Volume 31, No. 2 THE Spring 2013 Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Panthéon de l’Aviation du Canada Dodds Finland Curtis Fraser Christensen Greenaway Burke Hitchins Boffa Floyd Fullerton Davoud Dowling Bazalgette Clarke Grossmith Capreol Hobbs Baker, A.W. Boggs Garneau Forester Deluce Collishaw Beaudoin Hadfield Agar Dunlap Carr Hollick-Kenyon Baker, R.F. Bradford Garratt Fowler, R. Bell Halton Archibald Hopson Baker, R.J. Brintnell Gilbert Fowler, W. Berry Hamilton Armstrong Balchen Hornell Bristol Dyment Godfrey Cavadias Fox Beurling Hartman Audette Dickins Baldwin Cooke Hotson Brown Graham Edwards Caywood Foy Birchall Hayter Austin Dilworth Bannock Cooper-Slipper Howe Buller Grandy Fallow Franks Chamberlin Bishop Heaslip Bjornson Dobbin Barker Crichton Hutt Burbidge Gray Fauquier Fraser-Harris Blakey Chmela Hiscocks Bain 1 Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Panthéon de l’Aviation du Canada CONTACT INFORMATION: OFFICE HOURS: STAFF: Tuesday - Friday: 9 am - 4:30 pm Executive Director - Rosella Bjornson Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame Closed Mondays Administrator - Dawn Lindgren * NEW - PO Box 6090 Wetaskiwin AB Acting Curator - Robert Porter * NEW - T9A 2E8 CAHF DISPLAYS (HANGAR) HOURS: Phone: 780.361.1351 Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm Fax: 780.361.1239 Closed Mondays BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Website: www.cahf.ca Winter Hours: 1 pm - 4 pm Email: [email protected] Please call to confirm opening times. Tom Appleton, ON, Chairman James Morrison, ON, Secretary, Treasurer Barry Marsden, BC, Vice-Chairman Denis Chagnon, QC Walter Chmela, ON John Crichton, ON Kenneth Dandy, BC 2 Information about The Hall Bill Deluce, ON 3 Chairman’s Message, by Tom Appleton Blain Fowler, AB Miriam Kavanagh, ON 3 From Your Editor, by Mary Oswald Jamie McIntyre, QC 3 Happy Birthday to Members Mike Matthews, BC 4 Bringing the Global Express to Life, by Laurent Beaudoin Bill Elliot, Mayor of Wetaskiwin, AB (ex-officio) 5 From Stem to Canadarm, by Larry Clarke OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: (Wetaskiwin) 6 Memories - From Whistler to New Zealand, by Robert (Bud) White Blain Fowler, Chairman 7 - 8 Exercise Musk Ox, and Tappetti, by Bill Carr Rosella Bjornson John Chalmers 8 - 9 Reflections of a Spacewalker, by Dave Williams Perry McPherson 10 - 11 The Canopy Caper, by Robert Bradford Denny May 11 - 12 Operating NAV CANADA, by John Crichton Marg May Mary Oswald 13 A Flight to Remember, by N. Byron Cavadias Robert Porter 14 - 15 Induction Memories, by Robert (Bud) White 15 Making a Living as a Northern Pilot, by Vi Milstead Warren THE FLYER COMMITTEE: Mary Oswald, Editor ([email protected]) 16 It All Started with the Order of Icarus, notes by Z. Lewis Leigh 780-469-3547 17 - 20 Photo Story / History of CAHF, compiled by Mary Oswald John Chalmers, CAHF Historian 21 Queen Mum Visits Canadian Forces Medical Services, by Wilson Leach Janice Oppen, Design and Layout 22 Capturing Fame with a Pencil, by Irma Coucill PORTRAITS: 23 Watch That Prop! by Rex Terpening Irma Coucill 24 Testing the “Beaver”, by Russ Bannock PATRON: 25 - 26 Landing at Geographic North Pole, by Max Ward His Excellency, the Right Honourable David 26 A Scare Turns Lucky, by Walter Chmela Johnston, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor 27 My Stikine Adventure, by W. J. (Bill) Wheeler General of Canada 28 Escaping a Downed Bomber, by Ron Peel 29 A Glimpse Into My Specialty Flying, by Barry Marsden 30 - 31 Providing Breathing Equipment for “Very High” Fliers, by Wilson Leach 31 - 32 Message from Mach 25 on ISS, by Chris Hadfield 33 Honouring 'Stocky' Edwards, by Robert (Bud) White 34 A Place for a Lady – Becoming an Airline Pilot, by Rosella Bjornson 35 208 Members, May 1, 2013 2 for the cream of our youth. However, long term public interest has sometimes Chairman’s languished in the face of competition from Message all the modern distractions of today. Chris’ ability to articulate simple- by Tom Appleton sounding concepts in answer to complex technical questions, in a way that can be easily understood by those without much Tom Appleton knowledge of the details, has proven to be a game changer. He doesn’t speak As I sit down to write this in May, Hall of Canada when the Commander’s last live down to the common person; he brings Fame Member astronaut Chris Hadfield, performance from the ISS was broadcast in us up to his level. He has single-handedly Commander of Expedition 35 to the early May. raised the level of public interest in space, International Space Station, is wowing almost dormant since the space shuttle was Canada and the world with his use of social The broad level of public interest in Chris’ withdrawn from service a few years ago. media from his perch in the universe. He flight and the reaction from across Canada Through the use of modern communication is bringing day-to-day life aboard the ISS has been incredible. It will surely help techniques and his passion for music, he ‘down-to-earth’ for millions of school-age inspire new interest amongst the country’s is showing the world a new, more human youngsters and their parents, along with youth in mathematics, engineering and way to look upon the potential for human their Neanderthal grandparents (that’s me advanced technical subjects. This is very exploration in space. He is presenting the and perhaps some of you!). The space/ important today and the world needs more challenges and opportunities it offers our earth duet, ‘Is Somebody Singing’, the of it if we’re to continue advancing the youth. As Canadians, Chris Hadfield is song Chris and Ed Robertson, of the human race. The contribution made to making us very proud, indeed. Canadian rock band the Barenaked Ladies, Canada’s development by innovation in co-wrote and performed with the Wexford the aerospace industry has been immense Thank you Commander Hadfield. Keep Leeks choir, had already gone viral in and is a field with unlimited opportunities lighting those fires. We at CAHF wish the following From Your Editor Members Mary Oswald May: Several months ago I approached the idea Laurent Beaudoin, May 13 of an ‘Anniversary’ issue of The Flyer to Les Kerr, May 15 Dave Williams, May 16 commemorate forty years since Canada’s Claude Taylor, May 20 Aviation Hall of Fame was incorporated. Walter Chmela, May 28 Events in Alberta in the early 1970’s were already leading to the formation June: of an organization, The Order of Icarus, The Flyer had to expand from its usual twelve Larry Clarke, June 12 Barry Marsden, June 15 that would recognize the contributions of pages to include them all, and I am pleased aviators across the country and eventually to say that you can expect to see more of July: become Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame. these types of stories in the Fall issue. Fern Velleneuve, July 2 Rosella Bjornson, July 13 When I asked Members of The Hall to Members of The Hall: Vera Dowling, July 16 * Rex Terpening, July 23 (100 years!) send me articles for this issue, I really This issue is a tribute to you! didn’t know what to expect. I admit that August: I had high hopes that they would respond Nils Christensen, August 15 with their personal memories, but I must Chris Hadfield, August 29 Jerauld Wright, August 31 also admit that I got more than I expected! Their enthusiasm and generosity, not only September: with their articles, but with photos, is Wilson Leach, September 28 outstanding, as you can see in these pages. 3 Bringing the Global Express to Life by Laurent Beaudoin At Bombardier, we’re always thinking about what’s next. We constantly seek to create better ways to move the world and the day we stop innovating is the day we might as well throw in the towel. Back in early 1991 when I was CEO, we were busy assessing the options for our next business aircraft. We already had the Challenger, our mid-range jet, and the Learjet, our smallest one, but we were thinking bigger, longer and most luxurious. It was a daunting challenge. When our then-Vice President of Engineering, John Holding, informed us that stretching the Challenger was not a viable alternative, I rephrased the problem in the positive. I said, “Stop telling me what can’t be done. If you had carte blanche, unlimited resources and infinite imagination, what would you do?” I told John that whatever kind of corporate Global Express Bombardier Inc. jet he designed, it had to be a step change not Business Aircraft, 1993 just an improvement over existing planes. I wanted a business aircraft capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st century, Laurent Beaudoin, CEO, which meant non-stop flights between city- Bombardier Inc. pairs such as New York-Tokyo and London- 1993, Global Express launch year. Buenos Aires. John immediately assembled more than 400 engineers from ten different countries to I must admit though, that when John and tackle the exciting challenge of imagining his team estimated the initial costs for the our first clean-sheet design. This marked a Global Express at $1 billion, it temporarily turning point for our company and the birth took the wind out of my sails. At the time, of the Global Express-a state-of-the art plane Bombardier just didn’t have the means that redefined long-range business jet travel to invest $1 billion in R&D. We knew we and remains the Bombardier achievement of had to find another way and that’s exactly which I am most proud. what we did.