Probus Tour to Oktoberfest in Kitchener Oct. 11, 2012

On the Oktoberfest Bus

After a scenic tour through the Ontario country side we ended up at Bingemans in Kitchener for a Bavarian lunch and refreshments, some old time Polka tunes, yodeling and cowbells, and Manfred hammering away at the beer keg

An Aviation Announcement

THE PROBUS CLUB OF OAKVILLE – In a moving ceremony which took place at the Canada Science and Technology Museum on November 21, 2012, in Ottawa, Honorary Air Commodore, The Honourable John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canada’s First Pilot and the first man to fly in Canada and the British Empire, J. A. D. McCurdy, was inducted into the prestigious Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.

McCurdy graduated from the Universityof Toronto in 1906 in Mechanical Engineering where he was the youngest student to be admitted to the University. Capping a brilliant career in aviation, McCurdy was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947-1952. Known as one of the Principal Fathers of Canadian Aviation when he died on June 25, 1961, in Montreal, Quebec, he was the world’s oldest living pilot. J. A. D. McCurdy was buried in his birthplace, Baddeck, Nova Scotia with full military honours facing the waters of Bras d’Or Lake from where he made his historic flight in The Silver Dart