CALL NUMBER: T4259:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Bryan E. Mahon RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-07 SUMMARY: Bryan E. Mahon was born in Vancouver in 1913. Flew gliders in the 1930s. Was a partner in Columbia Aviation Ltd., 1933-36. Went to work for Boeing Aircraft of Canada, 1936-44. Transferred to Boeing Ai;rcraft Company in Seattle in 1945 and remained with them until he retired at age 70. TRACK 1: Talks about his early involvement with aviation through gliding and Columbia Aviation Ltd. TRACK 2: Furth;er discussion of the Boeing primary glider. Discussion of the rise and fall of Columbia Aviation Ltd. Discussion of flying activities at Vancouver Airport during the 1930s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Bryan E. Mahon RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of working for Boeing Aircraft of Canada, the Blackburn Shark and the PB2B Canso. Discussion of his later career with Boeing Aircraft Company. TRACK 2: Some small snippetts during; post interview discussions.;

The fonds consists of Scholes' photographs of Victoria buildings and panoramas and three framed of the Victoria Short Wave Club. The fonds also includes Scholes' membership card for the Victoria and Island Gliding and Soaring Club from ca. 1943 as well as 15 black and white photographic prints and the matching 15 black and white negatives showing the construction of gliders at Lansdowne Field, 1943 to 1944.

CALL NUMBER: T4210:0016 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Edgar Batchelor and Arthur Seller RECORDED: Langley (B.C.), 1985-05-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Art and Ed discuss the establishment of Skyway Air Services in Langley and its growth to a large crop spraying, firebombing and training operation. The reasons for withdrawing from the spraying and firebombing and the brief interlude with sailplanes. Ed discusses changes in flight training and gives some flying anecdotes. TRACK 2: Ed describes incidents during his flying career. Art talks about incidents influencing Skyway's growth. Ed and Art talk about changes over the years and personal satisfactions. Art comments on his early flying career.

CALL NUMBER: T4210:0017 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Edgar Batchelor and Arthur Seller RECORDED: Langley (B.C.), 1985-05-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Art finishes talking about his flying prior to 1947. Ed talks about his flying from 1934-47, the war years and meeting Art Seller. TRACK 2: Blank.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Eldon Seymour and Jim Duddle RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-25 SUMMARY: Eldon Seymour was born on May 3, 1915 in Vernon, B.C. Jim Duddle was born in Vancouver on June 16, 1914 and moved to Vernon at age 1. Together, Eldon and Jim built a Northrop Glider in 1931 and a Corb;en Ace in 1935. At the time of the interview Eldon was still flying. The Tape features a discussion of their activities in their glider and Corben Ace in the Okanagan during the 1930s.;

News item. Footage of a glider lifting into the air with Cathy, an Air Cadet, at the controls. This is her solo flight. Good aerial shots of the glider and the ground as seen from it [at CFB Comox?]. There were 250 applicants for glider training in 1975 but only 75 were chosen. Cathy is the first woman cadet at this base to pass the rigorous training and solo flight. Interviews with her and with base officer.

RECORDED: Chilliwack (B.C.), 1983-09 SUMMARY: Frank Edwards, who flew as a pilot in World War I, discusses post-World War One aviation in the Chilliwack area.;

The item is a film reel of unedited footage from ca. 1971 to 1973. It contains extensive footage shot from and of gliders, probably in the Fraser Valley near Hope. Includes a hundred-foot segment that probably shows the remnants of the abandoned settlement of Walhachin. The ghost town footage included in this reel resembles the brief "Walhachin" sequence in the travelogue "Mirrors to the Sun", so this reel probably consists of footage shot for that film.

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harold E. Davenport RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-25 SUMMARY: Harold E. Davenport was born in 1902 and came to Canada from Britain in 1915. Commenced working for Canadian Air Force in 1923. One of the original employees of Pacific Airways in 1926. Ran own compan;y, Aircraft Service of B.C. from 1929-35. Work for White Pass Company in Yukon, 1936-41. Joined Pan American Airways, 1941. Maintenance supervisor for CP Airways, 1942-47. Retirement as inspector for ;Department of Transport, 1947. TRACK 1: Discusses the activity at Jericho Beach Air Station 1923-26. The founding of Pacific Airways. Flying fishing patrols. TRACK 2: Problems with Liberty engines an;d early flying incidents. Starting his own business in 1929. Aero Schools of Vancouver, the Glider Club of Vancouver, and Aircraft Service of B.C.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harold E. Davenport RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Activity at Vancouver Airport in early 1930s. Moving to the Yukon and the changes aviation brought to northern living. Joining Pan Am then moving to CP. The Anyox riot of 1932. TRACK 2: Earl;y flying activity at Lulu Island Airport and the move to Sea Island. Glider flying in the 1930s. The value of experience.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : James Campbell RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-09-02 SUMMARY: James Campbell was born October 25, 1905 in Bannockburn, Scotland and migrated to Vancouver in May, 1912. Worked as a railway engineer, then as a mechanic for Hoffer-Beeching Shipyard (1928) which bec;ame Boeing Aircraft of Canada with whom he stayed until 1941 when he started his own business. TRACK 1: Describes his early work experience and the early days at Boeing Aircraft of Canada. TRACK 2: D;escribes Boeing Aircraft of Canada's plant and the aircraft they built in the early 1930s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : James Campbell RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-09-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: James Campbell talks about the Boeing Totem flying boat and flying operations in Vancouver in the 1930s. Discusses the Boeing shipyards. TRACK 2: Discusses working conditions at Boeing and t;he changes which occurred when World War II approached. Also talks about the Boeing primary glider.;

CALL NUMBER: T4210:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Joe Bertalino RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-03-11 SUMMARY: Joe Bertalino was an early aircraft maintenance engineer, the first Vancouver employee of United Airlines. Served on the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Maintenance Chief at Abbotsford. Joined Department of Transport as Airworthiness Inspector post WWII. TRACK 1: Meeting Lindbergh at Spokane airport in 1927 and starting an aviation career. Moving to Vancouver and working for Dominion Airways. Barnstorming around Kamloops with Humphrey "Hump" Madden in 1931. Working at Vancouver airport in the early 1930s. The "cent-a-pound" days. Gliding activities at Vancouver airport. United Airlines; commences airline service to Vancouver. Working for United then Trans-Canada Airlines. TRACK 2: Starting up the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Activities at Vancouver, Victoria, Boundary Bay, Caron, and Abbotsford. Working for the Department of Transport, post war. Inspection of homebuilt aircraft. Accidents on the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Reminiscences of the Boeing flying boats. CALL NUMBER: T4210:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Joe Bertalino RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-03-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Joe Bertalino began flying and ground school with Dominion Airways at Lulu Island. Bill Templeton spurs on airport development. Background on Dobbins and Dominion Airways. Four Dobbin Brothers. Helped assemble Gypsy Moths. Loss of seaplane. After Vancouver put up hangar, transition from Lulu Island to Sea Island. Life at Lulu Island (Lansdowne) airport. Competition. Accident with Stinson. Flying training and night school. Evolution of Aero Club of British Columbia. Original hangar use and buyout. TRACK 2: Temporary hangar at Lansdowne, changing aircraft from wheels to floats. Offices in hangar. 1931 Air Tour. 1930 Air Tour. First autogyro at Vancouver. Rosco Turner's record flights. Other record flights from Vancouver. References to post war Ministry of Transport Inspectors.

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.