Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free october 1981 country boy Candor veils flyers shrewdness by John Mcmanus if Barney Lamm had been a City hed be known As a the Veteran Bush Pilot and president of Ontario Central airlines has a coun try boys Candor which makes a visitor feel but below the surface is the mind of a shrewd a Monarch in the getter first realm of the Bush opera Hes also an ardent nationalist in his chosen country and an enthusiastic restorer of ancient flying an interview with Lamm about his latest restoration project 50year old Bellanca air Cruiser gets lost on the Agenda of topics which Range from his boyhood Days to his general of but first the it has a Seq biplane Wing that makes it look like it was crossed with a prehistoric it Cost 900 in its the worlds largest single engine aircraft and flew in every airline which figured in the growth of Western Canadian now its a historical Lamm wants the plane to stay in Manitoba in an aviation but there is fierce Competition for the a British group is interested in pay ing As much As for the old another group has offered for another of lamps restoration projects Grumman Goose which ended its working Days at the Bottom of a Lake where Lamm salvaged former minnesotan whether its business or not bad for a country As the the former sits in his office at the Gimli his face looks like it was carved from Canadian Lamm is reminiscent of the Locquia Cio is auctioneers who sold every thursday and Drew hundreds of country Folk to the weekly entertain when talking about air planes with there seems to be an unquestioned that serious veneration of the flying machine and the men who flew it must be reserved for those Chines which ran out of pilots who never made that last or who turned Grey in what has been accepted As a Young marts with their Black boxes which will take you from continent to Conti nent in Zero Are just not part of Bush flying but Lamm has managed to the Best of both worlds what was and sitting at his cluttered desk he looks like he just dropped in to refuel one of James Rree press Barney Lamm has been offered up to for his restored 1931 Bellanca it Cost in his old Dakota aircraft which Are Here today and in the Arctic Between the Corner an old hangar which was part of Canadian forces base hangs a Model of a an air plane made in Canada in on on the Wall is a life size color picture of wife Marion and their five All on the float of an air there Are framed pictures the Walls of first world War Lamm was born on a 200hectare farm which has been reduced now to a four hectare Island in he still owns the old farmstead on which a school teacher has lived rent free for 15 his who flew flying boats in the second world was killed piloting a Navy helicopter from the Carrier Midway off Naples in Lamm finished High school and started flying when he was he set a record for school Atten in 12 he never missed a i was so dumb i thought if i Ever missed i would never catch it was an epic flyers like Charles Wiley Amelia and highly publicized Howard Hughes were firing up Young men and women with flight on this Side of the 49th retreaded aces of the first world War were in the Vanguard of Bush flying and were worrying that railway and Highway expansion would reduce a vast flying preserve to a commuters Bush pilots qualifications were ambition and the churchillian Lamm he started As a Fargo Airport Nui graduated to air plane then qualified building up time in old Robins and then he be came a flight after Pearl Harbor 1941 trained pilots for the in he joined the air Force and started his service with the Central flying instructors school at lamps passion for flying was paralleled by his love for and before the his search for game took him to Northwestern his postwar goal was to run a Hunt ing Lodge at Ball which he had bought in he moved there in and returned Only to marry Marion in 1946 in the visitor talking to the Oca presi Dent is left with the impression it was Only necessity that fed him to head what was once the largest Bush airline operation off the main East West airline lot of hassles Lamm formed the Ball Lake transportation company to Fly in guests to his but because he was still an american the move brought a lot of not Only from Canadian licensing from Bush pilots who considered him a poacher of passengers they should be Ontario Central was the main regional airline owned by Veteran Bush pilots Rex Kitely and Gordie with its main base at it was part of Canadian Pacific airways when the firm the but was sold when spa became a National Lamm bought out Hollingsworth and became an owner of an airline which served All the traditional like Sioux that Are etched in Bush flying Kitely and Lamm were partners for 10 years until when Kitely decided he had spent Long enough in the Kitely sold his interest in the Busi but kept his interest in Pilot aged 74 he still flies for Oca part of the year and is probably the oldest licensed commercial Pilot of who is Lamm says he is still one of the Best in the Lamm built Ontario Central from three air planes to dominating Bush flying in Northwestern North Eastern Manitoba and into the he became a Canadian citizen in 1952 after the mandatory five year Lamm did a Little soft touching one sunday earlier this at red it was Harold Farring tons 85th the retired Bush Pilot and first world War flyer want planning any thing special until his old Boss flew Farrington is Leary of accepting anything that smacks of but the old country boy buy a few rounds at the City Calendar music Competition open to voice the Canadian music Manitoba has issued a province wide invitation to music teachers and students wishing to participate in events this the provincial finals will be held May competitions Are open to All voice or instrumental students in direct inquiries to Canadian music compete 1330 Portage r3g an Al party discussion on the future of Urban policy in Manitoba will be held from 2 to 4 tomorrow in room 100 Fletcher argue University of participants scheduled Are Sidney Doug Gerry Mercier and David weather Canada h sail Winnipeg municipal Hospital will present a number 01 special events in Celebration of the International year of the disabled awareness Day will be held from 10 to 4 saturday at the vital Centre displays include an Iron lung and rocking bed with members of the occupational therapy department will demonstrating the Nordale 99 Birchdale will hold an Art show and Sale from 1 to 6 the show will include a display of student Art As Well a show and Sale of works of Manitoba proceeds will Purchase Art supplies for the Western express five tickets Worth each and five Worth each were picked in the Western express lottery draw last the tickets Are 7227888 and the tickets Are 6144830 and there Are prizes of for tickets with the last six digits of the top for the last five digits and for the last our a Story yesterday said wrongly the medical research Council has earmarked million for obstetrics and gynaecology research in in the research councils total budget is obstetrics and gynaecology research will receive add a photo caption yesterday said wrongly that Nelson Riis was a progressive conservative member of in Riis is a new Democrat who represents the British Columbia Riding of Winnipeg area forecast sunny and mild today with a moderate Southeast High near Cloudy periods with fog patches tonight and a Low around Cloudy tomorrow and a Little wind Westerly at 25 with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny sunday and monday with temperature above Normal readings of 5 and Northern Manitoba variable cloudiness sunday and with temperatures above Normal readings of 1 and Northwestern Ontario sunny with a few Cloudy periods sunday and temperatures near or a Little above Normal readings of 6 and temperatures Canada and the world deaths classified death National Kenora Bay Montreal Halifax 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