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EMC news - The pilot of a single-engine plane was able to walk away from an emergency landing in a dirt field on the afternoon of Sept. 5, crediting his training for the safe end of his solo trip. The plane remained upright during the landing, skimming over the hard dirt and the remaining stumps of hundreds of corn stalks that appeared to have been harvested recently. The 1997-model Katana two-seater lost power shortly after takeoff from Ottawa airport, said Ottawa fire department acting district Chief Donald Smith. “He took off on a test flight and had engine trouble and lost power,” Smith said. “He tried to get back to the airport.” The pilot avoided nearby power lines before landing in a plowed section of field northeast of the intersection of Fallowfield and Merivale roads. “He did a great job,” Smith said of the landing, adding there was little damage to the plane and the pilot was feeling fine despite the challenging landing. The male pilot, who did not identify himself, was wearing a shirt with an Ottawa Aviation Services logo when he walked out of the field.
The pilot of a small, singleengine plane, in red, walks away after an emergency landing in a Nepean corn field on Sept. 5. The pilot was the sole occupant and was uninjured. Nevil Hunt/metroland
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EMC news - Thanh Hai Ngo was one of five people recently appointed to the Canadian Senate. Ngo was one of two appointees from Ontario and is the first Vietnamese-Canadian senator in Canadian history. The Orleans man is a former teacher and was chair of the Employment Insurance Board of Referees and a citizenship judge. Ngo immigrated to Canada after fleeing the communist takeover in Vietnam. He remains active in various Vietnamese communities across the country. He founded the Ottawa Vietnamese Non-Profit Residence Corporation which provides housing with rents geared to income for seniors and low-income families. Ngo is also co-founder of the International Committee
for a Free Vietnam – Canada chapter. He served as the president of the Vietnamese Community Association of Ottawa and as a board member and vice-president of the Canadian Assessment and Placement Centre, Employment Centre for New Immigrants. Since being elected to government five years ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has appointed 50 senators. Tobias Enverga Jr. was the other senator appointed from Ontario. Thomas Johnson McInnis was appointed in Nova Scotia, Diane Bellemare in Quebec and Paul McIntyre in New Brunswick. “It is a pleasure to announce the appointment of these five distinguished Canadians to the Senate of Canada,” Prime Minister Harper said in a press release. “Their broad range of experience and dedication to community will further strengthen the institution and benefit the entire country.”
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Orléans EMC - Thursday, September 13, 2012
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