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White Pass Airways began their commercial air service in June, 1934 with this amphibious Loenin Keystone commuter, nicknamed "The Duck", and shown here on the Yukon river Dawson City. The pilot was Vern Bookwater
A.H. Fraser Photo
R.B. Cameron Collection
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BYN Company Ford Trimotor
1936
Whitehorse, Yukon Canada
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The White Pass Airways Ford Trimotor (left) and the BYN Fairchild 82 on the Yukon River ice at Whitehorse. * Note the freight sheds and shipyards in the background
A.H. Fraser Photo
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Passengers waiting to board the BYN Ford
1936
Mayo, Yukon Canada
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Passengers waiting to board the B.Y.N. Ford Trimotor CF-AZB at Mayo, Y.T.
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Ev Wasson with the Fairchild
1936
Mayo, Yukon Canada
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Ev Wasson with the Fairchild 82 CF-AXC at Mayo, Y.T.
Claude Tidd Photo
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BYN Company pilot Ev Wasson & Fairchild
1936
Mayo, Yukon Canada
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B.Y.N. Company pilot Ev Wasson (on ski pedestal) and Fairchild 82 CF-AYC, preparing to board passengers, on the Stewart River ice at Mayo, Y.T.
Claude Tidd Photo'
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The BYN Company Ford Trimotor
1938
Whitehorse, Yukon Canada
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The B.Y.N. Company Ford Trimotor at Whitehorse. The venerable aircraft hauled freight and passengers between Yukon communities from April 1936 until August of 1940, when it suffered irreparable damage in the company hanger and had to be put out of service.
Eccles Collection.
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BYN Pilot Norm Buck Stone with Ford
1939
Whitehorse, Yukon Canada
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B.Y.N. pilot Norm "Buck" Stone with the Ford Trimotor at Whitehorse. Twenty-Five years later Norm retired from Trans Canada Airlines (Air Canada) as a DC-8 Captain.
Norm Stone Photo
R.B. Cameron Collection
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BYN Company aircraft Maintenance Engineer Don Dickson and pilot Everett Wasson
1939
Whitehorse, Yukon Canada