CALL NUMBER: T4259:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Lawrence Arthur Dakin RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-09 SUMMARY: Lawrence Arthur Dakin was born in Nanaimo on November 3, 1915. Moved to Vancouver at age 18. Took course at Vancouver Tech, Vancouver Aero Tech. Worked for Len Foggin (later Foggin's Flying Service). ;Became aircraft mechanic and later a pilot. TRACK 1: Discusses early life, starting in aviation with Vancouver Aero Tech and Len Foggin. Comments on Aero Club of British Columbia and Hal Wilson. TRAC;K 2: Other Vancouver fliers. Gilbert's Flying School. Tommy Jones. Flying fishery patrol with Canadian Airways. The Boeing Totem. Working for Coates Aircraft.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Lawrence Arthur Dakin RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses some of the local pilots of the 1930s. Joining Canadian Pacific Airlines and wartime flying in Northern Alberta and B.C. TRACK 2: Post war flying with Canadian Pacific. The B.C. co;ast and the North Pacific.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Gordon Ballentine RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-09-01 SUMMARY: Gordon Ballentine was born in Vancouver on December 3, 1905. Joined Pacific Airways in 1928 as crewman. Became pilot. TRACK 1: Describes operations of Western Canada Airways. TRACK 2: More on WCA. Th;e Vickers Vedette crash on Porcher Island.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Gordon Ballentine RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-09-01 SUMMARY: Joining Davenport and McCurdy in Aero Schools of Vancouver. Flying gliders. [Documentation ends here, interview continues.];

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0005 - 0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Gordon Ballentine RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-09-01 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for these tapes.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Robert C. Randall RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-30 SUMMARY: Robert C. Randall (Bob) was born in Saskatchewan. He discusses his career in aviation. [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Valence Patriarche RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-10 SUMMARY: Valence Patriarche was born in Winnipeg in 1907. Joined RCAF in 1926. [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Carl Clark RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-02-03 SUMMARY: Carl Clark was born on February 12, 1912 in Saskatchewan. Became a mechanic for Winnipeg Aero Club in 1930. Joined Starratt Airways during Depression (1935). Went to Trans-Canada Airlines, 1938, and s;tayed with TCA and Air Canada until retirement. TRACK 1: Describes Winnipeg Aero Club in 1930. Effects of Depression. The Starratt Airways operation and early days of Trans-Canada Airlines. TRACK 2: ;Describes the transition to turbine equipment. The effect of war on airports. [Note: Mr. Clark was very ill at the time of the interview; had to use medication to maintain free breathing. Occasional u;se of puffer can be heard during interview.];

RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1986-10-28 SUMMARY: Ralph Coates discusses gliding activity in the Vancouver area, 1946-1960, and other aspects of his aviation career.

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0028 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Walter Bacon Coates RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-08-02 SUMMARY: Walter Bacon Coates was born in Vancouver in 1911. Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1927 as aircraftsman at Jericho Beach. Was aircraft inspector at Boeing Aircraft of Canada for RCAF on Shark c;ontract and Coates Aircraft during war. TRACK 1: Discusses joining RCAF and Jericho Beach Air Station. Reassignment to Alberta and his work there. TRACK 2: Further discussion of RCAF activity in 1930;s. Return to Jericho Beach.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0029 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Walter Bacon Coates RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-08-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Description of aircraft construction activity in Vancouver before and during World War II. TRACK 2: Description of wartime RCAF activity.;