No Englishmen Need Apply is a detailed study of the career of Major R. W. (Walter) Hale with the Canada Post Office Department and the events that led to him becoming widely known as the flying postal inspector.The British émigré’s early life adventures and military service in both World Wars also receive mention. Special attention is paid to the active role he played in the inauguration of air mail service throughout his adopted country’s vast northlands, most particularly the Great Bear Lake region and the “Mackenzie River corridor” (the Athabaska/Slave/Mackenzie waterway linking Fort McMurray and Aklavik).By the end of his lengthy career District Postal Superintendent Hale had logged more than seven hundred hours in the air, often flying to far-northern outposts in hazardous winter weather. He flew with many of the pioneer aviators including legendary bush pilots W. R. “Wop” May, C. H. “Punch” Dickins and G.W.G. (Grant) McConachie. Their signatures appear alongside his on a number of air mail covers illustrated in the book.
Mallett, Gordon (2010). No Englishmen Need Apply.
$19.00 CAD
Mallett, Gordon (2010). No Englishmen Need Apply.
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Weight | 0.56 kg |
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Dimensions | 11 × 8.5 × 3 cm |
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