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Update: Apr 26/2006 |
Update: Jan 4/2011 |
In those days a written examination was the main criterion for a licence and many controllers joined ATC through
self-study and on-the-job training. Nelson Harvey was working in the Meteorological Office in Winnipeg and remembers;
"I went up to the tower when it was completed in August, 1940, and thought it would be a great place to work.
So I put in an application for a transfer". Harvey, and his friend Bill Kellough, received salaries of $110 at
the "Met" office. They had heard that ATC people would receive "the then magnificent wage of $160 a month". Harvey's
first application was turned down. He recalls: "There was a feeling at the time that only a pilot could tell
another pilot how to safely approach an airport". But, with the war on, pilots could command big prices elsewhere.
Many were drawn to flight instructor's jobs. Some, like Don McVicar, found their way into Ferry Command -- an
extraordinary private initiative to deliver aircraft to Europe.
Brereton regularly spent weeks on end without a break, flying back and forth between shifts at Malton and Dorval,
grabbing some sleep in a big armchair in the lobby of the Mount Royal Hotel when beds weren't available.
"There was a war on," says Brereton of the experience. Dorval was the hub of Ferry Command operations,
starting point for the transatlantic route east through Gander or Goose Bay to Europe. "Sometimes we had
planes staged 10 minutes apart all the way around the route from Ottawa to Detroit and back because there was no
place left to park" recalls Brereton, recreating the scene at Dorval where warplanes covered the entire
runway infield. Brereton remembers the veteran foreign pilots in Ferry Command - exile fighters from national air
forces overrun by the Germans: "Sometimes we kept a person in the tower who could speak several European
languages to help out". In 1944 Claude Brereton would get some relief himself with a permanent posting
to head the new Area Control Centre in Winnipeg which became active late in 1944.
During 1955, Claude Brereton, Nels Harvey and their fellow controllers decided that they'd had enough traffic
volume, plus military training). Their jobs had become impossible. Claude Brereton sent a letter to
headquarters advising that his controllers could no longer cope with the traffic flow and provide safe air traffic
control service. Controllers backed up the letter with a threat to stop work. On Jan. 26, Brereton met with senior
representatives of the RCAF and officers from the Department of Transport Air Traffic Control section in Ottawa,
including Ian Barrowman and Roy Mattern.
Using charts, overlays and flight progress
strip summaries, the centre chief outlined the hazardous state of ATC at Winnipeg. To remedy the situation,
he proposed that the RCAF divert a Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) radar system that was being built for the
military airport at Trenton, Ontario, to Winnipeg. He also insisted that one of the scopes be wired into the control
tower. Although Brereton knew that the Department was planning to introduce medium and long range radar across Canada,
he made the point that the Winnipeg ATC system could not tolerate the wait for the usual methodical approach by Ottawa.
They needed something now. Brereton's presentation must have been effective. The Department of Transport and the RCAF
responded immediately. Military GCA equipment came to the field, and one scope was wired into the tower. "The
first time we looked at the traffic on radar, it scared the shit out of us. The scope confirmed our worst fears about
what was going on up there" said Jack Dods.
Controllers, assistants, regional school and administration people are all included and are listed by date of ACC checkout or when they joined. A controller's or OSS's operating initials are left of their name while their instructor's operating initials are on the right. If a person transferred in from another IFR unit or ACC, or transferred out, then this information is also displayed. Kenora radar controllers were always considered as WG ACC control staff. Unit Chiefs, now called General Managers, are the only people highlighted as they serve to define the chronology of the ACC.
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1944 -----------------------------------------------------------
CB Claude Brereton from YZ
BR Bruce Robinson from UL to VR
JM Jack McClure from UL to EG
AL Alex Alubet
RN Rennie Neale
1949 -----------------------------------------------------------
DD Dudley "Dud" Dorsett
CL Charlie Lenaghan from UL
BK Bill Kellough
RP Rolly Porter
Nels Harvey
1950 -----------------------------------------------------------
SM Bert "Senator" Sandberg
RC Rocky Forcese
Gerry Pugh
HB Henry Gair "Hank" Batt
1954 -----------------------------------------------------------
BT Bob Turner
RP Ray Peden
GS George "Geester" WM Bill Merlin
WC Bill Cottrell
NA Norm Addaway
JM Jack Murphy
ET Cy Thornley
DC Don "Torchy" Cowan
FG Fred Ginter
1955 -----------------------------------------------------------
BM Bob Mobray
WM Bill "Wild Bill" McConnell
HW Herb Waters
CT Cy Thornley
SB Sid Bowers
EF Ev Foresland
Louise Zimmerman
CH Tom Hayes
LD Les Driver
BS BIll Shankland
MQ Marg Quinn
DD Don Deally
GD Glen Downes
JS Jack Saunders
JK Jim Hepner
1956 -----------------------------------------------------------
HM Harry Mengel
Jan 3 - WG Approach Control began: H.Batt, J.Dods, M.Sutherland, N.Harvey
Cynthia Howell
LB Larry Beaudry
SH Scotty Hamilton to HQ
EH Ted Cheetham
JD John David "JD" Lyon to HQ
1957 -----------------------------------------------------------
ER Beth Russell
RR Rosemary Riddel
LA Al Sutherland RJ
JD John Datzkiw
Mar 30 - Air Traffic Control Division came into existence. CC Bogart Chief
Apr 1 - Medical Rates from $3.30 to $8.20 (up from $2.75 to $6.50)
CF Chuck Page
JO Joe Downie
LB Les Bryan
NH Nels Harvey
HD Herb Dugan
GM Glen Mead
PB Paul Sutton
AV Al Vanderpont
JC Jim Conway
JD Jack Dods
MR Bob Milehan
RJ Dick Carriere to HQ
CM Claire Markovich
GW Gwynn Williams
TR Roy Cushway to XE
AC Al Cockrem
DG Derrall "Gundy" Gunderson EH
JA Jim Allardyce to VR
CA Arnold Cancilla
MO Mo Sutherland
FM Fred Mallon
WT Bill Thomson to VR
CJ Cliff Johanson
JA Bob Wonacott
JW Joe Watson
1958 -----------------------------------------------------------
BW Bryan West ND to EG
RH Ron Hart
Jan 22 - ACC: "Do not push tilt button - too cold and will cause damage..."
DX Don Edwards
ET Ernie Thornquist
Mar 10 - WG VOR commissioned
GE George Evans
KB Ken Baskin to EG
DL Lyall Davidson
HM Hank McClure
GM Gus Morier to UL
JB Jack Brown
BJ Bill Jashewski
ER Ed Romanik Sr.
DW Don Wilson
HG Gord Hole to VR
Dec 22 - Moved to new IFR room (built a second floor onto the old building)
1959 -----------------------------------------------------------
JA Jim Allardyce to YJ
Jan 5 - Approach control operational
Jan 8 - Departure control operational
AL Al Chance
EM Joe Mayo
SD Dale "Stinky" Stinson
VV Ed Vincent
JB Jim Bradley
AJ Bert Puls
JR Jack Reid DM
KP Kjell Sundin
DT Dave "2 mile" Tustin
RP Ray Pilgrim
DM Don Morton
WS Bill Schwartz
BC Bill Cholydylo
1960 -----------------------------------------------------------
GA George Alexander
PH Pat Halpin to HQ
KK Ken Kirtin
GL Greg Leitch
EL Eric Lucas
AP George Piedalue to VR
GP Gus Powaschuk
TJ Tom Jones
AD Art Derbyshire to XE
BL Bryce Llewellyn
DE Doug Ellis
FH Frank Schultz
CS Cliff Strachan
VS Vic Skinner
DO Duane "Swede" Olson to QX
CF Clair Fyfe
BM Bruce McEwan
AO Al Otto to VRZ
Jul 17 - Kenora RADAR in service
Aug 18 - ACC: "Spoke with Capt. Cooley re: interference from upstairs maid..."
DD Don DeCuypere to HQ
DH Dale Hannah HR
Oct 23 - TC851 1st Jet Service from YZ-WG (DC-8)
EB Emil Bryksa to XE
PD Paul Danyluk
1961 -----------------------------------------------------------
BA Bruce Alexander
ND Norm Dyck to VR
PR Paul Rutta
EW Ed Weinheimer to HQ
RZ Ralph Frith DF
GK Gerry Kopeke
HP Harold Siemens
1962 -----------------------------------------------------------
HT Tom Hubbard
LK Les Kingdon
GP George Price to QT
DS Doug Skerritt
DF Don Fisher
TF Tom Freestone to HQ
ED Ed Holt
WF Ted Fudge Sr. from QR
1963 -----------------------------------------------------------
AH Al Holt
GT Gerry Terry
MS Marty Stieger to XE
GR Gerry Mead DW
1964 -----------------------------------------------------------
CR Ron Anderson to XE
CJ Jack Cardey HP
JD Jim Douglas GA
NS Orval Sneve
BT Barry Tulloch
BM Bill Molloy
WG Wally Galka
SD Stu Dewar to VR
RM Ron McFarlane
1965 -----------------------------------------------------------
LS Larry Schellenberg to QR
ET Elmer Tomecek to YR
LP Lorraine Brisebois
1966 -----------------------------------------------------------
VJ Val Sartisohn to VR
JN Joel "Joe" Nelson to HQ
BE Ben Oakden
1967 -----------------------------------------------------------
PR Gil Richard
GK Grant Downes MB
TH Tom Heinrichs
EB Ed Baskin
AK Anna Kszywiecki PR
KF Kathy Fordham
1968 -----------------------------------------------------------
JK John Kmet
WG Garth Doerksen
JR Jack Riedlinger to QR
Mar 18 - QK: "Complete power failure - suggest unit acquire a flashlight..."
GP Gary Picton GN
1969 -----------------------------------------------------------
SR Ray Stewart LL
BD Blake Doerksen JC
ME Mike Evaschyshyn JO
WW Bill Whiteside
DW Dennis Wocks to VR
DR Bob Girouard MB
1970 -----------------------------------------------------------
JM Jim McCallum to YC
AC Al Cook to QR
TY Tom Bingham
DR Dave Armour from YZ to YJ
GN Gary Hrehorak LP
JE Jim Kouk DO
MD Dave Mitchell DT
1971 -----------------------------------------------------------
KJ John Keiller
BT Bill Telford
TM Terry Bobby ET
Feb 26 - 1st AC B747 flight through WG airspace
RO Ron Ominski GW
YY Dave Hannon GV
BM Bob Mercer DT
GS Glen Shewfelt DG
SR Rennie Smith JW
PD Bud Peterson
DM Dennis Molloy YY to HQ
HR Ron Hewett VI
1972 -----------------------------------------------------------
CB Cliff Berryere
Joyce Dolding
DN John Degelman
RH Rick Harris HG to EG
GP Grant Price to HQ
MB Mike Budrow
HP Herb Page from QM to HQ
WW Wayne Coutts DD to QR
DS Duncan Stewart from QT
SL Steve Denike
WB Bob Willis to VR
LH Garry Hollier JE from QT
GV Garry Vermeulen from QR
BE Bruce Amell EW/KK from XE
1973 -----------------------------------------------------------
TT Tom Taylor
DS Dave Sherstone GA
RS Ron Kozak WW
DH Doug Henault TM
GA Garry Saunders EZ
1974 -----------------------------------------------------------
Joe Danyluk
KD Mike Duncan
Linda Udell
GH Gerry Holmstrom GA
RB Rick "Stick" Bunn TL
CB Bill Jory GK
BW Bob Ward JD
LD Len Daczko to VR
DM Don Myers to HQ
MI Mike Langhan KP
KN Ken Racette
LA Larry Lacasse to TCTI
PW Phil Laing DH
WD Doug Hazlitt GN
AW Arnold Wallace LP
1975 -----------------------------------------------------------
Laura Bangs
DE George Degroot
CD Chris Dilay
Linda Goral
WM Bill Haufschild
TK Tim Kelly
RW Bob Williams JD
KW Kerry Williams
HN Dave Harding ST
BH Bryan Hodge PR
JC John Kroeker DT
HU Hugh McCallum from UL to HQ
CR Ron Chase DG
LS Larry Stuart EM
RK Ralph Johnson MB
RJ Reg Jones to VR
Mary-Jean Watson
ZR Ron Zurba GS
RG Ron Greenwood FH
1976 -----------------------------------------------------------
JB John Bauer to VR
JN John Nixon SL
JJ Phil Gies JD from UL
PS Don Spurrill MB
LP Laurie Pitcher BE
MM Don Mogk GR
PB Paul Dyck DF
XX Ed Sprague to HQ
EG Al Graham to VR
BR Bernie Hide BW
CF Carl Fisher DO
DX Doug Brereton KK from YZ
1977 -----------------------------------------------------------
Claudette Campbell
DD Randy Wood
DF Don MacLean from UL to HQ
NG Garth Nosworthy BR
May 10 - ICCS commissioned in the ACC and WG Tower (only tower with ICCS)
GF Gord Fines LH
BN Bruce Nahorny MD
HG Helmut Goossen BE
RT Tony Michaels GA to EG
RP Rob Milne HR
CE Cam Emond WD to HO
1978 -----------------------------------------------------------
DL Doug Lund from QK
Sherri Sigurdson to AV
WH Glen Horoshok JW
GD Graeme Boyd BE
ST Steve Toth LA to EG
TW Bill Smith VV
GO Gord Onieu JA to EG
RM Ron McFarlane
RW Rich Winton KP
1979 -----------------------------------------------------------
KQ Kay Quinn DG
MS Marv Schiissler LP
Terry Pettinger
LL Larrie Lemon DE
1980 -----------------------------------------------------------
FH Frank Hayden to EG
HM Harry Maister GA to EG
CC Matt McCarthy BE to EG
BM Bill Moore to VR
JP Jim Pischak MB to EG
BP Bob Power to XE
BG Brian "Goody" Gudmundson DG from QT
IG Ian Gordon DN
MA Marie Marquardt GN
Sharon Chaiksoski
HJ Harry Salmijarvi GA
XR Gary Read ED
AC Dave Colhoun GO to VR
TA Terry Arnold TB
FK Frank Kratt PB
1981 -----------------------------------------------------------
DB Barry Dundas GS
NH Norm Hill KW
LA Al Sutherland RJ
RN Ron Konzelman DN
LR Linda Reeves GN
SE Stan Enns PB
1982 -----------------------------------------------------------
KC Ken Carey FH to VR
TB Terry Bartley DD from XE to NCTI
Feb 2 - JETS commissioned in WG ACC
WB Wayne Burnside FK
DL Dave Lethbridge AC
RR Rod Ridley TB
VW Vern Warkentin GO
GB Garry Brown PW
MG Greg Mager NH
ES Paul Schroeder LL
BT Brian Turick MA
RL Richard Loeppky KJ to HQ
1983 -----------------------------------------------------------
BB Bob Bowman
TC Nelson Greene TM to VR
CW Craig Winchar PW
BE Ed Burrows PB to YZ
GN Georgina Naismith to VR
SG Greg Sexsmith from QT
RF Ron Wilcox DX to VR
RM Bob McIvor JP
July 23 - AC143 YOW-YEG 0138Z, forced landing at GM: the "Gimli Glider"
DS Dave Stirling FH to VR
RC Rick Chant
FB Fuzz Bhimji
BA Brian Alexander BH
DM Doug Meakin DR
RD Ron Dobson DG
WK Wayne Kotylak to QR
VS Vic Shura GV to XE
TR Ron Taylor TW
ER Ed Romanik Jr. DD
1984 -----------------------------------------------------------
JF Jim Froese KJ to EG
MJ Marcel Melanson JB from OW to QX
BL Steve Blackler RK to HO
CG Doug Glennie DF
JC Jim Castello TA to VR
WC Bill Cottrell
RD Ruth Diespecker GN
Apr 13 - Transport Minister L.Axworthy announces new ACC building for Winnipeg
JO Roberta Johnson RB to HQ
MC Cindy Westphal DX
TL Terry Lewis PW
NE Norm Newton MS from QM
ZB Ben Baker TA from QX
MR Rick McCarvill TA
WT Bill Taylor
1985 -----------------------------------------------------------
PM Paul Milette to UL
AS Art Schrot DB
HS Hans Mertins BA
TF Tom Roloff LA
WW Reg Webb CB
1986 -----------------------------------------------------------
GI Gary Ross KC
AF Ted Fudge Jr. WG
WK Kevin Wallace TW
Jo Martin
LA Lorne Anderson DS from BB
Graham Gordon from QM to ARU
CC Cathy Collins to UL
FT Terry Fergusson HN
1987 -----------------------------------------------------------
Angie Brooks
IR Roger Loiselle HM
1988 -----------------------------------------------------------
JA Jim Allardyce to YJ
LD Luc Desilets to UL
PF Pierre Forest JO to UL
AG Alan Gray BE to UL
HH Helene Henry to UL
PS Pierre Senecal RC to UL
Louise Davies to VR
MP Mike Przednowek WM
May 30 - New ACC commissioned @ 1700z
EB Eldon Buck from OW to HQ
UK Donna Hanischuk IR
1989 -----------------------------------------------------------
GP Gilles Peloquin NE
VG Eric Glass BL
John Lee
DA Darren Anderson TB
SD Dave Sellner DD
LJ Lindsay Johnson RF
1990 -----------------------------------------------------------
LB Brian Leblanc RC
YS Ray Selby RX
SS Steve Sykes BG
BB Brenda Boulet NJ
DW Dave Wilson MR
FR Jeff Reed HS
FD Frank Berard ST
SH Sharon Collins ST
RA Brad Magnusson YS
NJ Jason Noordman MP
TG Scott Roger GD
1991 -----------------------------------------------------------
HD Harvey Dalzell FT
KF Kevin Findlay RB
DV Dave Doerksen TB
DE Dave Dekker WK
Liz Carter
AJ Jim Power YY from QR
Donna Reeves
RX Randy Baert HP
AD Dave Hruska HJ
MB Mike Budrow JD
PH Phil Waite FT
JX John Laugesen GD from VR
Adelle Farkas
1992 -----------------------------------------------------------
EZ Lloyd Pascoe RD from YZ
GS Glenn Schwartz to QR
MT Mike Bertrand TL
FW Fred Westphal GI
JW Jim Warkentin ST
LC Tony Yakimovich IR
DD Dave Demarcke RB
HI Donovan Hill JN
KS Keith Stilborn DX
BP Blaine Peterson LJ
1993 -----------------------------------------------------------
Bernie MacDonald
AG Anthony Guarino DA
KR Dave Kramble
KD Kirk Dellebuur YY
Juanita Giesbrecht
Apr 18 - Kenora Enroute Radar Unit located to WG ACC
JM Jeff McLaren to HO
AL Al Gruno from QT
GK Gord Kempe
PM Pat Maa BG from QT
TK Wes Tanchuk DW
TU Neil Greaves ZR from QT
MY Mark McNeilly BG
Jul 12 - Thunder Bay Terminal Control Unit located to WG ACC
Anne Schoenfeld
LY Steve Molloy TA
PT Pete Thompson FT
Helene Arnould
GE Grant Engel AJ
RH Randy Hepner AJ
Oct 17 - Regina Terminal Control Unit located to WG ACC
KB Kelly Becker
GL Jason Lamond
MN Dave MacLennan BY
GX Garry Sitter
BY Richard Briand LR from XE
DK Darryl Kotelmach from XE
1994 -----------------------------------------------------------
JA John Austin from XE
BC Colin Baribeau KB from XE
JF John Favreau MN from XE
CK Curtis Kirsch KB from XE
GO Garnet Ottenbreit GL from XE
SI Dennis Smid from XE
Colleen Budgell
Jan 16 - Saskatoon Terminal Control Unit located to WG ACC
RJ Bob Gibson FW
TS Tom Storey WH
Phil Brown
Florence Hanslip
Brad Whitson
KT Tom Kresnyak WK from EG
PR Rod Martens AJ/GI
JP Jean-Paul Lagace-Wiens BG
1995 -----------------------------------------------------------
JV Joel Van Gorp AF
Gail Hirst
CL Dave Coolen LJ to YZ
GC Glenn Clark DG
JK Jerry Klebanowski RJ
RV Randy Murray KT
Wolfgang Garten
Brian Wachko
DY Wendell Dyck GP/TA
KE Kevin Slobogian CB
HW Jerry Brodt DV
Sharon Ingles
Bob Roos
GM Grant McDonald GL from QR
OM Tom Kissock ST
Kelly Stafeckis
SC Dan Schaefer TG
1996 -----------------------------------------------------------
EV Ed Barnes TB
Linda Fehr
JM Al Bailey ST
Dennis Letkeman
PI Piero Ignagni AD
Bernie LaRochelle
EC Duane Clefstad to NCTI
WJ Joe Watts LJ
Nov 1 - NAVCANADA begins operation
SZ Rod Shantz TU/LE
NI Mike Nelson BG
1997 -----------------------------------------------------------
SJ Shelley Jensen DI from XE
MD Derek Dowsett GD/TG
ND Norm Dyck VW from OW
CM Michelle McArthur from OW
Peter Kiefer
LE Lee Valiquette CK
DC Doug Cowlthorp GO
GA Gary Chisholm RR
SN Sean Daulat DW
CY Darcy Arnold DS/RS
1998 -----------------------------------------------------------
PE Pat Mersereau PI/TK
BE Brent Eliasson DG/CG
CD Ron Chev TF/TS
RF Ryan Fines ND
Jeff Lutz
SP Damir Stipanovic PR/KR
NA Neil Adamson JV/AD
WC Craig Wilkins MT/PR
BJ Brian Juskow LE/EV
Bob Hart
LU Linda Surgenor GE/RH
FA Fred Arbuckle TB
FC Fred Cosgrove RV/FK
RO Ron Dyck
KL Jerry Klassen
PM Pete Marrier
MI Mike Moore MR
JS Jason Shadbolt TU
GT Garvin Taylor HN
JT Jeff Tilling LB/SS
TY Michelle Tremblay TW
GV Garry Verniest
MW Myles White DA/FD
SU Dennis Surbek KL/TM
DN Darrell Hunks FT
ML Mike Gies PH/KW
1999 -----------------------------------------------------------
OP Hope Watson LY from QM to QM
AK Mark Balogh TS/AS
DG Darren Gardner
BX Bob Tabaka MP
PD Dan Pickard JM from QM
2000 -----------------------------------------------------------
Phil Froese LE
DI Doug Ireland GO
JE Jamie Constantine KD/DV
XS Lionel Jeanson
RE Rejean Bourgeois HS
JG Julian Gates TU
LF Phil Froese LE
Cindy Demery
CF Clint Foster AD
GR Rob Griffith CK
ET Eric Titus RA
JD Joel Harder NH
LK Laura Cocksedge GN
Jim Baldwin
WE Wayne Snow Sr. GS from QX
2001 -----------------------------------------------------------
Tamara O'Donnell
Vanessa Manary
VP Marlin Palmer from VR
CJ Jim Russell SD
EN Karl Enns KL
JR Robert Joubert from HZ
JO John Andrews NE
ER Dave Elder TU
BA Ben Kotrla GP
YJ Jason Yarmey SC
WM Jim Walker BX
DF Dave Kenkel RX from QT
KP Paul Kondziela UK
KN Kris Bercier SR/GH
MH Michael Hunt HN
LO Mike Loftus RV/MI
ZS Sandra Zemlak SJ/SZ
PL Pat Hubel PI
PA Andre Martel EZ
KA Kyle Shewfelt SP
JY Jeff Timmy LY
MJ Meghan Shewfelt RH
CE Chris Eliasson LJ
TD Ted Dick MR
JL Jason Lynch AD/RC
2002 -----------------------------------------------------------
LL Diana Lawlor ND/TU
NN Jarrod Brennan DA
ME Corey McCarthy GE
KY Ken Yurick
XS John Wilder PS
JI Dave Jones MI
NT Neal Terrio SG
MZ Patrick McCallum DX from VR
CA Chris Arnold ZB from VR
GJ Mark Gorman RD
LN Scott Nystrom GH
JU Jamie Hulford RG
NF Natalie French LF
HL Paul Hillier ZR
LD Dion Deschamps SC
TC Jennifer Tycholis PS
2003 -----------------------------------------------------------
JC Jocelyn Shepherd JW
EM Dave Heinemann FD
AI Cliff Baird DN
UJ Juan Hadic SC/DY
2004 -----------------------------------------------------------
SK Steve Kobayashi WJ/RG
YT Leslie Tyerman DI
PC Patrick Careen GE
AA James Carlisle NA/NI
GG Greg Gilbert FA/BJ
EH Karen Philips MM
LW Lewis Wilson LJ/BA
HE Theresa Green NN
TT Matt Morton HW/RL
NY Ryan Hendry TK/TY
Chris Rieken
Tim Gilpin
James Carr
GC Craig Giebelhaus
Stephanie Olafson
Ted MacDonald
2005 ------------------------------------------------------------
Heather Slaney
AU Marie-Pier Caouette
XO Roxane Pare-Morin
CS Charley Langston
Neil Fulton
Adam Berman
BK Kimberly Bell
AQ Rob Antell
Ian Kappler
Nick Hill
Jason Dean
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IFR air traffic control was first provided from this RCAF Wireless School building on Ferry Road. Responsibility was transferred to the Department of Transport (DOT) in 1944. This building was in use until 1953 when the unit moved to DOT Building #16.
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The ACC occupied the northeast corner of the second floor of the Winnipeg International Airport administration building from 1962 to 1988. Extensive modifications were required by 1975 to accept the new computer systems; ICCS (communications) and JETS (radar). During this time radar systems located at Kenora ON (YQK), Thunder Bay ON (YQT), Regina SK (YQR) and Saskatoon SK (YXE) were remoted to Winnipeg and the ACC gradually assumed responsiblity of high level airspace. Thunder Bay, Regina and Saskatoon became Terminal Control Units.
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The current location of WG ACC, 777 Moray Street. This facility was opened in May 1988 by the Hon. Benoit Bouchard, Minister of Transport. RDPS was fully implemented by 1993 and relocation of all IFR airspace in the WG FIR to WG ACC had begun. The first unit to relocate was Thunder Bay (summer 1994), Kenora (fall 1994), Regina (fall 1994) and finally Saskatoon (spring 1995).
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The "Gimli Glider" - July 23/1983,0138Z (8:38pm): AC143, B767 YOW-YEG, runs out of fuel and does an emergency landing at Gimli. A movie: "Falling From The Sky, Flight 174", re-enacted this significant aviation event. A plaque in the ACC recognizes the contribution of WG ACC and in particular, the efforts of Len Daczko (TCU) and Ron Hewitt (Enroute).
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Weasner's Mighty ETX Site - my favourite
astronomy site, lots of how-to articles, product reviews, and frequent updates  
AMZ- Dennis Catania's Sault Ste. Marie Tower website.This site has expanded over the years and to include many other topics. Check out the hot rods - excellent!  
The Big Sky Theory - Rod Peterson is a former American
controller (Chicago and Jacksonville ARTCCs). His new (Mar09) website is a good read about ATC; funny, ironic, and entertaining. He does capture this often quirky business.
Old Cars and Trucks - a real find, thousands of pictures,
never mind bringing a coffee, bring a thermos! Simply superb!
Daniel Stern- smart advice for questions about headlights
Ruud Leeuw Aviation website - a great and extensive aircraft site - bring coffee!
 
1000 Aircraft Photos - one of the best sources for all types of aircraft on the 'net Canadian Aeronautical Communications - the place to go if you're a pilot planning a trip. 
Noorduyn Norseman - one of the best Norseman sites on the
internet, dedicated to this legendary Canadian bushplane
Norseman - another excellent Norseman site. I like it because
the authors have compiled extensive history on many of the planes. Great reading, especially if you're
from the north 
DeHavilland Beaver - if you've ever flown a beaver, or flown in one, this
this is the site to visit.
 
YR - Goose Airbase, Labrador, its history in
photo, great site
Early days of Aviation in Manitoba - an interesting collection of aviation photos, way back when !
International Space Station or shuttle sightings
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The Hollybush - a great pub in Salt
(2nd oldest licenced pub in England)  
Bob Evans - an excellent fingerstyle guitar player from Regina.His website is both interesting and and musical. Bob has performed at the Winfield Kansas Guitar festival. 2002 3rd place 2003 1st place
 Terry Tufts
- an excellent fingerstyle guitar player from OttawaGreat CD: "2 Nights Solo:Terry Tufts Live at Rasputin's"
Just Kiddin - Garth Nosworthy's great kid's band from Winnipeg2001 Prairie Music Award Winner for Outstanding Children's Album "JUST KIDDIN"
Don MacLean's personal website (UK/UL/WG/HQ) - memories, art and model trains from a former UK/CA controller
GiveMeaning - who says $5 can't make a difference. A Vancouver Canada
charity finder which gives 100% of its donations to a charity of your choice - in Canada or elsewhere. I found out
about it on the CTV national news on Sept 20/06 and was impressed - simple but intelligent concept. Check it out.
NormsTools (the former Woodbutcher website) - Although Rod Peterson is a former American
controller (Chicago ARTCC), this website is not about ATC; it's mostly about woodworking and a collection
of Rod's observations on life. He is justifiably proud of his "Norm Abram and The New Yankee Workshop" webpage. A must
for all the woodbutchers out there. Entertaining. 
TheGuitarGuy- a great source of guitar music and songs
Pat Winton's soapstone creations, carved right here in Winnipeg
7 Days In Paradise - a Canadian travel website and a fun forum. Mostly about Cuba - good! The Travel Chat Board is on the right side of the page.. 
Italy 2009We visited Italy in the fall of 2009. Great country - great people - great food ! 
Cuba Resorts - We've been to Cuba twice, a go
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break from the long, cold Winnipeg winters |
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Google Earth files By now most internet dsl users have discovered the endless entertainment offered by this great program. In addition to storing your own favourite locations you can create .KML files for specific places. My own limited research indicates that creating .KML files is overly complicated so I use a simpler method. However downloading a file from a website is also problematic given all the hype (sometimes true) about "worms", "trojans" and other virus files. My solution was to either copy or rename the .KML file to a text or .TXT file and edit it with notepad. In creating new .KML files I simply replace the place name and lat/long entries. It's not exact but it works. My IE7 will not let me copy (as in download) .TXT or .KML but it is happy with .ZIP files so: 1) Right click on c46.zip and then click on "save target as". Although the file shows a .XML extension (IE7) everthing is ok. You can rename the file as a .KML extension before downloading it, or do it later. 2) run Google earth and from the file pull down menu (upper left hand side), select open and point to your recently downloaded file. I made this file so viewers an go directly to some interesting places! The first 4 entries are from information I read in Ruud Leeuw's Aviation website in the above links. |
| Aircraft | Location |
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| Curtiss C-46 | Churchill, Manitoba CA |
| Douglas DC-7 | Denver, Colorado USA |
| Boeing KC-97 | Colorado Springs, Colorado USA |
| Beechcraft BE-18 | Daytona Beach, Florida USA |
| Convair B-36 | Atwater, California USA |
| Lockheed SR-71 | Riverside, California USA |
| Boeing KC-97-Wis | Dodgeville, Wisconsin USA |
If you succeed in finding the Boeing KC-97 inDodgeville, Wisconsin it will look like this. |
| T f T - Thought for Today - and P f T - Picture for Today |
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If you have a Canadian $10 bill, look at the back right side of the bill. You will see an old veteran standing at attention near the Ottawa war memorial. His name is Robert Metcalfe. He was born in England and he died last month (August 2005) at the age of 90. That he managed to live to that age is rather remarkable, given what happened in the Second World War.
 He was one of the 400,000 members of the British Expeditionary Force sent to the mainland where they found themselves facing the new German warfare technique - the Blitzkrieg.He was treating a wounded comrade when he was hit in the legs by shrapnel.Enroute to hospital, his ambulance came under fire from a German tank, which then miraculously ceased fire.Evacuated from Dunkirk on HMS Grenade, two of the sister ships with them were sunk.
Recovered, he was sent to allied campaigns in north Africa and Italy.Enroute his ship was chased by the German battleship Bismarck.In North Africa he served under General Montgomery against the Desert Fox, Rommel.Sent into the Italian campaign, he met his future wife, a lieutenant and physiotherapist in a Canadian hospital. They were married in the morning by the mayor of the Italian town, and again in the afternoon by a British padre. After the war they settled in Chatham, Ontario, where he went into politics and became the warden (chairman) of the county.At the age of 80 he wrote a book about his experiences and on his retirement he and his wife moved to Ottawa. One day out of the blue he received a call from a government official asking him to go downtown for a photo op. He wasn't told what the photo was for or why they chose him. "He had no idea he would be on the bill," his daughter said. SOURCE: Ex Air Gunner's (Short Bursts) - September 2005 issue. |
Before I retired on April 1, 2002 (with 35yrs+49days of service) I began a walking
program - 2 to 3 miles per day. After several months I decided I needed a walking companion so we began
looking for a dog. This is Toby, a Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier. Lots of spirit and loves the winter and
summer, snow, mud and the lake! As of Jan 2/2011, Toby and I have logged over 4779 miles on
the Trans Canada Trail in Winnipeg and the Vernon Trails near Kenora.
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1. On every page, the words "Latest update" will go directly to the latest additions, usually images but occasionally someone will send in a story. 2. The majority of the pictures featured on all the pages are thumbnails of larger pictures. To see the larger picture, left mouse click and then press the Back button to return. (hint: You will notice that the mouse pointer changes from an arrow to a hand when moved over any picture that can be enlarged.) 3. Many pictures also include a text description that is visible only when you "park" the mouse over the picture. After a couple of seconds text will appear and then disappear after 3 seconds. To see the text again you have to move the mouse off the picture and then "park" again. Try this feature on the button page images at the top of this page. 3. Press test to test your monitor resolution and h/v adjustments. |
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NOTE: Starting in October 2007, this website will
occasionally include photos that are both 56k friendly and DSL friendly. Pictures with red corners
mean that additional _56l or _dsl images are available. This will also speed up page downloads although you
would be hard-pressed to see the difference... - To view a medium 56k friendly image click on the right half of the image and a medium-sized medium resolution picture will be downloaded. - To view a larger DSL friendly image click on the left half of the image and a large high resolution picture will be downloaded.
To view an example of these images check the picture on the left, Ron Wilcox (RF) at the Equator in 2007. The "right" half of the picture addresses a Med/Med res image (660x561 res 6/12= 118k). The "left" half of the picture address a Large/Hi res image (1024x721 res 12/12= 719k). |
| Users who are using Windows XP or have updated to Windows XP and who have uploaded and installed the latest service packs, may notice that not all web pages will appear. There is nothing wrong with this website's coding nor is there a virus or questionable material. Windows XP incorporates "too much" security (which can be software clicked off by the way) and now some .GIF files (animated .GIFs for example) may be flagged by XP as "questionable. Press this test and you should see a page with a slide show in the upper left corner while the rest of the page simply displays fun pictures. This is the same coding that was in the "Courses" page. I have removed that coding and moved it to the test page. I maintain this website using WindowsXP and everything works fine. If you are having problems getting complete page loads, please email me at giesph@mts.net and descibe the problem. |
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