“Delivering news and information. At home and around the world.” • “Des nouvelles d’ici et de partout ailleurs.” Volume 48 • Issue 29 • July 19, 2013 16 Cedar Creek Way Gorgeous 3- Bed, 3-Bath Home Premium Lot on Green Space MLS® 2131743 $289,900 DAVID WEIR BA, CD Top 1% of 14,600 Royal LePage Realtors® in Canada 2005-2012* S e r v i n g 8 W i n g / C F B T r e n t o n • 8 e e s c a r d e / B F C T r e n t o n • w w w . t h e c o n t a c t n e w s p a p e r. c f b t r e n t o n . c o m Busy for a Reason! Tel/Text: 613-392-7777 >> Tiger Squadron rescues lost >> 412 (Transport) Squadron >> Air cadet completes fi rst glider girl in northern Ontario welcomes new Commanding Offi cer solo of 2013 at Gliding School www.davidweir.com Royal LePage ProAlliance Lt.-Col. Thornley assumes command Cadets participating in the GPS program Relieved young girls hugs Search and Realty, Brokerage Rescue Technician rescuer from Lt.-Col. Philippouci need to complete a minimum of 24 fl ights 2 5 13 *based on gross commission 429 (Transport) Squadron changes Commanding Offi cer Lt.-Col. Maisonneuve Incoming 429 Squadron CO Lt.-Col. Jean Maisonneuve, assumes command from left, and outgoing CO Lt.-Col. Jason Stark, right, are joined Lt.-Col. Stark in the signing ceremony by Col. Sean Friday. Photo Ross Lees By Ross Lees arely two years ago, newly assigned 429 B(Transport) Squadron Commanding Offi cer (CO) Lt.-Col. Jason Stark called his assignment to the head of the Bison herd as his “dream job.” Last week, as he prepared to hand over the reins to incoming CO Lt.-Col. Jean Maisonneuve, he called it “an opportunity of a lifetime.” He gave credit for that wonderful experience not only to the workhorse aircraft (the CC-177 Globemaster III) which they fl y, but to the wonder- ful people of 429 Squadron who always give extra effort to make all missions succeed. “We are often the fi rst one in and the last one out,” he told his audience at 1 Hangar Friday af- ternoon. “There’s no Canadian Armed Forces op- eration that is not somehow affected or supported by you. This constant affect on global operations, our ability to project Canadian values and inter- ests abroad with unprecedented speed and reach is something we should all be proud of.” Continued on page 9 Vintage Wings' aircraft fl y the friendly Quinte skies 100 local fl ights designed to help excite cadets about science, technology, engineering and math One hundred fl ights of 500 across Canada this By Ross Lees summer were fl own in these vintage aircraft as ne hundred cadets at CFB Trenton and part of the educational outreach program, Yel- O Mountain View had the most amazing ex- low Wings, developed by perience of their young lives while attending Vintage Wings of Canada to address the chal- the Trenton Air Cadet Summer Training Cen- lenge of turning young people on to science, This Fleet Finch carries a cadet over the friendly tre (TACSTC). technology, engineering and math, and motivat- ing them to pursue their dreams through hard- skies of CFB Trenton Tuesday morning. They were given the chance to fl y in World War II aircraft – a North American Harvard, a work and discipline Photo Ross Lees Fleet Finch and a de Havilland Tiger Moth. Continued on page 12 At CENTURY 21 LANTHORN TRENTON, We take great pride in our support of the SOLDIER ON and MILITARY FAMILY programs. To date, our Donations exceed $30,000.00. LANTHORN REAL ESTATE LTD., BROKERAGE BECAUSE WE CARE Independently Owned & Operated 441 FRONT STREET, TRENTON. ON K8V 6C1 613-392-2511 • 1-888-792-5499 (TOLL FREE) 2 - The Contact News July 19, 2013 Tiger Squadron rescues lost girl in northern Ontario CH-146 Griffon Search and Rescue (SAR) hugged him. Once safely aboard the helicop- A helicopter crew from 424 Transport and ter, the young girl was fl own to a nearby hos- Rescue Squadron based at 8 Wing Trenton on pital. the morning of July 16 rescued a young girl 424 Squadron based at 8 Wing/CFB Tren- who had been lost overnight in the woods of ton, together with 435 Squadron based at 17 northern Ontario. Wing Winnipeg, are responsible for provid- 424 Squadron had been tasked late Monday ing Search and Rescue coverage to 10 million night to assist the Ontario Provincial Police in square kilometers of the Trenton Search and a search for a 10-year-old girl who had become Rescue Region comprising most of the Prov- separated from her friend with whom she was ince of Quebec, all of Ontario, the Prairie picking berries in the vicinity of their camp Provinces and the entire Arctic. site near Lavigne, Ontario, a community sit- Search and Rescue (SAR) incidents under uated about halfway between Sudbury and the federal SAR mandate are defi ned as all North Bay on the North shore of Lake Nipiss- aircraft incidents and all marine incidents in ing. waters under federal jurisdiction. With the After searching through the night, the SAR exception of federally owned National Parks, crew spotted the young girl around 8 a.m. the overall responsibility for land and inland Tuesday morning sitting at the edge of a bog water search and rescue rests with the prov- This young girl is happy to see Master Corporal Jon Pothier, approximately three kilometers from her fam- inces, territories and municipalities. The Ca- SAR Technician from 424 Squadron, who was hoisted from ily’s camp site. Having walked all night, the nadian Armed Forces may, however, provide the Gri on helicopter to rescue her. girl was so happy to see the SAR Technician assistance to land and inland water rescues Photo: Sgt. Brad Power, 424 SAR Tech who had been hoisted down to rescue her, she when possible. 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