CAHS - Toronto Meeting Schedule

CAHS Toronto Chapter Meetings Schedule

The Toronto Chapter of the CAHS usually meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month (between October and December and from February to June), at 19:45 hrs at the Beecroft Manor Auditorium, located at 35 Park Home Avenue, North York, Ontario - Recreation Room, 9th Floor.
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Saturday September 18, 2004

To start the 2004/05 season, we will be doing something different A meeting at the Toronto Aerospace Museum, on Saturday, September 18th, from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon. This is a great opportunity to visit TAM for only $2.00, see the exhibits, and do some 'Hangar Flying' with your fellow chapter members. If you haven't visited the TAM before, why not come out and see it now?

Wednesday June 9, 2004

This Month: Bob Winson - Royal Canadian Air Cadets

Wednesday May 12, 2004

This month's speaker is Graham Kennedy on the Hawker Typhoon

Wednesday April 14, 2004

Bestselling author Ted Barris introduces his new book, Juno, which tells the story of the Canadian experience at Juno in the voices of the men who were there.

Wednesday February 11, 2004

Steve A. Shaw, Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications Greater Toronto Airports Authority will speak on "Development plans for YYZ (Pearson International Airport)".

Wednesday December 10, 2003

Orville Wright flying the Wright Flyer,
worlds first powered flight - December 17, 1903
Spencer Dunmore, will tell us about the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur and their development of the worlds first successful powered aircraft.

Wednesday November 12, 2003

TAM Avro Canada replica CF-105 Arrow # 25203
Claude Sherwood, Toronto Aerospace Museum will tell us of the Museum's history plus describing the building of a full sized Avro Canada Arrow replica.

Thursday October 23, 2003

"Don't Call Me a Legend"
Charlie Vaughn, with the Piper L-4B that he co-owned in the early 1950's.

Thursday June 12, 2003

The new age of aviation! Ed S. and his Trike with a P51 flypast
Bill Tee, Chapter member and member of the Recreational Aircraft Association [RAA] will update us on the activities of this group who build amateur-built aircraft in their basements, garages and other interesting places.

Thursday May 8, 2003

Lockheed C130 Hercules
John Brookfield, Chapter member will complete his talk about the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft given at our December meeting.

Thursday April 10, 2003

Bell 206 JetRanger Helicopter
Durham Regional Police Service Air Support representative will give us the operation details of their Air Support Unit.

Thursday March 13, 2003

Bristol Bolingbroke
Walter R. Wintermute, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum project Crew Chief of the Bolingbroke restoration team, will give us an update of the restoration.

Thursday February 13, 2003

Transport Canada Inspector Will Boles with Andy Carswell, T.C. retired Inspector and CAHS Toronto Chapter member will tell us about “Canada’s Aviation System Safety – Past, Present and Future.

Thursday January 3, 2003

Bombardier Q Series Turbo Prop Aircraft
Barry MacKinnon, Bombardier Downsview, will tell us about the Q Series Dash 8 as well as the CRJ Regional Jets.

Thursday December 19, 2002

CC-130 Lockheed Hercules Transport
John Brookfield, CAHS Toronto Chapter member will tell us of his experiences flying the Canadian Forces 436 Squadron’s Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

Thursday November 7, 2002

Ross Smyth, CAHS National Director will discuss his latest book "Aviation Memoirs: A Love Affair With Flight".

Thursday October 3, 2002

Air Canada 747-400 C-FGHZ landing at KIX Osaka, Japan
Captain Howie Malone, retired Air Canada 747 pilot will tell us about flying the heavies.

Thursday September 12, 2002

MNR DHC-2 Mk. III Turbo-Beaver CF- OPE
Ron Johnson, former U.S. Navy, FBI, Ontario MNR and Ministry of Environment aerial photographer will tell us his experiences carrying out aerial surveillance photography in Ontario.

Thursday June 13, 2002

Avro Canada’s Space Threshold Concept Vehicle
Randall L. Whitcomb, Author of Avro Aircraft & Cold War Aviation will describe interesting facets of A.V. Roe Canada history.

Thursday May 9, 2002

Noorduyn Norseman CF-BFT
part of Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre Collection
David Pellowe, CAHS Toronto Chapter Past President, will give us an update on the collection of the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre.

Thursday April 4, 2002

Sikorsky S76 C-GIMA Air Ambulance
Mary Scherpenberg, Senior Critical Care Flight Paramedic - Bandage 1 - Toronto Air Ambulance will describe her most important duties.

Thursday March 14, 2002

RCAF F/O Mervyn A. Couse D.F.C, will tell us about his tour of operations with 12 Squadron RAF.

Thursday February 14, 2002

Grumman Goose CF - IFN
Reg Phillips, CAHS Toronto Chapter member will give us a history of Grumman’s G21 amphibians and tell us of his experiences with CF- IFN.

Thursday January 10, 2002

Mossies on Patrol
Norm Harrison, CAHS Toronto Chapter Past President will screen a great selection of slides from the “Mac” McIntyre collection of Canadian Aviation slides.

Thursday December 6, 2001

Russell Bannock with his DHC Beaver C-FZZJ
Russell Bannock, CAHS Toronto Chapter Member will tell us about the post World War Two DHC aircraft development programmes.

Thursday November 15, 2001

Toronto Flying Club 1937 – 1938
Dufferin Street & Wilson Avenue, North York Township
Gordon Schwartz, CAHS Toronto Chapter Member will recall for us the interesting times of the Toronto Flying Club during the 1930’s.

Thursday October 4, 2001
This program was originally scheduled for Thursday February 8, 2001.

TCA Lockheed 10A Electra CF-TCC
Norm Etheridge, CAHS Toronto Chapter Member who headed up the team which restored TCA/Air Canada's CF-TCC at Winnipeg for their 50th anniversary in 1986, will tell us about the restoration.

Thursday September 13, 2001

The First Revenue Flight of Trans-Canada Air Lines, April 1st, 1939
Three "Nightingales of the Airline" former stewardesses describe the early Trans Canada Airline Flights. Moderator former TCA Stewardess and now Chapter Director April Tredgett.

Thursday June 14, 2001

CWPHM Mynarski Lancaster Mk X VR-A KB726 FM213
10th Anniversary First Flight September 12th, 1998

Ray Hawkins, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Coordinator will update us on developments at the Museum.

Thursday May 10, 2001

Handley Page Halifax Mk. VII Serial NA 337
Frank Turner and Al d'Eon, will be telling us about the current status of the RCAF Museum's restoration of the Halibag Mk Vll Serial NA 337 complete with 16mm. Sound films of Halifax during World War ll.

Thursday April 5, 2001

RFC Hangars at Borden
Lou Wise, CAHS Toronto Chapter Member will tell us the history of the RFC Hangars of Borden.

Thursday March 8, 2001

"Ghosts Of Targets Past" Avro Lancaster Mk. III's Over Germany
F/L Philip Gray exRAF 186 Sqn. Group 3 who flew Lancaster Mk. III’s in daylight during WWII and Hawker Tempest 5 subsequently, author of “Ghosts of Targets Past”, initially trained in the U.S.A. will give us his perspective on the training and handling of these aircraft.

Thursday February 8, 2001
This program was rescheduled to Thursday October 4, 2001.

Thursday January 11, 2001

Avionics
Allan Krause, President, Canadian Avionics Services will be giving us the History of Avionics, General Aviation Avionics plus Basic Trouble Shooting of Electrical and Avionics Systems.

For more information about the monthly meetings or about the Toronto Chapter of the CAHS please contact the Toronto Chapter Secretary/Treasurer Martin Keenan at keenan@idirect.com

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