History of my “Aerial Venue” poster, shown above.

(Actual poster size - 36”w x 24”h)

At the time of the Winter Olympics in Calgary, I had previously early retired from ATC and had just started an Aerial Photography company in

Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

When it was announced Calgary was selected for the 1988 Winter Olympics,

I immediately flew over and photographed the various venus.

I then assembled the pix in order and designed a poster

(as seen at the top of this page), then presented the draft sample to OCO.

It was immediately accepted as one of the official,

Calgary 1988 Winter Olympic posters and OCO added the logo’s,

Olympic Mascots Heidi and Howdy, also the Olympic Snow Flake,

and the Olympic Rings, then named the poster...

“Aerial Venue”.

This and other posters were sold during the Calgary Olympics.

(A copy-photo of my poster is at the top of this webpage)

Olympic Volunteering

As seen in photo above

In 1988 I was also fortunate to have had the opportunity to be one of the many

Olympic volunteers during the 16 days of the

Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games,

held in

Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The pic above is the Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games volunteer uniform that I wore, which was provided by OCO.

(Boots - Gloves - Jacket - Pants - Turtleneck - Touque {toque}-{tuque})

Notice the two pass-cards around my neck and arm-band ID

that allowed my entrance to various Olympic venues.

The medallions above, were awarded to me by OCO for appreciation

as a volunteer.

This group pic above, was taken at the Olympic Plaza with all volunteers assigned to various positions at the Plaza.

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The Theme of the Aerial Venue Poster...

While designing the poster, my thoughts were to have images of the various venues and their relationship to the centre core of the

City of Calgary.

For those unable to attend to view it for themselves, each number and arrow on the poster

represents the area location of that specific venue

in relationship to the downtown city core.

Then refer to the montage of pics below to view a close-up of that specific venue.

A little trivia about the Olympic Logo’s...

Were you aware the Olympics also has

“Official Colours”?

The five colours, (Black-Red-Blue-Yellow-Green) as shown in the background of the numbers that make up the colours of the arrows on the original Aerial Venue posters and are the exact tint and tone of that specific colour.

How was I made aware of this Olympic logo?

During the editing process of the pre-printing of the Aerial Venue poster,

the image was returned many times until the exact colour tint, or tone, of the official colours were recorded.

It’s not just any Red-Blue-Yellow or Green,

(as I thought), the colour is manipulated until the tint or tone is to their exact OCO specifications.

Olympic Memorabilia

To complete your collection of the

Winter Olympics held in Canada -

the Aerial Venue poster is available for those that would like to purchase a memorabilia item of the

Calgary 1988 Winter Olympic Games,

I still have a few of the original remaining

Aerial Venue posters, For-Sale.

I also retained the original overlay

of the Aerial Venue poster.

Mornings, I volunteered in

Broadcast Relations at the Olympics

from 9 a.m. to 12 noon

and mediated at the

Archie Boyce Arena,

where all the world newspapers, magazines, radio and TV networks convened each day to inform the public of the Olympic daily medal standings.

After lunch, from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.

I volunteered and mediated between the...

Olympic Committee Organization (OCO),

ABC-TV (New York) and CTVHB-TV at the Olympic Plaza,

in front of

Calgary City Hall. 

The venue for the medal awards of the day.

The crowds were massive and it was exhilarating to mingle amongst them, knowing that I and the other volunteers were responsible for the uninterrupted live performance and information being passed to

billions of TV viewers worldwide.