Subject: Airports and Airplanes

1969 Plane Crash at CPR Building in Cranbrook

Aftermath of the crash of a North American Harvard CF-WLW into a house very near the CPR roundhouse on Cobham Rd. The aircraft was doing an aerobatics display and lost power during a maneuver, the pilot attempted to recover and reach the airport but he did not have enough airspeed or height; his wing clipped a telephone pole and he cartwheeled into the house. He was killed in the crash.

Internal ID:	0014.0027
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1969

TCA Express Service Commences

The inaugural flight of TCA's express service between Vancouver and Winnipeg

Internal ID:	0042.0217
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 22nd 1938

Airport Upgrades

Internal ID:	0042.0220
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 1st 1938

City Airport

Grant made by Department of Transport to to extend and improve landing facilities at Cranbrook Airport

Internal ID:	0042.0223
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 18th 1938

Airport Schedule Change

Working schedule changed with Department of Transport

Internal ID:	0042.0224
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 8th 1938

Works and Electric Department Reports

Internal ID:	0042.0227
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 16th 1938

Kluane Lake in Kluane National Park, Yukon c.1958

A De Havilland Beaver (float plane) landing in a Kluane Lake in the Yukon c. 1958

Internal ID:	0047.0194
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1958

Trans-Canada Air Lines DC-8

Plane reads Trans-Canada Air Lines c. May 1961

Internal ID:	0047.0383
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	May 1st 1961

Elephant Hunt

Two out of six of the elephants that stampeded from circus cars being offloaded in Cranbrook still at large.

Internal ID:	0050.0567
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 10th 1926

Indian Tracker Chased

Three elephants still on loose near Cranbrook and reports of them attacking men.

Internal ID:	0050.0568
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 11th 1926

Hunting By Airplane

Cranbrook aviator locating and mapping possible landing fields in the game countries of the Rockies.

Internal ID:	0050.0574
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 6th 1930

Council Meeting Report

Cranbrook City Council meeting burns midnight oil with large volume on agenda, including proposal of street lights in Slaterville, new concrete sidewalks, and closing of tourist park, playground and cemetery water facilities for the winter.

Internal ID:	0050.0612
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 20th 1930

Grand Forks Glider

Grand Forks residents saw a glider in action from a mountain height of 1500 feet and floated through the air for half a mile.

Internal ID:	0050.0669
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 2nd 1930

John Fingal Smith

85 year old Cranbrook resident enjoys a flight over the mountain peaks.

Internal ID:	0050.0733
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 23rd 1930

Fingal Smith Flies

Newspaper letter to editor thanking owner and pilot of airplane for taking John Fingal Smith for a ride.

Internal ID:	0050.0753
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 30th 1930

Transportation - Planes

Old time locomotive engineer purchased an airplane at Calgary and flew to Cranbrook in it.

Internal ID:	0051.0680
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 25th 1932

Wasa Airport

Ongoing airport construction work near Ta Ta Creek to be used as an emergency field by the Department of Transport and Trans- Canada Airlines.

Internal ID:	0051.0728
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 7th 1939

Twin Engine Float Plane

Float plane - twin engine Dropping in to refuel at Moose Lake, Red Pass, BC. This is a very interesting picture, twin engine, twin tail, biplane with a flying boat hull. It has a RCAF ensignia on starboard lower wing. The steam/smoke in background appears to becoming from a steam locomotive. Looking at the narrow channel, sandy beach and proximity to train track the location seems to be upstream of the Red Pass community near the graveyard. It does look like smoke on the mountain at the upper starboard wingtip.

Internal ID:	0106.0003
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1950

Twin Engine Float Plane

Internal ID:	0106.0006
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1950

Single Engine Airplane

A small single engine airplane on a newly cut airstrip, possibly in Valemount.

Internal ID:	0119.0212
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1975

Helicopter Site

Unknown names of two men at cargo area of helicopter. Presumed to be Valemount, BC area.

Internal ID:	0126.0042
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Valemount Ambulance

Unknown men - two in business suits (politicians?) congratulating Ambulance driver; man in aircraft in back, Valemount, BC.

Internal ID:	0126.0153
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Helicopter Body

Large multiple seat, freight helicopter body on flat deck trailer, presumed to be in Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0163
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Helicopter

Helicopter with external basket, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0164
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Fixed Wing Aircraft

Fixed Wing Aircraft, low wing, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0165
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Helicopter

Bell 206 helicopter in flight, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0166
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Airplane in Horizon

Fixed wing aircraft on horizon, Valemount, BC area

Internal ID:	0127.0167
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Helicopter Body

Helicopter body on trailer towed by truck, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0168
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Helicopter Body

Large multiple seat, freight helicopter body on flat deck trailer. Presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0169
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Helicopters

Bell 206 helicopter in flight and a helicopter on the ground beside ambulance, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0170
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Triple Blade Helicopter

Small triple-blade helicopter, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0171
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Fixed Wing Aircraft

Fixed wing aircraft - low wing, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0172
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Twin Engine Helicopter

Twin engine Canadian Government helicopter, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0173
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Cockpit of Helicopter

Cockpit and controls inside twin engine Canadian government helicopter, presumed to be in Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0174
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Aerial Crane

Getting ready to long-line single engine helicopter, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0175
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Aerial Crane

Long-lining a single engine helicopter using a twin engine helicopter, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0176
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Twin Engine Helicopter

Twin engine Canadian Government helicopter, just off ground, presumed to be Valemount, BC.

Internal ID:	0127.0177
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Twin Engine Helicopter

Twin engine Canadian Government helicopter, presumed to be Valemount, BC.

Internal ID:	0127.0178
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Twin Engine Helicopter

Twin engine Canadian Government helicopter, just off ground, presumed to be Valemount, BC.

Internal ID:	0127.0179
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Beaufort Aircraft

A Beaufort Taxi aircraft and forklift, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0180
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Cockpit of Helicopter

Cockpit of a small helicopter, presumed to be in Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0181
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Aerial Crane

Twin engine Government helicopter, getting ready to long-line a single engine helicopter. Presumed to be in Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0182
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Twin Engine Helicopter

Twin engine Government helicopter airborne, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0183
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Twin Engine Helicopter

Twin engine Government helicopter airborne, presumed to be Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0184
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Aerial Crane

A twin engine helicopter long-lining a single engine helicopter, presumed to be in Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0185
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

No. 1 Ordnance Field Park, R.C.O.C., C.A.S.F.

No. 1 Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp. C.A.S.F. Photo taken in front of an Avro Lancaster bomber. See text for name list.

Internal ID:	0129.0003
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

Castlegar Airport

The Castlegar flight service building at the airport - c. 1950. Canadian Pacific Airlines was the commercial carrier flying into Castlegar at this time.

Internal ID:	0131.0341
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Zeplin

Aviation - airship Zeplin Nulli Secundus meaning, second to none (unknown area).

Internal ID:	0131.0708
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1908

Airplane Over Castlegar

Unidentified aircraft flying over the Castlegar, B.C. area.

Internal ID:	0133.0060
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Bi-plane Identification CF-AGK.

Bi-plane identification CF-AGK in flight, Cranbrook, BC. A de Havilland 60 Moth owned by Radium Hot Springs Flying Service Ltd.

Internal ID:	0138.0003
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1940

Bi-plane CF-AGK Flying over Cranbrook, c. 1939

Bi-plane identification CF-AGK Cranbrook, BC, c. 1939. A de Havilland 60 Moth owned by Radium Hot Springs Flying Service Ltd. flew from 1929 to 1940.

Internal ID:	0138.0004
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1939

Cranbrook, B.C. from the air, 1938

Cranbrook, B.C. from the air, 1938, this photo is aimed North East and captures Central School in the middle and the Baker Home in the far Right edge

Internal ID:	0138.0005
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1938

Pontoon Push-prop Bi-plane on a Lake

Pontoon single-engine push-prop bi-plane docked on water, possibly Moyie Lake, ca. 1935.

Internal ID:	0138.0028
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1935

Soderholm at Calgary Tech School

One of the people in this photo inside the Calgary Tech School is Sam Soderholm. No other names provided.

Internal ID:	0139.0159
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1937

Sam Soderholm

Sam Soderholm at Helwan, Egypt. The aircraft is a Vickers Wellesley bomber of the Royal Air Force. Written on back of photo - "My next mode of transport, how do you like it?"

Internal ID:	0146.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1940

Gordon Fisher

Gordon Fisher is seen in uniform in the cockpit of an airplane, around 1944.

Internal ID:	0146.0023
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1944

Sam Soderholm

Sam Soderholm soloing in a De Havilland Moth at Calgary.

Internal ID:	0146.0030
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1935

Dr. Val Giest Visiting Area, 1968

Dr. Val Giest, Department of Environmental Design, University of Calgary. A guest of the Kimberley Jr. Fish and Game club. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats area, Findlay Creek

Internal ID:	0158.0016
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1968

Airplane Trip

Personalities of Kimberley, B.C. - Ruth Soderholm (4th from left) trip to Lewiston, Idaho with group of people by single engine aircraft equipped with pontoons.