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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

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Clyde Wann
1950
Yukon, Canada

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Clyde Wann

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Cpt. Paddy Burke in cockpit
1928
Yukon, Canada
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Yukon bush pilot whose aircraft went down in the River country . The amazing story of his passenger's survival of 61 days in winter conditions.
Yukon Archives

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John Patterson Queen II pilot
1929
Yukon, Canada
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Yukon Airways pilot John Melvin "Pat" Patterson

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Andy Cruickshank
1900
Canada