury, Ontario to commemorate appreciate a good treasure hunt. One of the first Blakey. The monument, “Science North Project”, treasures I encountered in the CAHF collection was commissioned to sculptor Ron Baird (RCA, was a miniature sculpture in the Thurston “Rusty” OACD). The monument, which depicts an Blakey collection. airplane banking in flight, consists of a triangular composition of brushed stainless steel and ABS Photo: Aja Cooper “Rusty” Blakey, C.M., had a career spanning tubing attached to the stainless steel. It is located Miniature of the Blakey memorial monument at nearly five decades. Some of his more notable on the bank of Ramsey Lake at Sudbury. Sudbury, ON contributions to aviation included: - Working as air engineer and pilot for Austin The treasure I spotted in the CAHF collection is We congratulate Ron Baird as he was 1 of 30 Airways; a miniature model of the original “Science North artists selected to participate in the 2018 Venice - Photographing vast areas of Ontario for the Project” sculpture which was constructed by Ron Biennale. provincial government to help forestry and road Baird. He also constructed this replica, which will building ventures; be on display at CAHF in the near future. “Rusty Blakey was inducted as member of CAHF - Flying rescue missions and medical evacuations in 1992. 3 Announcing the New Inductees, 2018 Mary Oswald, John Chalmers and others At ceremonies to be held in Calgary on June 7th, Canada’s He then accepted the challenge of serving as volunteer John Maris is a published author on a wide range of Aviation Hall of Fame will induct the following four full-time chairman of the “Passing the Torch” campaign, aviation topics, and holds numerous worldwide patents, individuals who have shown outstanding leadership and which raised over $16M in support of the Canadian such as “Method of predicting the approaching stall achievements for the betterment of aviation in Canada War Museum (CWM) and its quest to find and open of an aircraft wing” (1985), “Method and apparatus and the lives of Canadians. a new facility in Ottawa after a tumultuous period in for investigating air flow” (1987), and “An archival the museum’s history. He served as a trustee on the analysis of stall warning system effectiveness during CWM’s board and chaired the committees devoted to airborne icing encounters” (2017). John M. Bogie the revitalized new museum. His success in ensuring the completion of this significant national facility in 2005 In 2013 he became CEO of Marinvent Corporation, the John Bogie was born into an will stand as a testament to his accomplishment. award-winning company he founded, recognized “for aviation family, with an early its exceptional contributions to the Canadian aerospace successful career as an airport Following that period of dedicated work, he was industry” through its research alliances and aerospace operator and young charter appointed Chairman of the Conference of Defence advocacy. pilot. He became known for Associations Institute, Chairman of the Aerospace his charter and exploration Industries Association of Canada, and Chairman of the work for Laurentian Air Board for Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. Dr. Dwight Gregory Powell Services and Spartan Air M.D., O.C. Service, including the flight Paul Manson was invested as Commander of the Order that identified the major iron Dr. Gregory Powell is of Military Merit (CMM), and has received Honorary deposit at Gagnon, Quebec. Professor Emeritus of Doctorate Degrees in Military Science from Royal Family Medicine and Roads Military College and the Royal Military College. In discussions with fellow pilots, he dreamed about Emergency Medicine at the He was invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada developing an organization which would serve the needs Faculty of Medicine of the in 2002. of pilots across Canada, much like AOPA in the USA.