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8147 Dave Lowdon

 

Military

 1969 -  Graduated from RMC

  • 1969 – 1970 – Pilot Training at Camp Borden and Gimli
  • 1970 – 1971 – Flying Tutors and awaiting operational assignment at Moose Jaw
  • 1971 – 1975 – Twin Huey pilot with 408 Squadron Edmonton
  • 1975 – 1977 – Buffalo pilot with 424 Squadron Trenton
  • 1977 – 1979 – Operations Officer at HQ 10 Tactical Air Group St Hubert
  • 1979 – 1982 – Twin Huey Flight Commander with 427 Squadron Petawawa
  • 1982 – 1983 – UN Military Observer in Lebanon
  • 1983 – 1984 – Staff College Toronto
  • 1984 – 1987 – CF Liaison Officer at the US Army Aviation Center Fort Rucker AL
  • 1987 – 1991 – DCO and then CO 447 Squadron Edmonton
  • 1991 – 1993 - Operations Officer at Air Command HQ Winnipeg
  • 1993 – 1994 – Commander 10 Tactical Air Group St Hubert
  • 1994 – retired

 United Nations

 1976 – UNEF(ME) – Buffalo pilot with 116 Air Transport Unit,  Ismailia Egypt

  • 1982 – 1983 – UNTSO - UN Military Observer, Beirut/Naquora Lebanon
  • 1990 -  ONUCA – Deputy Contingent Commander and CO 89 Rotary Wing Aviation Unit,          Tegucigalpa Honduras
  • 1994 – 1996 – Chief of Transportation, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, UN Secretariat New York – left for law school

 Law

 1996 – 2001 – Law School, Articling, Bar Admission and aviation consulting

  • 2001 – 2018 – Practised corporate and securities law in Ottawa at the firm of Perley-Robertson,   Hill & McDougall LLP
  •  2018 – retired again

 

Education

 1969 – BA  RMC

  • 1987 – M Sc  Troy State University
  • 1999 – LLB  University of Ottawa

 

Personal

 Met Daisy while we were both serving in Egypt in 1976 and married her in 1978

  • Retired in Ottawa (Orleans) and it looks as if we will remain here for the duration
  • Keep myself occupied by volunteering as a Director on not for profit boards related to veterans and at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum


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