INDEX to the CANADIAN AEROPHILATELIST - Newsletter of the Canadian Aerophilatelic Society - VOLUME XVII , NUMBER 1 [ March 2001 - Newsletter # 46 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * The Flying Philatelist - Producing First Day Covers for the CL-215 3 cvrs / Patrick Campbell / flight and formal activities related to the launch of a set of stamps including the Canadair CL-215 8 - 11 * Attempted Canada - Africa Airmail, 1931 2 cvrs / Ian McQueen, Peter Wingent / routing possibilities of a cover mailed to Capetown from Calgary 12 - 15 * Who’s behind the Cover? 2 cvrs / Ivan MacKenzie / short biography of Captain G. A. MacKenzie - producer of Snowbird, Air Show and other covers 16 * Review: Air Mails of Canada 1925 - 1939, George Arfken and Walter Plomish Chris Hargreaves / “the emphasis is much more on the international services than on our national services” 17 * Follow Up: Imperial Airways Transatlantic First Flights, 1939 5 cvrs / many contributors / the pattern to the numbering of covers, the McKnight Kauffer covers, the Golden Hind 18 - 23 * Follow Up: Flight or Fight That is the Question? 1 cvr / David Whiteley, Alexander Newall / answers to the question based on military postal practices and schemes during WW I 24 - 26 * Follow Up: Pilot’s Log Books Susan Sheffield / information on contents in the Western Canada Airways archives 27 * Edmonton - Demarais Emergency Flight, 1949 1 cvr / questioning the type of emergency and why a postal inspector went along 4901 27 * World War II Air Mail Covers 4 cvrs / Maurice Hampson / description of Ferry Command covers, Merchant Navy covers and other covers for sale 28 -29 VOLUME XVII , NUMBER 2 [ June 2001 - Newsletter # 47 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * Geographical Features Named After Air Mail Pilots - A Preliminary Listing Jennifer Romanko, Chris Hargreaves / includes type of feature or location, pilot names taken from catalogue Section 26 6 - 8 * 1942 - Wartime First Flight Covers from Newfoundland 5 cvrs / many contributors / comments relating to handling & origin of the covers FF-63 9 - 16 * Yuri Gagarin on Stamps Jeff Dugdale / a history of the cosmonaut’s career and the stamps issued in his honour 16 - 19 * How One Cover Spawned Three Others 2 cvrs / Gord Mallett /a 1954 Moose Jaw crash cover and the three other covers required for successful delivery of contents 540408 20 - 22 * Who’s Behind the Cover? 2 cvrs / Ivan MacKenzie / short biography of Cecil Stoner - producer of covers flown by Canadian and international military aircraft 23 * Follow Up - 1919 Nova Scotia to P.E.I. Flight David Granger, Conway Longworth-Dames / publicity letter from Devere Aviation Company 24 * 1914 Trans-Canada Air Lines Toronto - New York Service 1 cvr / Johnathan Johnson / questions raised about the date for AMCN #4107 4107 25 * Airmail from Africa to Canada, 1946 1 cvr / Ian McQueen / help wanted in determining why two red bars were applied 26 * First flight Cover Guatemala to Montreal, 1953 1 cvr / Don Lussky / information required about the cover, its route and aircraft 27 * Supplement 9 to AMCN Bill Robinson / ammendments to section 16 29 - 31 VOLUME XVII , NUMBER 3 [ September 2001 - Newsletter # 48 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * An Unrecorded Pioneer Flight Cover ??? 1 cvr / Don Lussky, Chris Hargreaves / issues concerning a 1923 Woodstock cover endorsed “By Aeroplane From Woodstock Ont” 4 - 5 * The Victoria-Seattle “Via Seaplane” Postmark: Real or Bogus? 6 cvrs / Ed Matthews, Jim Brown, Conway Longworth-Dames / the conclusion is reached that the postmark is legitimate PF-29 6 - 10 * A. C. Roessler - Villain or Hero? Chris Hargreaves / references to the many dubious items produced by Roessler 11 * Who’s Behind the Cover? 2 cvrs / Ivan MacKenzie / short biography of Eric Grove - producer of military flight covers including “double flown” covers CW-7600 12 - 13 * “2002 A Space Odyssey” in Philately Bert van Eijck / stamps and postmarks displaying the Clarke/Kubrick theme - reprinted from the journal Orbit 14 - 15 * Follow Up: Vancouver Airport Covers 3 cvrs / Jim Brown, Chris Hargreaves / identification of postal markings and aviation companies doing the flights 3047,3133,4109 16 - 17 * Follow Up: The Avro Jetliner 1 cvr / Don Lussky / background on the 1950 Toronto to New York inaugural flight 5005 18 - 19 * Follow Up: British South American Airways - Crash of the “Star Dust” 1 cvr / Richard Beith / details of the crash of the Avro Lancastrian Star Dust and the discovery of its remains in 2000 20 -21 * Follow Up: 40th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin stamps are displayed and the website given for Yuri Gagarin covers 22 * Cover Related to August 1918 Toronto/Ottawa Flights? 1 cvr / Gord Mallett / cover signed by pilot Innis possibly linked to pioneer flights PF-8 23 * A Shoal Harbour Balbo Cover Provenance and Questions 1 cvr / Bob Dyer / the provenance of covers on the Balbo flight from Shoal Harbour 24 - 26 * Experimental Prairie Airmail Flights, 1928 2 cvrs / Gord Mallett / questions about pilot signing error and altered backstamp 2853k,2853n 27 * Information obtained - anti-climax! 1 cvr / Don Lussky / a Fort Worth - Denver FFC that didn’t get backstamped 28 * New publication: Between Europe and North America, 1919-1945 Joseph Bergier / Postal Airmail Connections 29 * “2001 A Yukon Odyssey” Commemorative Airmail Flights 2 cvrs / Gord Mallett / details of the route flown and the seven air mail covers prepared 30 - 31 VOLUME XVII , NUMBER 4 [ December 2001 - Newsletter # 49 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * New Australian First Flight covers 1 cvr / Phil Vabre, Nelson Eustis / the rise and fall of Impulse Airlines 4 * 1927: London to London Flight Gordon McDonald / a letter establishes that the aircraft was not registered 6 - 7 * 1929 - Leon Globensky 2 cvrs / Neil Hunter / a cover marked “Air Mail Section” did not travel by air 8 * Errol Boyd - “The Lindbergh of Canada” 1 cvr / David Granger / October 1930 Trans- Atlantic flight, Harbour Grace to Croydon 9 * A True Stamp Collector 2 cvrs / Mike Shand / a choice not to send stamps to New Zealand with Sir C. K. Smith 10 * 1939 - Imperial Airways First Trans-Atlantic Flight 3 cvrs / Andy Mrozowski, John Rawlins / official and privately produced flown covers 11 - 12 * 1943 - Czechoslovakia Forces Cover to Canada 1 cvr / Richard Beith / an inward cover from an Armoured Brigade member in GB 13 * The Douglas DC-4E 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / suggestions as to why the plane appears on a Czech stamp 14 * 1949 - First Flight Vancouver to Tokyo 2 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves / cover stiffener results in 50 cents postage Due 4911a 15 * 1955 - A Plane Crash that Never Happened! 1 cvr / Obed Eliashar / the refusal of authorities to release details related to a crash 16 - 17 * 1961 - An Unlisted Washington to Montreal FFC 1 cvr / Jonathan Johnson / additional information required about the flight and aircraft used 18 * 1960’s Jets 2 cvrs / Don Lussky / new Boeing 707 and Boeing 727 flights added to Section 5 6206,6314 19 * 1971: London, England - Victoria Air Race 1 cvr / Mike Painter / envelopes carried in a Staggerwing Beach by Olson & LeMay 7160 20 * 1989: Helsinki - Toronto First Flight Cover 1 cvr / Herbert Lealman / March 31 1989 Finnair FFC reported 8902 21 * Is This the True Aerophilatelic Cover of the Millennium? 1 cvr / Mike Shand / this “Polarogramme’ was carried on a Quantas tourist flight 22 * 2001 - Fort McMurray Gord Mallett / pictures of the Snye at Fort McMurray & Edmonton’s ‘new’ Hanger #1 23 * Aircraft Engines on Stamps Donald Holmes, Chris Hargreaves / four aircraft engines & designers commemorated 24 - 25 * Follow Up: More on A. C. Roessler Mike Shand / Roessler’s airmail news-letter Airplane Stamp News #1 issue 26 - 27 * Western Canada Airways - Red Lake Flights, 1927 1 cvr / Derek Rance, Conway Longworth- Dames / details & a Roessler Red Lake cover CL40-2700 28 - 29 VOLUME XVIII , NUMBER 1 [ March 2002 - Newsletter # 50 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * The Golden Age of Flight -A History of Air Mail Through 50th Anniversary Stamps and Covers 1 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves, Donald Holmes, James Davidson, Jacques Bot, Cheryl Ganz, Mike Shand, John Johnson, Andy Mrozowski A6808,A7408,8605 2 - 17 * The World’s First Official Post by Airplane 2 cvrs / Ken Harman / the Allahabad India flight on 18 Feb 1911, circumstances of the flight 19 - 25 * News - News - News 2002 Aerophilatelist Editor’s Award recipient - Gord Mallett, Royal 2002 balloon flown covers and Cinderella stamps 26 VOLUME XVIII , NUMBER 2 [ June 2002 - Newsletter # 51 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * News - News - News 1 cvr / Royal 2002 flown balloon cover with a CAS Cinderella stamp 3 * Royal 2002 Royale Mike Shand, Nino Chiovelli / three reports on CAS show activities, show cancellations palmares and special awards 4 - 7 * Orapex 2002 Mike Shand, Buzz Bourdon / report on the CAS annual meeting, first airmail into New Zealand 8 - 9 * Patricia Airways 1 cvr / Murray Heifetz / a 14 Sept 1927 postmark suggesting that the company existed four months earlier than previously reported 11 * 1931: Is this a Roessler Cover? 1 cvr / information required on who designed the Winnipeg-Pembina cover 3105 13 * Maritime and Newfoundland Airways 2 cvrs / Ed Matthews / question - did the cover continue onward to the addressee? 3151 14 - 15 * 1939 - Postage Due Charges on Newfoundland First Flight Covers 7 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves, Bob Dyer / each cover has a different combination of postage or postage due 3923 16 - 17 * 1939 - Imperial Airways Trans-Atlantic First Flight Covers 2 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves, Joseph Bergier / information and questions about McKnight Kauffer and other flown covers 18 - 20 * 1942 - Trans-Atlantic First Flight Covers from Nfld 2 cvrs / John Walsh / information on this service and the two shown covers FF-63 21 - 22 * 1942-45: What was Pan Am’s Northern Trans-Atlantic Route? Chris Hargreaves / attempting to reconcile four ‘strands’ of information on routing 23 -24 * Supplement 10 to AMCN Nino Chiovelli et al / changes and additions to Section 8 - Canadian Balloon Covers 29 - 31 VOLUME XVIII , NUMBER 3 [ September 2002 - Newsletter # 52 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * News - News - News Day of Aerophilately in Toronto, AAMS President’s Award winner Jonathan Johnson 3 * Book Review: The Illustrated Aviation & Airmail History of Fiji by Bryan Jones 1 cvr / Mike Shand / “full airmail history in wonderful detail form the first local flights ... to Trans-Pacific service in the 1940’s ...” 4 * The Inaugural Airmail NWT Flight, Jan 23 - Feb 5 1929 Derek Rance / all the details and problems related to Dickin’s historic flight 2907 5 - 7 * More Aircraft Engines on Stamps 4 cvrs / Patrick Campbell, Harry Hargreaves, Donald Holmes, Mike Shand / covers and 17 stamps highlight aircraft engines and designers 8 - 11 * Follow Up: Geographical Features Named After Air Mail Pilots Mike Painter / the story behind features named after United Air Transport pilots 12 * Follow Up : 1930 the Kitchener - Windsor Cover 1 cvr / Jim Kraemer / the story behind the creation of this ‘unofficial’ cover 12 - 13 * Follow Up: 1949 Edmonton - Demarais Emergency Flight 1 cvr / Don Amos / a suggested answer regarding the cause of the flight 4901 15 * Follow Up: Bermuda “entry tax” Herbert Lealman / Bermuda Air Catalogue information about these “head tax” items 16 - 17 * Follow Up: The Numbering of Covers 1 cvr / Linn’s Stamp News / explanation of numbering on covers carried on the Challenger 18 * Unusual Covers from Edmonton to the U.S.A. 5 cvrs / Ron Miyanishi, Fred Dietz, Don Amos / special features on Bob of the Northland and Cherry Red Airline covers FF-41,CL46-3001b 20 -21 * Victor Nawratil Covers 3 cvrs / Chris Hargreaves, Dick McIntosh Jim Brown / unusual foreign franking on Nawratil’s Canadian first flight covers 3711b,3713a,3903x 22 -23 * The Handling of First Flight Covers 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves, Brian Wolfenden David Piercey / use of and interpretation of information on FFC mail bag tags 3619 24 - 26 * Supplement 11 to AMCN Nino Chiovelli et al / changes and additions to Section 8 - Canadian Balloon Covers 28 - 29 * Supplement 11 to AMCN Chris Hargreaves, Gord Mallett, Mike Painter / additions to Section 27 - Bibliography 30 - 31 VOLUME XVIII , NUMBER 4 [ December 2002 - Newsletter # 53 ] TITLES / CONTENTS # COVERS / SOURCES / DETAILS AMCN # PAGE # * In Memoriam: Nelson Bentley, 1917 - 2002 1 cvr / Chris Hargreaves, Dick Malott / details of Nelson’s life and hobbies 3 * News - News - News CAS Golden Jubilee Medal winners, Pipex award winners, questions related to proposed CAS website, Day of Aerophilately in Toronto 4 - 5 * A Sleeper of Sorts Nino Chiovelli / Scott #1183 shows Bonsecours Market - Canada’s first aircraft factory? 6 * Canada’s First Official Airmail Flight 1 cvr / David Granger / details about Peck’s pioneering Quebec to Toronto 1918 flight PF-6 7 * 1919 - Admiral Kerr Don Lussky / unlisted New York - Chicago flight 8 * 1926/96 - Harold Farrington 1 cvr / Dave Brown / “70 Years later - The Harold Farrington Memorial Air Pageant” 9 * 1928 - “Fool’s Gold” 1 cvr / John Johnson / included as an AMCN first flight cover but perhaps shouldn’t be 2807d,2911 10 * 1930/1980 Anniversary of First South Atlantic Airmail Crossing 1 cvr / Bob Terry / Brazilian stamp commemorates the crossing of South Atlantic by Jean Mermoz 11 * Air Mail Routes in Operation Brian Wolfenden / description and map of 1931 North America air mail routes 12 -15 * 1930 - Toronto to Windsor 1 cvr / Mike Painter / a specially created cover - but to commemorate what event? 16 * Christmas Greetings Quiz Mike Shand / challenge to name 1 pilot and 9 planes pictured - answers to be in issue #54 17 * 1932/2002: The Dornier D0-X 1 cvr / Gunter Rennebek / details of the trans-Atlantic flight & commemorative cover AM-9 18 - 19 * 1933 - Air Mail to Vancouver 1 cvr / Tony Kershaw / details and questions on United Airlines Seattle to Vancouver service 20 * Air Crash Mail of Imperial AirWays & Predecessor Airlines Ken Sanford / “lists all the known crashes, interruptions and forced landings” 21 * World War 2 - Little Norway 1 cvr / Susan Sheffield / first day cover of War Issue air mail stamp Scott C 22 * The Vikings in Muskoka reprint from Spring 1999 issue of “Vintage Muskoka” / Norwegian pilots in training 23 - 24 * 1940 - The Battle of Britain 1 cvr / Donald Holmes / Tiger Moth cover signed by author-pilot Geoffrey Wellum 25 * Trans Atlantic - Southern Route 1 cvr / Jack Ince / Pan Am FAM 22, Dec 1942, Iran - U.S.A 26 - 27 * 1958 - The Avro Arrow 1 cvr / Ron Myanishi / first flight cover, 28 Mar 1958, Avro CF-105 Arrow 28 * British “Airliners” Stamps 3 cvrs / Herbert Lealman / first day cover showing full set of the stamps 29 * Follow Up : Where Was This Photo Taken? Ed Matthews / the location of the Canadian Airways Limited sign unlikely to be Toronto 30 * 2002 Grey Cup Covers 1 cvr / Nino Chiovelli, Dick Malott, Cecil Stoner / Snowbirds flown covers 31