by Diana Trafford | Jan 16, 2017 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Howard Watt, Quebec aviation
Gold Belt Air Service base at Bachelor Lake, Québec, showing the original cabin on the left, and the smaller cabin added around 1948 on the right. In the foreground, the company’s Norseman CF-BSG. Photo credit: Canada Aviation and Space Museum #3840. In August...
by Diana Trafford | Oct 23, 2016 | Ferry Command, Howard Watt
Venturas, Mitchells and Liberators at Dorval, Québec, awaiting delivery by Ferry Command to the United Kingdom and points beyond, 13 May 1942. Photo: Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-114759. Howard Watt was one of several...
by Diana Trafford | Sep 16, 2016 | Barb & Con Campbell, Gold Belt Air Service, Howard Watt, Quebec aviation
Living in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Barb and Con Campbell heard that Gold Belt Air Service was looking to replace their man at remote Bachelor Lake. They jumped at the chance to take over the year-round job. They would refuel the company aircraft, keep the two-way radio...
by FOH | Jan 14, 2016 | Curtiss JN-4 Canuck, Elliot Air Service, Howard Watt
— Bush flying in the Canadian North has never been a vocation for the faint of heart. My uncle Howard Watt found that out the hard way during the Red Lake gold rush in Northwestern Ontario in 1926. In fact, he nearly died. Flying an open-cockpit biplane, a...
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