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She said she hopes people walk away from her
presentation feeling inspired and motivated to be
creative and learn new things to help combat climate
change and plastic waste pollution – two subjects in
her presentation.
Dr. Roberta Bondar, a Sault native and the Canada’s first
woman in space, was at the Bushplane Centre
th
Wednesday evening as part of their 30 Anniversary
Celebration.
“Especially people who are in a position to develop
While there, she had a meet and greet, followed by a
new products or new things or kids going through
multimedia presentation – entitled Stars and Flights – school, and just being inspired to think differently, be
speaking about the importance of flight and space and curious and learn, because that’s the first step in
the impacts humans are having on the planet.
becoming innovative,” she said.
Dan Ingram, Executive Director, Bushplane Museum, told Ingram said this event was “a great opportunity for us
SaultOnline they arranged this as part of their 30th to give back to the community who’s supported us for
anniversary celebrations because of Dr. Bondar’s 30 years and who has helped us grow to what it is
relationship with both the Sault and the Bushplane today and it’s just a great opportunity to celebrate.”
Centre.
“It’s interesting because often when people are coming
through for tours, they stop and look at the Roberta
Bondar display that we have here, and most people
don’t realize that she was from Sault Ste. Marie and its
a great tribute to our museum that she’s donated
artifacts from her excursion in space. And to bring her
back to talk about some of those experiences and
other experiences she’s had dealing with aviation,
persay, and with our cadet program here tonight, it’s a
great honour to have her here for this event.”
“We have an honourary display in our hall of fame, a
display for her, and it’s just a great opportunity and a Keepers of the Lost Wreck
great honour for us to be able to bring her back to the
community to be able to share some of the experiences Amateur crash site
that she’s had with the community,” he said. investigation is more
Dr. Bondar told SaultOnline she felt honoured to be part than a hobby. It’s an
of the Bushplane Museum’s 30th anniversary ideology.
celebrations, as she respects what the Bushplane does.
“The local community is amazing when you think about it.
Think of the size of the Sault and the history of Canada In 2014, backcountry hiker Jeff Lang photographs the
and the history of world and this city and this hanger, it’s tail of a downed Royal Canadian Air Force DC-3 Dakota
unbelievable,” she said. “By having this museum, it’s not on Mount Coulthard, Alberta, Canada. The airplane
only just looking at the planes, it’s actually involving crashed in 1946 while en route from Comox, British
Columbia to Greenwood, Nova Scotia, killing all seven
people into why the planes are here – it’s an interactive
museum and I have my space stuff here in the corridor on board. (Courtesy Dave McMurray)
and that means a lot to me.”
