Turf Management - Seneca College

alumnihappenings
High Flying AFT Reunion
Dozens of pilots – civil, military
and private - from across the
country came home to roost at
Seneca College on Saturday, October
27, 2001.
The first-ever reunion of the
Aviation & Flight Technology program
– co-sponsored by the Alumni Association
– featured both an Open
House at the Buttonville Hangar in
the afternoon, and a dinner-dance at
the Shangri-La Conference Centre in
Markham.
About 150 alumni, family and
friends came out to the hangar in the
afternoon to see the new Cessna fleet
take to the air (with varying degrees
of success) via the simulators, check
out the 30 class photos on the wall,
and meet former classmates, professors
and flying instructors.
At the Shangri-La that evening,
once again about 150 alumni and
guests attended the dinner, danced
and reminisced. On hand were three
of Seneca College’s presidents: W.T.
(Bill) Newnham – who spoke about
the beginnings of the program – Roy
McCutcheon and Rick Miner. Guests
included members of almost each
graduating class since 1971, and the
program’s first female pilot, ’77 grad
Lenora Shaw, who flew in from
Calgary.
Special thanks go to faculty members
Joe Thompson and Dominic
Totino, retired AFT Chair Bob Froebel,
and ’80 alumnus Scott Smith – now
with the GTAA – who were instrumen-
tal in organizing the reunion, and also
to ’78 grad Joe Zigrossi, who’s Global
Aerospace Underwriters (Canada)
Limited supplied the wine at dinner.
Plans are underway to make the
“Hangar Open House” an annual
event in late October.
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