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-====== Pacific Western Airlines Ltd. ======
+====== Trans Provincial Airlines ======
+<WRAP rightalign><fs large>**British Columbia, Canada**</fs></WRAP>
+<fs large>**Trans Provincial Air Carriers Ltd** \\
+changed to **Trans Provincial Airlines Ltd.**</fs>
+{{:bc:aviation:airlines:tpa_logo.jpg?200|}} \\
+**TPA Logo ca 1985**
-PWA
+Company founded in 1960 (1962 in one article) \\
+**TPY**
-Airline started by
+Known as TPA anytime I talked about them
-Francis Russell "Russ" Baker
-He amalgamated many airlines,
+Garfield "Gary" Reum, Lloyd Johnstone, Ray Skoglund and Doug Chappel, obtained a charter license and formed Trans-Provincial Airlines.
-to form PWA
-Lots of history books out there,
+Doug Chappel was their Pilot and Manager, and Peter Dychakowsky their Mechanic.
-and web pages, on the history of this airline,
-so will not spend time repeating it here.
-But something they don't have, I can guarantee,
+When I came to Terrace in 1969, Gary Reum owned the Chevrolet Dealership, which was located across from the old Skeena Hotel, on Greig Ave.
-Is a movie of a DC3, CF-EPI,
-owned by Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1954.
-PWA took over this airline in 1955
+William "Bill" McRae bought Ray Skoglund's shares. Bill McRae was involved in logging in the area. \\
-so this airplane was technically a PWA plane.
+Helene McRae sent me updated info on original owners \\
+Apr 2013, with thanks.
+{{:bc:aviation:airlines:airplaneotterapr1972.jpg?600|}} \\
-PWA Logo
+**Old DC3 on left, and Trans-Provincial's Otter, right  \\
+taken Apr 1972, at the Terrace Airport, from the Okanagan Helicopter Hangar.**  \\
+Building on the right was the TPA hangar at the Terrace Airport, the hangar burnt to the ground, early 1988? \\
+Wonder which DC3 that was on the tarmac? \\
+Leland "Lee" Myers emailed me Aug 2015, and it turns out he worked there, and he says it was **CF-KAZ**, c/n 19345, C-47A-75-DL
-I have a movie of this plane on the tarmac at Terrace Airport
+**Company Colours, Bright Yellow with Dark Blue trim**
-Finally added it to YouTube,
-and added a link to it below.
-The reason this movie is extra special,
-Is this plane crashed in flames, Sunday, June 23, 1957,
-After trying to take off from Port Hardy Airport,
-on their way to Vancouver Airport,
-the crew had elevator control problems,
-and turned around to land back at Port Hardy's runway 15.
-Sad to say they didn't all make it.
-This plane crashed and was written off.
-The accident killed 2 of the 3 crew,
-and 12 of the 15 passengers.
-th worst accident in Canada at the time,
-th worst today.
+Trans Provincial Airlines was an airline based in Prince Rupert, BC, that was purchased in 1993 by Harbour Air.
-Douglas R4D-3, CF-EPI
-Even though it was in OCA colours ,
-PWA had bought the airline June 30,1955 for a reported $1,500,000
-Info and picture above, from Hugh MacCallum
-I worked in YZT (Port Hardy) 1979-83 for Alert Bay Air Srvc "ABAS"
-which became Gulf  Air ,then AirBC -all in a 2 year span.
- Had also worked for BCAlines in Tahsis for 6 weeks
- & left 6 weeks before they shut down. ;
-and Georgian Bay A/ways, McCully Avn; ABAS 1968-1969 .
-Cause of the accident
+TPA bought Omineca Air Services Ltd. of Burns Lake, ca Jan 15, 1970 \\
-was a Ground Control Lock Block on the Rudder,
+Fleet of 20 aircraft and 60 employees after the purchase. \\
-that was not removed.
+Bought 2 Otters, 2 Beavers, Cessan 185, and a Piper Super Cub. \\
-Coroners Jury claimed it was caused by human error,
+Bill Harrison formed Omineca in 1956
-they blamed the accident on the Captain of the plane,
-Gerald Wilfred Allen,
- For not removing the rubber block.
-Douglas R4D-3, DC3,
+TPA sold to Jim Pattison Group of Companies Dec 20, 1979. 19 aircraft at the time. \\
-C-53D-DO, c/n 7408
+Pattison had just bought AirWest, and Pacific Coastal Airlines.
-CF-EPI
-First flight for this plane, 1942
-Passengers Killed:
+Oct 30, 1980 they became a subsidiary of Air B.C. Ltd., which Jim Pattison Group formed at that same date, joining 6 companies under Air BC Ltd name.
-Victor William Shiels, age 45
-LAC, Robert Joseph Waite, age 28, RCAF Station Holberg, BC
-David Varney, age 56, Vancouver BC
-Leo Francis Turcotte, age 39, Port McNeil, BC
-Michael Rutkowski, age 36, Mahatta River BC
-Albert Harry Plummer, age 35, Coal Harbour, BC
-Connie On Lee, age 60, Port Alice BC
-John William Laybourn, age 48, Mahatta River BC
-Mrs. Marjorie Eileen Cavers, age 36, Port Alice BC
-A. Boyko, age 45, Mahatta River BC
-Julius Anton Bohler, age 50, Mahatta River BC
-LAC, John Aris Ogden Gibson, age 39, RCAF, Station Sea Island, Vancouver BC
-Pilots killed:
+**1974 TPA had:**
-*Captain, Gerald Wilfred Allen, age 36,
+  * 2- DC3's,
-Richmond BC (shown died at Quatsino?)
+  * 1- Fairchild F27A,
+  * 1- Piper Aztec,
+  * 1- Beech 18,
+  * 7- DHC-2 Beavers,
+  * 4- DHC-3 Otters,
+  * 5- Grumman Goose,
+  * 2- Cessna 185,
+  * 1- Cessna 180,
+  * 1 Piper Cherokee
-*Co-Pilot, Lawrence Douglas Roland, age 23,
+Head Office PO Box 310, Terrace BC
-Vancouver BC
-Survivors- 3 passengers,
+Regular Scheduled Passenger Service, Prince Rupert Seal Cove and Stewart, Alice Arm, Masset and Sandspit. \\
-and the Stewardess, Pat Wilson,
+Bases at Prince Rupert, Prince George, Smithers, Sandspit, and Ocean Falls. \\
-age 23 from Vancouver BC.
+They also ran chartered flights.
+they had a base in Port Hardy \\
-PWA logo, ca 1955
+scheduled service to Rivers Inlet, Bella Bella, Ocean Falls, Prince Rupert, and SE BC mainland
+==== Managers ====
-CF-OBG, Noorduyn Norseman MK V, with Pacific Western Logo,
+Dave Marko, TPA Manager, Jan 1970
-docked at the wharf at Kemano Beach, ca 1955-56
-Photo courtesy Jim Hanna, from Australia.
-c/n 29-1
-Originally sold to Ontario Provincial Air Service in June 1945,
-sold to Central BC Airways, in July 1951.
-Then PWA in 1955.
-Taken out of service in May 1970.
+==== Pilots ====
+First Pilot- **Doug Chappel** was their Pilot and Manager
+**Ronald Gladstone "Ron" "Ronnie" Wells** \\
+b- July 11, 1911 \\
+d- Apr 16, 2006 in 100 Mile House \\
+married to Irene (Rene) Wells \\
+daughter, Nancy, son Blaine,  \\
+Aviator, Adventurer, and Photographer. \\
+Chief Pilot for TPA, and a Legend in Bush Flying. \\
+Coke Bottle Glasses, and 2 hearing aids! \\
+By 1969 he had 10,000 hrs in the Otter alone. \\
+When he died, he had 40,000 air miles, over 45 years. \\
+His father was also a pilot. \\
+Oct 1959 he flew north of Edmonton to the Arctic coast near Paulatuk, and recovered a 12ft mammoth tusk. He had to wade thru 150 yds of icy water. \\
+It wouldn't fit in the cabin of the plane, so he lashed it to the floats, and flew it out that way, to his base at Fort Good Hope. \\
+His son Blaine Wells became the owner of the tusk. He was in Chilliwack BC at the time. He came from a Pioneering Chilliwack Dairy Farming Family. \\
+In WWII, He was a Flight Lieutenant, RCAF,C/22667. Awarded Air Force Cross, Jan 1, 1946. He enlisted in Vancouver, Jan 18, 1941
+Ron's Father- Edwin Allen Wells \\
+b- Aug 4, 1870 New Westminster BC \\
+d- Jan 17, 1942 in Chilliwack BC, age 71 \\
+son of Allen Casey Wells, (1837-1922) Sardis Pioneer \\
+and Sarah Manetta Hodge \\
+Allen came to Chilliwack/Sardis area in 1866. \\
+Mother- Gertrude Eliza Kipp \\
+b- Mar 11, 1871 in Chilliwack \\
+d- Oct 1, 1918 in Sardis BC \\
+Edwin Allen remarried Margaret Smith \\
+Edwin took over his father's dairy farm Edenbank. \\
+Ron's 6 Brothers: \\
+. Ray Edwin Wells \\
+b-  July 23 1894 \\
+d- Nov 22, 1992 \\
+. Allen Victor Wells, \\
+b- 1896 \\
+d- 1902 \\
+. Carmen Willard Wells,  \\
+b- 1898 \\
+d- 1902 \\
+. Clarence Casey Wells,  \\
+b- 1902, Edenbank Farm, Sardis BC \\
+d- Nov 11, 1976 in Chilliwack, age 74 \\
+Co-Founded Radio station CHWK, in 1927. \\
+Established an aerial photography business in 1950's. \\
+. Gordon Edward Wells,  \\
+b- ca 1905 \\
+d- May 16, 1985, Prince Rupert, age 80 \\
+. Oliver Nelson Wells,  \\
+b- 1907   \\
+d- 1971 in Inverness Scotland \\
+Oliver took over his grandfather's dairy Edenbank to 1970's \\
+Oliver wrote many books, bred Ayrshire cattle. \\
+From all this we can see Ron Wells came from old BC Stock. \\
+When my brother came to Terrace his neighbour in the Kalum Apartments, was Ron, his wife and daughter Nancy. \\
+His daughter Nancy baby sat my niece Dawn Gent. \\
+My brother tells me he flew with him to Trutch Island, quite a few times.  He related the story below \\
+On all these trips, Ron would take off from Lakelse Lake, once in the air, and at the proper altitude, and heading,  \\
+he would pass the controls over to my brother Don, who was not a pilot, and Ron would read the newspaper. \\
+Ron would glance at the gauges once in a while. When they arrived at Trutch, he would drop the paper, and land the plane. \\
+He said after a few trips, He noticed Don was watching the gauges like a hawk, and then even quit doing that.
+**Max Neubacher** \\
+**aka "The Red Baron"** \\
+b- Aug 4, 1923 at Memel, Lithuan county, in East Prussia \\
+today Memel is known as Klaipėda, Lithuania \\
+d- Oct 22, 1990 \\
+One of 5 children, 3 brothers, 1 sister. \\
+Went to University for 2 years studying engineering. \\
+He flew for the Lutwaffe in WWII, and spent some months in a prisoner of war camp. \\
+He took extensive glider training in Germany over 500 hours. \\
+He immigrated to Canada in 1964. \\
+First in Vancouver, coming to Terrace Mar 9, 1965. \\
+May 1972 to 1977, he flew for Skoglund Logging. \\
+He became part owner and Chief Pilot of a Charter Company in Terrace, "Terrace Air Ltd." \\
+It was owned by Max, Cliff Sharples, Ray Skoglund, and Les Handberg was also involved in early 1980's.  \\
+They had a Cessna 206 on floats, and a Cessna 182. \\
+They were looking for a Cessna 185. \\
+In May 1988 they bought C-FEYQ, DNC-2, Beaver. \\
+Terrace Air Ltd.  started in Sept 1977. \\
+Mar 7, 1990 their operating license was cancelled. \\
+Max left in 1989, and went working for TPA. \\
+He spent over 20 years as a bush pilot. \\
+Oct 22, 1990, Max went on a medical flight to Telegraph Creek, to pick up Karen Hawkins, and 2 of her children.  Aaron 3, and Leanne 8 for a medical check-up. \\
+Total of 4 people were on board. \\
+She left her husband and 10 year old son at home. \\
+It was a white twin engined Piper Navajo. It was not found for 4 years, until Aug 1994. \\
+Murray Hamer called me Mar 21,2026, and told me he was flying with Dave Newman's son working on a BC Forestry job, when Murray spotted the white wings of the plane. \\
+Dave Newman, an Okanagan Helicopter pilot, with his son, later reached the wreckage and identified it by a binder inside, 24 miles NW of Terrace, near the Alaska border.
+I flew with Max once into Greenville, landing on the Nass River, it was high water, and logs as big as houses were floating past as we landed on floats. \\
+He wasn't scared, but I sure was! \\
+There is now a Max Neubacher Way, the road into the Terrace Airport, named in his honour. \\
+, He was Regional Air Chief, of the BC Provincial Emergency Program in Terrace. \\
+wife- Birgit Neubacher. \\
+Lived in Timberland Trailer Park in 1991 \\
+He flew in air shows, trained with Pat Johnston, son of local Pioneer, Ted Johnston. \\
+he got his Private Pilot Licence Aug 5, 1966 \\
+Commercial License July 31, 1969.
-Colour Photo from Jim Hanna
-CF-BYM, #949, last Stranraer in service with RCAF
+**Bob Janes**, \\
-until Jan 20, 1946
+Flew for TPA, quit, worked for BC Tel / Telus, now retired from the telephone industry. \\
-sold to PWA from Queen Charlotte Airlines takeover
+Bob told me he used to fly Beavers into Kemano.
-Crashed 2:20, Tuesday afternoon, Oct 1, 1957,
- into trees and burned
+**James "Jim" J. Siddle** \\
-taking off from Sovereign Lake, BC
+Jan 28,1954 he was flying for Central BC Airways when his plane sank in Butedale \\
-killing 4 occupants, plane written off.
+He was the only survivor, on the Goose. \\
-They were on a salvage trip, of 2 pontoons,
+He was an ex RCAF flier, ex Ontario bush pilot. \\
-on a previous wreck of a PWA Beaver, from 1955
+He was married, 3 children,  living in Vancouver at that time.
-flown by Hugh "Hughie" Russell.
-Fatalities, PWA crew:
+**Steve Bull**
-Capt William S. Cooper, age 37 from Vancouver
-served with RCAF in WWII
+**Lawrence Veitch** (Pilot of a Goose in Jan 1977)
-Manager of PWA seaplane base in Prince George,
-from 1955-1957.
+**Gene Storey** (Check Pilot in 1980)
-son of Syd Cooper, long time Ranger
- and Inspector of Licensed Scalers,
+**Ayliffe E. "Pat" Carey** (see below) \\
-in Prince Rupert Forest District.
+b- Sept 1903, near Bristol, birth registered at Chipping Sodbury Reg Dist., Gloucester, England \\
+d- Oct 9, 1999, age 96 \\
+married Jan 8, 1929, Myrtle Hyancinth Topley \\
+b- 1911, Edmonton AB \\
+daughter of Samuel Edmond Topley and Lois Ann Roper
+they had a daughter Dorothy Carey \\
+b- Oct 1, 1938 \\
+d- July 12, 1938 in Chilliwack
+other children, Glorinne, Donnie, Robert,  and 2 others
+Pat's Father- William Thomas Ayliffe Carey, \\
+b- Mar 20, 1875 in Bristol England \\
+d- Feb 9, 1957 Vancouver BC, age 81, widow \\
+May 1902 he was Postman in Bristol England \\
+Mother- Ellen Carey, nee Jeffries, (Jefferies?) \\
+b- Feb 8, 1879 in England (Mar in one record) \\
+d- Sept 1962 \\
+married bet July-Sept 1902 Thornbury Reg dist, England \\
+shown divorced \\
+Pat's sister- Marguerite Mary Carey, \\
+b- Nov 1904 in England \\
+d-  \\
+married July 29, 1930 in BC to Alexander Purganie \\
+sister- Kathleen Carey,  \\
+b- Oct 2, 1912, in Chilliwack BC \\
+d- Feb 20, 1981 in Chilliwack BC, age 68 \\
+married James Dyble \\
+Grandfather- William Edward Carey \\
+Grandmother- Jackson \\
+family living in Chilliwack \\
+Pat and his Father, mother etc, emigrated in 1908
+**William James Dicks**- see accident below \\
+b- May 3, 1934 Winnipeg MB \\
+d- Sept 21, 1964 Trapper Lake BC \\
+buried in Winnipeg MB
+**David Napoleon LaCasse**- see accident below \\
+b- Apr 27, 1924 North Vancouver BC \\
+d- Dec 13, 1968 near Shaft Creek, BC \\
+son of Napoleon LcCasse, b- Quebec, and Florence Whibley, b- England \\
+**Walter Harms** Flew with TPA, May 1972- May 1974 \\
+Per message from his daughter, Kathy Harms,Nov 2025, Her dad flew for Spartan Explorations, Gateway Aviation (Fort Smith), and Buffalo Airways (Fort Smith) before moving to TPA \\
+==== Engineers ====
+  * Bill Ross
+  * Peter "Pete" Dychakowski
+  * Mel Johnstone
+  * Stan Fletcher
+  * Elwood "Woody" Graham, Director of Maintenance, Pr Rupert, 1972
+  * George E. Heath
+==== Staff ====
+  * Diane Elkins
+  * Norma Randall
+==== Planes ====
+Planes I have found registered to them:
+CF-RHW, Otter 445, Aug 8, 1964, re registered as C-FRHW
+C-FKLC, Otter #255
+C-FDFC, c/n 13218
+C-FTCW, c/n 646, DHC-2, Beaver
+C-FGHZ, DHC-2, Beaver, c/n 759
+C-FKDC, c/n 1080, DHC-2, Beaver
+C-GHCT, c/n274, DHC-2, Beaver
+CF-UAZ, c/n 95400, Grumman Goose \\
+manufactured Feb 1940
+C-FEFN, c/n 1157, Grumman Goose
+C-FJOS, DHC-2, DeHavilland Beaver, c/n 1030
+C-GYQS, c/n 13060,  Bristol 170 Freighter, MK31M, c/n 10203 \\
+- Oct 1,1990 \\
+Now in Reynolds-Alberta Museum (2010)
+G-BISU Bristol 170 freighter MK31, c/n 13218
+C-FKFJ,  Convair CV-580
+CF-KAZ, DC-3, c/n 19345, C-47A-75-DL
+CF-PWH, DC3, c/n 2198, see link below
+==== Company had 8 accidents, with 13 fatalities ====
+C-FRWH, DeHavilland DHC-3, Otter, c/n 445 \\
+ crashed near Smithers BC, June 12, 1981 \\
+first flight 1964., plane repaired, no injuries.
+C-GKIY, Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain,  \\
+crashed 39 mi N of Terrace BC, Oct 22, 1990
+C- GYQY, Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31, c/n 13134 \\
+Ran off runway while landing at Bronson Creek, June 21, 1988 \\
+First flight, 1953, 6 on board, no injuries, written off.
+Grumman G21 Goose \\
+C-FBXR, crashed at Fern, Oct 8, 1979
+C-FUVJ, twin engine Grumman Goose,  \\
+crashed at Digby Island Airport, Prince Rupert, on a flight from Kitsault, heading to Seal Cove, \\
+They were making an unscheduled stop at Digby Island, to drop a couple passengers for connecting flights. \\
+Aug 30, 1979,  killing 7, injuring 3. \\
+seat plane. 9 and a passenger on board. \\
+Crashed 2.5 km  NE BC Hydro right of way, in isolated bush on the island. \\
+Maintenance Error blamed, left hand gas tank had been shut off during routine maintenance.
+Oct 14, 1966, Ayliffe "Pat" Carey flew an Otter into a gully between 2 rock faces at the 3,500 ft level, near Stewart BC. \\
+He was age 65 at the time. \\
+Carey was a part time magistrate appointed Jan 1964 in Stewart. \\
+Feb 1965 he was Coroner in Stewart. \\
+He flew with PWA before TPA. \\
+He was on a 30 mi trip from Granduc Mine to Stewart. \\
+Spent a night  at the crash site without a sleeping bag. \\
+years experience at the time. \\
+Described as a tough old bush pilot.
+**This accident made Ripley's Believe it or Not** \\
+{{:bc:aviation:airlines:ripley_believe_it_or_not.jpg?400|}} \\
+From McRae Collection
+Another Accident I did not find obviously in my research. \\
+"My name is Kathleen Rae, my father was **William Dicks** and he was a pilot who also worked for Trans Provincial Airlines, and his plane crashed Sept 21, 1964."
+and another from Maggie Baxter Apr 29, 2020 \\
+**David LaCasse** flying an Otter for TPA on December 13 1968 crashed and died at Schaft Creek (near Stewart); passenger survived.
+Write  up is in  Omenica Herald Dec 18 1968 front page. And death cert is on BC Vital Stats. \\
+**Company went into receivership on March 19, 1993.**
+{{:bc:aviation:airlines:bwolfe_20150323_0017-0004.jpg?400|}} {{:bc:aviation:airlines:bwolfe_20150323_0015-0002.jpg?400|}} {{:bc:aviation:airlines:bwolfe_20150323_0016-0003.jpg?400|}} \\
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+{{:bc:aviation:airlines:bwolfe_20150323_0020-0005.jpg?400|}} \\
+Photos courtesy Brian Wolfe, Ladysmith BC
+{{indexmenu>:bc:aviation#1|context}}
+==== Ext Links ====
+note- NOT my sites, links may or may not work in the future
+Spirit of the Skeena, DC3, CF-PWH \\
+http://www.canadianflight.org/content/douglas-dc-3
+Grumman Goose \\
+http://www.stewartbc.com/locationcnt.htm
+http://goosecentral.web.officelive.com/1077.aspx
-Capt Ian Watt, age 48, from Prince George
+http://goosecentral.web.officelive.com/1157.aspx
-Chief of PWA Operations in Prince George.
-Bush Pilot for over 30 years at the time.
-First Officer- Russell Stewart, age 26, from Burnaby
+[[http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/80/language/en-CA/London-Calling--Flying-the-Governer-of-the-Hudsons-Bay-Company.aspx|C-FBXR]]
-Engineer, Keith Douglas, age 24, from Vancouver
+Bristol photos \\
+http://www.airliners.net/photo/Trans-Provincial-Airlines/Bristol-170-Freighter/0094996/M/
-Some YouTube Video links below, of PWA's DC3
+http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/McLeod/10203.htm
-taking off from Terrace BC and
-landing at Sea Island Vancouver BC
-mm movies taken by Bud Walker, ca1956-57
-First one is a longer video of next 4 combined
+http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/JetAgeRMCB170G-BISU.htm
-PWA DC3 Combined movies from below
-PWA, DC3, CF-EPI loading at Vancouver Airport, winter 1956-57
+http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iza0UrW2ca0
-PWA DC3 Taking Off from Terrace Airport, ca 1956-57
+Beavers \\
+http://www.dhc-2.com/id256.htm
-PWA- DC3 landing at Sea Island Vancouver BC Airport, ca 1956-57
+http://www.dhc-2.com/id859.htm
-Taking off from Terrace BC Airport taken from inside the DC3, 1956-57
+http://www.dhc-2.com/id842.htm
-I think this is an Electra that is shown sitting
+http://www.dhc-2.com/id181.htm
-on the Terrace Tarmac in one of the videos above
-but only a guess, as I am not a plane expert.
-if you know more please correct me.
-Engine Plane flying over Terrace Kitimat area, possibly PWA Electra, ca 1956-57
+Convair 580 \\
+http://www.flickr.com/photos/7160089@N07/4210223435/
-the first video above. PWA, DC3, CF-EPI loading etc.
+Forum \\
-needed to have a correction made
+http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=60657&start=0
-sent from Ken Pickford
-Here is what Ken had to say, and I appreciate the correction
-"The first video, titled PWA DC-3 CF-EPI loading luggage at Terrace etc. is not Terrace. It's very definitely Vancouver airport (on a rare snowy day), taken looking north from the old south terminal. The big hangar visible in the distance was an RCAF hangar on the north side of the main east-west runway. You can also see the south slope of the city of Vancouver in the distance beyond that hangar (Vancouver airport is on Sea Island in Richmond, just south of Vancouver).
+chapter of this book on TPA, Chappel etc.  \\
-Also, in the first 2 or 3 seconds of the video, you can see the nose of another DC-3 parked to the right of the PWA aircraft. That's a Trans-Canada Air Lines DC-3.
+[[https://books.google.ca/books?id=zUelk73aSI8C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=%22doug+chappel%22+pilot&source=bl&ots=NKZkSbxI8F&sig=6fB8PSdTKu0p0mjEgqoUM4lDhTg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=D79lUc_xJJDZigLt4YG4Ag#v=onepage&q=%22doug%20chappel%22%20pilot&f=false|Click Here]]
-And in the video that includes all 4 of the shorter videos joined together, the same segment showing the PWA DC-3 at the end has some additional footage just before the camera pans to the right to the PWA DC-3. You can see a 4-engine Trans-Canada Air Lines Canadair North Star (Canadian-built version of the Douglas DC-4 with Rolls-Royce engines) parked on the ramp facing towards the camera. The two TCA aircraft make it very clear that it's Vancouver."
-Ken also spotted I had the last 2 links reversed, which is now corrected as well.
-Ken worked for Canadian Airlines for 25 years.
+\\ \\ <wrap right><fs x-large>©</fs></wrap> {{ :sask:towns:estevan:stop_do_not_copy.jpg?150 |}}
-If by any chance these photo