Any former Nordair people here?

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:26 am

Just wondering. PM if you are.

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:57 am

check your PM's

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:06 am

Thank''s DR.

A couple of former ND captains passed away very recently and wanted to pass it along.

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:26 am

bmc could you PM me those names also, please? I never worked for ND, but I knew some of the old guys that had come up through Wheeler and Northern Wings. Thanks.

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:46 am

I was a ramp rat there. I'd a known the boeing captains.

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:05 am

Used to ramp rat for them when Nordair did the Pittsburgh / Hamilton run out of Mount Hope worked for Penisula then in the early 70's.

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:22 am

Pat Paterson passed away on the weekend. Not sure how old he was.

I was informed, today by email, that Larry Clark passed away. Larry was 62.

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:16 pm

Thanks bmc. Pat Paterson rings a bell, but I didn't know Larry Clark.

We used to do recurrrent at USAir in PIT, used to take ND when they still ran the UL - PIT sched. The first DC-4 I ever set foot on was IQM, at GW.

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:44 pm

Did Borek have IQM for a while or was it with Buffalo?

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:33 pm

bmc wrote:Did Borek have IQM for a while or was it with Buffalo?

Good question. I don't know if Borek ever operated IQM. The airplane was originally owned by Wheeler, but when that whole Wheeler - Maritime Central - Nordair merger went down in the early 1960's, Nordair wound up with the IFR divisions of all three companies which included IQM. ND flew it for years but sold it in the US, I can't remember when, but I believe it was Buffalo that re-imported back into Canada and obtained the original registration.

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:46 am

My father was a Nordair pilot back in his day...

I found out from him on the weekend that yes indeed Larry Clark, our neighboor and family friend had passed away he will be missed by many.

His youngest son still carries along a passion for aviation and is in the beginings of what should be another long great career.

bmc · Post by **bmc** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:01 am

Birdman...I knew many of guys that were flying between 81 and 84 when I was based up north. Would your dad have been flying back then? What equipment was he on? I'm in touch with a few of the guys.