CAA Manitoba Spring 2018 | Page 7

Feedback We want to hear from you: tell us what you like or what we can do better. [email protected] /CAAManitoba Plane Talk @CAAManitoba @CAAManitoba CF-101 Voodoo Total Travel Care CL-13 SAbre I enjoyed reading the interesting articles in your last issue. But the photo with your article about Remembrance Day (“To Do List,” winter 2017) surprised me. Having worked on Voodoo aircraft at Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, I quickly realized the picture labeled “Sabre jets” actually features Voodoo jets. It would have been great to see both aircraft side-by-side— they were totally different in size and capability. I’ve enclosed a photo (right) of our Bristol test pilot and crew, including myself Get Social! (circled), with a Voodoo 101002. —Geoff B., GIMLI Editor’s note: We received several letters from like- minded air aficionados. We did indeed mislabel the Voodoo jet. some of our favourite tweets and posts from the past few months CAA Manitoba @caamanitoba club President mike mager and douglas everett from domo are pumping @domogasoline fuel into a caa truck in honour of our partnership! Cheryl Hammerling i could not have been more pleased with the roadside assistance i received last evening. i also wanted to express my thanks to caa employee nicole who personally returned my watch, which i lost while warming up in the caa truck. nice to find people so honest and caring. member since 1984 and have always been treated extremely well. Patriotic Pics To celebrate Canada’s 150th last year, we asked members to post photos of themselves with Canadian icons. CAA Manitoba’s social media channels were flooded with classic photos, but the grand-prize winner of our “Show Us Your Canada 150” photo contest was Susan Arran of Brandon. Her winning entry with the famed Bluenose 2 schooner (below) earned her a Manitoba staycation, including a one-night stay at Canad Inns, tickets to Celebrations Dinner Theatre, Cineplex movie passes and a Canadian- themed carry-on bag. Corrections: in “caa insider” (winter 2017) we misspelled the winner of our rainbow stage Little Shop of Horrors contest. Jim craik won the theatrical prize. in the winter 2017 issue, our cover promised a story about futuristic autos (“cars of the Future”), but we had to pull the article due to space constraints. We’re happy to run the story this issue—please see page 29. Susan Arran at the helm of the Bluenose 2 in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia We decided to book a trip through caa with travel consultant novella lander. she was exceptional! novella took care of everyone– all 25 of us—and even did a few extras for us, which were greatly appreciated. We’re thinking of booking a 28-day cruise, and novella will definitely be our travel consultant! Glen & Shirley H. WINNIPEG Out on a Limb i’ve been a caa member since 1981. my son and i built this tree house 12 years ago at our cottage in matlock, on the west side of lake Winnipeg. as you can well imagine, it attracts many passing visitors each day! it’s just a little reminder to caa members to check out the summer views in the beautiful interlake area of manitoba. Jim P. MATLOCK CAA manitoba Spring 2018 7