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David Pisurayak Kootook, MSC, (August 13, 1958 – December 1, 1972 [1] [2]) was an Inuk boy from Spence Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) who helped save the life of bush pilot Marten Hartwell after a crash in the Canadian Arctic. Kootook died after 23 days, and was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Cross.
Stephen Farris Saint (born January 30, 1951) is an Ecuadorian-born business entrepreneur, pilot, and author. He is known for being the son of Nate Saint , a famous missionary pilot, as well as for his own work among indigenous tribes.
Ellen Evak Paneok (October 17, 1959 – March 2, 2008) was the first Alaskan woman of indigenous ancestry to become a licensed pilot. Paneok was a bush pilot, an author and an artist. She was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Presidential Historical Salary Range. The president gets a raise far less often than most workers. The presidential salary has only been changed five times from the initial salary. 1789: $25,000 ...
In 1952 he founded Bush Pilot Airways, and in 1958 he was awarded the OBE. Knighted in 1989, he had also tenaciously pursued the establishment of a Cairns campus for James Cook University . Sir Robert and Lady Betty Norman contributed to many community organisations including the Cairns Regional Art Gallery (where one wing is named after Lady ...
The most powerful job in the country comes with a hefty share of responsibilities - but also a generous salary. American presidents earn $400,000 a year along with a $50,000 annual expense account....
Captain Conway MacAllister Gray Farrell (1898–1988) was a Canadian flying ace during World War I. He was credited with seven aerial victories. Post World War I, he would become a well-known bush pilot in Canada during the 1930s; he was one of Canada's first air mail pilots.