The Northern Alberta Chapter of the CAHS meets four times per year.

NOTE: In response to requests from members who have been unable to attend Thursday evening meetings due to work commitments we have moved our meetings to Tuesdays, so the 2004 meetings will be: Tuesday, January 27, 2004; Tuesday February 24, 2004; Tuesday, April 29, 2004.

Meeting Notice - Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 11:00 am - Brunch - Chateau Louis Convention Center, Edmonton

Speaker Stan Reynolds, CM, and the video “The Great Collector” - tickets $24.50 per person are available from the Aviation Museum of Alberta (Kingsway Ave., Edmonton), Mary Oswald (708-469-3547) or Denny May (708-454-9226) - seating is limited - GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY !!
See also page 8 of the Northern Alberta Chapter October Newsletter

Meeting Notice - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 7:15 pm - doors open at 6:45 pm - Hangar on Kingsway Ave., Edmonton

This evening we will have the opportunity to see the video presentations on the 4 members who were inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame this past summer. William Brenton Boggs; T.P.M. Cooper-Slipper; Michael Zubko and Walter McDonald McLeish.
See also page 8 of the Northern Alberta Chapter October Newsletter

Meeting Notice - Thursday, April 10, 2003  - 7:15 pm - doors open at 6:45 pm

Our speaker, Mike Fedoruk from Edmonton will share his experiences as a Gunner/Bomb Aimer on Lancasters in W.W.II and his experiences after being shot down after a raid on Berlin in 1944 and how he successfully evaded the Germans till then end of the war.

We thought this would be of interest as well.......
The Friends of RAM are holding a Video Release for "The Great Collector," a short documentary on the life of Stan Reynolds on April 16th. Tickets for the event are $10 and can be obtained from Melissa in the FRAM office. The event will include a cash bar from 7-8 pm, video presentation from 8-9 pm, speeches and nibblies from 9-10 pm (with an opportunity to purchase the video). Special guest - Stan Reynolds.
Kerri Button
Curator/Administrator
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
PO Box 6360
Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 2G1
Phone 780-361-1351
Fax 780-361-1239
cahf@telusplanet.net

The usual $2.00 "Landing Fee" will be collected to cover the cost of coffee.

Meeting Notice - Thursday, December 5, 2002 Meeting - 7:15 pm - doors open at 6:45 pm

Our speaker, Jim Thoreson from Red Deer is the Executive Director of CASARA (Civil Air Search and Rescue Association) for Alberta. His talk will be on THE HISTORY OF AIR SEARCH & RESCUE IN ALBERTA. It should be fascinating talk on an important subject. You can take a peek at their website at www.saralberta.org.

Our ANNUAL MEETING will also be held this evening and we are looking for nominations for: Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer. Please consider helping out our growing club by taking one of these important positions.

The usual $2.00 "Landing Fee" will be collected to cover the cost of coffee, cookies, and miscellaneous expenses.

Next regular meeting: Thursday January 9, 2003, speaker to be announced

November 10, 2003 - Speaker/Brunch, November 14th Meeting, & help

This is to bring you up to date on a few items following the newsletter that Doug Faulder sent out the other day.

1. Sunday, November 10th at 11:00 am the Buffet Opens at the Chateau Louis Convention Center on Kingsway Ave. Speaker Doug Matheson will Dispel the Myths of Bomber Command - should be a wonderful talk. The cost is $22.50, however WE NEED TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY if you plan to attend - we have to confirm numbers for the Brunch with the Château Louis. PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE - either to me at 780-454-9226 or Mary Oswald at -780-469-3547 no later than Wednesday, November 6th.

2. Our speaker for the November 14th meeting has been called away at that time, and he will likely be our December speaker. The November 14th meeting will feature one, maybe 2 videos, and some discussion/sharing time. Please plan to attend.

3. We are looking for two, maybe 3 people to serve on the Executive of the Alberta Chapter of the C.A.H.S. - a Vice President, a Secretary/Treasurer or a Treasurer and a Secretary. If you are interested please let me know by return e-mail.

We'll see you on the 14th of November - 7:00 pm at the Museum on Kingsway Ave.
Denny May - Alberta Chapter President

Meeting Notice

• The next meeting of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historic Society will be on September 5, 2002. The location is the Edmonton Aviation Heritage Society Hangar on Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton City Centre Airport. The doors will be open at 6:30pm and the meeting will start at 7:00pm.
• Program will include an opportunity to meet & greet old & new members, and to watch one or two videos.
• Our regular speakers series will begin October 3rd with Author Tony Cashman
• The usual $2.00 "Landing Fee" will be collected & to cover the cost of coffee & cookies, and miscellaneous expenses. See you September 5th
• Alberta Chapter Officers - effective Sept 1, 2002:
  President - Denny May
  Past President - Roger Beebe
  Secretary/Treasurer - Peter Jenkins
  Newsletter Editor - Doug Faulder
  Speakers/Meetings - Mary Oswald

Meeting Notice

• The next meeting of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historic Society will be on 4 April 2002. The location is the Aviation Museum on Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton City Centre Airport. The doors will be open at 1830 hours and the meeting will start at 1900 hours. Our speaker is Rosella Bjornson, a native Albertan and the first female commercial airline pilot in Canada. She has flown with Transair, Pacific Western, Canadian Airlines, and now flies for Air Canada.  In 1997 she was inducted as a Member of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. Please join us for another interesting speaker.
• Click here for the March/April 2002 Chapter Newsletter

• The next meeting of the Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historic Society will be on 7 March 2002. The location is the Aviation Museum on Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton City Centre Airport. The doors will be open at 1830 hours and the meeting will start at 1900 hours.
• Our guest speaker will be Mr Don Douglas, a well known aviator, who has flown with the RCAF, Spartan and DOT. Don has a particular love of the North and is currently Director of the Northern Air Transport Association. Don will be speaking on his varied career and his many experiences in aviation.
• Please join us for the evening. Mary and Gord Oswald are looking after the arrangements and look forward to seeing you there. Last meeting a couple did not get in to join us as they found the door locked. If this happens to you please use the door bell and someone will open it for you. We need to keep it locked after the doorkeeper leaves as we are located well back in the museum.
• Coffee will be served. We will continue to sell donated videos, books and journals. Please bring anything aviation related that you may wish to donate to support the club. Last meeting we raised nearly $50 for the club.
• Come on out and support your club.

News

• Thanks to Mary Oswald our Operations and Public Relations Officer, I am able to announce that we have speakers for the 7 February 2002 meeting and for the 7 March 2002 meeting.
• Ray Rohr , Rt. Commanding Officer 418 Squadron, will speak on the 7 February, on the history of 418 Squadron.
• Don Douglas, ex. RCAF, TSB, Transport Canada, industry and now with the Northern Air Transportation Association, will speak on the 7 March 2002. Topic to be announced.
• I would also propose that at the 7 February meeting we have a book and video sale after Ray's speech.  Any books or video you wish to dispose of could be sold and the cash could go into our Chapter account for use towards equipment, etc. Gerry and I will bring coffee and sticky buns; the usual landing fee system will be in place.
• Your executive works very hard to make the Chapter viable and we need your support by you attending the meetings. If everyone could bring a friend or two it will make a proper audience for the quest speakers. It is very difficult to retain our organisers morale if we do not get better turnouts. It also is very demotivating for our speakers to have a limited audience.
• The more people we get out the better we will be known. We have much history out here in Alberta and someday it would be great to be able to match the Toronto or Ottawa numbers. A little friendly east/west competition!
• We are approaching 60 members now and Gary Watson, our Southern Alberta Officer, will soon be very active recruiting in the Calgary area.

Aviation Heritage Dinner

• On Saturday October 20, 2001 we will be holding an Aviation Heritage Dinner at the Air Museum on Kingsway in Edmonton. 
• The presenter is Denny May speaking about his father Wop May. It should be a fun evening catered by a fine caterer.. Good food and a good subject.
• Call Gerry at 780-435-0690 for ticket sales or the Alberta Aviation Council Office

Wednesday March 21, 2001

• Col. Don Matthews will provide us with an interesting evening consisting of a presentation and a discussion on The Canadian Airforce's operations in the Gulf war and Peacekeeping in Haiti. He was the Canadian Commander in both operations.
• If anyone is in Edmonton on March 21 you are welcome to attend.

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