Toronto Flying Club (1968 )

Jack;

I learned to fly there, got my private license during 1967. I am now based in North Texas (Carrollton) I leared to fly on Champion 7AC's DND and GVR. I flew ULU with Austin Underbake (spelling?) one time - we went from King City to North Bay return. My instructors during my training were Wayne Donaldson and Bill Hughes. Len McTaggart was the CFI at that time, and he did my final flight test. I have some old pictures stuffed away somewhere in a closet or bottom drawer and I will look for them. Are you byt any chance related to Ed Stoddard - he was the mechanic at that hangar - and yes, i was also there drung the construction and I remember Shultz lifting trusses into place using one of Dominion's choppers.

Hope to hear from you

Kindest regards

Harold Hodder

Jack, My first paying job of any substance was working for your dad Ed, stitching ribs on DC3 tail parts. I was young and skinny, about 13 or so, and passed needles out both sides back to him and another fellow, who were doing the harder parts on a saturday a long time ago. Your dad was an incredibly skilled man. I have been flying for over 30 years now but learned after I got a job, away from King. My dad kept a tcraft there in the 60's and 70's.

cheers

I worked there as a kid, no pay but when there was an empty seat ! It`s a long time ago just looking to see if anyone has pic`s of the old club a/c .

I`ve got cf-ulu - ssn . I`am 57 so I don`t think any of my instructors are around aymore. I did help build the tower there, which is now a storage site for Beamish Construction ............ Thx Jack

Back in the late 1960's I would spend my Sunday afternoons in the pool at Maple Airport. My father was a member at Maple, and later a member at the King City Flying Club as a Social Director, organizing local Air Shows, Fly-Ins and chartered flights to such destinations as the Hamilton Air Show. My father was such a social butterfly...many of his Flying Club buddies often partied at our Family Cottage on the weekends. Myself and my family have some very fond memories and pictures of those days. On May 25, 2013 my Father, Basil Cowan passed away. I'm sure he's enjoying catching-up with friends that passed before him and is 'Flying Above the Clouds'