Biographical Data
Powick, Ian Airth Photo Credit: RCN Official Photo

 

Title	Lieutenant (RCN)
Official Number	O-60028

 

Birth	27/01/1939	Death	17/04/2012
Place	Kelowna	Place	Scottsdale
Area	BC	Area	AZ
Country	Canada	Country	USA

 

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Biography
After his naval service he joined Northern Helicopters Ltd. and Vancouver Island Helicopters Ltd. and Haida Helicopters Ltd. He also joined Nahanni Helicopters, Deltaire Industries and Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporation. In 1992 he moved to Scottsdale AZ.

 

Military Service

(Short Service Appointment). He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 03/09/1957). He served in HMCS Venture (Officer Training Establishment) for Training 1957. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1959). He served in RCAF Centralia for Primary Flight Training 1959. He served in RCAF Penhold for Basic Flight Training 1959. He served in RCAF Saskatoon for Advanced Flight Training 1960. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1960). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VU-32 Squadron for Tracker Conversion 1960. He served in HMCS Shearwater for Advanced Anti-submarine Course 1961. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron for Helicopter Conversion 1961. He served in HMCS Naden for VU-33 Squadron 1961. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 16/04/1964). He served in HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Bonaventure for HS-50 Squadron as Operational Pilot 1965. He served in RNAS Culdrose on Exchange With RN 1966. He served in MARCOM HQ as Watchkeeper 1967. (He was released from the RCN 31/01/1968.)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Total Flying Hours: 4,000 hours. Service Aircraft Flown: Chipmunk, Harvard, Expeditor, Tracker, HTL-6, HO4S-3, CHSS-2, HUP-3. T-33, Wessex Mk5. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Fleet Canuck, Bell 47, Bell 206, Bell 205, Alouette II & III, Lama, Gazelle, A-Star, Twinstar, Dauphin, Super Puma
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Anecdotes

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Email (Karin Powick Starling - Nauticapedia 12/01/2017);
Last update
2017-02-24 00:00:00

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