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This chronology was supplied to Stuart Graham by A.G. (Tim) Sims*, an air engineer during the early bush flying years. The list is from his memory.
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 St. Maurice Forestry Protective Association
Aircraft - 2 HS-2L Flying Boats*
Pilot - Stuart Graham*
Engineer - W. Kahre
Experimental Mail Service, Seattle-Vancouver
Aircraft - Boeing C-700 Seaplane
Pilot - Ed Hubbard
St. Maurice Forestry Protective Association
Aerial Survey Company Ltd. (Newfoundland)
Aircraft - 1 Martinsyde, 1 Westland Biplane
Pilots - Stanley Cotton, Sydney Bennet
Price Brothers and Company, Ltd.
Aircraft - Martinsyde Seaplane
Pilot - H.S. Quigley
H.V. Green Labrador Expedition
Aircraft - 2 Curtiss J.N.4.*
Pilots - Lt. Daniel Owen and others
Same as 1920, except H.V. Green Labrador Expedition eliminated
Laurentide Air Service Ltd.
(St. Maurice Forestry Protective Association)
Aircraft - 1 Vickers Viking and HS-2Ls*
Pilots - Roy Grandy*, Roy Maxwell, G.A. Thompson
Aerial Survey Company Ltd. (Newfoundland)
Price Brothers and Company Ltd.
Ontario Pulp and Paper Company
Had a United States pilot fly to Franquelin Bay on a timber survey
Laurentide Air Services Ltd.
Aerial Survey Company Ltd. (Newfoundland)
Dominion Aerial Exploration Company
(Price Brothers and Company Ltd.)
Aircraft - HS-2L's*
Pilots - H.S. Quigley, C.L. Bath, F.V. Robinson
Fairchild Aerial Services of Canada Ltd.
Aircraft - Curtiss Seagull*, Curtiss Standard J.1.
Pilots - K.F. Saunders, H.M. Passmore, A.G. McLerie
Ontario Pulp and Paper Company
Aircraft - 1 HS-2L*
Alaska Airways, Seattle
Seattle-Victoria Mail Service Continued
J.V. Elliot, Hamilton
Laurentian Air Service, St. Jovite
Laurentide Air Services Ltd.
Haileybury-Rouyn Service in winter
Aircraft - 1 Vickers Viking, 3 HS-2L's*, Westland Limousine and D.H.9 bought for winter Haileybury-Rouyn service.
Pilots - C.S. Caldwell, B.W. Broatch, Scott Williams
Dominion Aerial Exploration Ltd.
Aircraft - 2 HS-2L's*, 3 Norman Thompson Boats
Fairchild Aerial Services
Aircraft - photographic Huff-Daland & Curtiss Standard J.1.
Alaska Airways
J.V. Elliot
Laurentian Air Service
Ontario Provincial Air Service
Aircraft - Established with 13 HS-2L boats* and 1 Loening
Pilots - Roy Maxwell, C.J. Clayton, G.A. Thompson and others
Dominion Aerial Exploration Ltd.
(Became Canadian Airways in June)
Aircraft - HS-2L Flying Boats*
Pilots - H.S. Quigley, F.V. Robinson, C.L. Bath
Laurentide Air Services Ltd.
Discontinued operations in June but, Caldwell & Scott Williams operated Viking in Northwest Territories.
Fairchild Aerial Surveys Ltd.
Aircraft - Huff-Daland, Curtiss Seagull*
Pilots - K.F. Saunders, H.M. Pasmore, A.G. McLerie
J.V. Elliot
Aircraft - 3 planes (J.N.4.?), 1 flying boat
Pilots - J.V. Elliot, A.H. Farrington, W.M. Emery, H.C.W. Smith, C.C. Marshall
R.J. Groome, Regina
Brock & Weymouth
Aircraft - Fokker C-11
Pilot - J.R. Robertson
Northern Air Services, Haileybury
Pilot - B.W. Broatch
Pacific Airways Ltd., Vancouver
Aircraft - 1 HS-2L*
Pilot - D.R. MacLaren*
Ontario Provincial Air Service
Aircraft - 2 Loenings, 17 HS-2L*
Pilots - Roy Maxwell, C.C. Clayton, H.C. Foley, R.C. Guest, W.H. Ptolemy, A. Harvey, J.O. Leach, H.A. Oaks, J.R. Ross, J.C. Ruse, C.A. Schiller, J.G.M. Stephens, G.A. Thompson, R. Vachon*, T.B. Tully
Engineers - Scotty Bain, Bill Lyons, Pat Maloney.
Canadian Airways Ltd.
Aircraft - HS-2L's*
General Manager - H.S. Quigley
Fairchild Aerial Surveys Ltd.
(formed a subsiduary)
Fairchild Air Transport Ltd.
Aircraft - 1 Vickers Vedette, Aeromarine Boat
J.V. Elliot Ltd.
Brock & Weymouth
Eight hours flying with Fokker C-11
Pacific Airways Ltd.
Patricia Airways & Exploration
(Was absorbed with Central Canada Airways to form next entry)
Aircraft - Curtiss Lark and Stinson Detroiter
Pilots - H.A. Oaks*, G.A. Thompson
Western Canada Airways
Purchased 1 Fokker Universal
Northern Syndicate Ltd.
Purchased Laurentide Viking and explored Great Slave Lake Area.
Aircraft - Vickers Viking
Pilots - Caldwell, Irenee Vachon.
Compagnie Aerienne Franco Canadienne
Aircraft - 2 2-seater Schreck Flying Boats (believed to be French Pigots)
Ontario Provincial Air Service
Aircraft - HS-2L Flying Boats*
Additional Pilots - W.L. Brintnell*, W.J. Buchanan, R.E. Nicoll, A.C. Upham
Canadian Airways Ltd.
Aircraft - HS-2L's*
Pilots - H.S. Quigley, F.V. Robinson, W.T. Holland, Stuart Graham*
Fairchild Aviation Ltd.
(Fairchild Aerial Services & Fairchild Air Transport combined)
Aircraft - 1 Aeromarine boat, 1 Vedette, 3 Fairchilds*
Pilots - H.M.Pasmore, G.W. Dean, G.R. Burge, C.A. Schiller, T.G.M. Stephens, C. Sutton
J.V. Elliot Air Service
Pilots - J.V. Elliot, A.K. Colley, L.J. Tripp*, J.L. Williamson, J.E. Jellison, F.W. Hartwick
Brock & Weymouth
Pilot - J.R. Robertson
Pacific Airways Ltd.
Western Canada Airways
Aircraft - 3 Fokkers, 2 Fairchilds*, 2 Moths*
Pilots - W.L. Brintnell, F.J. Stevenson, Dale Atkinson, J.W. Holley, A. Cheesman, B. Balchen*, Buchanan, Con Farrel.
Compagnie Aerienne Franco Canadienne
Aircraft - 4 Schreck Flying Boats
Canadian Transcontinental
Aircraft - WASP Fairchilds*
Pilots - Romeo Vachon*, E.J. Cooper
London Air Transport
Aircraft - 2 Wacos
Pilots - A.E.T. Bruce, F.I. Banghart
Canadian Air Service, Peterborough
Aircraft - 4 Standard J.1.s
Pilots - H.P. Ayres, Mike de Bliquy
Yukon Airways & Exploration Company
Aircraft - Ryan Monoplane
Pilot - A.D. Cruickshank
Universal Air Industries, Regina
Aircraft - Curtiss J.N.4*
Pilots - R.J. Groome, J.R. Wight
Domian Airways Ltd., British Columbia
Aircraft - Moth*
Pilot - E.C.W Dobbin
Ontario Provincial Air Service
Aircraft - 13 HS-2L's*, 4 Moths*
Additional Pilots - C.R. Hicks, G.B. Holmes, W.H. Lyons, T.M. Reid*, J.V. Medcalf, H.C.W. Smith, C.S. Caldwell, E.J. Cooper
B.C. Airways Ltd.
Aircraft - 1 Trimotor Ford
Pilot - Hal Wilson*
Canadian Airways
Montreal-Toronto Mail Service
Aircraft - 2 Fairchild FC2.s*, 5 HS-2L's*
Pilots - H.C.W. Smith, J.R. Robertson, J.M. Clarke
Engineers - D.S. Bondurant, G. Ficke, W.C. Bonne, J.Finnigan, H.F. McLennan
Fairchild Aviation Ltd., Grandmere
Aircraft - 6 Fairchilds*, 1 Huff Daland, 1 Aeromarine, 1 Curtiss M.F. Boat
Pilots - K.F. Saunders, H.M. Pasmore, G.W. Dean, J.E. Jellison, C.R. Troup, H.D. Wardle
Engineers - W. Kahre, H.W. Francis, W.G. Lockett, J.M. Patterson
Canadian Transcontinental Ltd.
Quebec-North Shore Mail, etc.
Aircraft - 4 Fairchilds*, 2 Loenings, 1 Stearman*
Pilots - H. Payres, F.M. Bradfield, E.J. Cooper, C.A. Schiller, Irenee Vachon, Romeo Vachon*
Compagnie Aerienne Franco Canadienne
Aircraft - 9 Schreck H.M.T.2. Boats
Pilots - R.P. Bourgeois, R.L.E. Curry, A. Monville, R. Plamont, R. Pomey, M.J. Pugnetti
Engineers - P. Fabre, J. Theron, S. Milenkovitch
London Air Transport
Leamington - Pelee Island Winter Mail
Aircraft - 3 Waco 10s
Pilots - A. Templeton
Western Canada Airways
(absorbed Pacific Airways Ltd.)
Aircraft - 11 Universals, 7 Super Fokkers, 1 Fairchild*, 2 Moths*, 5 Avians*, 1 Vedette, 2 Boeing B.1E Boats, 1 HS-2L*, 1 Fokker Trimotor
Pilots - W.L. Brintnell*, C.H. Dickens, Dale Atkinson, W.J. Buchanan, D. Carruthers, J.E. Crosson, A.D. Cruickshank, W.N. Cumming, A.H. Farrington, P.A. Garten, H. Hollick-Kenyon*, C.H.F. Jeffery, E.C. Luke, F.J. Russell, A.C. Upham, G.A. Thompson, H.A. Schade
Engineers - W.B. Burchall, G. Doan, H.E. Davenport, W. Field, A.E. Hutt*, C.N. Forrest, A.D. Goodwin, R.H. Hodgins, C.N. Forrest, E.G. Longley, W.B. Nadin, A.H. McCurdy, J. McGeorge, L.W. Parmenter, A. Roach, T.W. Siers*, E.W. Stull, W.S. Tall, H. Tremblay, J.A. Vokes, A.H. Walker
International Airways Ltd.
(absorbed Elliot Air Service)
Aircraft - 5 Curtiss JN4 Canucks*, 1 Curtiss, 1 Loening, 8 Swallows, 6 Moths*, 1 Fairchild FC2, 1 Fokker Universal
Pilots - D.S. Bondurant, J.L. Boyd, H.R. Clegg, C.B. Coombs, G.R. Hicks, R.S. Horsley, J.D. Parkinson, F.F. Shute, W.W. Tweed
Canadian Colonial Airways
Aircraft - 4 Wasp Fairchilds, 2 Pitcairn Mailwing
Pilots - F.J. Ambrose, W.R. Hughes, P.E. Reeder, C.J. Robertson, D.E. Rowland
Engineer - R.W. Coupland
General Airways Ltd., Amos
Aircraft - 1 FC2., 1 Moth*
General Manager - Roy E. Brown
Pilots - Stewart Hill and others
Aircraft Ltd., Toronto
Aircraft - 2 Moths*
Pilot - D.G. Joy
Gillies Air Service, Kitchener
Aircraft - 1 Waco 9
Pilot - F.F. Gillies
Leavens Brothers, Bellville
Aircraft - 1 Curtiss Canuck*, 1 Waco 9
Continental Aero Corporation Ltd., St. Hubert
Aircraft - 2 Travelairs*, 1 Monocoupe
Pilot - J. Herve St. Martin
National Air Transport, Toronto
Aircraft - 1 4-passenger Buhl Airsedan, 1 2-passenger Buhl Airsedan
Pilots - Earl Hand, Johnston
Skyview Lines Ltd.
Aircraft - 1 4-AT Ford Tri-motor
Pilots - R.H. Bibby, H.E. Gray, R.E. Keeler, J.O. Leach
Engineers - W.G. Chapman, C.A. Wenzel
Universal Air Industries, Regina
Aircraft - 1 Swallow, 1 J.N.4.*
Pilot - R.J. Groome
Commercial Airways Ltd., Regina
Aircraft - 1 American Eagle
Engineer - R.H. Ford
B.C. Airways Ltd., Victoria
Aircraft - 1 Ford Trimotor, Driggs Dart, 2 Eaglerocks
Commercial Airways of Edmonton Ltd.
Aircraft - 1 Avro Avian*
Pilots - W.R. May*, Vic Horner
Great Western Airways Ltd., Calgary
Aircraft - 1 Stinson Detroiter, 2 Moths*
Pilot - Fred McCall*
Dominion Airways Ltd, Vancouver
Aircraft - 1 Moth*
Pilot - E.C.W Dobbin
Treadwell Yukon Company Ltd.
Aircraft - 1 F.C.W.2., 1 Moth*
Pilots - T.G.M. Stephens
Yukon Airways & Exploration Ltd.
Aircraft - 1 Ryan B1
Pilots - A.D. Cruickshank
Engineers - J. Smith, J.M. Patterson
Dominion Explorers Ltd.
Aircraft - 2 Fairchild FC2.s*, 1 Moth*
Pilots - B.W. Broatch, Charles Sutton, W.A. Spence
Prospectors Airways
Aircraft - 1 Fairchild FC2.*
Pilot - Glyn Burge
Northern Aerial Mineral Exploration
Aircraft - 2 Fairchild FC-2's*, 2 Fairchild FC-2W2's, 1 Fokker Super Universal, 1 Loening, 1 Moth*
Pilots - H.A. Oaks*, T.M. Reid*, C.A. Schiller, W.J. McDonough
Engineers - T. Caudick, P. Felson, J.R. Humble, Kel Mews.
Ontario Provincial Air Service
Aircraft - 11 HS-2L's*, 10 D.H. 60X Moths*, 1 D.H. 61
Pilots - W.R. Maxwell, F.J. Dawson, A. Harvey, A.C. Heaven, G.B. Holmes, A.E. Jarvis, J.H. Judd, D.A. McIntyre, R.E. Nicoll, R.F. Overbury, G.H. Phillips, W.H. Ptolomey, E.W. Stoll
Engineers - E.W. Ahr, H.J.B. Bain, E. Billington, L.V. Briggs, L.R. Failes, R.H. Fraser, G. Gill, W.I. Hughes, G.R. Hott, J.F. Hyde, W.H. Lyons, S. MacAuley, P.J. Maloney, F. Pouley, T. Sherborne, H. Simard, J.E.R. Simard, W.G. Thompson, J.H. Tyrell, T. Woodside
Canadian Airways Ltd.
29 aircraft, 15 Pilots, 10 Engineers
Pilots - including C.R. Troup, Bondurant Wallace, H.G.W. Smith, Parkinson
Canadian Transcontinental
Ottawa-Montreal-Rimouski Summer Mail
Quebec-Seven Islands Winter Mail
7 aircraft, 8 pilots, 8 engineers
Aircraft - Fairchilds*, Stearman*
Interprovincial Airways Ltd.
(previously Fairchild Aviation Ltd.)
24 aircraft, 14 pilots, 13 engineers
Canadian Colonial
Toronto-Albany Mail
8 aircraft, 4 pilots, 1 engineer
Canadian Flying Service, Toronto
Toronto-Buffalo Mail
5 aircraft, 3 pilots, 2 engineers
London Air Transport
Leamington-Pelee Island Mail
4 aircraft, 3 pilots, 1 engineer
Compagnie Aerienne Franco Canadienne
10 aircraft, 8 pilots, 4 engineers
Western Canada Airways
34 aircraft, 20 pilots, 34 engineers
Commercial Airways Ltd., Edmonton
McMurray-Aklavik mail
4 aircraft, 5 pilots, 6 engineers
Aircraft - 3 Bellanca*, 1 Lockheed Vega
Pilots - W.R. May*, Glyn Roberts, M. Burbidge, C. Becker, A. McMullen*.
Engineers - Van der Linden, Tim Sims*, Stan Green
N.A.M.E.
9 aircraft, 11 pilots, 4 engineers
Dominion Explorers
8 aircraft, 7 pilots, 7 engineers
Consolidated Mining & Smelting
7 aircraft, 6 pilots, 2 engineers
Pilots - Bill Jewett and others
Prospectors Airways
Aircraft - Fairchild FC2*
Ontario Provincial Air Service
25 aircraft, 25 pilots, 27 engineers
Aircraft - D.H.61, Vickers Vedette
In November, Aviation Corporation and Western Canada Airways (with the participation of Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway) formed the new Canadian Airways
Canadian Airways Eastern
Montreal-Quebec-Moncton-St. John
Montreal-Toronto-Detroit
Moncton-Summerside-Charlottetown
35 aircraft, 28 pilots, 26 engineers
Pilots - S.T.P. Cripps and others
Canadian Transcontinental (Canadian Airways)
Moncton-Magdalen Islands in winter
Quebec-Seven Islands-Anticosti in winter
Rimouski-Montreal-Ottawa in summer
6 aircraft, 5 pilots, 6 engineers
Canadian Airways Western
Prairie Air Mail
35 aircraft, 19 pilots, 26 engineers
Aircraft - Boeing Mailplane, Fokker F-14
Pilots - Buchanen, Stoll, A. Cheesman, Moar*, Ashton, Kenyon*, Brown*, Jarvis, Calder, Cruickshank, Farrell, Farrington, Dickins*, Gilbert*, Westergaard, Schade, McRorie, MacLaren*, Forester*
Engineers - Hutt*, Siers*, Young, Caggie, Fraser, McMaster, Philips, Thompson, Semple, Dyne, Hardy, Philpott, Nadin, Davis, Tomlinson*, Gilmour, Knight, Parmenter, Forest, Field, Tall
Compagnie Aerienne Franco Canadienne
Chibougamau Mail
11 aircraft, 6 pilots, 3 engineers
Commercial Airways Ltd.
McMurray-Aklavik Mail
7 aircraft, 7 pilots, 5 engineers
Aircraft - 5 Bellanca*, 1 Vega
Pilots - W.R. May*, Glyn Roberts, Archie McMullen*, Lumsden, Sherlock
Engineers - Van de Linden, Green
Independent Airways, Edmonton
Pilot - Grant McConachie*
N.A.M.E. Ltd.
7 aircraft, 9 pilots, 6 engineers
Dominion Explorers
6 aircraft, 4 pilots, 3 engineers
Consolidated Mining & Smelting
15 aircraft, 14 pilots, 5 engineers
Aircraft - Fairchilds*, Curtiss Robin
Prospectors Airways
2 aircraft, 2 pilots
Aircraft - FC-2 (J6), Moth*
Pilots - Burge
Ontario Provincial Air Service
33 aircraft, 30 pilots, 27 engineers
The authors wish to mention that other various smaller company's (to numerous to list) began operations across Canada during 1929 and 1930.
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