... was born in Dublin, Ireland
Gordon started his interest in aviation while attending school.
His hobby, "Airspotting," included cycling to the airport to
collect aircraft registrations and taking photos.
He immigrated to Canada in 1965 to take the Aeronautical Engineering
course at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary,
Alberta.
He decided to "fly 'em rather than build 'em" and joined the Canadian
Armed Forces in 1968 as a pilot. He flew the Avro CF-100 and Lockheed T-33
with 414 Electronic Warfare (EW) Squadron, Air Defence Command based at CFB
North Bay, Ontario.
The Squadron provided a target force to exercise and test the North American
Air Defence (NORAD) system.
His secondary duties included the assistant Squadron Flight Safety Officer implementing
Flight Safety procedures and the reporting and filing of aircraft incidents and accidents.
An interesting part of the job was being the Squadron maintenance test pilot. Each aircraft was
test flown to check that all the systems were serviceable after major maintenance overhaul before
being returned to Squadron service.
Gordon has embarked on a writing career and an article on airborne electronic
warfare in the Canadian Armed Forces was published in the Feb/Mar 2009 issue
of Canada's National History Society's The Beaver magazine.
He lives in British Columbia, Canada.
