Stewart Collection ➔ Negative, Film
Archival Item
2008.5.118
Black and white negative of Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. plane, Queen of the Yukon II (CF-AHD), the airplane is on wheels on the ground. Two men are working on top of the plane; one man stands beside the plane with fuel cans.
Mountains are visible in the background; landscape indicates this photo was taken in the Yukon.
"B5/ Mahoney Ryan Aircraft Corp." visible in the tail.
Mountains are visible in the background; landscape indicates this photo was taken in the Yukon.
"B5/ Mahoney Ryan Aircraft Corp." visible in the tail.
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. Pontoons 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.