Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
Profile of Members
Dennis Kestell Yorath
Birth: April 30, 1905
Birthplace: London, Ontario
Death: May 8, 1981
Inducted: 1974
Awards: MBE
"His business management abilities, coupled with a far-sighted appreciation of the country's civil flying requirements, were a prime factor in establishing a national pilot training scheme that has substantially benefited Canadian aviation."
Dennis Yorath was educated at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Victoria, BC. In 1928 he became one of the charter members of the Calgary Flying Club and earned his private pilot's license. Yorath was later named managing director of No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School at Lethbridge, Alberta, named as one of the most outstanding establishments in Canada. In 1944, the Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association elected him Alberta zone director and during his term, he enhanced the development of aviation in Canada.
Franklin Inglee Young
Birth: August 7, 1909
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario
Death: October 11, 1973
Inducted: 1974
Awards:
"His aviation knowledge, applied to pilots of Canada's national airline during its formative years, and as an instrument flight instructor of RCAF pilots, provided an increased safety factor for both civilian passengers and military aircrew alike and substantially benefited Canadian aviation."
Franklin Young was educated at Toronto, Ontario and began his flying career with Elliot Air Service at Hamilton, Ontario in 1927. He barnstormed on a trans-Canada tour, and later piloted with such charter companies as Aircraft Limited, Century Airways and National Air Transport until 1932. In 1933 he joined Dominion Skyways at Rouyn, Quebec as a bush pilot and accepted a job as a pilot for Trans-Canada Air Lines in 1937. During WWII he played a key role in the Atlantic Ocean ferrying operations performed by TCA and also acted as a check pilot for Americans applying to fly with Trans-Atlantic Ferry Command. Later in his career, Young became superintendent of operations for the line's eastern region and played a major role in shortening the flight path of TCA aircraft on the trans-continental route along what is now known as the Great Lakes Airway.© Copyright in the portrait drawings of the honoured members of the Aviation Hall of Fame, which were prepared by Mrs. I. Coucill are the property of Mrs. Coucill.