My first exposure to the world of aviation was in 1946 when I was
working for Liquid Carbonic in Montreal, a subcontractor for Canadair and they were
manufacturing Ailerons for airplanes.
My first short flight was in 1948, when my b-i-l Capt. Wm. Powell
RAF, took me up in a Cessna from Toronto Island Airport. I loved it.
In 1953 I applied for employment (anything) at Trans Canada
Airlines and was hired as a 'Torn Tape Relay operator ' at Dorval Airport. Transat (ULX)
and the world of Telecommunications and airline operations opened up for me. I soon became
a Radio-Teletype Operator.
By 1964 YULX was relocated at the new terminal in Montreal
International Airport and soon Data Control was put on line as a substation on CN's 8l00
Radio Collins Computer which was located in Central Station downtown Montreal. I became an
Operator in Charge.
By 1971 YYZXNAC was relocated to 151 Front St., Toronto. Later my
title changed to Network Controller.
- In 1983 I accepted an early retirement package with 30 years full time shift work
with the company under my belt, plus 15 more years in other employment. It was time to
take it easy.
1989 I decided to move to Victoria, B.C.
1992 I bought my first IBM PC, and in
1995 just before the Pionairs AGM in Vancouver I came up with the
idea of the creation of 'Between Ourselves' NetLetter
To date in 2000 Terry Baker and myself have a mailing list of
over 900 other retirees for our NetLetter
and we have been publishing on an average of twice a week. We also are on the web
That's progress for you. Vesta Stevenson
