OCTOBER 2011
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Ground Run-up Enclosure on track for December completion
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YVR is three months away from opening Canada’s first Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE)—a facility designed to minimize noise in surrounding communities from aircraft engine run-ups. Crews have been busy all summer doing groundwork for the GRE, demolishing old buildings, removing old concrete, relocating utilities and laying down the foundation for a new apron. The site’s location near YVR’s first terminal building and the heart of the airport’s south-side operations provided a handful of challenges. Crews had to work around and reroute old buried utilities in the ground, including power, communications, sanitary, storm, gas and water mains, which were built up on the site over the past 80 years. And to minimize impacts to operations, customers and nearby business partners, a lot of the work has taken place at night or during off-peak hours. Starting this month, the materials and steel required for the actual structure will
YVR’s state-of-the-art Ground Run-up Enclosure is designed to minimize noise from engine run-ups that are conducted as part of regular aircraft maintenance work. great machinery and construction crews hard at work as they build this state-of-theart facility. The GRE is a three sided, open–roofed enclosure between 11 – 15 metres tall, more than 60 metres wide and 80 metres long. It is built with noise-absorbing panels and perforated by several louvered vents
be delivered and construction on the enclosure walls will begin immediately. To ensure you don’t miss out on the daily progress, visit YVR’s new outdoor viewing platform located next to the South Terminal Building, which provides unobstructed views into the GRE. Bring the kids out for an afternoon and watch the
YVR Golf for Kids raises $260,000 on its 20th anniversary Spitfires at Goodwood
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for aerodynamic purposes, and is designed to reduce the engine run-up noise heard in nearby neighbourhoods by up to 50 per cent. Completion of the project is slated for December 2011. For more information on the GRE, visit yvr.ca.
Hope Air welcomes Rick Mercer as Honorary Patron Rick Mercer has spent a lot of time
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flying across Canada for his TV show The Rick Mercer Report. From tagging moose on the Island of Newfoundland,
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to fighting fires in Kamloops, British Columbia, Mercer has a rare perspective on Canada and all the wonderful places across the country. That’s YVR Golf for Kids Board of Directors—(left to right) Dan Northam, Wayne Duzita, Brian Flagel, Cheryl Hendrickson, Jim Westmacott and Steve Veinot.
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Twenty years of the airport community coming together in support of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and local children’s charities was celebrated at this year’s YVR Golf for Kids tournament. Since 1991, the annual YVR Golf for Kids event has contributed more than $3 million to help children and families in British Columbia. This popular golf tournament brings together a close network of airport businesses and is supported by title sponsor Vancouver Airport Authority as well as Concord Pacific and Marquise Group as gold and bronze sponsors and The Vancouver Sun. Many airlines and airport businesses generously donate prizing for the gala auction and airport employees contribute hundreds of volunteer hours. In addition to the title sponsorship, Larry Berg, President and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority, donated a further $20,000 in celebration of the milestone anniversary to benefit local children’s charities.
why Hope Air, the unique charity that arranges free flights for low-income
The event took place at the newly named QGolf Club (previously called Quilchena Golf and Country Club) on September 15 with 144 golfers taking to the fairways. The evening gala dinner and auction at the River Rock Casino and Resort was attended by 400 people with emcee Shanel Pratap from Global News and auctioneer Howard Blank of Great Canadian Casinos. The popular silent and live auctions raised $260,000 from generous bids on unique items such as a Canuck jersey signed by the Stanley Cup final hockey team, a Langara Fishing Lodge vacation package, a full membership to QGolf Club, numerous hotel packages, and a record number of airline tickets. Other prizes were donated by Aldeasa Duty Free, Glentel, PCL, and many others. As always, the Vancouver Canucks organization played a significant role in the festivities. Canuck players Mason Raymond,
Canadians to get to healthcare, invited
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him to become its second National Honorary Patron—an offer he proudly accepted. “Over the years, as host of The Rick Mercer Report, I’ve visited many of the smaller cities and towns where Hope Air clients live,” said Mercer.
Rick Mercer, now an Honorary Patron of Hope Air charity. Photo: Robin Wong
“These are great communities, and
Hope Air was founded 25 years ago
wonderful places to live, work and
and since then has provided more than
raise a family. But if you are referred to
66,000 flights to children and adults.
specialized medical care outside your
Mercer joins current Hope Air
community it can sometimes be a real
National Honorary Patron Dr. Marc
challenge to get to the care you need,
Garneau, C.C., and Canada’s first
especially for individuals and fami-
astronaut. His Excellency the Right
lies living at—or below—the poverty
Honourable David Johnston, C.C.,
line. Hope Air helps people get to the
C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. is Vice Regal
healthcare they need with free flights.”
Patron of Hope Air.
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* YVR is the international aeronautical designation for Vancouver International Airport.