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Vachon, Fernando
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- 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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ISAAR (CPF)
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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