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The Atlantic Canada Aviation Musuem NewletterFall 2005 Page 1

DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE AVIATION HERITAGE OF ATLANTIC CANADA

The Atlantic Canada Aviation MuseumHalifax International Airport

P.O. Box 440061658 Bedford Highway

Bedford, N.S.B4A 3X5

Website: http://acam.ednet.ns.caE-Mail: [email protected]

The Annual General Meeting will beon October 29th, 2005 at the Atlan-tic Canada Aviation Museum. TheMeeting will begin at 11:00 am.

A full schedule of events and timescan be found on the last page. Pleasenote the RSVP Date.Dress is Casual, dress warm!

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Left: ACAM’s V-1 receives a new coat of paint as partof its restoration program. Tim Staples is hard at worklaying on the base coat of paint.

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The Nova Scotia International AirShow was hosted at Halifax InternationalAirport on Sept. 10th and 11th. All in all,it was a good show that was fairly wellattended. Numbers appeared to be downon Saturday but Sunday saw a largecrowd.

Last minute cancellations by someof the transport and tanker aircraft due toHurricane Katrina left some holes in thestatic park that could not be helped.

The crowd seemed to enjoy the ac-tion, as always, and Halifax Internationalcontinues to be a fantastic host and amuch better venue for viewing of the ac-tion than the previous location at CFBShearwater.

There were notable improvments intransportation and parking at the showover last year. One museum member leftthe show shortly after the F-15 Eagledemo, at the height of the people leaving,and timed his trip to his car as only 20minutes and then no wait once he left theparking lot. A great improvement over lastyear.

Congratulations to the organizersand the airport staff, as well as, Navcanfor an excellent job with noticable im-provements all the way around.

Top: 1st Fighter Wing F-15 demo aircraft lifts off on Sunday. Middle: Canada’s CF-18 Demo color bird from 410Squadron at Cold Lake. Bottom: The Buffalo performed on Sunday but high winds kept the Skyhawks fromjumping both days. (All Photos by R. MacIlreith)



Top Left: RC-135W (62-4134) Call sign Snoop 34, was the largest of the staticaircraft on the ground at the show. Unlike last year, this was not a training aircraftfrom the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, but a full up RC-135W and was not open tothe public due to its sensitive equipment.Middle Top Left: Griffon (146407) from 403 Squadron at CFB Gagetown.Middle Bottom Left: CP-140A Arcturus (140120) performed in the show on bothdays being flown by an Atlantic Canadian flight crew each days.Left: U.S. Navy F-18C (164221) from VFA-106 opened the show on both days.Top: As always, the Snowbirds were the stars of the show, thrilling the crowds withtheir tight formations and close passes. The Canadair classic is always a highlightto the author’s viewing weekend. Above: CAG Bird E-2C Hawkeye (163693) complete with a wonderful paint schemeand new propeller blades were an impressive addition to the static park.



Top: The F-15 Eagle “Going Ballistic!”Above: The CF-18 Demo wore tail art tocelebrate 40 years of the Canadian Flag.Top Right: The Super King Air doing aflyby on Friday. FIFO was in the staticpark on Sunday.Middle Top: FedEx 727-200 arrives onFriday! No this photo has not been al-tered, he really was that low!Middle Bottom: AN-2 in Polish registra-tion is now with a Skydiving outfit in NS.Bottom: Third Stike Wing Walking per-form Sunday. (Man, that must be cold!)



Top: The L-19 (C-FTGU) acted asManfred Radius’s (R) towplane each day.Right: DNR’s new EC-135 was very nice!Above: 433 Art on a CF-18. 433 is nowno more as was reported last issue.Below: Barry R. and Dave M. check outthe engines of the F-15 when the airlockwas open early on Saturday morning only.



Dreams Take FlightAir Canada’s Dreams Take FlightFundraising team is selling tick-ets for the Annual Dreams TakeFlight Trip for Children.1st Prize: 2 Ticket on Air Canadaany where in North America.2nd Prize: 2 Nights at Quality InnSuite, Halifax.3rd Prize: 2 Nights at Oak IslandResort and Spa in an Oceanfrontroom.4th Prize: Chubb Security Sytemand 1 year free monitoring.

Bye Bye Buckeye!

US Navy F-18C

The Snowbirds Big Vic Formation



Aviation Related Air Frequencies for YHZBy: Nigel Service

Frequency Service118.400 Tower121.900 Ground122.125 Apron Advisory118.700 Halifax Terminal VFR - YQM ACC119.200 Arr/Dep - Control by Moncton ACC128.550 Arr/Dep - Control by Moncton ACC123.950 Clearance Delivery121.000 ATIS123.275 Halifax FIC - FSS126.700 Halifax FIC - FSS129.250 De-Icing Coordinator135.300 Cape Breton Sector - Moncton Centre122.350 Globe Ground122.850 Worldwide Flight Services122.925 Canjet123.400 Shell Aerocentre128.900 Air Canada “Jazz” Dispatch128.950 Kelowna Flightcraft/Purolator128.975 Worldwide Flight Services129.375 Air Canada “Jazz” - Maintenance129.300 Provincial Airlines / Esso Avitat129.575 Canjet129.650 Air Canada “Jazz”129.825 CHC Helicopters/Exxon Mobile130.075 Air St. Pierre130.175 Air Canada - STOC130.375 Air Canada Dispatch/Load/AGRIS130.475 Air Canada “Jazz” Load130.575 Air Canada “Jazz”130.650 Globe Ground /CanJet /Zoom131.100 Air Canada Dispatch131.275 Westjet131.775 Canjet131.875 Cargojet131.925 Federal Express131.975 Worldwide Flight Services136.575 CHC Helicopters275.800 Ground225.200 Arr/Dep - Control by Moncton ACC363.800 Arr/Dep - Control by Moncton ACC229.100 ATIS

Editor’s Note: Of course, ACAM takes no responsibility for the informationtransmaitted on these frequencies and reminds you that it is illegal to transmit onthese frequencies unless you are liscensed and authorized to do so. In future issues,we will list some frequencies at other airports for your “listening pleasure”.

Farewell BuckeyeThe Nova Scotia International

Airshow was the second last airshowappearance for the Rockwell T-2 Buck-eye. 159713 (top) and 159157 (bottom)made the long journey from NASPensacola, FL to be at the show. A pair ofT-2’s appeared at the NAS OceanaAirshow the following week. The Squad-ron XO was at the show and he said heonly had 8 more flights on the aircraftbefore it goes to AMARC in AZ.

The T-2 has been visiting airshowsin Nova Scotia for a lot of years and it willbe a shame to see them go the way of somany other aircraft. Going Going Gone!

Specifications T-2C Buckeye:Powerplant: 2 General Electric J85-GE-4turbojets.Weight Empty: 8,115 lbsMax takeoff Weight: 13,190 lbsWing Span: 38’ 2” (includes Tip Tanks)Length: 38’ 3.5”Height: 14’ 9.5”Max Speed: 530 mph at 25,000’Ceiling: 45,500’Max Range: 1,070 miles

Basic History:The initial requirement for a jet

trainer was issued by the US Navy in1956. North American eventually was se-lected to build 2 prototypes in 1958. Des-ignated T2J-1, the aircraft entered servicein July 1959.

Production included:97 T-2B’s for the US Navy231 T-2C’s for the US Navy.24 T-2D’s for Venezuelan Air Force40 T-2E’s for the Greek Air ForceSeveral T-2B’s and T-2C’s were con-

verted to drone controllers and redesig-nated DT-2B and DT-2C.

The T-2 is being replaced by the T-45 Goshawk as a Navy trainer and will bephased out by the end of October. Acouple of examples will remain in serviceat the Test Pilots School. At least 2 T-2’sremain airworthy in civilian hands andremain on the warbird circuit.



Discovery Returns to OrbitVarious Internet Photos

[Editor’s Note: While the Space Shuttleand NASA are not typical events that arecovered in our Museum Newsletter. I didreceive a number of awesome photos ofthe Space Shuttle Discovery and its re-turn to space. Thanks to Kathy Messervyand Brian Chappell for forwarding themto me for publication.]

What is it that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormousRoman candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan or Saturn rocket,and wait for someone to light the fuse?

- Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff



Houston, Tranquillity Base here, TheEagle has landed.

- Neil Armstrong



Museum NotesFacility:

This summer, our group of volunteershas plugged away with the plans that wehad made earlier in the year. Facility im-provements have been largely limited tothe further development of several exhib-its, most notably the Theory of Flight,Curtiss JN-4, and World War I exhibits.Carpet for the Mezzanine, wheel chairramp and stairs is an issue that we areworking on at this time of writing. I amhoping that we will have this area re-car-peted before the Annual General Meet-ing in late October, if not by opening inMay of 2006. In addition, we have beenin the process of preparing for the winterseason and as always there will be muchto do.

Staff wise, I am very pleased withhow the staff made out this summer. Theycompleted many assignments that wegave them to do, as well as, keeping theday-to-day operations at the Museum asrequired. In addition, they also enteredover 1,500 items into our computer data-base as part of the Passage Project tocomputerize Community Museumrecords. Kara, left us on August 20th, Timreturned to school on August 31st. Davewill be working weekends with us untilwe close for the season in October. Dur-ing the week, Michael White has volun-teered to work at the Museum. Michael’sgenerous contribution of time is vital tothe Museum being able to make the mostof the shoulder tourist season.

V-1:In early August, Tim Staples painted

the V-1 after Tim and Bruce had completedthe last of the bodywork. Tim beganpainting the V-1 shortly after 7:00 am andfinished up for day a little over 12 hourslater. It was a long but successful day!The painting of the V-1 represents a ma-jor milestone in the restoration processfor this valuable artifact. The followingSaturday, the V-1 was moved back upunder the CF-100 Canuck and reas-sembled. Now the crew is in the processof researching and manufacturing thestencils needed to complete the project.These markings will be painted on the air-craft in place. Congratulations to the crewthat put a major push on this project toget the painting completed before the ar

rival of the Avenger. This push allowedus to move the V-1 fuselage outside inone piece, which made painting mucheasier.BAe 146 Sim:

In July, Barry and I went and recov-ered a BAe 146 procedures simulator fromthe NSCC hanger at Shearwater. The pro-cedures trainer was used by the Commu-nity College when they had pilot trainingat the school. Since then the simulatorhas become redundant to their needs andwas to be disposed. Mike Garvey ar-ranged for its transfer to the Museum.For the time being, the simulator has beenstored behind the CF-5 until the Avenger

Above: Progress photos of Tim Staplesat work painting the V-1.

It is hard enough for any-one to map out a courseof action and stick to it,particularly in the face ofthe desires of onesfriends; but it is doublyhard for an aviator to stayon the ground waiting forjust the right moment togo into the air.

- Glenn Curtiss 1909



Fundraising

We all know how important funds areto keeping the Museum operating, whiletrying to improve our exhibits and com-plete our restoration projects. This yearat our Annual General Meeting we will beselling tickets on this print [left] by JackFord entitled “Meatball”. The print hasa white border and is suitable for mattingand framing. The photo was cropped forspace in the newsletter.

Tickets will be sold for $5.00 each or3 tickets for $12.00. This is a limited addi-tion print and is numbered 136/440 and issigned by the artist. This Meatball printretails for $70.00. We will be drawing thewinner at the Annual General Meeting onOctober 29th. Here is your chance to owna beautiful piece of aviation art and sup-port the Museum. See Rob to preorderyour tickets!

arrives and is assembled. After that wewill have a better idea of where the simu-lator can be reassembled. It will be usedas a kid’s cockpit as it has paper instru-ments and some working electronicswitches, which suites our needs verywell with no fear of a radiation issue withthe older instruments. The simulator wasused by Air Atlantic before it was turnedover to NSCC.

Canso:Don is in the process of finishing up

some more sheet metal work on the rearleft fuselage. Once this work is completed,the crew will begin the process of rivet-ing the entire set of panels in place. Thiswork should be completed this winter. Donand crew have been invaluable in help-ing out with many other projects this sum-mer, which has taken them away fromworking on the Canso.

Above: Don and Gene at work on theCanso.

Wanted!We are looking for asupply of square orround steel, as wellas, some steel plateto build floor standsfor several aircraft

this winter.



Basic Theory of Flight Exhibit:Our team has gotten the entire

student’s portion of the Theory of Flightexhibit installed on the walls with appro-priate signage now. There are some crackfilling and painting items to be completedto go with the exhibit, as well as, the ban-ner signage to be painted. These itemsare being finalized now and hopefully willbe completed before the Annual GeneralMeeting in October. As part of Theory ofFlight, we have purchased a large scalePiper Cub model and it will be assembledwith lights installed to help teach the partsof an aircraft, as well as, how the controlsurfaces of the aircraft work. This part ofthe project is to be completed by theMuseum members as opposed to the stu-dents due to the complexity of the con-struction. Gene Hamilton is gearing upthe servos and I will take care of wiringup the lighting on the aircraft parts.

Additionally, a series of photosand specimens will be used to educatesome information on Flight in Nature. Ourthanks to the Nova Scotia Museum andPaul Brunelle for helping us to acquire abeautiful dragonfly specimen as part ofthe exhibit. We hope to be able to add atleast one bird to the exhibit as well. TheFlight in Nature exhibit will be built astime permits over the winter.

While several visiting membershave commented that the exhibit we arebuilding is very basic, I would like topoint out that the exhibit was designedand constructed for the use of Grade 6teachers to help them meet the specificoutcomes and objectives of the Grade 6Science curriculum as established by theNova Scotia Department of Education. Itis very important that we further the de-velopment of exhibits that educate alldemographics of the public, not just asmall segment of enthusiasts.Jenny Exhibit:

The Jenny Exhibit was completed inlate August. The Jenny model, OX-5 en-gine and the entire collection of Jennyartifacts, as well as, the First Air Mail ex-hibit have been consolidated in the onelocation. All the artifacts have new

signage and those items that needed fram-ing have been completed as well. The ex-hibit looks great (above) and was a realteam effort to complete, well done!World War I Exhibit:

At the time of writing, the World WarI exhibit was complete with the exceptionof installing the Fokker Dr. 1 model andnew signage. Signage and a model standare in the process of being made andshould be installed in the next 2-3 weeks.This entire exhibit area will be completedin time for the Annual General Meeting inlate October.

Above: The Basic Theory of Flight Exhibit. Carpet and some paint work, as well as,raised lettering had yet to be applied when this photo was taken.

Mezzanine Level Exhibits:On the Mezzanine level, 2 exhibit

boards will be installed overlooking theSilver Dart Replica. One will be on theAEA, while the other will be on the SilverDart Replica. The last exhibit on the Mez-zanine will be located at the end of theMezzanine and will be on the First AerialPhotograph. Glenn and Danny have builtsome excellent boards and brackets forthe exhibits. Barry is in the process ofpreparing the artwork for the boards andKen will be printing the artwork to coverthe entire boards.



BAe 146 Model:Air Canada Jazz has put a BAe 146

model on long term loan to the Museumand donated a beautiful print of the air-craft, as well as, some other pictures andmemorabilia. The Museum would like tothank Glenn McCarron and Manon Stuartfor arranging for the model to be displayedat the Museum. In the near future, GeneHamilton has agreed to build a stand forthe aircraft to mount it in the air with theother flying models at the Museum. Themodel is painted in Jazz colors and is inexcellent shape!

Right: The BAe 146 Model on loan fromAir Canada Jazz.

Left: The complete Curtiss JN-4 Exhibit hanger and First Air Mail Exhibit

Bob Aikens Collection:Before Bob Aikens moved to New-

foundland last year he donated a largenumber of 1/48th Scale model kits to theMuseum. For those of you that have notseen Bob’s models before, the word spec-tacular is an understatement concerninghis master modelling ability. I have ad-mired Bob’s work for years at variousmodel shows and on display at MaritimeHobbies and Crafts. Since the Museumhas been blessed to receive such a mag-

nificent collection, we are investing in theconstruction of a pair of large cabinets todisplay his fantastic work.

Glenn and Danny have begun tobuild the cabinets designed by Barry.Once complete, the collection will be ondisplay in the main hanger along the wallbehind the CF-100 Canuck. The cabinetsshould be in place for the AGM, at theend of October, but they probably willnot be painted or have the collection in-stalled before this date.

Below: The World War 1 Exhibit window after it was completed in early September,including the Fokker Dr. 1 model and Be 2 model. Fall - Winter Projects

The Construction Crew at the Mu-seum are in the planning stages forour winter projects now. It will be abusy and intersting winter, in additionto the projects that are planned andongoing now. We will be:

- Complete the Theory of Flight Ex-hibit Area.

-Complete the Bob Aikens CollectionExhibit.

- Remodelling the Library Annex, stor-age closet, managers office and hall-way into a heated boardroom that canbe used to entertain and hold meet-ings in.

- Repair and repaint the lobby wallbehind the tourism desk around to theenterance of the Museum.

- Rebuild the BAe 146 Simulator.

- Build custom cabinets for the 434Exhibit around the CF-5. The old cabi-nets will become surplus and will bedisassembled.



The wings of the Avenger, alongwith the tail and control surfaces wereshipped to Halifax by Frank MacLoon,Don Henry and Bob Purdue on the 27th ofAugust. The team used a borrowed pon-toon trailer to ship the wings while all othercomponents were shipped in the back ofa second pick-up truck. In the weeks lead-ing up to this exciting event, the NB Winghas been sending us information updatesand photos from time to time and the ex-citement among the team in Halifax wascertainly building. The August 27th ship-ment was very smooth, everyone was verypleased with how the day went.

Painting of the Avenger was com-pleted in early August. The project thenturned to adding the markings to thewings and fuselage. The team recruitedDebbie Bates, who did a magnificent jobof creating and applying all of the mark-

ings and lettering that completed theproject.

The Avenger team has been workingon this project since 1996 and have com-pleted a very high quality restoration ofwhich ACAM is very proud. The teamhas many sponsors and supporters tothank, in particular, Forest Protection Ltd.,without FPL’s support this project wouldhave been much more difficult and theaircraft would not have been as completeas it is.

On September 19th, the Avenger wasshipped to Halifax by Atlantic PacificTransport Ltd. and arrived without ascratch, delivered by Stewart Finnamore.After a slow and carefully orchestratedunloading, the aircraft was towed up thehill backwards and parked in the hanger.We must also recognize and thank IanOliver, who is the company dispatcher and

Avenger Arrives at ACAMmanager of the operation in Fredericton.Ian has been a great supporter of theproject and was the driver for the ship-ping to Fredericton from Juniper in 1996.The latest transport of the Avenger wasagain, without charge. The supportshown by Beaver Coughlan, Ian andStewart is instrumental in this project!Thank you gentlemen!

This entire operation went off with-out a hitch due to the excellent planningand execution by the New Brunswickcrew. The Halifax members present pro-vided whatever support to the operationthat we could but it was definitely the NBcrew’s day. One could see that they werehappy to deliver the old girl to the Mu-seum, yet very sad to part with an oldfriend at the same time.

Assembly of the aircraft is plannedof October 1st at the time of writing andshould be complete for the AGM week-end on October 29th.

The Avenger loaded in N.B. prior to shipping to Halifax. The aircraft was loaded by the NB Crew, Ian Oliver and StewartFinnamore. Frank MacLoon also noted that they received great support from the Fredericton Airport Community with movingthe aircraft. (Ian Oliver Photo)

The Avenger’s wings and tail surfaces passing Elmsdale on the way to the Museum.

The Avenger’s wings were shipped onthis pontoon trailer that the crew bor-rowed. (R. MacIlreith Photos)



Above: The wings being loaded in NB. (Frank MacLoon Photo)

Right: Unloading in Halifax drew quite acrowd between members and the numberof tourists who stopped to watch what wasgoing on. (R MacIlreith Photos)Right: Once the Avenger was pulled upthe hill and put in the hanger, it seemedto grow. Note the size of the T-33 SilverStar parked beside the Avenger. The L-19 is to the left of the T-Bird.

Above: The Avenger was towed up the hillusing the cab of the delivery truck.Stewart kept a good strain on the towbarand pulled the aircraft up the hill withlimited room like a real pro.

Right: The New Brunswick delivery teampose in front of the Avenger after suc-cessfully parking the aircraft in thehanger (L-R): Bill Leeming, Bob Purdue,Stewart Finnamore (Driver), Don Henryand Frank MacLoon



Short Museum Notes

Service Learning Project:This year the Museum will undertakeanother Service Learning Project inconjunction with Leslie Thomas Jun-ior High School. For this year’sproject, we will be building a contourdiorama of the Halifax InternationalAirport as it looked in Aug. of 2004.The Museum would like to recognizethat the Airport Authority has alreadysupplied drawings and photos for theproject and has jumped on-board asour major funding partner again thisyear. More details will be coming infuture newsletters as the studentsbegin construction.

New England Air Museum Visit:In early September, a group of 50members of the New England AirMuseum visited ACAM as part of atour of Nova Scotia. The Museummembers paid us a lot of complimentsand were impressed with what theysaw during their visit.

Closing Date:The Museum and Tourism haveagreed to a seaon closing date of Oc-tober 14th. ACAM will continue tomake special arrangement for off-sea-son tours.

Above: Don Henry shows reporter John Gillis of the Chronicle Herald the cockpitof the Avenger. The Museum received front page coverage in Halifax and over a pageof coverage from the Daily Gleaner in New Brunswick.Below: The left wing being boomed in and put on the hanger floor. The Museumthanks Don Hirtle for arranging for the boom truck from Mike Rushton at AquaterraResources and Don’s work partner, Carmin for running the boom. It was a verysmooth lifting of the wings off the trailer. (Gene Hamilton Photo)

Next Issue:In the next issue pho-tos and informationabout the Avenger be-ing reassembled andthe project Sponsors.



Short News NotesIn the NewsCompiled from Various Sources

Received via E-mail:Friday, August 19, 2005

Halifax Herald Limited

ERIC WYNNE / StaffColby Village resident Jim Nemeth doesn’tmuch mind the noise during theday from the helicopters from CFB Shear-water as they undergo theirflight routines. He is, however, upsetwhen the helicopters wake him inthe middle of the night.

Night flying upsets Colby VillagerWhat do you expect next to an airport,forces spokesman saysBy JENNIFER STEWART / Staff Reporter

A Colby Village resident who livesless than a kilometre from one of 12Wing Shearwater’s active runways sayshe is upset with the airbase’snight flying schedule.

Jim Nemeth, who lives on AmethystCrescent, says the Sea Kinghelicopters that regularly fly over hishome are a disruptive nuisance.

“We’ve been here 2 1/2 years andit’s an ongoing event,” Mr. Nemeth saidThursday. He says the choppers usuallyroar between 9 p.m. and midnight, butlately they’ve been returning to the baseas late as 1 a.m.

“You keep children awake, you keeppeople awake, you’re flying so lowyou even disrupt the conversation, nevermind the TV,” he said. Mr. Nemeth admitsit may sound trivial but says the noise isa constant bother for many in hisneighbourhood.

Air force spokesman Capt. DaveDevenney met with Mr. Nemeth on Thurs-day morning to discuss his concerns. Hesaid the noise is unfortunatelysomething the residents will have to livewith.

“It’s a balancing act for us and them,in that they’re living near an

In response to a question to the Edi-tor about the runways at YHZ being re-numbered.

Your question about the displacedrunway numbers is valid and theanswering is an interesting one. The run-ways at Halifax InternationalAirport have been permanently renum-bered. Runways are numbered accordingto the compass readings as an aircraftlands. Due to natural magneticNorth Pole shifts, runway 06/24 has be-come 05/23 and 15/33 has become14/32. At this rate of shift, runways willhave to be renumbered againin about 60 years.

Over the last weeks, while runway15/33 (now 14/32) was closed, all ofthe airside signage that guide pilotsaround the airfield has beenupdated and certain vehicles have beenrenumbered so that their radiocall-sign is not the same as a runway num-ber to avoid confusion.

Marlene MoreAdministrative Assistant

Communications & Public AffairsHalifax International Airport Authority

active airbase,” he said.Pilots at Shearwater are required to

have at least one hour of nightflying a month to keep their skills sharp,Capt. Devenney said.The base has about60 pilots. At two pilots a flight, he said,that’s roughly 30 night flights a month.

Mr. Nemeth said he understands thatreasoning but wishes the impact onthe community could be minimized. Forexample, he suggested, try puttingtime restrictions on the flights.

But Capt. Devenney said it’s notthat easy, especially in the summermonths when darkness falls as late as 9:30p.m. “What we do is, we block time fornight flying so we don’t actuallyconduct it through the whole month,” heexplained. “We’re really tryingto be efficient.”

Ken Whitehead, who flew the SeaKings for a period during his 34 yearsin the air force, said Mr. Nemeth shouldn’tcomplain about the noise,because he chose to live in the area. “Ijust don’t understand people,” Mr. White-head said Wednesday night.”They know they’re moving and living inthe vicinity of an airport, andthey complain about aircraft noise.”

Mr. Whitehead, who also lives inColby Village, said he too occasionallyhears the choppers but said he’s accus-tomed to the sound.

Capt. Devenney said he hasn’t heardany noise complaints other than Mr.Nemeth’s. “We are a heliport now,” hesaid. “If you looked at Shearwater before,we were actually busier (then), so we havereduced aircraft use.”

[Editor’s Note: I had a laugh when Ireceived this story. When you buy ahouse next to an airport, I guess its logi-cal to expect the airports schedule tomatch your own. You have to wonderabout some people don’t you?!?]

Airport Terminal Buildingis Named for Stanfield

On September 9th, a ceremony washeld at the Halifax International Airportin which the Terminal Building was namedfor Robert L. Stanfield. Special guests atthe ceremony included: The HonourableMyra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governorof Nova Scotia, Premier John Hamm, Min-ister Geoff Regan, Minister Scott Brison,Mrs. Anne Stanfield, and various mem-bers of the Stanfield family.



In the Air and On the Ground

Air France Crash Photos

By now we have all heard the stories ofthe miracle of how all the passengers andcrew survived the Air France Crash inTotonto. Here are some photos, via GeneHamilton. Looking at these photos, it re-ally is amazing that everyone survivedand is a credit to the crew.

Classic RCAF Air Photos via DennisDubois.Left: RCAF Seabees in 1949.Above: Low level T-33 Silver Star.Below Left: Saudi C-130H with engineproblems at Halifax.

The emergencies you train for al-most never happen. It’s the one youcan’t train for that kills you.

Ernest K. Gann, describing advicefrom “a very old pelican of an

aviator.” The Black Watch, 1989



The following is a response to my requestfor information on the National ResearchCouncil’s Convair 580 being in Halifax.Thank you for the compliment on ourConvair’s paint job - we like it too. Wehad the NRC Convair (Left) (we call it a580, although technically it started life asa 440) in Halifax from the 8th to the 15thof August 2005 doing some MAD (mag-netic anomaly detection) work for DRDC(Atlantic) around Sable Island (see thephoto below, taken by one of our crew)and also in the Bay of Fundy. When younoticed us flying over Halifax harbour, wewould have just completed a MAD flightand were doing some work for a secondprogram, gathering infrared image data ona number of different targets, either at theShearwater airport or in the Halifax-Dartmouth harbour area.Actually our Convair is a not-so-rare visi-tor to Nova Scotia. We have worked outof Halifax, Shearwater, or Greenwood onat least 11 different occcasions in the past5 years. On about half of those occasionswe were doing either MAD work or evalu-ating new operating modes for maritimeradars. During the other visits we wereinvolved in a number of environmentaland atmospheric research projects, suchas studies of Hurricanes Juan (Sep 2003),Karen (Oct 2001), and Michael (Oct 2000).

John AitkenHead of Flight OperationsFlight Research LaboratoryNational Research Council of Canada

Above: 1 of 2 Saudi F-15S Strike Eaglesthat stopped in Halifax.

Above: This Saudi F-15S (9215) stopped in Halifax on its delivery flight and had tohave an engine change.

Tim Leslie (NRC) Photo

Royal Saudi Air Force in Canada



Wanted!Current (2005) Photos of every aircraft on outdoor display in

Atlantic Canada for a future Newsletter Story.To date we now have photos of the following: DC-3 HarbourGrace, CF-100 Moncton, CF-101 Hillsboro, CF-101, Tracker

and Argus Summerside and ACAM’s CF-101.E-mail to: [email protected] or Snail Mail on the Cover

Stories and Story Ideas for Future Issues.

Editors Note: I continue to appeal to you for future stories and help with thenewsletter. Thanks for your help in advance!

President’s MessageFrom the Desk of Rob MacIlreith

Wow, what a summer it has been?As one can see there were many changesand improvements made at the Museumsince our last issues. There were alsomany milestones achieved in manyprojects this season (too many for me tonote in this short message). Most notableis the successful arrival and reassemblyof the Museum’s TBM Avenger. I cannotbegin to tell you how great the aircraftlooks. Folks, this is a must be seen to bebelieved restoration. Our team in NewBrunswick has done a fantastic job andhas to be congratulated. If you have notvisited ACAM since the Avenger’s ar-rival, make a date and see it before weclose for the season! To all of the crewsthat have had big successes this sum-mer, Awesome!

The Museum partnered with theNova Scotia International Air Show(NSIAS) this year to help them attractvolunteers from the airport community tosupervise setting up and taking down theshow. This was a good beginning tobuilding a tighter partnership with the AirShow. One that I hope will continue inthe future. In exchange for our work, theAir Show allowed us to put up some ad-vertising banners on the fence line inwhich the public entered the Air Show

grounds.The Annual General Meeting is Oc-

tober 29th and I am extending my per-sonal invitation to each of you to attend.Our guest speaker at the AGM will beColin Stephenson from NSIAS. The for-mal meeting will begin at 11:00 am. Doorsopen at 9:00 am for people to come andvisit the Museum. If you have not boughtyour tickets on our fundraising print, Iwould encourage you to do so. We willbe drawing for the print at the AGM!

I would like to thank, Kara, Tim andDave for a successful summer season. Aswell, I would like to single out MichaelWhite for his continuous contribution tostaffing for our Fall season. Also as mythird year as President comes to an end, Iwant to thank the members of the Execu-tive for their tireless efforts in runningday-to-day ops. All of the volunteers, thatcome out on Saturdays to turn thewrenches or any of the other long list ofjobs, it has been a pleasure working withall of you, you are the core of our organi-zation and it is your continued efforts andsupport that is helping to take ACAM tothe next level. I look forward to continu-ing to serve ACAM in whatever role theBoard of Directors would like me to do.

Lastly, if you have any material thatyou can submit to help the editor out withour newsletter, please send it in.

Rob

Annual General MeetingSchedule

9:00 - Doors open for members toarrive early and visit the Museum.

11:00 - Annual General Meetingbegins. (Including: Formal reportsfrom various Executive and BoardMembers, election and presentationof the Volunteer of the Year Award)

12:00 - Barbeque on site.

1:15 - 1:30 Don Henry will providea 15 minute overview on the AvengerRestoration following ColinStephenson of the Nova Scotia In-ternational Airshow as our guestspeaker.

Fundraising Print Draw

3:00 - Board of Directors Meeting

Please Note: The Annual GeneralMeeting will be a casual dress event.It is recommended that you dresswarm when coming to the Museum.The heat will be on for the day butsome people have found it cool in thepast.

There are many new things to see atthe Museum as we have had an ex-cellent year so far. I would encour-age you to come!

Important RSVPDate:Please RSVP by phone to 860-0828or by e-mail to: [email protected] is important that you let us knowthat you are attending by October21st in order to plan for food. Asalways all are welcome.

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