TUMBLER

Description: GLASS TUMBLER, IMAGE OF WHITE, BLUE AND RED PLANE ON SIDE WITH TEXT, "TIME AIR," ON SIDE OF PLANE, TEXT BELOW IMAGE READS, "DASH-8-1987."

History: TUMBLER WAS PURCHASED BY DONOR AT HUMANE SOCIETY SPRING GARAGE SALE FOR $1.00. DONOR PURCHASED WITH SPECIFIC INTENT TO DONATE TO GALT MUSEUM. UNKNOWN WHO BROUGHT TUMBLER TO GARAGE SALE. TIME AIR WAS THE LAUNCH CUSTOMER FOR THE DEHAVILLAND DASH 8 IN 1987. ACCORDING TO GILL COHEN, A PILOT FOR TIME AIR, THE DASH 8 WAS VERY INNOVATIVE FOR ITS TIME, AND WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA'S EMERGENCE AS A WORLD PLAYER IN AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS EVENT WAS MARKED BY THE PRODUCTION OF SPECIALTY ITEMS, SUCH AS FLIGHT JACKETS, SHIRTS, AND POSSIBLY GLASS TUMBLER SETS. COHEN STATES THAT THE QUANTITY OF THESE SPECIALTY GLASSES ARE VERY LIMITED. ACCORDING TO CHRIS LITTLE, FORMER EMPLOYEE OF TIME AIR, THESE GLASSES WERE PRODUCED BY DEHAVILLAND. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THEY WERE SOLD OR GIFTED, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A SET, BUT LIKELY THEY WERE GIVEN TO PILOTS, STEWARDESSES, AND FLIGHT OPS. THE COLOUR SCHEME OF THE AIR CRAFT ON THE GLASS DID NOT MATCH THE ACTUAL COLOURS OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WERE WHITE, RED, AND AMBER. THE WHITE, RED AND BLUE COLOURS WERE LIKELY THE PROPOSED SCHEME OFFERED BY PACIFIC WESTERN, WHO WORKED IN CONCERT WITH TIME AIR AND OWNED APPROXIMATELY 25% OF TIME AIR DURING THE 1980S. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TIME AIR, SEE PERMANENT RECORD AND P19990029023.