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Just a few notes to begin with.

I would like to thank the CHAA executive committee for allowing me this chance to publish our

monthly newsletter.

There are a few people I need to thank with the creation of the newsletter.

Patti Smith for providing me with the email list.

Terry Scott for providing the graphics.

Sandra Sparks for getting the ball rolling.

Shane “Mr. Harvard” Clayton for the fonts used in the headlines.

If you notice the banner the font is RCAF and the background colour is a close match to our

roundel.

Please share the newsletter with your friends and please encourage them to join CHAA. I also

encourage our Members to contribute to the newsletter.

Kerry

Sunday, June 16, 2019 - Father’s Day Open House Saturday July 20, 2019 - “80

th Anniversary of Harvard in Canada” Fly Day

Saturday Sept. 14, 2019 - Wings & Wheels Family Fun Day (Rain date is the 15th)

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Saturday April 20, 2019 10:00AM

Tillsonburg Airport

With Guest Speaker - Martin Keenan. Martin will be giving a presentation on the history of the De

Havilland Comet in Canadian skies.

It's a big help at the Annual Banquet, if guests bring $20 cash for the raffle table tickets.

There will be debit and credit card payment available, also cheque payment, for other auction items

or banquet tickets.

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The CHAA Story is available through members at CHAA events. There will be copies available at the Annual Banquet April 27th.

Price is $35 with all proceeds for replacement Harvard engines.

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Backseat Coordinator

Requires a few hours a week and staying organized and basic computer skills.

Please contact: William McDowell at mcdowellwd@gmail.com

Flight Ops Report – Apr 20, 2019

Flight Ops is getting ready for the 2019 flying season. We held a very well attended and successful

annual refresher on Apr 7 after which 3 pilots completed their annual check rides. As of today, we

have 5 pilots current and ready to fly missions for CHAA. Our first backseat ride of the year is

scheduled for Apr 20 and William has 3 other rides lined up over the next several weeks.

Our annual ground school for new pilots wanting to get checked out on the Harvard was postponed

from the planned Mar 23 date due to the unavailability of some of the students on that date. Scott

tells me that he expects 6 pilots to attend the ground school on the new date of Apr 19.

A number of flypasts, fly-in events and airshows have been confirmed or are being bid on. For fly-

pasts, we are confirmed for Port Burwell on July 1, the Crystal Beach Sky Fest on July 5 and expect

to do our annual flypasts over Ohsweken in Oct and Shedden and Toronto in Nov. We also hope to

get asked back to do flypasts at the Detroit Riverfest and Elmira. For fly-in events, we are sending

one airplane to Maniwaki, QC (60 nm north of Ottawa) on June 8-9 where we are being heavily pro-

moted to do rides, and we will be sending one or two airplanes to Edenvale on Aug 11 for their an-

nual Gathering of the Classics. For airshows, we are confirmed for Geneseo on July 12-14 and are

bidding on shows in Barrie (June 29-30), Brantford (Aug 28), Gatineau (Sept 7-8) and Peterborough

(Sept 21-22). In addition to these events, we have our Fly Days on June 16 (Father’s Day), July 20

(80th Anniversary of the Harvard) and Sept 14 (Wings and Wheels). We are always on the lookout

for events to attend and show the Harvard so if you hear of any events please let me know and we’ll

follow up with the organizers.

Thanks,

Allan Paige

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Look for a feature article on CHAA in the June 2019 issue of Flypast magazine, published in Eng-

land with worldwide circulation.

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Check out a feature about CHAA on the latest episode of 'Plane Savers', a YouTube series pro-duced by Mikey McBryan from Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, NWT.

Mikey is 'saving' a D-Day veteran C-47/DC-3 Dakota that has been stored for years in St. Hubert, Quebec and plans to have her flying in time for the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord on June 6th. Best of luck, and thanks for having us on the show!

https://youtu.be/C1EKwqKiOHs

An interview I did in January made the front cover.

I haven't received any leads yet but maybe the article will turn something up. In the meantime we got our name out

there ;)

I have spoken with Derek Niles of Orange Force Marine as the article states and he is very interested and eager to help us out.

Here's the link to the article: https://www.villagerpublications.com/port-stanley-march…

Here's an interesting video showing Harvards in formation near RCAF Station Penhold, Alberta (now Red Deer Airport) circa 1960.

Although none of our Harvards are seen in the video, Harvard '273 is still around and is on dis-play at The Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary.

Did you know that we can take you on a formation flight just like this? (minus the aerobatic tail

chase ;-) ) Book a formation ride with us today!

More info at: https://harvards.com/flight-experiences-2/ or contact crewflights@harvards.com

We recently lost one of our members, Larry Fleiler. We would like to express our deepest

Sympathies to his family and friends.