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- 1948-2002 (Production)
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1 folder of textual records
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Born and raised in Szeged, Hungary. His parents died in a concentration camp in 1945, just as WWII was ending and Orban was returning home from a forced labour camp. After emigrating to Israel we was schooled in aviation mechanics by El Al Airline. He was station manager for El Al Airlines in Athens, Greece where he met and married Harriet. While visiting Canada with Harriet in 1956 he was hired by Canadian Pacific Airlines as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. He held Canadian, Israeli and US Aircraft Maintenance Engineer licences. In 1970 he was appointed as Chemist in the Engineering Department of CP Airlines where he worked until his retirement. throughout his career he collected aviation pins. Some of his collection items reach back to the start of aviation in Canada. After retirement he was active with the Quarter Century in Aviation Club and volunteering at Burnaby Village Museum.
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Includes newspaper clippings, professional certificates, cards and related materials that belonged to, or were collected by, Frank Orban:
magazine clipping with photograph of Orban with his pin collection (ca. 2000)
Orban's membership card for the quarter Century in Aviation Club (2005)
*Orban's Canadian Pacific Airlines Ground Equipment Operator's Card (1972)
- Metals Engineering Institute certification that Orban completed the Electroplating and Metal Finishing course
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers membership card, Orban (ca. 1970s)
CP Air employee ID for Orban (1985)
Orban's Air Canada retired employee preferred travel card (ca. 1990s)
Orban's Canadian Pacific Airlines Limited Personal record of technical training and examinations (1959-1968)
Orban's Passport, Israel (Hebrew) (1949)
Poor photocopy of group photograph including Orban (original was dated ca. 1949, Lod, Israel)
Temporary Airman Certificate, Orban, Holon, Israel (1955)
Temporary Airman Certificate, Orban (1958)
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licence (English and Hebrew) (1956-1959)
USA Federal Aviation Administration Orban's certification to work as a mechanic and airframe powerplant (1968)
USA Department of Transportation Orban's certification to work as a mechanic and airframe powerplant (1986)
Canadian Pacific Airlines quarantine card (1967)
Orban's Israel Airlines employee ID (English and Hebrew) (1958)
Page from Skytalk newsletter article: "Up in the clouds: The History of the Vancouver Airport on display" featuring a photograph of F. Orban with pin collection
*photocopy of newspaper obituary for Frank Orban, (2005-09)
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The Frank Orban Pin Collection is on display at BCIT ATC Campus Library.
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C. McLellan, created 2019-04-15
C. McLellan, complete item list added, 2019-05-07