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Acton Free Press Aug 9 1978 7 District pilot finds royalty to be warm and human Bill of is accustomed to flying In emotional high ranking nil over the world As a test pilot for Tor based Dc Air craft Co ht has provided lest and demonstration trips for world wide plane for the past five But on Tuesday I he was captain of a rtthcr que flying trip Flying a De Dash owned by the 38 year old former bush pilot carried the from Saskatoon to several spots in the prairie provinces for three days prior to her open of the Common wealth Games It was an honor to been chosen to fly her he said smiling although he did admit to hiving some ap prehension over possible mechanical or weather pro Iaughmg he remembers iking up each morning pralng to see blue His wire granted and in fact Hit flights for tht three went off exactly as planned right down to the do your job in a professional manner no dif than any other time hut jouitsotenii to be a little apprehensive knowing you hove the Queen aboard Having the Queen aboard did make for some special mtmones for Bill he met with her for a brief few minutes on tht final leg of the journey he is able to rtcount some of the personal inside stories il occurred during her On one particular trip the Qui en with her husband Prince Phillip was by son Prince The three had just been silver platter of roast beef sandwiches by a chief Wardair stewardess royal party had their own private compartment at the rear of the plane and the stewardess returning to the front of the plane suddenly an enormous clatter Dashing back to the royal compartment she arrive to find that the plane vibration had knocked the platter of sandwiches off a dining table On his hinds and knees was Prince Edward scooping up the remains of roast beef buck onto platter by the whole situation the stewardess dived into the centre after having found the royal prince picking up the sandwiches The Queen rtplied with a w ie of her hand she was quite pleased to find Edward was proving himself to useful Ont of the first places Prlnct Phillip and Prince fcdward headed for during first part of their flight was pilot cabin which was a complete surprise for Captain Previously lit had been told by protocol of fit ills ac Queens trip that the royal party would remain in their compartment during the flights Instead two mole royal members casually walked into the to el a better appreciation of what they flying in recalled captain Prince Phillip is a vtry reserved type of man but he is also very natural and toing open chatting described the pilot Prince dward he found to quite politt but also genuinely interested in the plant They all struck mi us real honest human PROUDLY pilot Bill shows his wife Gail and son Billv the momenta he received from the Queen For three days prior to the opening of the 11th Commonwealth Games Captain Pullen piloted a Diane carrying the Queen to several spots in the Prairies A former bush pilot Mr is a test pilot with De Aircraft Co in Toronto High taxes no benefit Poor social planning rural problems Formation of a local steering committee this fall and study of rural problems recently Identified in a rural workshop is anticipated as part of a rural development project of the University of Rural residents meeting in group workshops in Milton on June identified concerns and issues in Halton Region as part of Rural Develop ment Outreach Project of the University of Under topics of economic concern community facilities environmental concerns and human develop ment the groups targeted the five major Issues of area Now Valerie Giimor Coordinator of the project notes in summary a number of broad issues emerge They can be regarded as either problems or as goals for the rural community Ms Giimor lists under the problems heading the negative impact of on the rural community poor social planning and land use planning or rural areas 3 high taxes with no bend its alienation of rural people from the political and planning process a feeling of helplessness being unable to influence one own future the problems to Ms sees Hum this way I integration of ex into rural torn muniles I tht need for social planning and land use planning for rural areas reduction of taxes development of bttter means of communicating uith politicians and planners development of strategics to influence making These Issues were torn men to all groups The fact hot they arose in each of tht discussion groups even though the subject matter was different indicates how crucial these issues are and low Interwoven are to Hit present fabric of run life living This was Christmas celebrated by children at library An enthusiastic group of children enjoyed summer time Christmas at the Acton library recently The library Ind films a visit from St Nick distribution beings said adding that many peopli tend to look upon royalty something akin to supcrhumnns The did however enjoy nothing but the best during her travd with War dair according to Captain stewardesses assigntdtothe flight were the lops of the company considerable i fort was made strvt and her family in the best possible style The lest possible style included purchase of teacups at reported tost of The silver was also genuine silver The plane wit- mtticu styled fitted to party with utmost comfort Six big comfort iblc were brought In so Queen and f and would be able to during was nothing but best and certainly fit for a Queen The tare and thought that went Into providing the best did not go unnoticed by the Queen On the final part of the trip to she presented stcwardtss with a silver tombandtoC aptain photograph he royal couple personally signed Looking to he present of the photo iph Mr Pullen rtmtm Hit with llttlt ind humor Minutes before he met with Hie Queen protocol officials hid him how tht presented hi would irried out Hit would senttd would tint with I im r i few minutes lit present to follow would It lis cue to then il I iiuitf ippen hit id I was ushered into her compartment to find her standing not seated and with the picture in one hand he made an jilt nipt to shake her hand and receive the portrait at the same time He also that the presentation signalled bis lime to depart from her compartment Disappointed he would not h any time to speak with her he turned to leave at which point she started to say what a very nice plane this is and continue with malt talk Despite protocol officials attempts Captain felt pit iscd Queen had ob made the effort to put him at his case It w is embarrassing to point you are not sure how to handle the situation he retailed Hut she is a very warm id human person he ad ded is discovered Canadian military would be unable to land and take off safely at some of he very small airfields the Queen visited in the prairies Hired by to tram pilot for the brand new aircraft was later decided by Canadian government officials and the Queen chief pilot that Pullen should be hired for the occasion Together Captain Pullen and the Queen pilot com pitted a dry test run for the three days flights to assess safety fuctors deter mine exact liming He had been told the Queen wa never late and it is with pride that he notes the Quten was never kept waiting with aircraft dtlays despite the hat she herself was on four occasions several minutes behind schedule That was usually due to traffic delays bill he still in idt an to make up for the lost minuits in flight Once slit made i rtfpie andwewtn minutes fr our flying time he ret His only w job came after teitvisi and nation wide paper ittnbuted the I arrival on one headwinds We did our flight exactly the block turn it was scheduled he sud the precise flying plans I that included an iltow nil for headwinds present ill to I he chief stew in i n the Dash flight I intends to shun honors by making of for olhtr of crew Now for few lys vicalion lilt pilot intends take i slime trip with his family northern before bulk the skys perhaps the single most important discovery of the dav Ms reports 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