From the CWH Archive 

by Erin Napier – Curator 

 

 This week’s feature from the Archives is a black and white photograph of a lineup of RCAF trainees waiting to receive their wings during a Wings Presentation at Mountain View Aerodrome.   The Mountain View aerodrome opened on June 23, 1941 to host No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School.  In 1946, RCAF Station Mountain View became a detachment of RCAF Station Trenton.

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 Model Contest in the CWH Hangar

 

Check out the museum’s website or the IPMS website at www.ipmshamilton.ca    for more information.

 

HERITAGECON6 – 2012

 Attention all CWH staff & volunteers.  An Art Display will be included with the model contest Feb.12th, 2012.  If you would like to submit art, photos, crafts, woodwork, stained glass, etc for display please see Donna Gill (Education Dept.) or Rex for a form to fill out.  You sharing your talents will be appreciated by all.

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 Tour Guide Meeting

The next Tour Guide/Duty Day meeting will take place on Thursday, January 19th at 10:30am in the Dome.

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CWH Fly-In Days Posters Available for Distribution

 

 

Posters detailing the 2012 schedule for CWH Fly-In Days are now available for distribution.  If you know of any Flying Clubs and/or airfields located in the region and beyond that would be interested in displaying the posters please help yourself.  The posters are located upstairs in the CWH Research Library.

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 Happy Birthday to Our Volunteers & Staff

 Belated Birthday wishes go out to…

 Tim Speed – Tour Guide – December 29th.  No photo currently available.

 Nathan Walraven – Duty Day – December 30th.   No photo currently available.

 Stephen Vanseggelen – Tour Guide – December 30th.   No photo currently available.

 

Oswald Zeijlstra – Buffalo Crew / Auxiliary  Committee - December 31st

 

  Art Howard – Tour Guide – January 4th

 

 

 Don Coit – Avenger Restoration – January 10th

 

 

 Fred Tomlinson – Duty Day – January 18th

 

 

 

 Victor “Manny” Ramirez – Bolingbroke Crew – January 10th

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Gift Shop Seeking Part-time Help

 The gift shop is now looking for part-time staff.  Weekends and possibly a couple of days through the week.  Please submit your resume to Pauline Johnstone, or by e-mail to  pauline@warplane.com  * If you know of any students that are looking for work please let them know as well*

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Can You Help?

EVENTS:

 Tour Guides/Duty Day volunteering for weddings and evening events are generally needed from 5:00pm – 10:00pm (unless otherwise indicated on posting) to conduct tours and answer questions about CWH and the aircraft. 

• Hamilton Wood Show in the Hangar  – Friday, January 27th to Sunday, January 28th, 10:00am -5:00 pm.  Volunteers are needed to answer questions about CWH and provide security for the aircraft.
• OLG Dinner & Tour in the Hangar – Thursday, January 19th,  5:00 – 11:00pm. 50ppl.  1 Tour Guide / Duty Day at admissions.  2 Tour Guides / Duty Day in the hangar to answer questions about the aircraft and CWH.
• McMaster Chemical Engineering Dinner & Tour in the Hangar Thursday, February 23rd  5:00 – 11:00pm. 50ppl.  1 Tour Guide /Duty Day at admissions.  2 Tour Guides/Duty Day in the hangar to answer questions about the aircraft and CWH.

 Please see Toni McFarlane at Admissions to volunteer for daily tours.

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