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Tom and Pearl Sullivan posted a condolence
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
It’s the rare engineer who can design and build. Carl was one of them, like Leonardo de Vinci and Alexander Graham Bell. His home should be made into a museum. My wife (former Dean of Engineering at university of Waterloo) and I are amazed at his achievements.
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Ron Grant posted a condolence
Friday, April 19, 2024
Carl was a pivotal influence in my life. After riding solo on a Triumph 650 by complete accident in Sudbury the summer of 1967 I immediatly switched my interest from English sports cars to motorcycles. When I returned to UNB the next year I heard of this small 'hole in the wall' dealer of BULTACO bikes in Fredericton. I will never forget the day a friend and I travelled to Carl's porch to be introduced to his small stock of bikes on the porch. He grabbed one and bounced it up and down like a madman! "These bikes are super strong, they are almost like masochists!" he stated. I started my research, quit Mechanical Engineering for a year to save money,and the next summer bought "The best small motorcycle in the world", a Bultaco Metralla 250.
The summer of 1969 I took that bike 18000 miles around North America. I was hooked for life and still,ver 50 years later I have 4 motorcycles in my garage. I have visited 27 countries on my motorcycles , and never been without one or more since then.
Thanks Uncle Carl for changing my life! Rest in peace.
Ron in Brisbane, Australia.
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Robert LeBlanc posted a condolence
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
So sorry to hear that Carl passed away my condolences go out to you Frank and all the Family. Aldo I don't think that I ever met Carl but after reading his obituary he must have been a very interesting and accomplished person. I wish that I could have met hin. R.IP. Carl
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Shirley Stuart posted a condolence
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Frank I'm saddened to hear this news. I send my deepest sympathy to you & your family. Best personal regards, Shirley Stuart
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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Meeting Carl, Jean, and Frank around 2018 was the first and only time I got to meet my first cousins - 4 times removed - I think. Carl sat majestically in his overstuffed chair and showed me a huge box of family genealogy records. We had a comfortable conversation that day in his big house near the river in Fredericton. It was a perfect day in so many ways, opening up a new branch of my family to admire. We've lost a treasure, but may all his close kin keep his memory alive. Loving greetings to you all!
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Tim Smith posted a condolence
Monday, March 25, 2024
Very sorry to read of Carl's passing. While a youngster Carl helped me with model airplane building, when a teenager Carl kept my Bultaco running and inspired me to this day, 50 years later, to get out and enjoy motorcycling. His innovations in aeronautics laid the groundwork for unmanned aerial vehicles in Canada in the early years. A quiet and modest genius with whom I will miss chatting.
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Sunday, March 24, 2024
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I will always fondly remember my friend Carl beginning with visiting his bike shop during High School days in the sixties. In fact I still own the Kawasaki he sold me in 1970 and a Bultaco he sold to a friend
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Richard Kirkbride posted a condolence
Sunday, March 24, 2024
I was introduced to Carl in 1992 by the late Glen Boyd. Carl taught me to fly RC and spent many times with Carl at his home and at the flying field. He was an exceptional person and an expert builder and flyer. He will be missed. Sincerely Rick Kirkbride (FMAC)
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Ed McGoldrick posted a condolence
Sunday, March 24, 2024
My condolences to Carl's family and good friends. As a young man attending Albert Street school I would often see, in winter, Carl on one of his Bultaco's with studded tires ripping up Albert Street..... probably coming from the UNB campus. A few years later I would hang out a bit with a friend who purchased a Bultaco from him and Carl was amused that I covered up my Honda gas tank emblems with Bultaco stickers. He was a brilliant engineer.
Ed McGoldrick
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Jim Lloyd posted a condolence
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Hi Carl’s family. Carl and I had many times in his living room getting fuel for the clubs members, during that time we would discuss the Avro Arrow , and the effect of turbulators on an aircraft wing. Great times.
Best Regards Jim Lloyd, Saint John Model Flying Club
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