Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 24, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free july of flight still fascinates Jet watchers by Bob Armstrong the air plane pounds of gleaming Metal taxis on to the run it moves without sound at then it picks up Speed and its massive tires Rise above the As it roars above the line of cars stopped to watch at Brookside All conversation its been 77 years since Orville Wright launched his flyer Down a rail Laid on a Sand Dune in North Carolina for a 37metre flight to prove it could be but the Marvel of it All lingers on any Clear afternoon or people can be seen stopped by Winni Peg International Airport confirming the seemingly impossible once Man can the plane watchers gather at two major Points along Brookside Boule parallel and about 600 feet away from the main and along four mile just past the North end of the main you dont notice How big they Are until you get out and have a said Ellis interviewed recently while watching takeoffs and depending on the wind you can watch the big mostly Boeing 727s and Douglas taking off in a Roar of or with the rubber tires bouncing and squealing on the take off into wind the planes always take off and land into the wind and if the wind is from the the air planes approaching from the North pass Low Over four mile a gravel Extension of Selkirk just before its too bad with this Robert an Airport regular said on a recent sunday when the winds Are from the South you can Park on that Road and the planes come in right Over your Robert and his wife Louise and their three children come often to the Airport in the Early its Nice and quiet and the kids can run he Clos a favorite the two youngest children Are Busy running around on the grass when a Boeing 727 200 takes a lot of people come out to the Airport around 9 because that when the Clos from Minneapolis he those Are the ones where the engines fall he Many people Only stay for a few Long enough to watch one or two of the big planes Fly others sit Back and like the couple reclining against the Side of their car with the tape deck playing old Beach boys songs and 50s tunes like like a couple parked in a come to get close together and watch the Sun set Over the for t3arry Hesselink and his watching the planes take off and land was something Hess links both in their had just flown to Winnipeg from it was their first time in an their first flight had been an interesting so they decided to go to the Airport to see what the planes took like from the they had never been so close to an Airport and when they saw their first Boeing 727 Rise above them they believe How fast it flew and How quickly it Hesselink an air plane Doest look the same when youre seeing it from couple of Hundred metres away As it does when air plane watchers gather to Marvel at the sight of huge airliners Rise into the evening its six Miles above it moves fast faster than the Little Fly speck it appears to be when cruising at after it leaves the ground the nose Points skyward at what seems to be an impossible with a full Load of a 727 will climb at a 15 degree Angle roughly the same slope As a challenging intermediate ski and it happens one minute the air plane is a rolling 30or 50ton piece of and the next its catapulting across the sky disappearing from Takeoff Speed for a fully loaded Odd jobs provide for scout trip overseas they Cut and raked grass and did numerous other Odd jobs this making in pocket Money for an overseas Graham and John decided last june to Start making Money so they could visit their scout leaders former scout Leader and Baden powells House the first scout Lead the two boys left last night for a five week tour of the trip was originally promised to Eason by his parents who said they would pay the air fare on the condition that he get his chief scouts award and earn his own spending All Hughes had to do was convince his a feat that was not too he said the who belong to the 173 Archi Bald scout achieved those awards the highest Honor for a scout last Many badges earned youve got to get All kinds of badges before even trying for this Eason said in an he has 24 badges the boys worked for a Large Grain Licking and sealing eight batches of growing instructions for with envelopes in each we were pretty sore and pretty Eason said of the Job which kept them working late into the they were required to finish the Batch before going he the trip takes them throughout England and includes some camping and visits to other scout it was originally planned for the whole troop of but other parents go for Alette grahams this will be reasons second trip to but Hughes has never been overseas before and said he is pretty excited and anxious about the boys return on 26 and Are to present a report and slide presenta Tion on their trip to their scout Leader on after the both boys want to get other jobs and save for another trip probably to i guess ill rest first and then Start saving up Eason weather tourist Alert the provincial government has issued a tourist Alert for John Hawson and family of who Are trav Elling in Northern they Are asked to Call Walter reinheimer about an urgent family they Are driving a 80 Oldsmobile licence Western express five tickets Worth each and five Worth each were picked in the Western express lottery draw wednesday the tickets Are 2079542 and the tickets Are 216s655 and there Are prizes of for tickets with the last six digits of the Tup for the last five digits and for the last deaths classified death 36 Winnipeg area forecast sunny with a moderate Northwest wind and a High today near Low tonight near mostly sunny tomorrow with highs near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba sunny saturday through scattered thundershowers sunday evening temperatures near Northern Manitoba mainly sunny Cloudy periods with showers sunday and temperatures a Little below Northwestern Ontario sunny saturday through thundershowers monday evening Normal temperatures Canada and world National Victoria Vancouver cd Lodi v Edmonton Mia Thompsn Kenord Bra noon dds often Thunder adv Toronto Montreal Hulita International Chicago Minneapolis York Boston 24 11 3 21 14 it 28 26 11 j j 7 x it 13 u is u Ait is 30 of Ciobot spots of anger eve Cdr 31 l needs psf Clouds 43 Phoenik a Ickov 44 Honolulu Clear 14 Cloudy 32 Miami partly Cloudy 3 partly Cloudy 30 to 13 24 27 we mics july 23 is 24 5 last itar 25 6 16 3 21 0 Normal 77 2 133 to 0 Hiemel on Board 34 4 in Lowell on Etc Ord 6 l in precipitation Zgta for Apt i to 23 7s 7 Millimetres Normal Ethel Louisa Elizabeth of Middle Church nursing Mabel of St Adolphe of husband of Stella Cher Niak Donald of 774 Mcmillan Avenue of 285 Pembina suite 636 Alfred of 57 regal Avenue Octavien of 185 deepens Street Charles of widower of Annie Hilton of 323 Wellington widow of a Montague israels of St Amant son of Bonnie and Jerry Mcleod of 122 councillor wife of John Melnichuk of Willow widow of John Mezon of 269 Pritchard Avenue maj John of husband of Janis Randall Eric of 970 Point suite Hus band of Daisy Iris Reid Dana Odarka wife of Taras Brian of 291 Wavell husband of Ruth Florence of 576 Denise wife of Alex James Henry formerly of 376 Bank woman Anthony of 1294 valour Hus band of Gerald me Vanlis of East husband of Catherine of 329 Douglas husband of Louise Wiens of Vic husband of Agnes whittle of 1 Smith husband of hasten Woodhouse Boeing 727 is 185 Miles per for the wingspan 93 length 119 weight empty pounds take off is a Mere 180 mites per the Lamborghini the worlds fastest sports will hit 180 but it Doest come with inflight meals or Many people make the Airport a Stop on a sunday Ellis and Mary Lindstrom come to the Airport but recently were going for a sunday evening drive when they saw the crowd of cars and pulled notice parked cars Ron and Chris Ottawa had never watched the but they too noticed the cars stopped at the Side of the Road and pulled Over to they sat Back in their and watched two air Canada jets take another Man comes to watch the planes now and he said hed been having a hard time with Alimony payments and a court a and he just sat in the cab of his pickup and watched the air planes taking off with the setting summer Sun providing a big red Ball for a although Many people gather out Side the Airport grounds to watch the none of them have Ever tried climbing the Fence for a better theres one but its doubt Ful the person involved was a avid devotee of when that scottish the Bay City came Here one girl tried to climb the but she got caught an Airport ramp Constable Airport manager George Elliot said he often sees cars parked by the Road on his Way Home from the and for kids too Young to the bus stops a Short distance away from Brookside Boulevard at red River Community he air plane watching is popular at other Elliot the airports in Thunder Bay and Vancouver All have roads conveniently close to the but few other airports Are As easy to get to As taxation key Issue at Beach Winnipeg Beach it tits Here be tried to choose a mayor and six Kofl Mmott a own councillors ten candidates will tie Tor fee six Council White inca Betit mayor Archie Harrison is being challenged by Al a councillor for the last ii Harrison and to separate agreed taxation is a key Issue in the election because Winnipeg Beach has the highest Mill rate in the province and its predominantly sum Mer resident population must pay Edu cation taxes on houses in Winnipeg and residences at the Winnipeg about 80 Kilometres North of has about 580 year round residents while the population in the summer swells to about Ernest the towns Secretary trea said condominium Complex a controversial com plex proposed for the Winnipeg Beach Golf course is also an Issue among some of the candidates the eligible voters can cast ballots either in Winnipeg Beach or in polls will be open from 8 to 8 at the town Council office in Winnipeg Beach and at Winnipeg City the results of the election will be councillors seeking reelection Are Edward Conrad Louis Adolph Sabeskis and James hoping to unseat members of the existing Council Are George Norma Vincent Ruby Korol and George Only Mykieta and Sabeskis Are year round residents at the club gives machine to health Centre the kiwanis club of Winnipeg has donated a blood Gas analyser to the neonatology department of the health sciences the analyser can show the Carbon dioxide and oxygen Levels in the blood without the necessity of drawing a blood the equipment is used to test the blood of usually premature infants suffering from by reline membrane Dis ease for whom drawing blood samples presents some about 100 cases of the disease Are seen in the childrens Hospital each floating ecstasy great grand opening waterbed and Wicker Sale continues the prices come Down featured Here is the a contemporary waterbed with brass trim on Corners and Complete with Heater and free fill regular the worlds Best waterbed mattress is now on Sale compter Wilh f thermostat piety 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