Stewart Collection ➔ Flight Log
Archival Item
2008.5.4
Pilot's Log Book
Pilot's log book provides details and information about the flight including:
Name/ Classification/ Address/ License No./ Date/ No. of Flights/ Distance Flown/Time in Air/ Nature of Flight/ Reg. Mark or Type of Plane Used/Certified By
First entry is Jan 1, 1929, type of plane listed G-CAUZ. August 1 entry is CF-AHD, the Queen of the Yukon II. Last entry is October 31, 1929. Pilot Patterson died November 2, 1929 when the CF-AHD crashed.
Name/ Classification/ Address/ License No./ Date/ No. of Flights/ Distance Flown/Time in Air/ Nature of Flight/ Reg. Mark or Type of Plane Used/Certified By
First entry is Jan 1, 1929, type of plane listed G-CAUZ. August 1 entry is CF-AHD, the Queen of the Yukon II. Last entry is October 31, 1929. Pilot Patterson died November 2, 1929 when the CF-AHD crashed.
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.