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Russ Baker (pilot)

Index Russ Baker (pilot)

Russ Baker (1910 to 1958) was a Canadian bush pilot and founder of Pacific Western Airlines. [1]

30 relations: Air Medal, Beat reporting, Bush flying, Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, Canadian Airways, Canadians, Commercial pilot license, De Havilland Fox Moth, Emergency landing, Flight training, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Fort St. James, Grant McConachie, Gun Lake (British Columbia), Harbour Publishing, International News Service, Kirkfield Park, Martin B-26 Marauder, Myocardial infarction, Norden bombsight, Pacific Western Airlines, Pierre Berton, Punch Dickins, Rocky Mountains, Runway, South Nahanni River, St. James-Assiniboia, Winnipeg, The Vancouver Sun, Watson Lake, Yukon, Winnipeg.

Air Medal

The Air Medal is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.

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Beat reporting

Beat reporting, also known as specialized reporting, is a genre of journalism that can be described as the craft of in-depth reporting on a particular issue, sector, organization, or institution over time.

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Bush flying

Bush flying refers to aircraft operations carried out in the bush.

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Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame

Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, based in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, commemorates and honours those whose accomplishments in aviation contributed so much to Canada's development as a nation.

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Canadian Airways

Canadian Airways Limited was a Canadian regional passenger and freight air service based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Commercial pilot license

A commercial pilot license (CPL), is a type of pilot licence that permits the holder to act as a pilot of an aircraft and be paid for his/her work.

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De Havilland Fox Moth

The DH.83 Fox Moth was a successful small biplane passenger aircraft from the 1930s powered by a single de Havilland Gipsy Major I inline inverted engine, manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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Emergency landing

An emergency landing is a prioritised landing made by an aircraft in response to an emergency containing an imminent or ongoing threat to the safety and operation of the aircraft or involving a sudden need for a passenger or crew on board to be on land, such as a medical emergency.

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Flight training

Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft.

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Fort Nelson, British Columbia

Fort Nelson is a community in northeast British Columbia, Canada within the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM).

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Fort St. James

Fort St.

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Grant McConachie

George William Grant McConachie (April 24, 1909 – June 29, 1965) was a Canadian bush pilot and businessman who became CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA).

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Gun Lake (British Columbia)

Gun Lake, often spelled Gunn Lake and also known as Big Gun Lake, is a lake and unincorporated community in the Bridge River Country of the West-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located 5 miles northwest of the community of Gold Bridge.

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Harbour Publishing

Harbour Publishing is a Canadian independent book publisher.

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International News Service

The International News Service (INS) was a U.S.-based news agency (newswire) founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909.

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Kirkfield Park

Kirkfield Park is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

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Martin B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder was an American World War II twin-engined medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in Middle River, Maryland (just east of Baltimore) from 1941 to 1945.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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Norden bombsight

The Norden Mk.

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Pacific Western Airlines

Pacific Western Airlines Ltd (PWA) was an airline that operated scheduled flights throughout western Canada and charter services around the world from the 1950s through the 1980s.

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Pierre Berton

Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a television personality and journalist.

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Punch Dickins

Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins (January 12, 1899 – August 2, 1995) was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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Runway

According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft".

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South Nahanni River

The South Nahanni River is a major tributary of the Liard River, located roughly 500 kilometres west of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

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St. James-Assiniboia, Winnipeg

St.

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The Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in the Canadian province of British Columbia on 12 February 1912.

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Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake is a town in Yukon, Canada located at mile 635 on the Alaska Highway close to the British Columbia border.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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Francis Russell Baker, Russell Francis Baker.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Baker_(pilot)

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