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- Grant_McConachie abstract "George William Grant McConachie (April 24, 1909 - June 29, 1965) was a Canadian bush pilot and businessman who became CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA). Grant McConachie was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in Calder, Alberta. He developed an interest in aviation as a teen and obtained a pilot's license at age twenty. Within a few years he was running his own small fleet of bush aircraft including ski and float planes. His company delivered mail, freight, and supplies in the remote areas of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and into the Yukon and Northwest Territories. His knowledge of the North led to aerial exploration work on the Canol Road project and a contract with the United States government to do aerial charting for the Alaska Highway.McConachie sold his Yukon Southern Air Transport to Canadian Pacific Air Lines in 1941. Created through the acquisition of a number of similar small airlines, the new airline appointed him its general manager. In 1947, the Board of Directors elected him CPA's president and he embarked on an expansion that made the company the second largest carrier in Canada and the dominant airline of the Canadian West. In 1949 McConachie obtained landing rights at the Tokyo and Hong Kong airports that opened the door to CPA's highly successful transpacific service to Australia, Asia and the South Pacific. Under McConachie, the airline would expand with transatlantic flights to Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands and south into Mexico and South America.Grant McConachie died in 1965 in Long Beach, California. In 1972, author Ronald A. Keith published his biography under the title "Bush Pilot With A Briefcase."".
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- Grant_McConachie comment "George William Grant McConachie (April 24, 1909 - June 29, 1965) was a Canadian bush pilot and businessman who became CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA). Grant McConachie was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in Calder, Alberta. He developed an interest in aviation as a teen and obtained a pilot's license at age twenty. Within a few years he was running his own small fleet of bush aircraft including ski and float planes.".
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