Stewart Collection ➔ Permit
Archival Item
2008.5.40
Student Pilot Permit
Student pilot permit issued to Gordon K. Stewart, dated February 28, 1930. Permit issued by the United States of America Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch. Permit has signature of Leland L. Bull, Authorized Medical Examiner and Gordon K. Stewart, Student Pilot in ink.
Reverse of permit has handwritten address in ink.
Reverse of permit has handwritten address in ink.
Gordon Stewart joined Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. in the summer of 1929 when the company purchased a new Ryan B5, to be the Queen of the Yukon II. The plane was picked up in St. Louis, Missouri by pilot John Patterson and flown to Seattle, Washington. It was in Seattle that Gordon Stewart began his tenure with Yukon Airways. Floats were fitted on the plane at Renton airport and they began their barnstorming trip up the west coast of B.C. on their way to the Yukon.