The First (Unofficial) Landing at the North Bay Airport

On July 2, 1938 when construction at the airport was nearing completion, North Bay residents Stan Chandler and Jack Richardson landed a De Havilland Gypsy Moth on the freshly bulldozed runway. They had departed from Montreal that afternoon and approached North Bay around 6:00pm. Stan Chandler became the first pilot to unofficially land an airplane at the North Bay airport. A model of the airplane they flew, G-CAVK, is on display.

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Stan Chandler standing next to a Van Valkenburg Bayamo BM-3, circa 1936–1938. 
North Bay Museum Collection

Pilot’s Logbook belonging to Stan Chandler.

These pages show the log of Chandler’s1938 flight in a De Havilland Gypsy Moth from Cartierville (Montreal) to North Bay where he made the first (unofficial) landing at the North Bay Airport while it was still under construction.
North Bay Museum Collection