The Government of Canada has contributed funding for this initiative.

Mosaic of Aviation Memories Team

Tyson Mielke - Project Leader/Editorial

Julie Matchett - Editorial

Carol Hentze - Editorial/Photo Album

Tammy Robinson - Web/Graphic Design

A tip-of-the-hat to all those who shared their stories and gave the project wings.

Bill Alder
Rolly Bartlett
Gord Beadle
Rheta Benton
Phil Bergman
Don Braithwaite
Stanley & Joy Budd
Jack Chicalo
Len & Rose Crawford
George Crawshaw
Jim Creighton
Walter Davidson
Bob Early
Mike Farrell
Lee Frankham
Pat Hadikan
Harvey Hahn
Bill Hill
Craig Houston

Stan & Patsy Kaardal
Jack Kirk
Bob Langdon (1925-1986)
Jackie Langdon
Tom Langdon
Larry Langford
Brian McConnan
Mark Murphy
Dave Nilson
Irvin Olsen
Norene Reedel
Frank & Mary Roberts
Dr. John Ross
Steve & Val Todd
Don Thompson
Ted Turner

Richard Von Fintel
Lyle Whyte
Ed Wilcock
Gord & Anne Wilkinson

Mosaic of Aviation Memories

We would like to thank:

Bert Forrester of Mosaic Training Solutions
for envisioning this amazing project.

Karen Johnson,
Employment Programs - Service Canada

- A Retrospective of the Seaplane Industry in Campbell River and Northern Vancouver Island

Special Thanks to:

Corilair
E&B Helicopters
Sealand Aviation
Vancouver Island Air and Sea
West Coast Helicopters

Sandra Parrish and the Museum at Campbell River
Captain John Low and the Comox Air Force Museum

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Referenced Material

Barnstorming to Bush Flying: 1910-1930, Peter Corley-Smith, Sono Nis Press, Victoria BC, 1989
Bush Flying: David Oliver, Osprey Color Series, 1988, Osprey Publishing Ltd., London
Bush Flying to Blind Flying: British Columbia’s Aviation Pioneers 1930-1940, Peter Corley-Smith, Sono Nis Press, Victoria BC, 1993
Flights of a Coast Dog: A Pilot’s Log, Jack Schofield, Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 1999
Hubbard, The Forgotten Aviator: Jim Brown, Peanut Butter Publishing, 1996
Illustrated History of Seaplanes and Flying Boats: Louis S. Casey & John Batchelor, Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Toronto, 1980
Jericho Beach and the West Coast Flying Boat Stations: Chris Weicht, Morris Printing Company ltd. Victoria BC, 1997
No Numbered Runways: Floatplane Pioneers of the West Coast: Jack Schofield, Sono Nis Press, Winlaw BC, 2004
Pilots to Presidents: British Columbia’s Aviation Pioneers 1930-1960: Peter Corley-Smith, Sono Nis Press, Victoria BC
Pioneering Aviation in the West. Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation: Lloyd M. Bungey, Hancock House Publishers, 1993
The Accidental Airline: Howard White, Jim Spilsbury, Harbour Publishing, 1988
The Biography of Dr. Samuel Campbell, R.N. Surgeon & Surveyor: The Naming and Early History of the Campbell River: Edward F. Meade, Campbell River, BC. 1980
The Pathless Way: Flying the British Columbia Coast: Justin de Goutiere. Garydonald Graphics Ltd., West Vancouver, 1968
The Immortal Beaver: The World’s Greatest Bush Plane: Sean Rossiter
The Magnificent Distance – Early Aviation in British Columbia - 1910-1940
Sound Heritage Services # 28, 1980. Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria BC
The Universal Airplanes: Otter and Twin Otter: Sean Rossiter, Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC 1998.

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