No Numbered Runways

by Jack Schofield

Their aircraft brought the miners, the loggers, and the fishermen, prospectors, preachers, prostitutes, misfits, and visionaries in the myriad of inlets and waterways of Canada's unforgiving West Coast. These were the floatplane pilot entrepreneurs who created a succession of coastal airlines dating from the 1920s to the present day. While many of these early seaplane operators survived the onerous flights, many would also learn that cockpit skills did not guarantee business success. The aircraft of one man's venture was often seen repainted in the colour of another man's dream. Jack Schofield's No Numbered Runways recounts the exciting stories of early and latter-day pilots whose floatplanes tracked the British Columbia coast. Often without benefit of charts, weather reports, radio, or navigational aids and, indeed, without numbered runways, these ingenious aviators shaped the history of commercial flying on Canada's West Coast.

143 pages, Hardcover

First published June 25, 2004

Reviews

[Stuart Fuller · Rating 5 out of 5]

The third book of the "Coast Dog" series. Reads much more like a history book then the others. And that's my cup of tea, learning a rather obscure yet vitally important history of B.C. 5/5