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Barney Boe interview

CALL NUMBER: T0319:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Flying in the 1930s PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Barney Boe tells the story of his Trans-Canada flight in a Fleet II aircraft in 1930. Anecdotes about learning to fly, 1930. TRACK 2: More on learning to fly. Early flying in the Lower Mainland of B.C. More on the 1930 Trans-Canada flight. Boe's personal philosophy on personal knowledge and experience. More on the Fleet II aircraft. Anecdotes about emergency landings on Stave Lake and Alkali Lake.

CALL NUMBER: T0319:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bush flying in British Columbia, 1930-1960 PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Techniques of bush flying described. Boe's crashes in McLeese and Williams Lake. Quit flying, ca. 1960. General comments about flying. TRACK 2: Flight from Seattle to Chicago with W.E. Boeing, 1930. Description of Chicago Air Show, 1930. Comments about W.E. Boeing. Anecdotes about flying in B.C. (end of interview).

B.C. folio : Ralph Edwards of Lonesome Lake

SUMMARY: "B.C. Folio" is a weekly program that features items of interest to B.C. listeners, including interviews with British Columbians of diverse backgrounds. "BC Folio" was broadcast from 1971 to 1976 on t;he Pacific Region network -- first on AM, and later on FM. Ralph Edwards -- and people who knew him -- tell about how he came to settle at Lonesome Lake in the Bella Coola Valley; his family's experie;nces there; his efforts to save the trumpeter swans; and his experiences as a pilot in the area. A CBC Vancouver production, compiled and narrated by Imbert Orchard.;

[Bird-dog training school]

Stock shots. Shows training of "bird-dog" pilots and radio operators to observe forest fire fighting operations from the air. Includes footage of Avenger airtanker at airport base and making drops on a fire.

Bob Langdon interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bob Langdon discusses current attitudes about airplane travel in and around Northern Vancouver Island. He describes flying weather; conditions; passengers; potential hazards; rapidly changing; weather; coastal pilot problems; night flying; and emergency flights. TRACK 2: Mr. Langdon recalls the various types of aircraft that have been used since 1948 on Northern Vancouver Island. He describes incidents that have occurred in emergency situations; his career as a pilot in Campbell River; the growth of his company Island Airlines; the impact of the airplane on the northern Vancouver Island region; impact on the logging industry; commuters; aviation centres; licensing.

Bruce Brown interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-?] SUMMARY: In an oral history interview with Imbert Orchard, floatplane pilot Bruce Brown discusses his experiences flying to and around the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the dangers presented by high winds, low visibility, rough water, mountains, and unruly passengers. [Note: This summary is based on incomplete notes in the file.]

Charles R. Keown interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early aviation in British Columbia, 1925-1947 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Charles R. Keown discusses his aviation experiences. Learning to fly in Seattle. Accompanying pilot on air mail flight to Texas. Flying in Victoria, late 1920s to the war years. Flying for 1929 B.C. land survey. Comments on Lansdowne Airfield, Victoria. TRACK 2: Western Air Corporation. Comments about W.E. Boeing. Local fliers: Eddie Hubbard, Rawlings and Rhodes, the Eave brothers. Patricia Bay Airport. Local flying clubs. Government support. (End of interview)

[Female glider pilot ]

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.

From Jericho Beach to Swanson Bay : recollections of early aviation on the Pacific Coast

The item is an audio recording produced for the Provincial Archives' Sound Heritage Series under contract. After the First World War, it was necessary for enthusiastic airmen to demonstrate the worth of their machines to the non-military world. The British Columbia coast was ideal for this purpose. Previously accessible only by boat, it was opened anew by flying boats and float planes, which proved themselves not only valuable but virtually indispensable. "From Jericho Beach to Swanson Bay" presents stories of coastal flying in the 1920s and 1930s. The airmen recall the operations at Jericho Beach Air Station in Vancouver and the fisheries patrols on the northern coast, as well as other episodes. The program is based on interviews recorded by Paul Stoddart.

Gustav Hamel story

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1957-10-15
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: An unidentified male speaker reads a story [or book excerpt?] about Gustav Hamel. The story begins with a description of the Germany of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and how the Kaiser believed that England belonged to him; the war he went to in order to settle the issue; how Gustav Hamel went to France to learn to become an aviator for England around 1914; the thinking at the time about the potential for airplanes at war; Hamel as a very skilled English aviator; how Hamel walked into a trap of bureaucracy of which he was not aware by doing a reconnaissance mission for the Germans prior to the war; and the catch twenty-two of Hamel's predicament is described, after he learned what he had done for England's enemy. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The circumstances of this interview, and the names of the interviewee and interviewer, are not available.

[Helicopter cone collecting, Williams Lake]

Stock shots. Collecting spruce cones from tree tops with a helicopter. Shows process of preparing helicopter and equipment; collecting cones; landing at dump and unloading; safety measures; aerial views of harvesting area.

H.V. "Paddy" Acland interview

CALL NUMBER: T1085:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Paddy Acland remembers a few anecdotes about hunting and hiking in the BC interior. He explains how he came out to British Columbia from England after serving with the British Army duri;ng the Boer War. He describes expectations of life in BC and offers comments on the background of his father, John Acland. He arrived in BC in 1908; he describes the appearance of Summerland. He discusses his first jobs in the Okanagan; building his first log cabin; an anecdote about digging a basement for "Old Johnson"; buying and pre empting land in the Okanagan. TRACK 2: Paddy Acland describes the development of his own property near Eneas Lake between Peachland and Summerland. He discusses his first impressions of the Okanagan Valley, coming into it via train and boat. He describes ;the sternwheeler "Aberdeen"; labouring for a tobacco farmer in Kelowna; working for a dairy farmer, the meanest man Mr. Acland had ever met; comments on another employer, named "Fluffy" Williston. Mr. Acland offers further comments on British immigrants who came to the Okanagan during this era.

CALL NUMBER: T1085:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Paddy Acland mentions his first jobs in the Okanagan, including lumber sorting and surveying. Mr. Acland returned to England for two months, and then returned to the Okanagan. He offers an; anecdote about a man being thrown into Lake Okanagan with all of his belongings, for making a pass at a local girl, and the "rough" justice of the era. More anecdotes about promiscuity between wives; of landed settlers and hired working men. Mr. Acland discusses his marriage to a girl from Summerland, and a digression on the different types of English immigrants, including the class that settled; in Vernon during the early decades of the century, which he found snobbish and pretentious. He describes the mixture of settlers in Kelowna during this era. TRACK 2: Mr. Acland offers comments about the Edgelow family of Kelowna, particularly Mrs. Edgelow, who delighted in shocking Kelowna residents prior to World War I. He comments on the background of the Acland family and offers anecdotes ;about his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hutton of Kelowna, an ardent Catholic convert who often entertained in her large home. He tells a story about an English orchardist who planted his trees upside down, an;d describes dances and social activities in the Okanagan Valley during this era. He describes the growth and development of Summerland during its early years and reflects upon the different currents ;of immigrants and settlers which have made up the fabric of Canadian society.

CALL NUMBER: T1085:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Paddy Acland discusses some early Okanagan Valley residents. He admits that he joined the Baptist church choir to meet young and single women. He discusses relations with the Indians in the reserve near Summerland; the story of Sam McGee; comments on how the capital of early settlers was used and misused; a recollection of J.M. Robinson; comments on the Manitoba farmers induced to come; to the Okanagan Valley by Robinson; comments on how young men made a living in the Okanagan during this era; a story about the fortunes of three young working men; and comments on the Dominion Experimental Farm at Summerland. TRACK 2: Mr. Acland recalls several characters at Cobble Hill, Duncan, and offers a comparison between Vancouver Island and the Okanagan Valley during the early years of t;he century. He discusses personalities and experiences at Thetis Island; then he tells a story about two young men who shot a policeman in the Okanagan Valley, and were hunted by posses throughout the valley. More comments on English settlers; the story of the Belleview Hotel; anecdotes about the antics at the Belleview Hotel, and a physical description of the hotel.;

CALL NUMBER: T1085:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Paddy Acland retraces early working experiences and life in the Okanagan Valley. He describes Okanagan Falls around the time of the First World War; the town of Kaleden; a story about Tom E;llis; stories about rattlesnakes; a story about competing in the long jump against an Indian at Penticton; comments about Penticton and Naramata; a description of Peachland; comments about settlements; on the west side of Okanagan Lake; J.C. Dun-Waters and the building of Fintry; dairy farming; comments about the simple funerals of several wealthy Okanagan residents; and an anecdote about the funeral of Matt Wilson. TRACK 2: Mr. Acland recalls his service with a military regiment in the Okanagan Valley; organizational and disciplinary problems with the Okanagan military regiment; military stories and training with different military regiments in BC and eastern Canada.;

CALL NUMBER: T1085:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Paddy Acland discusses military training and service overseas with a Canadian battalion during the First World War. He offers further recollections of aspects of military training in British Columbia. TRACK 2: Mr. Acland tells a story of bear hunting behind his homestead with a local Indian. He describes his service as a government weed inspector along Lake Okanagan, and tells a story; about entry into the military. He comments about training in the Okanagan and he traces his military career.

CALL NUMBER: T1085:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Paddy Acland discusses further aspects of his military experience overseas during World War I. TRACK 2: Mr. Acland offers recollections about flying aircraft and training pilots during World War I; returning to the Okanagan Valley after the war; a story about losing his land after the war, and serving as a manager at the Eldorado ranch. Finally, he discusses hard times.

People in landscape : Paddy Acland goes to war

SUMMARY: This special program was broadcast as part of the CBC's Remembrance Day observance in 1971. Paddy Acland, a well-known Okanagan personality, talks about his experiences in the First World War. He enlisted in the early days of the war and became a flight instructor in the Royal Flying Corps.

People in landscape : Ralph Edwards of Lonesome Lake

SUMMARY: n this program, Ralph Edwards tells how he came to settle at Lonesome Lake in 1912, and describes his family's life in this remote area. Included are anecdotes about his efforts to preserve the rare and beautiful trumpeter swans, and his adventures flying small planes in the B.C. wilderness. The voices heard are: Ralph Edwards, Wilf Christensen, and Gideon Schoettze.

[Pilot training]

News item. Footage at beginning shows CF-101 Voodoos on the ground at CFB Comox, and in the air. How pilots are trained to fly these planes, through classroom lectures and in labs where simulated emergency situations are staged. Footage of Voodoo training flights, where pilots are taught what to do when a T-33 invades domestic air space in a mock attack. The CF-101s successfully "scramble" to intercept the T-33s, which then return to their Electronic Warfare Squadron. The CF-101s fly back to their respective bases.

Ralph Edwards interviews, 1966 and [197-]

CALL NUMBER: T2118:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-08-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ralph Edwards is a pilot who recalls his arrival in Lonesome Lake. He begins by describing his family background; his settling at Lonesome Lake from 1907 to 1912, including a description of the area; the process of making his home and life, and helping to build a telegraph line and other jobs. TRACK 2: Mr. Edwards continues by describing his early married life; more on settlement ;there; his interest in flying; earning his pilots license in 1952; an account of one of his forced landings; and his care of the trumpeter swans.

CALL NUMBER: T2118:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-08-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Edwards continues with more on trumpeter swans; grizzly bears; a bear story; and his pilot's license. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T2118:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ralph Edwards at Oona River RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Note: This tape is labeled "Ralph Edwards at Oona River", and is from a later date than the previous three tracks. Ralph Edwards describes being too old to keep flying; he tried to go to the; Yukon to farm, but was not received kindly, so he decided to start a homestead at [Oona River?] in 1966. Experiences flying in the interior; the hospitality of Karl Bergman; Mr. Edward's stint as a commercial fisherman; trumpeter swans; his airplane, including an accident and the sale of it. TRACK 2: Mr. Edwards describes receiving an award from the Governor General award in Ottawa in 1972 for ;his work with swans; and selling his ranch in 1966 to Robert Taylor.

Ray Herbert interview

CALL NUMBER: T0503:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert was born in 1924 and discusses his schooling. Alberta militia unit. Joins RCAF. Overseas bomber squadron. Enters Law faculty at UBC. Joins auxiliary wing at Sea Island. Interaction between Sea Island unit and UBC squadron. Views on disbandment of UBC Reserve University Squadron (RUS) in 1945, and re-establishment in 1949. Becomes a Commanding Officer in 1952. Impressions of armoury and personnel. TRACK 2: Officer's mess. Parade night activities. Summer training program. Effect upon Canadian unity. Attainments of air training program. Recruitment. CALL NUMBER: T0503:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert discusses recruitment. Women cadets. Supplying officers. Establishment of Victoria unit. Quota issue. Reserve Officers' Training Program (ROTP). Annual meetings of commanding officers from across Canada. Organization. Tri-Service staff officer. TRACK 2. Canada's changing foreign policy. Views on Canada's position vis-a-vis the United States. Effects of removal of air crew training. Interaction with army and navy units. Annual tri-services parade. CALL NUMBER: T0503:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert discusses integration [of the services] -- pros and cons. Disbandment. UBC administration cooperative. Advantages of training to students. Personal satisfaction.

Richard E. Horsfield interview

CALL NUMBER: T3096:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Experiences in the British Army and R.F.C., 1912-1918 PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1918 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Richard Horsfield gives a biographical sketch of his early life: explanation of the origin of the Horsfield name; story of the enlistment procedure 1914. London Regiment comrades. Army food in WW I. Problems of supply during warfare. Anecdote about Women's Air Corp. Supply problems. Experiencing combat for the first time. The second battle of the Somme, 1916. The soldiers concerns in the trenches: morale, food, lice, shelter. Being wounded. An all meat diet in the hospital. The Portuguese Division. Transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. TRACK 2: Training for the Royal Flying Corps, 1917. 188th Night Fighter Squadron. Getting outfitted for the Flying Corps. Initiation rites into the squadron. Learning to fly as an apprentice pilot. Instrumentation error in a night fighter. Locating the aerodrome and landing an aircraft at night, 1917. Night flying tactics. Flying by the seat of your pants. Improvising a 'superior' aircraft and the consequences. Practical jokes. The great aces -- Bishop, Ball et al. American influences. CALL NUMBER: T3096:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): With the RCMP in northern British Columbia, 1925-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Reasons for emigrating. Joining the Manitoba Provincial Police, 1925. Joining the RCMP as a champion pistol shot. The lack of national support for the team. Transfer north to Telkwa, 1926. The Carrier Indians on the warpath. Explanation of the name "Carrier". Gun-na-noot organizes a massive war dance. A near fatal incident at Kitwancool. TRACK 2: Organizing a three-man posse. The war dance at Takla Landing. Apprehending Gun-na-noot and holding court in the Hudson's Bay Store. Gun-na-noot gets the 'dry spit'. Description of Gun-na-noot. Horsfield meets Stuart Henderson. First time Horsfield received the 'dry spit'. Omineca Za-mo-ree gives Horsfield the 'dry spit'. CALL NUMBER: T3096:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in the RCMP (cont'd) PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Frontier medicine. Omineca Za-mo-ree apologizes. TRACK 2: blank. (End of interview)

Seven league boots

The item consists of a public relations film on the development of the Okanagan Helicopters Group. The release print contains BC footage includes Carl Agar flying an early helicopter; use of helicopters for aerial survey of Kildala Pass transmission line route (Kitimat project) and flying supplies to stations along the route; delivering supplies to geological surveys and drilling sites in the Rockies; topographical survey work; survey and monitoring of the Trans Mountain pipeline; re-seeding forests from the air; headquarters and hangers at Vancouver airport.

Terence Finney interview

RECORDED: Pitt Meadows (B.C.), [19--] SUMMARY: Tape recorded reminiscences of Terry Finney, who immigrated to Canada in 1929 and moved to B.C. in 1933. Finney prepared aviation correspondence courses for the B.C. Department of Education and was active in the Aero Club of B.C. He trained military pilots during the Second World War, and civilian pilots in the post-war years.

The Hornby collection : Airborne : [Bowman master?]

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Airborne" is a radio essay on th;e love of flying, recorded at the homes of Dr. Alex Bowman, a prosthodontist, and Toni Onley, a painter, both of whom fly airplanes. This tape contains the [edited?] interview with Dr. Bowman, and pos;sibly the Toni Onley interview.;

The Hornby collection : Airborne ; Poet and painter - Eldon Grier & Sylvia Tait

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Airborne" is a radio essay on th;e love of flying, recorded at the homes of Dr. Alex Bowman, a prosthodontist, and Toni Onley, a painter, both of whom fly airplanes. [T4303:0003] An afternoon spent with poet Eldon Grier and his wife; Sylvia Tait, a painter. [T4303:0084];

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