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EPA's DART-HERALDS PROVIDE EASY ACCESS TO ISLAND

Major Maritime airline got startin bush league

On a bleak March day in 1949, a Norseman aircraft, F-GPM, appeared out of a grey sky and landed on a frozen pond at one of Newfoundland’s many out- ports. To the watching inhabit-

ants of tlie lonely settlement the

airplane was a welcome sight. It meant the end of winter iso lation and the delivery of mail

ly formed Eastern Provincial Airways, a smal! bush company thatha been started in Jan

uary of that vear by Erie.

Blackwood. an adventurous bush pilot. and CA ‘Ches) Crosbie, a St. John's business

man. Actually. Blackwood. upon his

_ @ischarge from the RCAF in

19%. had started another avia- tien company. Newfoundland Aero Sales and Service Limited. with financial backing from a group of St. John’s business men ; However, the group sold out their interests to C.F. Burke of

-, Cherlottetown. who formed a

Bew outfit called Newfoundland Airways. Blackwood was reluc- tant to sell out his interest in NASCO because he could see a

“great potential for aviation in

Newfoundand. When his back, ers sold the company to Burke, Blackwood immediately began

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der in order to set up more cen- tralized facilities for service to both Northern Newfoundland and

looking around for new capital ¢s-ititi

and founded Eastern Provincial Airways early in 1949. Eastern Provincial and New-

f Airways competed j with other from 1949 to 1951: Burke's outfit retir-

ed from. the scene and sold its small fleet of Norseman aircraft to Queen Chariotte Airline: of Vancouver. EPA had received the bulk of the mail and govern- ment contracts hecessary te keep it alive during those gariy years while Newfoundland Air- ways” business gradually dwin- died as a result of the local ition. It is interesting to note that

He attempted to enter politics. later sold out his interest in EPA to Crosbie, and migrated to Ontario where he is

senger service between St. John's, Gander and Deer Lake_ (Corzer Brook).

ing Supplies. WE TRADE

Stereo, Car Accessories, Toys, Camping and Sport-

Come in if you have anything from little pigs to an old arm chair, we will take it Remember No Trip To P-.E.1. Is Complete Until. You’ve Visited The Fabled White

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of Denmark for the main route. Altogether, work along the coast of

towns and settlements are ser- ved and more than 13,000 people lifted during the period that us- ually lasts six months of the year One Canso and the Otter aircraft remain in Greeland dur- ing the winter months and con- tinue the service while the re- mainder return to Gander for overhaul.

In 1960 EPA received new lic- enses to operate into Wabush

—and a Falls in Central Lab-

. This iron rich section of had been building up

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centres of Newfoundland, since thousands of native Newfound- landers were employed in the rich iron fields. EPA commenc- ed resular passenger service into the area during 1960 and this route has since become one of the airline's best paying runs.

During 1960 and 1961 EPA's Trans Island Service reached the point where heavier equip- ment was required to serve the

the railway was completed growing number of passengers

who were using air travel bet- CONTINUED ON PAGE 9B

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