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Its been many years but I often think about my years at MDCAN. Tragic to think it is gone. I live in Penticton BC now. Good to see some old friends on this site. Email or call sometime if you know me. Phone: 250-770-8156
Dave Tulloch - 76863 - MD-80 Panels/Finals MD11 Rear Spar dave_tulloch@mdcan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just by accident I ended up on your MDCAN website.
I am a retired Lufthansa purser. During my Lufthansa days I flew on the DC-10 from 1974 until the grand old lady retired from the fleet in 1994. Before joining LH I flew as a purser for Air Canada from 1970 until I went back to Europe. I worked on ALL short and stretch DC-8's (ticked them all off) and plenty of DC-9's. Also the L-1011-100 and 747-100. As an in-flight service instructor, temporarily based at Dorval, I took the chance to 'work' he Viscount and Vanguard as a supervisor. I do not know the person who wrote the article when his parent's home was shaking when an aircraft took off. He wrote 'probably a DC-8'. I guess it was a Conway-engined one. maybe me on board. My favorite hamburger place was Pepi's. They had the best hamburger in Canada. Is the place still there or have they got rid of that as well?
Further question: I know the McDonnell Douglas (you will never
hear me say the word Boeing!!) admin building was ripped down.
What has become of the manufacturing plants. Are they still
there? You have a great website. Congratulations. It hurts to see everything being torn down. I visited LGB many times and it is just as sad what has happened there. Hope to hear from you.
Kindest regards, Arthur
Arthur Steffen, Forstweg 4, 63303 Dreieich. Germany
By the way, I wrote a book on the DC-10 and the MD-11.
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Hello, Hope all is well. I have been a bit out of contact with many of my Douglas/Boeing friends and would like to share a very important event with all of them, since everyone at the establishment supported me when I worked for the company. I was an inspector , assembler and wing tank mechanic for 25 years and worked in almost all of the aircraft's we built. At present I am the head coach of the Canadian Men's Field Hockey Team and we qualified for the Beijing Olympics last year at the Pan Am Games in RIO, Brazil, where we won GOLD. CBC will be broadcasting our training profile for their show, “Road to Beijing ” on Monday March 24 at 7:30pm. I would very much appreciate it if you can please pass the word along to all my friends and co-workers Regards
Louis Mendonca, National
Coach, Canadian Men's Field Hockey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Was at MDCAN from 1978 to 1988, left for the west coast ( BC ) Bob Brisbois, (Production Control) bobbrisbois@mdcan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for creating this website - it's fun to see some of the old faces and hear the occasional news of people I used to work with. Susan Wyatt (Quality Assurance: 1965 - 1990) (Human Resources: 1992) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked at MDCAN three different periods for a total of about 15 years. Left in 1995 and went to Etobicoke (Toronto) Fire Dept as Fire Inspector. Now retired. John Wylie - JohnWylie@mdcan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still in work force with Bombardier on Global Express program Andrew Wierus - AndrewWierus@mdcan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi my name is John Hinkley, I worked in the shipping department as an asst foreman from 1977 to 1990 then I moved to Macon Georgia where a new plant was opened up. I worked in Macon in the shipping department and left McDonnell Douglas around the time Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas started to work as a Sales person selling Semi trucks and moved up to Sales manager then moving to Florida working the same job. Moved to Texas in 2005 with the same company and I am very happy selling Semi trucks in Eastland Texas. Anyone who may remember me please e mail me. John Hinkley johnhinkley@mdcan.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi every 1 my name is Phil Caliendo worked there from 84 -92 in trumpf dept. God sure miss my friends there and money was great.. best job ever had.. work for Sobeys distribution center in Milton now, but still live in Toronto. been there 11 yrs now.. love 2 hear from old friends. Great site u guys have here keep up the good work.. thx evey1 Phil Caliendo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Worked as Progress Chaser, I know I used the wrong word "Work", get over it. As we use to say if I told you what I did I have to kill you.(*) Last department I hung around was Spares now that's a better word. My holiday ended in 2000 William McWilliam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I worked at MDCAN from 1966 till I took early retirement on March 29th 1996. My name is Stewart Murray Badge # 62740 and worked in Production Control. I also worked at A.V. Roe from 1953 till its demise in 1959 but as a Research Chemist I owned a home in Malton from 1957 till I move away from there in 2002 to Markdale which is situated a bit South of Owen Sound I love your website and have managed to locate some of my old workmates through it Thanks Stewart ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Everyone You all know me as BIG BILL and I was only one in plant.
Worked as Progress Chaser,
I know I used the wrong word Work get over it. I loved to chat and visit with everyone, I worked as a Progress Chaser it was a great job. I want to thank all departments that helped make my job easier especially getting all those hot jobs done, some days every job was Hot, I could never figured out that one. If it was not for some of my working buddies, I would of gone insane. Like times we would call our supervisors cell phone when he was in those never ending important meetings and we all make animal noises to get his attention. We all worked when we had to, and got jobs down right, on time, and we were the best. But greed from USA, politics and lack of support from our government (the conservatives) the plant was closed. But to be truthful we all better out of plant most are healthier and doing well. So all take care hope to hear or see you soon. Bill McWilliam (I combined your 2 messages into one, as I'm getting behind) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ still alive & kicking butt Ray Dickinson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I worked in Shipping and
Dispatch from 1986 to 1992. After MDCAN I joined the Federal
Service working for various departments as a Network
Administrator. Nice site. Laid off in 1992 and moved to Alberta in 1994. I have my own tax consulting business ( www.ptccanada.com ) and love the west. Thanks, Neel Roberts; Receiving Inspection until 1992! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toolmaker from 1990 to 1992 and was laid off and returned in 1996 as Toolroom Supervisor with Hans Baumann and Gerry Woegerer until 2001 and was downsized Dan Boucher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Changed my field of Planning to Food Processing Industry in the hopes that it will have more stability than Aerospace Industry. Good job done in compiling this website. Thanks and keep me posted . Regards. Ravi Sharma ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nice to see some old faces. still in Terra Cotta Tom McAneney 74783 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Working for Boeing in Seattle Diana Jakubik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi to All.........
I miss everyone at MDCAN
..today are the History!! Retired in 2005 relaxing in Richmond Hill Robert (Bob) Barcicki ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Retired from MDCAN in 1984. Chairman of Local 673 C.A.W ( MDCAN unit ) from 1978 to 1984 Bert Cowgill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi ....its been a long time since MDCAN days. I was laid off in 1992. I now work in the flood and fire restoration business. I miss everyone at MDCAN. Glad there is a site for MDCAN employee's. Michael Cowgill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Retired in 99 and still loving it Jim Culbert ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi UAW-CAW 1967, I love this site. I do have a few pictures that I could send to the site. They're taken by MDCAN ,of friends and myself while working. I also would love to see other pictures of MDCAN and workers. One of the best times of my life, working at MDCAN, and still Proud that I worked there! See You Soon Ray Kucma
Thank You Ray, why don't you send them along to share
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hi guys It's amazing how many ex Douglas people are there. I'm still under a lot of stress Malcolm, but I've learned how to deal with it over the years)( yuk-yuk)
Good web site and I hope
more people hook up to it.
cool site, I might see ya all soon
Kirby Campbell (#1 sealer)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Since MDCAN closed in 2005 my wife and I went to UK and I worked for an aerospace company in Lancashire for a year. Then in July 2006 I rejoined Boeing as a contractor in Everett working as a liaison engineer….back to my roots. I was sent to Taipei in October and have been there since then working on the 747 large cargo freighter. I've been back home a few times and now am back in Taipei until July. Ed Ragany is also working for Boeing….he's in China. It's been a lot of fun and Boeing pick up the tab for everything. I even get a Mercedes limo to and from work every day!! Take care, John Beattie - Liaison Engineering, Boeing Large Cargo Freighter
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Our next reunion is set for June 2, 2007. This will be our third get together, with each one bigger than the last. Toward the end of days at Boeing, Jim Roberts from Local 673 came up with a brilliant idea. He suggested that keeping in touch would be made a little easier if there was a regular gathering that everyone would know about. Rather than setting up a formal reunion where halls, hotels or restaurants have to be booked, we should keep it simple. So here it is: Just come if you want to. If you miss one go to the next one. We plan to do this for a while so you will always know that; the first Saturday in June and December, you’ll have an opportunity to renew acquaintances. Everyone is invited. Union, salaried, management, spouses, family members even bring a friend. Spread the word to everyone you have contact with. As usual it will be at the Pearson Pub of the Econolodge Inn. Some of you may know this location better as the upstairs bar at the Avion Motor Hotel or the Celebrity Inn. It is on Airport Road, approx three kms south of the old plant. Saturday June 2nd from 1:00pm - 6:00pm. No need to confirm your attendance, just show up if you want to. What you should do for sure though is spread the word to as many people as you can.
I hope to see you in June
Dan McNeil -
CAWLOCAL1967@rogers.com
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Hi Malcolm. Ned Taylor here. Hope all is well with you and family. Its been a long time since I retired. Been over 5 yrs now time sure flies. I have a business in woodworking now and love my work, making upper Canadian and Quaker style furniture. Please get back to me and bring me up to date on what you have been up to. Take care. Ned Taylor
Hi Ned, You didn't put your email address. Let me know Malcolm
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I worked at MDCAN from September 1985 until 1992 and came back again in 1996 until 2001. I gained many friendships from my time at MDCAN, friends who remain with me still and other's who have passed and are missed. My Father, Oscildo Sousa, retired from MDCAN with 25 years under his belt. On his behalf, thank you for wonderful times and great friendships. I too thank you for years of fun times, steadfast friendships, a solid work ethic and experience in the Aerospace field which I still work in today. I was so happy to receive the link to this site today and have forwarded it onto friends that worked at MDCAN. Thank you for creating this site. Love, Paula Sousa ( Paula.Sousa@mdcan.com )
"a solid work ethic" who can argue with that
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