[Fido-aviation] Max Ward

[Bill Wunsch]

I got this from my old flying buddy from the sixties.  He is having some 
health problems right now.  I am going to ask him to join the fido 
group.  He always has interesting things to say.  He spent fifty-two 
years flying as a commercial pilot.

> I read about Max Ward passing on CBC news and then it as all the local 
> newspapers.
>
> There was every little in the world press but I guess the passing of a 
> Canadian businessman was not newsworthy enough. But Max Ward did a lot 
> for Canadian aviation by getting the buffoons in Ottawa off their fat 
> asses and allow competion in the airline industry within Canada before 
> it could be taken over by USA interests. After Max Ward sold his 
> struggling airline to Canadian Airlines, he set his son up as a 
> partner in Booker/Wheaten Air based in Edmonton City airport. That is 
> there where he kept his Twin Otter and his jet. With the down turn in 
> aviation in Alberta, Booker/Wheaten gave up on charter business and 
> became the Canadian operator for Fedex. The company was renamed 
> Morningstar Air Express after Max’s nickname for his wife. The company 
> is still operating. 

-- 
Bill Wunsch
306-545-8009
306-543-7250

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