Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: June 24, 1985
• Invested on: October 30, 1985

Flying out of Sudbury for almost fifty years, this legend among bush pilots is as well known for his extraordinary flying skills - he goes places no one else can go and always brings them back alive - and for his many acts of kindness to the lodge operators, trappers, hunters, tourists and native families scattered throughout northern Ontario.