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Pat Callison with Beaver in background
1955
Yukon, Canada

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E.P. (Pat) Callison with his brand new Beaver CF-GYK. Pat started his flying career in 1939 at Dease Lake, B.C. He few for Northern Airways from 1942 until 1947, when he and his family moved to Dawson City and started Callison's Flying Service. In 1955 he sold the fixed-wing operation and formed Klondike Helicopters, the first Yukon based helicopter company. Pat chronicled his life pioneering transportation in the North in his book "Pack Dogs to Helicopters".
R.B Cameron Collection

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Herman Peterson
1940
Atlin, BC, Canada

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Veteran bush pilot Herman Peterson, a native of Lachute Quebec, flew for Northern Airways from 1942 until operations ceased in 1950. He and his wife Doris then moved to Atlin, B.C. and started Peterson's Air Service, which they operated {with a name change to Coast Range Airways} until 1967 when he retired. In recognition to his skill and dedication the Atlin Airport has been officially named The Peterson Field.
(H.M. Peterson Photo)

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Jesse W. Rice
1920
Yukon, Canada

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Jesse W. Rice learned to fly in his native Saskatchewan before coming North with Frank Barr in 1934, and joining the B.Y.N. Company in 1936. On November 9, 1939 he and two passengers perished when their Fairchild 82 CF-AXK crashed into lake Laberge. Although some debris was seen floating on the lake, the main wreckage was never found.
(Mrs. Dorothy Rice Photo)

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Lionel Vines
1930
Yukon, Canada

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Lionel Vines
1930's-1941

Born in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, Lionel Vines learned to fly in Calgary in1930. He came north in 1936 to fly Northern Airways, and the following year, joined the B.Y.N. Company. On January 31, 1941 he and passenger Chappy Chapman were killed at Dawson City in a take-off accident with Fairchild 82 Cf-AXJ.
(Mrs.Shirley Bingham Photo)

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Vaughn Leigh Woods
1941
Yukon, Canada

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BYN pilot-engineer Vaughn Leigh Woods with Travel Air 6-B CF-BPV. Vaughn was killed in this aircraft in a tragic crash at Fox Lake on July 3, 1941. Passenger Tomas McKay survived.
R.B Cameron Collection

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Veteran pilot Les Cook
1938
Yukon, Canada

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Veteran pilot Les Cook with the Northern Airways Waco. Les Cook flew for both Northern Airways and the BYN company, before thaking a job flying as a civilian for the US Army. On December 4, 1942 he was killed in the crash of a US Army Norseman, on 2nd Avenue in Whitehorse R. Ward Photo

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Jim Eastman in the cockpit of his E2 Eastman
1953
Yukon, Canada

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Jim Eastman in the cockpit of his E2 Eastman Sea Rover, more commonly known as the Eastman flying boat. An aircraft with excellent flying qualities, it was plagued with chronic mount failures, due to the inherently rough-running six cylinder Curtiss Challenger engine.
Brian Burke Photo Collection