INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST - Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society - VOLUME IX , NUMBER 1 [ February 1993 - Newsletter # 16 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Changes in CAS Executive Positions Dick Malott : President (new) Mike Shand : Vice-President (new) Ron Miyanishi : Secretary (new) Nelson Bentley : Treasurer (continuing) 2-3 * CAS Membership Ritch Toop / total membership is 147 3 * Aerophilatelic Column in the Stamp Collector Aerophilately Today - R. K. Malott / numerous items including a discussion of the need to attract young people to aerophilately, attachment (6 pages) 3 * Fiftieth Anniversary of Gateau Gliding Club 2 cvrs / Nelson Bentley / Tiger Moth and glider flown souvenir covers for the 50th anniversary of the Gateau Gliding Club and Pendleton Airport, attachment (1 page) CD-92.1 4 * Trans World Philair Club a ten page listing is available of first and commemorative flights to and from Canada during the period 18 April 1950 to 4 April 1992 4 * Canadian Air Mail Catalogue Dick Malott / the CAS, with AAMS support, is starting a project to prepare and publish an Air Mail Catalogue which will feature all aspects of aero\astrophilately of Canada and NFLD, catalogue sections suggested 7 - 8 * Book Review : Spirit of the Yukon by June Lunney, Trelle Morrow / “a beautiful book with many photos ...”, attachment (1 page) 9 VOLUME IX , NUMBER 2 [ December 1993 - Newsletter # 17 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * CAS Membership Ron Miyanishi / total membership is 162 2 * First Flight Covers Available from CAS Dick Malott / covers available include the 17 June 1993 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the 18 September 1993 Shearwater International Air Show CF-9302 4 - 5 * Book Review: Jusqu’a Airmail Markings by Ian McQueen, Ken Sanford / “shows all known air mail markings from various countries to show that a letter was to be carried part way” attachment (1page) 5 * Mini Book Reviews: Ken Sanford / “the first two books ... a chronological listing of flights to and from Germany except for Lufthansa, ... the third book listing all the North American catapult flights and covers” attachment (1 page) 5 * Canadair Limited Planes on Stamps John Peebles / a history of the aircraft produced by Canadair Ltd and their representation on world postage stamps, attachment (4 pages) 5 * Fire at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Dick Malott / two articles about the museum’s history and the recent fire which destroyed five vintage aircraft including a Spitfire and Hurricane, attachment (3 pages) 6 VOLUME X , NUMBER 1 [ April 1994 - Newsletter # 18 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * CAS Membership Ron Miyanishi / total membership is 152 2 * New Canadian Aerophilatelist Editor announcement by Dick Malott that Chris Hargreaves has offered to assume the role as editor of the Canadian Aerophilatelist 3 * Snowbird Crash Dick Malott / both pilots ejected safely in the recent Snowbird crash near Moose Jaw, attachment (1 page) 5 * Hawker Hurricane MK-11B Northern Flight / the Canadian Warplane Museum’s Hawker Hurricane flew covers at the National Capital Airshow on 28 June 1992, attachment (1 page) 6 * Book Review : Aerial Mail Service by A.D. Jones, Ken Sanford / “a chronology of the early United States Government Air Mail - Mar to Dec 1918”, attachment (1 page) 6 * Book Review : Catalog of Aerogrammes of Canada, USA, UN in New York, 1994 by Werner Wiegand / “useful for collectors interested in WW II aerogrammes and POW letter forms”, attachment (1 page) 6 * “The Air Mails of Canada” Dan Barber / ideas for the new catalogue including a preliminary table of contents, letter to 25 aerophilatelists soliciting support, other CAS news, attachment (8 pages) 7 * New Aerogramme 1 cvr / Dick Malott / a new 88-cent aerogramme released 25 February 1994, attachment (1 page) CAL 103 7 VOLUME X , NUMBER 2 [ June 1994 - Newsletter # 19 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * New Editor’s Introduction Chris Hargreaves / the focus of the Newsletter is to be the sharing of information amongst members 2 * Canadian Air Mail Catalogue Murray Heifetz / Dick Malott is the catalogue editor, any and all items of Canadian aerophilately to be covered 7 * Israel Airlines First Flight 1 cvr / Fred Blau / details of this 28 March 1971 flight from Montreal to Tel Aviv 7105 8 * Canadian Semi-Official Airmails - the Issues of Commercial Airways Ltd 3 cvrs / Murray Heifetz / first of a series of articles, the four issues are re-examined, notes on essays, proofs and obliterations CL 47, CL 48, CL 49, CL 50,CL47-2900 9 - 16 * Remembering Alcock and Brown 3 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / a listing of the “Postal Commemorations of Alcock and Brown’s Transatlantic Flight, Produced in Canada and Newfoundland”, request for any additional information FF-3,3325,A6912,A6922,A6936 17-20 VOLUME X , NUMBER 3 [ September 1994 - Newsletter # 20 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately 2 * Canadian Postal Archives Revised Services - Ottawa Chris Hargreaves / a philatelic reference library with a reading area, staff at the Postal Archives reduced to four full-time equivalent positions 6 * SANABRIA Airmail Catalogue Reissued Stephen R. Datz - editor / the first of several volumes to be issued will be North America 6-7 * First Flights of the Juan De Fuca Despatch Service 2 cvrs / Robert J. Frost / details of Victoria - Port Angeles and return courier service 8201 8 - 11 * Book Review: East African Airmails to 1939 by Bill Colley, Ken Sanford / “covers the early development of flying and the carriage of air mail in East Africa ... mishaps and crashes” 12 * “The Preparation and Evaluation of Astro-philatelic Exhibits” Chicago Air Mail Society Bulletin - Dr. Reuben Ramkissoon / a summary of the recent FIP guidelines approved for astrophilatelic exhibits 13-16 * Follow Up - Canadian Semi-official Airmails, Commercial Airways Ltd Derek Rance / notes on the printers of the stamps, plating errors, unlisted varieties, forgeries, “Pine to Palm” covers 17 - 19 * Remembering Alcock and Brown - Revised Listing Chris Hargreaves / a revised and expanded listing of the commemorative covers that appeared in the June 1994 Newsletter, Scott # 494 included in the new listing 20 - 22 * New 1994 CAS Covers 2 cvrs / Dick Malott / covers produced by and available from CAS, first day cover of the Billy Bishop stamp, 1994 Snowbirds covers CF-9400 24 * Trans World Philair Club Covers J. Stoltz / a listing of all the first flight covers to or from Canada which are in stock , prices quoted in DM (1 DM = $0.88 Canadian) 26 - 29 VOLUME X , NUMBER 4 [ December 1994 - Newsletter # 21 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Notes for New Readers Chris Hargreaves / description of the scope of aerophilately 2 * 1947 Canadian Air Mystery Solved Ottawa Citizen / the remains of TCA Flight No 3, missing since 28 April 1947, are found 30 km NE of Vancouver 4 * Librarian’s Report Ivan Mackenzie / a list of the publications contained in the CAS library 6 - 7 * ICAO Aerophilatelic Exhibit, Montreal Dick Malott / exhibitors listed, the exhibit had forty large frames holding 22 pages each 8 * The Wreck and Crash Mail Society Norman Hoggarth / details regarding the new society and it’s publication La Catastrophe 9 * “Patricia Airways and Exploration Ltd - A Study of its Stamps” 1 cvr / BNA Topics - Trelle Morrow / a study of the many stamp issues and varieties of the company CL 13 to CL 30 10 -14 * Canadian Semi-Official Airmails - Update of Patricia Airways and Exploration Ltd 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / second of a series of articles, a detailed description and illustration of items not previously recorded CL 13 to CL 30 15 -19 * Western Canada Airways Flights to Cat Lake, Ontario 2 cvrs / Derek Rance / searching for potential Allanwater - Cat Lake first flight covers, interpreting various cancellations CL40-2900, CL40-2905 20-21 * Visiting Philakorea Mike Shand / impressions and highlights of the Korean exhibition CL40-2900, CL40-2905 22 - 24 * Follow Up - The International Air Mail Society 1 cvr / Don Amos / note concerning this short-lived society and its monthly magazine 3325 25 * Airmail from Craig Harbour? 2 cvrs / William Robinson, Chris Hargreaves / the route was by sea to Halifax and then by RPO to Windsor - with no airmail treatment 26 - 27 * An Early Airmail First Day Cover Cachet 1 cvr / Trelle Morrow / this Roessler cover with the C3 stamp may be the first use of a cachet on a Canadian airmail first day cover 3207 28 * Fokker Aircraft in Canada Jacques Bot / a request for information about the types of aircraft used on Canadian first flights 30 * Members Forum Chris Hargreaves, Walter Plomish, Murray Heifetz / views on the content of the Newsletter, one very critical letter and a letter of rebuttal 32 - 35