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Russ Baker (pilot) was born on 1910, is a Canadian bush pilot and founder of Pacific Western Airlines. Discover Russ Baker (pilot)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?
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Russ Baker (pilot) Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Russ Baker (pilot) worth at the age of 48 years old? Russ Baker (pilot)’s income source is mostly from being a successful founder. He is from . We have estimated Russ Baker (pilot)'s net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Russell Francis Baker (1910–1958) was a Canadian bush pilot and founder of Pacific Western Airlines.
Baker was born in St. James, Manitoba (now part of Winnipeg) on January 31, 1910.
The boy attended Isaac Brock Elementary School and finished his public education at age 14.
He then took up shorthand, typing, penmanship, English, spelling and bookkeeping at Success Commercial College in 1924/5.
He worked in the offices of Western Canada Airways.
In 1928 he began flight training with that company at Kirkfield Park.
He obtained his commercial pilot licence on October 29, 1929.
However, from 1931 to 1933 he worked for his father's company, Western Gypsum Products.
Baker got his start as an entrepreneur in aviation by restoring a De Havilland Fox Moth for Ginger Coote at Gun Lake (British Columbia) in the winter of 1936/7.
Later Baker made Fort St. James his base as he freighted supplies to mining operators in the North.
Later Punch Dickins offered him a job with Canadian Airways in the same region.
In January 1942 Russ Baker rescued the crews of three B-26 bombers that had made an emergency landing between Fort Nelson, British Columbia and Watson Lake, Yukon where there was a refueling station.
In February 1947 Pierre Berton was assigned the northern beat by Hal Straight of the Vancouver Sun.
Russ took Pierre across the Rocky Mountains and up the "headless valley" of the Nahanni River.
The newspaper series was named Best Adventure Series of 1947 by International News Service.
He was recommended by Lt. Robert O. Cork for the Air Medal which Russ was awarded March 22, 1948, in Vancouver by the U.S. consul George D. Andrews.
Russ Baker died of a heart attack on November 15, 1958.
Pierre wrote the foreword to Wings over the West (1984) by John Condit.
Berton described Russ' mountain flying:
The mishap occurred the 16th of January, and Russ eventually located the planes and crews.
To an improvised runway he flew a dozen missions over several days to extract 24 crewmen and two officers.
The Norden bombsights were recovered from the downed aircraft.
