RCAF Air Traffic Control
Trenton, Ontario



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  1. Quadradar (AN/TPN 501) conversion training course #4 - 11-14 December 1978.
    Back row (L-R) - Sgt Pete Hutchison (BG), Cpl Pat Baillon (AW), MCpl Orville Green (SU), MCpl Howie Cooling (TR), Sgt Joe Vautour (BG), Sgt Gene Myles (TR), Sgt Ron Lance (Lahr). Front row (L-R) - Sgt Gib Hubert (AW), WO Bob Bagnell (Baden), MWO Vic Gray (AMDU), CWO Alex MacDougal (AMDU), CWO Herb Innes (AW), Sgt Phil Otis (SU).
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy Vic Gray.

  2. Certificate of Graduation AN/GPX-504 SSR System - 28 April 1978.
    As part of the Landing Aids Update Program, the powers that be decided that we would also instruct the Controller operation of SSR. Therefore they sent us to Long Island, NY to the Cardion Company to learn how to instruct SSR. This is one of the certificates they presented to us.
    Courtesy Vic Gray.

  3. Graduates of the AN/GPX-504 SSR System at Cardion Electronics in Long Island, New York - April 1978.
    Back row (L-R) - MWO Vic Gray (AMDU Trenton), CWO Alex MacDougal (AMDU Trenton), Sgt Ron Armstrong (Namao), Sgt Ross Hartwell (Shearwater), Allan Chopik (Cardion Field Engineer). Front row (L-R) - Kevin Meehan (Cardion Field Engineer), Capt Lloyd Friesen (Cold Lake), Mal ? (Cardion Field Engineer), Emile Ulloa (Cardion Field Engineer).
    Courtesy Vic Gray.

  4. Quadradar (AN/TPN 501) conversion training course #2 - February 1978.
    Back row (L-R) - MCpl Al Grier, Sgt Dale Campbell, Sgt Roy Desjarlais, MCpl Jess Landry, MCpl Yves Genereaux, MCpl Don Clarke, MCpl Nelson Lyon. Front row (L-R) - Sgt Ron Armstrong, MWO Vic Gray, CWO Alex MacDougal, Sgt Ross Hartwell, WO Joe Skoropada.
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy Ron Armstrong & Vic Gray.

  5. Quadradar (AN/TPN 501) conversion training course #1 - 16-20 January 1978.
    Back row (L-R) - MCpl JE Arsenault, MCpl ER Orto, WO PP Morin, Sgt GP Arsenault, Sgt RN Pringle. Front row (L-R) - Sgt RW Armstrong, MWO JV Gray, CWO AF MacDougal, Sgt NP Hudson, Sgt RG Hartwell.
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy Ron Armstrong & Vic Gray.

  6. Quadradar Installation, Flight Checking and Modification crew - January 1978.
    Back row (L-R) - Unknown, unknown, Bill Beecher (Gilfillen Tech Rep), unknown, unknown, MWO Vic Gray, unknown. Centre row (L-R) - CWO Alex MacDougal, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown. Front row (L-R) - Unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Capt Bob Larocque, unknown.
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy Vic Gray.

  7. Presentation of a scroll for 20,000 GCA runs - 1978.
    Courtesy Vic Gray.



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