DGP Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Another tidbit...Rob Freeman flew the first Puma in Canada...he may have some info...ship was C-GUMP...my buddy George of the jungle was the engineer on that one...he told me they gave him all the books and said you now are a wrench on a Puma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torque Split Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 https://us.airbus.com/en/newsroom/stories/2021-02-airbus-helicopters-inc-recognizes-2-employees-with-50-years-of-service Dunstan recently retired as a Senior Regional Technical Representative, supporting customers on the West Coast. He lives in California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torque Split Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Dave Ackroyd was also a tech rep for Aerospat back in the 80's .. Dont know where he is now though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carholme Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 I remember Dave very well, when he was the engineer for Northern Helicopters in Norman Wells and Gerry Nel was the pilot. That would have been the late 60s or very early 70s.I was the base engineer for Okanagan and Jan Rustad was the base pilot. Oh what fun we had with Ron Jackson of Alpine and all the crews that used to pass through going up or down the river. The greatest gang of people I have ever worked with. Gerry 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGP Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 Just was told by an old friend that Gaspar is in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407driver Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Timberland Helicopters out of Courtenay B.C. still had one operating in 2003. Brian Dunn is still around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice Macau Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 When the Allouette first arrived in Canada, in 1958 I believe, my father, Jack Charleson, who was working for Okanagan Helicopters at the time, arranged for my two sisters and me to have a short ride. We had never been in a helicopter before and I think he wanted us to know first hand what all the fuss was about. I was about 12. He told my older sister afterwards that as soon as the helicopter lifted off with his three children aboard he realized that this might have been the most foolish thing he had ever done. He was very glad to see us back safely on the tarmac a few minutes later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerJohnson Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 I was employed with MBB Helicopter Corp. from 1989 to 1993, located in West Chester, PA, Primary responsibilities were flight instruction, demo flights and deliveries. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robottxt Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 The Algorithm fed me this video of Ontario Hydro heli fleet over the decades. It has some pics of an Allouette they must have operated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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