Frederick Maurice McGregor was born on May 11, 1911 in Victoria, B.C. where was educated at St. Michaels School and then Rockland Academy. McGregor was an aviation pioneer who took flying lesson in 1928 with the Aero Club of B.C. at Lulu Island Vancouver and at Lansdowne Field in Saanich, (Victoria B.C). He was a pilot with B.C. Airways Ltd. (Victoria and Vancouver, B.C.) 1928-1933. Early activities included: stunt pilot, bush pilot and flight instructor. He was pilot for Wells Air Transport, 1933, and Canadian Airways Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C.), 1933-1937, and one of two first pilots to join Trans-Canada Airlines Ltd. (later Air Canada), 1937-1940. He was captain of the first Trans-Canada night mail flight March 1, 1937. He had many managerial positions in T.C.A. including: Operations Superintendent, Eastern Division, Toronto, 1946-1952; Operations Manager; Canadian Govt. Trans-Atlantic Air Service and T.C.A. overseas services, 1946-1952. He was Director of Development, Canadian Pacific Air Lines, 1953-1954. With Canadian government approval, McGregor was invited by the Pakistani government to organise the new Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) where he was General Manager, 1954-1955. He was president and co-owner of B.C. Air Lines 1956-1960. McGregor died in 1995.
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Fonds consists of two series: biographical and subject. The biographical series includes resumes, recommendations, certificates, pilot's licenses, schooling correspondence, interviews, memoirs, articles and portrait photographs.;The subject series includes correspondence, publications, reports, operational documents (TCA), pilots logs, and photographs relating to: B.C. Airways, ca. 1928-1933; B.C. Air Lines Ltd., 1956-1959; Canadian Airways Ltd.,1933-1938; Trans-Canada Air Lines Ltd. (Air Canada), 1937-1994; Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), 1954-1992, and B.C. Airlines Ltd., 1956-1960.
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Finding aid available with series and file level control.
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Series includes resumes, recommendations, certificates, pilot's licenses, schooling correspondence, interviews, memoirs, articles and portrait photographs.
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Articles, interviews, clippings, partial drafts and typescripts on F. M. McGregor.
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Newspaper clippings and photocopies.
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Series includes correspondence, publications, reports, operational documents (TCA), pilots logs, and photographs relating to: B.C. Airways, ca. 1928-1933; B.C. Air Lines Ltd., 1956-1959; Canadian Airways Ltd.,1933-1938; Trans-Canada Air Lines Ltd. (Air Canada), 1937-1994; Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), 1954-1992, and B.C. Airlines Ltd., 1956-1960.
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Including 2 with F. W. Mayhew and 2 photographs, and 2 negatives of a Canadian Airways Ltd. Sikorsky S-28 flying boat and a Pacemaker 31.
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Includes photographs of a Pitcairn autogyro (CF-ARO), a SARO A19 Cloud flying boat (CF-ARB) and a Canadian Airways mail carrier.
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With inscriptions on back: "The first shipment of mail going by air?" and "Turning the plane at 3 a.m. just before the takeoff".
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With F.M. McGregor and group photographs.
Including notations: "Canadian Pacific Spanish interpreter,” "CP South American agreement/ Jack Gilmer".
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Clippings and magazine articles, many feature F.M. McGregor.
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Includes photographs of: Malton Airport, Toronto (now Pearson); TCA aircraft including the Lockheed 10-A, and DC 3; Lockheed 14 delivery, May 1938; F.M McGregor with C.D. Howe; F.M. McGregor in cockpit, control tower, and company events; F.M. McGregor and group in front of aircraft; Aircraft in flight and aircraft interiors, mechanics and passengers; Unidentified subjects.
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Includes photographs of: F.M. McGregor, Wallace Courtney, Bermuda Governor; North Star CF-TFF 206.
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Photographs are of an unidentified event.
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Includes photographs of: Canadair North Star at Orley; F.M. McGregor with French officials and others.
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Articles and clippings including a Pakistani typescript (English): "Hero as Pilot" comparing McGregor's Canadian flying experiences to flying in Pakistan.
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Nov. 1954 issue includes article by "F.M. McGregor, General Manager of P. I. A." titled: "Airline Pilots Training in Pakistan").
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Includes photographs of Karachi-Dacca service inauguration with Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra and Minister Sardar Amir Azam Khan, June 7, 1954
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"The Importance of Air Transportation with Special Reference to Pakistan," typescript by F.M. McGregor "founding CEO of Pakistan International Airlines".
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Historical and miscellaneous photographs, including F.M. McGregor with John Howroyd and his CF-AOG Pietenpol Aircamper.
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Photographs of F.M. McGregor with unidentified management groups and officials.
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