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i l I £l)c Cunaînan Btolcsman 1 IL B BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1982 Senior nursing staff from two northern Ontario hospitals spent most of last week in Bowmanville, during a three-day workshop held at Memorial Hospital and at the Flying Dutchman Hotel. Hère, Lyndon Uiselt (right), acting director of nursing at Moose Factory Hospital and Sally Irwin, director of nursing at Sioux Lookout Hospital present a gift to Richard Elston, executive director of Memorial Hospital, Bowmanyille. The gift consists of four hand-made tamarack geese made by Cree Indians at Moose Factory. The geese will be displayed at Memorial Hospital as a memento of the seminar. Nurses from Bowmanville and their northern colleagues exchange ideas. Nursing staff at Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville, had a chance to exchange ideas with senior nurses at two federal hospitals in northern Ontario during a three-day seminar held last week in Bowmanville. Bowmanville. The northern nurses are part of a force of approximately approximately 950 who are employed at hospitals, clinics, and remote nursing stations in Canada's northern provinces and territories. Ora Babcock, chairperson for the workshop, said that senior staff from Sioux Lookout and Moose Factory hospitals usually travel to southern Ontario each year to participate, in a workshop. This year, it was decided that the nurses from the two northern hospitals would participate in a program operated in conjunction with a community hospital of southern Ontario. One of the reasons for choosing Bowmanville was the fact that it is similar to the community hospital facility, operated at Moose Factory, explained Howard Embree. Mr. Embree, Regional Staffing Training Officer for the Ontario Region of Medical Services, National Health and Welfare, explained that Bowmanville was also chosen because he was well aware of the hospital's high quality staff and programs. Mr. Embree worked at Memorial Hospital nine years ago. James Hooper, Director of Patient Services for Memorial Hospital, explained that some of the areas in which the nurses have been exchanging ideas include staffing patterns, availability of staff, education programs, and quality assurance. During the three-day workshop, workshop, there were talks by •several guest speakers, including Ginette Rodger, executive director of the Canadian Nurses Association, and Dr. Josephine Flaherty, Principal Nursing Officer with National Health and Welfare. There was also a panel discussion among staff of the three participating hospitals, and a tour of Memorial Hospital. In addition, there were opportunities for social •activities among the staffs represented at the workshops. This included a banquet at the British Bulldog in Oshawa and a visit to Whitby's Marigold Theatre. "We ]were made to feel very welcome," said Mr. Embree. About '• 13 iiursear-". from • Memorial Hospital's staff took part in the seminar, along with eight nursing supervisors and head nurses from Sioux Lookout and Moose Factory hospitals. Three representatives representatives of the regional office for National Health and Welfare also took part in the seminar. Madeleine Robinson (left) assistant director of Hospital; and Lyndon Uisèlt, acting director of nursing at Sioux Lookout Hospital; Beth Morton, nursing at Moose Factory Hospital, review some Co-ordmator of in-service training at Bowmanville recent educational material. One of the highlights of the seminar for senior Lookout Hospital; Ora Babcock, Regional Nursing nurses from federal hospitals of Ontario held in Officer of the Ontario Region, Medical Services, Bowmanville last week was an opportunity to National Health and Welfare; Anne Tomatuk, discuss problems and exchange ideas with nurses Director of Nursing, Moose Factory Hospital; and and staff from a community hospital in southern Howard Embree, Regional Staffing/Training Ontario. In this photo, from left, are: James Officer for Ontario Region, Medical Services, Hooper, director of patient services, Memorial National Health and Welfare. Hospital; Sally Irwin, director of nursing at Sioux N W ant to F eel Like a Bird in F nil Flight? Tr By Peter Parrott Aside from sprouting wings and feathers, microlight flying is probably the closest a human being will come to the age-old dream of soaring like abird. Ultra-light aircraft have only been flying for the past decade and are descended from motorized hang gliders. But a popular machine used by local microlight enthusiasts is much more than a hang glider with motors! It's a true aircraft, explains Walter Rebot, President of Oshawa Power Gliders Ltd. The company sells and pro 1 motes the Lazair microlight aircraft manufactured by an all-Canadian company based in Port Colborne, Ont. Walter Rebot, who trained as a rivate pilot in 1968 and later ecame interested in the power gliders was one of the first owners of a microlight in the Oshawa area. With a partner, Phil White, Mr. Rebot also operates Microlight Instruction Limited, which provides practical training and ground school instruction for microlight microlight planes. Both Microlight Instruction and Oshawa Power Gliders Ltd., are based at R.R.l, Hampton, just north of Mitchell's Corners. With its twin 9'/a horsepower motors, a 36-foot wingspan, transparent plastic coverings for the wings, and tricycle landing gear, the Lazair microlight looks like a machine in which Orville and Wilbur Wright would feel quite comfortable. But it would be a mistake to think of the microlights as primitive aircraft. In fact, they have the simplicity of the early flying machines but are made from materials representing the latest in flight technology. Aluminum, high density foams, and plastics, make the microlight both strong and light. Its total weight without pilot is just 183 pounds. Mr. Rebot explained that the complete kit for Take off, eh. Walter Rebot (left) and Phil White about eight microlight aircrafts in the Oshawa with one of their Lazair microlight aircrafts. The area. tiny, single seat plane shown above is basically a Several of the planes are based at Oshawa Power twin-engine glider manufactured by a company in Gliders Ltd., north of Mitchell's Corners. Port Colborne, Ontario, and sold as a kit. There are constructing the Lazair co^s. $5,500. Between 150 to 200 hours are needed to assemble the machine. There are between "800 and 1000 of the aircraft in Canada. While microlights microlights are more numerous in the U.S., the sport is just getting started in Canada, Mr. Rebot spid. An experienced pilot will only need an hour or two to learn to fly a microlight. Nonpilots Nonpilots will need more time. The number of hours required to get a non-pilot airborne depends a lot on the individual. Microlight Instruction Ltd., offers a course for persons without aircraft training which includes five hours of flight on a regular light aircraft at Oshawa Airport and then instruction on the Lazair microlight. Instruction for experienced pilots is also provided. Initially, pilots learn by taking short hops into the air and then back onto the landing strip. This gives them instruction in the art of landing and takeoff which is most important to flying. Controls are simple. A single stick determines roll, pitch and yaw, while optional rudder pedals are available. An air speed indicator is the only instrument required, although other aircraft instrumentation is optional. Thirty-five to forty miles per hour is the top cruising speed of the Lazair, It has a maximum speed of 55 miles per hour and a stall speed of 20 miles per hour. When it comes to altitude, the sky's the limit. In California, these aircraft have flown to 8,000 feet. Generally, flyers stay about 1,000 feet above populated areas, but may fly at four or five hundred feet in the countryside. Ease of flying is probably one of the main advantages to microlights. Phil White, an instructor, and microlight flyer explains that aircraft have historically been developed and improved as a result of wartime usage. The tendency was towards planes which were heavier and faster and away from the little crafts which could be flown for fun. The microlight represents a return to the days of flying for fun. "You get the freedom of taking off from your own backyard," explains Mr. Rebot. A 200 foot grass landing strip is all that is needed for takeoff. "It's back to grassroots flying -- flying as it's intended to be," he added. Conventional flying requires large amounts of technical support including engine rebuilds rebuilds and regular inspections. With microlight aircraft, it's different. "It's so simple that if you're mechanically inclined, you can maintain your own aircraft," said Mr. Rebot. Another difference between microlight flying and conventional conventional flying is fuel costs. A small light plane may use seven gallons of fuel per hour, while the microlight requires one to one and one-halt gallons. gallons. Conventional aircraft 1 currently require aviation fuel which costs $2.50 per gallon, while ultralight planes use regular gasoline mixed with oil. The ultralight aircraft are so revolutionary that government government regulations have not caught up with them as yet. However, Mr. Rebot expects that in 1983 there will be regulations regulations governing microlight flying. He expects that they will be similar to the common sense rules that good pilots are using now. Planes will likely be restricted from flying too low over populated areas, for example. Moreover, helmets would be mandatory, microlight microlight pilots' licences would be required, aircraft registration would jiie introduced, _ and planes would not be allowed at radio controlled airports. Oshawa Power Gliders Limited has put on displays and aerial exhibitions at a number of Ontario airshows and has made several long distance flights to places such as Lindsay, King City, Orillia, and Caledon. Equipped with skiis for the winter and floats for landing on water, microlight can take a pilot to a variety of locations in all seasons. In, addition to being an ideal aircraft for the flight enthusiast, enthusiast, the microlight also has commercial potential! Walter Rebot suggests that these machines would be ideal for search and rescue missions missions because they can fly close to the ground at very low speeds. Microlight pilots could take part in search and rescue as a public service, since their machines are so perfect for reconniassance purposes. Aerial photography, aerial advertising, and crop dusting are just a few, additional applications of microlight aircraft. But no matter what uses they serve in the aviation world, there's every indication indication that microlight flying will take off in popularity. The aircraft are small enough to make flight a possibility for the individual who always wanted to fly. • i It's a bird, it's a plane. No, it's a microlight. The horsepower engines, the aircraft weighs a mere Lazair microlight aircraft is shown above during a 183 pounds without the pilot, flight near Mitchell's corners. Powered by twin 9Mi