Mailing Address
CAHS New Brunswick
346 Summit Drive
Saint John, New Brunswick
E2J 3M2
New Brunswick Executive
Our chapter was formed in 1996 in Saint John but as we are a small province, we rotate our meetings between the cities of Fredericton, Moncton, and Saint John.
While we only hold four monthly meetings, we are a very active group in our communities. Our members volunteer to clean and spruce up aviation displays and memorial cairns; lobby for recognition of historical aviation sites; and erect plaques to inform the public of significant aviation sites.
One of our chapter’s objectives has been to display New Brunswick’s civil, commercial and military aviation history to the public free of charge. This led us to partner with the Greater Moncton International Airport to create the Don McClure Aviation Gallery in the airport terminal in 2003. We also worked with the Saint John Airport to complete a photographic display of the history of the province’s airports, past and present.
Saint John members are also active in promoting aviation history within two local schools: M. Gerald Teed and Millidgeville North. Both of these have aviation history displays and an educational outreach program in the Millidgeville North School introduces three classes of Grade 5 students to the Theory of Flight, Women in Aviation, History of Aviation in New Brunswick, and early Airmail flying in Canada. As part of their school work each spring, students prepare either an aviation art or essay project for judging by the chapter’s members. Prizes are awarded at a pizza party and a field trip is made to tour the airport facilities.
If you are interested in joining our group, becoming involved in some of these activities, or just talking aviation history, please get in touch with us by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Meeting and Membership Information
Meetings: Quarterly, on Saturdays in September, November, March, and June. Contact Jim Sulis for exact meeting information
Location: Meetings rotate between --- Moncton at the Flight College;
- Fredericton at the Wilmot United Church Hall; and
- Saint John at the Atlantic Flight Centre (Saint John Airport).
Time: 1400 Hours
Landing Fee: $2 for refreshments
Annual Fee (includes newsletter): $20The next meeting of the Turnbull Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society will take place at the Provincial Archives of NB, UNB Fredericton campus, on Saturday, April 6. This free meeting begins at 2pm and lasts about one hour.
The speaker at this meeting with be Chapter Director Harold E. Wright. He will speak about a New Brunswick female pilot who went on to both national and international acclaim. This presentation will be a repeat of one presented by another speaker at the 2012 national aviation history conference held in Saint John last September.
Gina Jordan of Saint John, was the second woman pilot to fly with Mission Aviation Fellowship. She flew both as a pilot and flight instructor in Africa from 1982 until 1994, She later served on the Board of Directors of Mission Aviation Fellowship until 2001. She was awarded the Flight Operations/Maintenance Award from the Mission Aviation Fellowship in 2012.
Gina learned to fly at the Clover Valley airport in Saint John with the Fundy Flying Club in 1952. She later obtained her Instructor rating in 1959 and began her flight instruction career. She opened her own advanced flying school in Calgary in 1970, specializing in commercial pilot training. She went to California in 1982 to complete advanced training in order to qualify as pilot on overseas missionary flights for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF).
Gina was the first Canadian female pilot to achieve the Airline Transport Rating (ATR). She retired from her flight career with over 17,000 flying hours. Gina has retired to her home in Saint John.
The Turnbull Chapter has four meetings a year; two in Saint John, one in Moncton and the fourth in Fredericton. The Chapter's mandate is to preserve the history of New Brunswick aviation.
For information about the presentation, contact the undersigned at 639-4435.
For information about the Turnbull Chapter, email the President, Jim Sulis at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please relay this notice to your co-workers in Fredericton.
Harold E. Wright
Winter 2011
Fall 2011
