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INTERNATIONAL AIR BAHAMA CREW WEB

Bill & Lee McDonald would have been so proud of Dee, a great daughter! Enjoy family photos!

Enjoy Dee (Cathleen) Gummer´s photos! JUNE 24, 2006
I have so much fun reading everything you send out in the emails! I shall truely miss the reunion. How about a few new pictures of Shawn and family for Dad's site! They have moved to Jacksonville Florida to a naval station. They are beautiful children, even if I say so. The children in the pictures are: Justin William known as JW (9 yr old redhead), Marcus (5 yr old blond), and Kaylee Denyse (1 yr old strawberry blond). Shawn and Justin are the adults. I am going to plan for the Air Bahama reunion cruise in 2008! I will send copies of Steve (Dad's grandson) and his family for Dad's page also. I can't wait to see pictures of the Reunion and am so envious of those that get to go to it! I looked at Ev Terry's webpage and was so glad. It has been 30 years since I saw Kathy, Tom, Bim and Tracy. I miss my parents very much and also my sister. Greetings to all!
Love from Dee (Cathleen)

Bill McDonald IN MEMORIAM
A good friend and colleague

Bill served as flight engineer for International Air Bahama.

This is Bill McDonald own story of how the International Air Bahama Flight Engineer section was formed

On June 15th, 1968 Ev Terry came to Oklahoma City and contacted Bill McDonald and other engineers to hire us for EJA to start an airline. He hired Lynn Davis, John Nessal, Richard Brown and Bill McDonald, he had already hired Andy Boer.

We started company school. While we were there Ev asked me if I knew another engineer. I called my friend Charles Bryant and he was interested. He joined us at TWA where we went to B-707 school. We finished the school in June 1968 and went home until we met in Ohio. We then flew to Miami Florida to do training.

On the 18th July we made the proving run from Nassau to Luxembourg and back. As you know the first flight departed 21th July 1968 at 6.00 pm.

The second flight lift took off the next day on time.

Ev Terry, Don Torres, Walt Fink and Bill McDonald, was the cock pit crew. My grand son was born at take off time.

Bill McDonald

Photo of three awesome aviators!
Captain Joe Gorrill, Co Pilot Emmett Hayes
and Flight Engineer Bill McDonald.

Bill McDonald, Margie Ave Torres, Tex Davis, Ev Terry, Don Torres and Vernica Ferguson

Bill McDonald with Maddie Johnson Ledard and
Nicole Burnett´s mother visiting Nassau.

Shot of airplane taken
in Shannon Ireland, 1970.

Bill and Lee visiting Gunilla and Bob Kay Crawford in Florida Thanksgiving 2000.

Bill and Lee with their beloved grandchildren - photos sent by daughter Cathleen Dee Gummer.

Bill and Lee came to the wonderful IAB reunion in Luxembourg in July 2000!

Bill and Don Torres and Leo Antognoli, owner of the hotel Italia in Luxembourg hosting reunion!	Nicole Burnett, Henry Hilderman, Stephanie Matuzewski, Bill and Lee at reunion dinner at the Hotel Italia, Luxembourg
Bill dancing with Anette Martins.