As always, our thoughts are with all those who have lost loved ones, recently been ill, are undergoing cancer treatments or have had surgery. Please know, we hold you in our hearts and wish you better days ahead.

 

 

Our guest speaker will be Cathy Bingham from Oxford County Tourism. She will be talking about CHAA and Tourism in Oxford County.

 

 

AIR DISPLAY: weather permitting

Oct 11 – Simcoe – open backseats

October 18 – CHAA hosting Air Cadets from 530 SQN Waterloo at Tillsonburg

Oct 19 – Oshwegan – open backseats

Nov 11 – Remembrance Day Flights

Toronto --- backseats full

Woodstock – backseats open

 

tour co-COORDINATOR: Bob Trowell has taken over this responsibility. Please direct all tour requests to Bob at (519) 425-1510 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

HANGAR TOURS: Bob Trowell This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

On September 13, two bus groups (approx 80 people) came from the London area for a mystery tour visit. Thank you to Ray Bennell, Gord Pearce, John Brown, Brandon Zimmerman and Bruce Tapp for assisting with this tour.

 

Contact Torben Haarbye at 519-679-1733 if you are able to volunteer one evening every few weeks. Some evenings we struggle to have enough people to support this necessary and profitable CHAA Fundraiser. If you are able to help at the Bingos, show your CHAA support ---- call Torben and volunteer.

Mark the upcoming Bingo dates on your calendar: Oct 18, Nov 19, Dec 7, Jan 24, Feb 3 and Mar 20

 

Starting in October, the meetings will be held on Saturdays from 1000 hrs to 1200 hrs: Oct 18, Nov 15, Dec 20 – social time, Jan 17, Feb 21 – Annual Business Meeting and March 21

In April, we return to Tuesdays and a start time of 1930 hrs: Tues, April 21

 

 

If you live locally, the calendars are selling individually for $10.00 at these locations:

- CHAA Stores, Tillsonburg Hangar

- Spitfire Emporium, Kitchener ON

- Grandpa’s Attic, Ingersoll ON

- Aviation World, Toronto ON

- Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre, Breslau (Kitchener) ON

 

Calendars are also available by mail for $12.00 each (which includes $2.00 for postage) through Pat Hanna (contact info above).

 

Distribution is always costly and difficult, so we need “sales associates” to help sell. Here’s the plan: If you sell 20 calendars for CHAA, we will give you one free calendar. If you sell 100 calendars, I will give you 5 free calendars! The more you sell the more free calendars you can earn. You can “gift” the free calendars for Christmas etc., they won’t cost you anything and you will have brought in sales for CHAA.

 

Calendars for distribution are available from Pat Hanna only, so to order quantities to sell, please contact Pat directly. For locals wanting to sell quantities of calendars, they will be picked up at our Tillsonburg Base. For those living outside of Southern Ontario and wish to sell calendars for CHAA, they will be mailed directly to you. Also, if you have a pilot shop or flying club in your area, please ask them to support CHAA by selling calendars. Let Pat know the details and he will contact them to make arrangements.

 

Every calendar you sell helps to KEEP THOSE HARVARDS FLYING! Thank you in advance for supporting the 2009 Calendar Campaign!

 

 

If you are not a Life member, it is RENEWAL time again and the Renewal form is in the September 2008 ROAR. Several members have already renewed for 2009 and we thank you for that.

 

CHAA participated in the September 27 Hero's Day at Victoria Park in London; a large, well-attended event honoring our military as well as police, fire, ambulance and other emergency services. Our booth was well-situated with the military exhibits and we had many people stop by, inquiring about CHAA. Walther Irie, Bil Thuma and Bob Trowell manned the booth and talked with folks about CHAA's activities and the importance of preserving our aviation heritage. We were very encouraged by the positive comments from our visitors and the numerous questions asked of us about the Harvards, membership, flydays and tours. Walt and Bil talked to people about the Lake Muskoka searches and the importance of finding these planes. Children delighted in receiving CHAA stickers and tattoos. The Harvards were not able to do a flyover because of low ceiling, but it was a worthwhile venue for CHAA and we generated a tremendous amount of goodwill by attending. It will definitely be a stop for CHAA again next year. We welcome other CHAA members to participate in shows like Heroes’ Day and help spread the word about our organization.

 

On this last scheduled flyday of the season we hosted our Wings & Wheels Family Fun Day and it was a tremendous success for CHAA! The day included over 20 Harvard backseat rides; several new memberships; lots of food; our friends from CWH flew in their Cornel and Chipmunk (Great to see you, Guys!); static displays: Tiger Moth, one of our Harvards and Ron Rice’s replica Harvard; over a dozen planes flew in for the event; lively music; over 120 beautiful classic vehicles; Stores sales; display by CHAA’s Dive Recovery Team; several tours of our hangars; electrical panel demonstrations; brisk bidding on our silent auctions; well-supported fundraising events and more. Thank you to all who helped to make this day such a success; your efforts for CHAA are truly appreciated. To view some photos from the day, go to: http://harvards.com/component/option,com_rsgallery2/Itemid,54/catid,25/

 

NEW AVIATION PHOTO BOOK: AIRIC’s Airshow Review 2008

For those who are interested, aviation photo journalist Eric Dumigan (www.airic.ca) has created an 80 page full-colour 8x10 photo book called AIRIC’s Airshow Review 2008 which features events from the 2008 airshow season, such as: the Red Bull Air Races, Geneseo, Thunder Over Michigan and Vintage Wings of Canada Open House. The book includes many air-to-air images from selected events. Selected pages from the book can be previewed here http://www.airic.ca/html/review2008.html At the bottom of the page you will find a link to order the book in either soft cover, hard cover or image wrap from Blurb.com. This is the only way the book can be purchased.

 

Canadian Harvard Aerobatic Team (CHAT) Pilot Dave Hewitt (#2) is the latest pilot to check out on Vintage Wings of Canada’s (VWoC) Hawker Hurricane. He joins team lead Peter Spence and #3 Kent Beckham who are checked out on VWoC’s Spitfire. CHAA sends sincere congratulations to all CHAT members for these accomplishments. To view Eric Dumigan’s amazing photos of CHAT in action (and Dave’s congratulatory soaking by Tim Leslie) go to: http://www.airic.ca/html/vwoc08chat.html

 

COLLECTING COUPONS: we are collecting Canadian Tire coupons to use toward purchase of necessary tools and equipment for our airplanes. If you have any extras you’d like to donate, drop them into the bin in Hangar 1 or mail them to us at our address above (attention Bill Ritchie). Thanks!

 

Ideas/Suggestions/Questions: If you have ideas, suggestions or questions for any area of CHAA please bring them forward. Your input is always appreciated. Send these to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and they will be directed as necessary. This is your association; it is as strong as the membership creates it to be --- together.

 

Volunteer help is needed: many areas of CHAA are in need of Volunteer assistance. If you have some extra time and an interest, contact Sandra at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 519-634-8360 today. Together we can continue to fulfill our mandate and have fun preserving Canadian aviation history.

 

Visit our CHAA website to view updates.

 

Until next time, clear skies, safe flights and smooth landings!

Sandra Sparkes, CHAA Member