SUMMARY: A documentary account of the first scheduled commericial flight from Vancouver to Amsterdam, flown by Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-6B -- a distance of 4,825 miles by the Arctic route, with a stop at Sondre-Stromfjord, Greenland. The program includes comments from the pilot. Captain Ralph A. Leslie; Don Donaldson of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service; Senator Grey Turgeon; Reg Sargent, CPA's supervisor of passenger services; former bush pilot Lee Britnell; First Officer Aubrey Weatherbee; Chief Navigator Ed Kendall; Dr. J.A. D'Ailly, burgomaster of Amsterdam; and Thomas Stone, Canadian Ambassador to Holland.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Glenn Fuller Park RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-27 SUMMARY: Glenn Fuller Park was born in Ponoka, Alberta on June 18, 1906. Learned aircraft maintenance with Rutledge Air Service in the late 1920s in Calgary. Started own air service in the 1930s and barnstormed into B.C. Left aviation in 1930s, became manager of Ponoka Airport in 1965 and started own maintenance service. TRACK 1: Discusses training as engineer and the Rutledge Air Service operation. His own air service. Discusses Cominco's use of aircraft and aviation activity at Calgary in the 1930s. Leaving aviation in 1930s and re-entering field in 1965. TRACK 2: Discusses future of aviation and photos in office.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Gordon Truscott RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: Gordon Truscott was born on March 29, 1910 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Joined RCAF in 1928. TRACK 1: Early life and joining RCAF. The RCAF through 1930s and wartime flying. TRACK 2: Post war activity ;in RCAF and the Avro Arrow.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0048 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Alexander Hennessey RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-26 SUMMARY: Hugh Alexander Hennessey was born in Westmead, Ontario in 1907. Learned to fly in Toronto. Worked as a contractor then commenced air service in Rouen, Quebec. Established base at Hudson, Ontario as He;nnessey Airways. TRACK 1: Discusses early life and seeing first aeroplane. Learning to fly in Toronto. Buying his first plane. TRACK 2: Starting his own air service in Rouen, Quebec. Establishing bas;e in Sioux Lookout.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0049 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Alexander Hennessey RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Selling company at start of World War II. Joining RCAF and ferrying aircraft during war. TRACK 2: Discussion of post war career. Selling aircraft in Vancouver.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0108 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-17 SUMMARY: Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) was born in Belfast, Ireland in June 1899. Joining the Royal Air Force in 1918. Migrated to Canada in 1921 and joined RCAF. TRACK 1: Early life and starting with RCAF. TRACK ;2: RCAF flying from Jericho Beach, B.C. late 1920s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0109 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses RCAF station Victoria Beach, Manitoba, 1925. TRACK 2: Further description of early RCAF flying.;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Baker : life in the changing North RECORDED: Fort St. John (B.C.), 1975-12-02 SUMMARY: Trapped near the Mackenzie Delta, near Aklavik, for seven years. Medical emergencies. Worked in the south for Yukon Southern and CP Air. Grant McConachie. Radio operations. Settled down in Fort St. John as an insurance agent. Changes and modernization in the North.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : John Lawrence Plant RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-10 SUMMARY: John Lawrence Plant was born on August 20, 1910. Studied at UBC, 1928 and joined as provisional pilot officer for summer employment in RCAF. Went to Camp Borden with degree in 1931. Retired as Air Vic;e Marshall. Became general manager of Avro Canada and was there when Avro Arrow was "killed". [No further documentation for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0112 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-04-09 SUMMARY: Leigh Forbes Stevenson was born in New Brunswick on May 24, 1895. Learned to fly in World War I and joined Canadian Air Board in 1919 and stayed with RCAF. TRACK 1: Discusses joining Air Board followi;ng WWI and its operations. TRACK 2: More about Air Board and RCAF activity.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0113 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-04-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes Jericho Beach in 1935 and coastal activity. TRACK 2: Early WWII period and senior Canadian in England, then back to B.C.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0114 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of early activities, 1919, of Canadian Air Board. TRACK 2: Canadian Air Board flying from Victoria Beach, Manitoba, early 1920s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0115 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: More early flying and early days in Vancouver. TRACK 2: Establishing a base at Patricia Bay, B.C. in the late 1930s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0116 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-26 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.];

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0126 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Roy Willis RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-04 SUMMARY: Roy Willis was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in 1915. Joined Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting. Became aircraft engineer in RCAF during World War II. Rejoined Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting post w;ar and went to Hudson Air Transport until 1972. TRACK 1: Wartime flying in EFTS [Elementary Flight Training Schools?]. TRACK 2: Post war mining flying and transition to helicopters.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0127 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Roy Willis RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes helicopter operations. TRACK 2: Blank.;