Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1985-06-24
Invested on: 1985-10-30
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.