How a flying entrepreneur helped forge Canada's aviation industry
Friday June 8th 2012 - globeandmail.com
Canadian aviation pioneer Max Ward, founder of innovative charter airline, Wardair, has spoken to the Globe and Mail about his lifetime in the industry.
The 90-year-old, who began life in the air with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, ran a bush pilot business in the North before pioneering chartered flights to Europe.
"The airline business today is totally different," he told the Globe. "We used to have charters out of the West with DC-6s. It took 20 hours to go overseas, but people were so thrilled, they were walking two feet off the floor. They’d never flown before and now they were going all the way to Europe. And all the young kids with their packsacks – they were young and vibrant and it was wonderful."
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The first parachute jump from an airplane in Canada was completed 100 years ago in Vancouver. On May 24, 1912, American Charles Saunders jumped from a plane at 3,500 feet over Hastings Park. Saunders was wearing a fetching ensemble including bright red tights and a leather helmet.
Source: vancouverhistory.ca
