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Baker, Russell Francis

1910–1958

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Biographie

He was a bush pilot and one of the early airmen on the BC coast.

He worked for Western Canada Airways and Canadian Pacific Airlines.

In 1946 he started Central B.C. Airways and obtained as fire patrol contract from the BC Forest Service.

He amalgamated a number of airlines in BC and Alberta to form what became, in 1953, Pacific Western Airlines.

He was President of Pacific Western Airlines in 1958.

Références

  • Healey, Elizabeth. (1967)
  • Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press.

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