General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Large oil based painting on framed wooden canvas.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

117.0 cm

Width

94.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

Unknown

Canada

George William Grant McConachie (1909-1965) was an outstanding figure in Canadian aviation history. His full story is narrated by Ronald A. Keith in the 1972 biography, Bush Pilot With A Briefcase; The Happy-Go-Lucky Story of Grant McConachie. In 1941, having sold his own frontier airline, Yukon Southern Air Transport, to the new Canadian Pacific Airlines, he became the general manager of CPA. In 1947 he was appointed its President. He subsequently made CPA a truly international carrier. By 1949 he had inaugurated scheduled air passenger service from Vancouver, British Columbia, over the 8,400 mile (13,500 km) route to Sydney, Australia, and the 6,500 miles (10,460 km) from Vancouver to Tokyo, Japan, and Hong Kong. This was a multi-million dollar gamble on the future of air transportation, and it achieved his goal of a successful Canadian great-circle route by air to the Orient. McConachie was a dynamic, persuasive and effective executive, and by the end of 1957 he had directed the launching of seven more international routes, including the capital cities of Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Holland, Portugal, and Spain. His honours included award of the Trans-Canada Trophy (the McKee Trophy) in 1945, followed by posthumous induction into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame (1973) and the Canadian Business Hall of Fame (1979). As for the artist Robert S Hyndman - Robert Hyndman has been a professional artist for more than 65 years. After joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in June 1940, he learned to fly and then served as a flight instructor at Uplands Airport in Ottawa from 1941-¬43. In July 1943, Hyndman returned to England where he flew Spitfires over the English Channel. After the war, he moved into a successful career painting portraits and murals. And for eight consecutive summers–starting in 1964–he taught at the Banff School of Fine Arts. Hyndman also taught two days a week at the Ottawa School of Art.

Function

To commemorate an important figure in the history of Canadian Pacific Airlines and the aviation industry in Canada.

Technical

The painting itself has little technical significance, but reflects the importance of commemorating an important figure in the history of Canada's aviation industry,

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

At the bottom left corner of the painting, the artists signature: " HYNDMAN." At the bottom right corner of the painting, the year of the painting: " 1968 " On the small golden plaque on the bottom horizontal piece of the frame: " GRANT MCCONACHIE " On the small plaque on the inside of the canvas: " CPAL /.16519 "

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Large oil based painting on framed wooden canvas. The back canvas has numerous small finishing nails and a metal hanging wire. The frame is most likely made of wood that has been painted in a golden color and is showing some red discoloration.

Decoration

On the paper label at the back of the frame, we have a Canadian Pacific Airlines logo.