HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-02-24, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1988.
'Never let 'em see you sweat'pro advises flyers
Never let ‘em see you sweat,
because sweat makes wet, and if
you get wet, you’re dead, was the
down-to-earth advice handed out
to a gathering of the Ontario Flying
Farmers near Jamestown on Sun
day by a survival expert and
professional pilot.
Captain Henry Van Keulen of
Newmarket, who has been involv
ed in a great many aspects of the
aviation industry during his car
eer, including aviation accident
investigation for the Department
of Transport, was the guest
speaker at the February gathering
of the Flying Farmers, which was
hosted by Captain Van Keulen’s
Farm.
Captain Henry Van Keulen, right, was the guest speaker at a
gathering of the Ontario Flying Farmers on Sunday, hosted by his
brother Gerrit Van Keulen of RR 2, Blue vale. Standing with the men in
front of a Cessna 182 from Alliston is Sundance, who was purchased by
Captain Van Keulen In England nine years ago and flown to Germany
in a supersonic jet fighter piloted by his master, who served with the
Canadian Armed Forces in West Germany, possibly the only dog in
Canada to have had such an experience.
brother and sister-in-law, Gerritt
and Maria Van Keulen at their
Jamestown-area farm.
His survival advice to the 75 or so
pilots and their families at the
social gathering came following his
presentation of slides showing a
number of aspects of his experien
ces in both military and civilian
aviation, including a stint of winter
survival training near the Arctic
Circle in Norway while he served
with Canada’s NATO forces in
Europe.
“If you ever find yourself in a
position that calls for all you,r
survival skills, the first thing you
have to remember is that you must
never get wet, even if it means
stripping down to your skivvies in
sub-zero temperatures,” Captain
Van Keulen said. “Anybody can
survive on the ground if they use a
lot of common sense.”
Born and raised in Kent County,
Captain Van Keulen is now a pilot
with Canadian International Air
lines (for merly CP Air), fly ing a 73 7
on intercontinental flights, but he
says he has wanted to fly ever since
he can first remember.
Immediately following his grad
uation from high school, he
entered Kingston’s Royal Military
College, graduating with a me
chanical engineering degree and
the rank of Captain in the Canadian
Armed Forces, Air Force Branch.
He was picked as one of only
three of the 24 members of his
graduating class to train for two
years at Cold Lake, Alberta, as a
pilot for the now-obsolete CF 104
Starfighter supersonic aircraft,
and then was posted to Baden-
Baden West Germany, where he
spent the next three years involved
in training and simulated manoeu-
vers along the Iron Curtain, during
which time he took several weeks of
sub-arctic survival training.
Although he had gained the rank
of Squadron Leader before his
initial five-year stintinthe CAF
was up, he made the difficult
decision to return to civilian life in
1980, largely because the CF 104’s
were due to be retired, while their
replacements, the present F-18
Hornets, were not yet available. As
well, further promotion in Captain
Van Keulen’s career meant that he
would be putting in more desk time
and less flying time, an option he
was not ready to accept at the age of
only 28.
Returning to Canada in 1980, he
was immediately hired by CP Air to
learn to pilot a DC-8 on overseas
flight, but was laid off by the
company a year later, a victim of
the recession that hit the country in
the early 1980’s. During this time
he had also joined the Canadian Air
Force Reserve, flying a Jet Ranger
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needs work
Riddell says
The Ontario Federation of Agri
culture and Christian Farmers
Federation of Ontario have a lot of
homework to do before their plan
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all farmers for a general farm
organization will get his support,
Ontario Ariculture Minister Jack
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of Agriculture’s members of par
liament dinner Feb. 6 in Clinton,
ton.
Doug Garniss, past president of
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homework to do,” he said. “You
have to come back and convince me
you have these groups (other farm
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