Vachon, Fernando

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Vachon, Fernando

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Vachon, Ferdie

      • Vachon, F.

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      Dates of existence

      1912-2005

      History

      Fernando Vachon was born June 13, 1912, in St. Marie Beauce, Quebec. He was the youngest of four brothers (Romeo, Irénée, Donat) known for their contributions to the history of aviation in Canada. From 1948 to 1977, he worked for Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP Air) in Vancouver as maintenance supervisor, quality control supervisor, instructor, and inspector. From 1979 to 1985, he taught Aircraft Maintenance at the Pacific Vocational Institute in Richmond. Vachon’s achievements include the invention of a system to enable the parking of ski-equipped aircraft in hangars with concrete floors, the design of a system to detect communication failures, and the construction of a hemodialysis machine. He died January 14, 2005, in Richmond.

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      Related entity

      Pacific Vocational Institute (1977-1986)

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      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Pacific Vocational Institute is the superior of Vachon, Fernando

      Dates of relationship

      1977-1985

      Description of relationship

      Fernando Vachon taught Aircraft Maintenance at PVI.

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      British Columbia Vocational School (1960-06-29 to 1978-01-12)

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      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      British Columbia Vocational School is the superior of Vachon, Fernando

      Dates of relationship

      1975-1977

      Description of relationship

      Fernando Vachon taught Aircraft Maintenance at BCVS.

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      ISAAR (CPF)

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      Final

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      Partial

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2015-03-10 (created)

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          Sources

          British Columbia Institute of Technology (2007). Celebrating 50 years of leadership in aerospace. SkyTalk. Retrieved from http://www.bcit.ca/files/marcom/pdf/bcit_aerospace0708.pdf

          Dorion, N. (2006). Pionniers de l’aviation civile en Beauce. Cap-aux-Diamants: la revue d’histoire du Québec, 87. Retrieved from http://www.erudit.org/culture/cd1035538/cd1046234/6978ac.pdf

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          S. Kelm, Professional Experience student, created 2015-03-10