Stewart Collection ➔ Letter
Archival Item
2008.5.43
Handwritten, one-page letter in pencil from J.E. Ferrell, presumably to Gordon K. Stewart. Letter provides instruction with regards to engine and aircraft to be obtained by Yukon Airways and Exploration Co. Ltd. and the financial difficulties of the company.
See 2008.5.43
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.
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.