Stewart Collection ➔ Flight Log
Archival Item
2008.5.3
Pilot's Log Book
Pilot's log book provides details and information about the flight including:
Classification/ Name/ Address/ License No./ Date/ No. of Flights/ Time in Air/ Distance Flown/ Reg. Mark or Type of Plane Used/ Nature of Flight/ Certified By
Written in ink on front page of book reads: John M. Patterson/ 1927/ Transport Pilot/ No. 2473
First entry is Jan 3? 1927, type of plane is listed as Standard. September 8, 1928, type of plane listed is G-CAUZ, book ends October 24th, 1928, with 726 hours 55 minutes of logged flying time.
Handwritten note on inside back cover reads: "From Oct 25 to Dec 31st ...?/ This time spent in bringing ship from Williams Lake on to Whitehorse via Quiznel - Prince George? Vanderhoof - Burns Lake - Smithers - Hazelton - Telegraph Creek - Atlin and Carcross. Barnstorming at each place - and making ? complete trips from Whitehorse to Mayo and Dawson.
Total time in this book 785 hrs.
Classification/ Name/ Address/ License No./ Date/ No. of Flights/ Time in Air/ Distance Flown/ Reg. Mark or Type of Plane Used/ Nature of Flight/ Certified By
Written in ink on front page of book reads: John M. Patterson/ 1927/ Transport Pilot/ No. 2473
First entry is Jan 3? 1927, type of plane is listed as Standard. September 8, 1928, type of plane listed is G-CAUZ, book ends October 24th, 1928, with 726 hours 55 minutes of logged flying time.
Handwritten note on inside back cover reads: "From Oct 25 to Dec 31st ...?/ This time spent in bringing ship from Williams Lake on to Whitehorse via Quiznel - Prince George? Vanderhoof - Burns Lake - Smithers - Hazelton - Telegraph Creek - Atlin and Carcross. Barnstorming at each place - and making ? complete trips from Whitehorse to Mayo and Dawson.
Total time in this book 785 hrs.
The G-CAUZ replaced the Queen of the Yukon as a new Ryan could not be purchased on such short notice. The Alexander Eaglerock was an open-cockpit, 3 passenger plane. Christened the "Northern Light", the aircraft lasted 13 months with Yukon Airways and Exploration Company Limited, before being wrecked in a crash at Coalmine Lake near Carmacks on November 29, 1929.
John M. Patterson joined Yukon Airways in 1928 when he ferried the "Northern Light" from Colorado to Mayo and stayed to fly the aircraft until delivery could be taken of the second Ryan.
Patterson died on November 2, 1929 in the crash of the Queen of the Yukon II at age 22. He was the first aviation fatality in the Yukon.
John M. Patterson joined Yukon Airways in 1928 when he ferried the "Northern Light" from Colorado to Mayo and stayed to fly the aircraft until delivery could be taken of the second Ryan.
Patterson died on November 2, 1929 in the crash of the Queen of the Yukon II at age 22. He was the first aviation fatality in the Yukon.