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Floyd Glass
Floyd Glass was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an aviation entrepreneur who founded Athabaska Airways in 1955. Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport is located northeast of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. History RCAF Station Prince Albert The airport was originally opened near Prince Albert on 22 July 1940 under the British Commonwealth Air Tra ... is named in honor of Glass. Upon his death in 1999, his son Jim took over the company. References 1999 deaths Businesspeople from Saskatchewan Year of birth missing {{Canada-business-bio-stub ...
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the United States, U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, and ...
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Athabaska Airways
Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may also refer to: Geographical features *Mount Athabasca (), a mountain in Jasper National Park, Canada **Athabasca Glacier, a glacier in Jasper National Park, Canada *Athabasca River, river in Alberta, Canada **Athabasca Falls, waterfalls on the Athabasca River ** Peace-Athabasca Delta – of the Peace River, Athabasca River, near Lake Athabasca * Athabasca Oil Sands – oil-producing region in Alberta, Canada *Lake Athabasca, large lake in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada *Athabasca Pass, a mountain pass in Jasper National Park *Athabasca Valles, a feature on the surface of the planet Mars *Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park, a unique geophysical land feature in the boreal shield ecosystem Saskatchewan, Canada *Athabasca Basin, a region i ...
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Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport
Prince Albert (Glass Field) Airport is located northeast of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. History RCAF Station Prince Albert The airport was originally opened near Prince Albert on 22 July 1940 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, with Relief Landing Fields located near Hagen and Emma Lake. The school closed on 15 November 1944. From 17 March 1941 to 11 November 1942, the station also hosted No. 6 Air Observer School. Not much remains of the former No. 6 EFTS. A monument was erected to pay tribute to the 17 airmen and one civilian who died in training accidents at the school. RCAF Aerodrome Prince Albert c.1942 In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at with a variation of 20 degrees east and elevation of . Three serviceable runways were listed as follows: Relief landing field – Hagen A relief landing field for RCAF Station Prince Albert was located approximately 18 miles southeast. The site wa ...
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1999 Deaths
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as the ...
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Businesspeople From Saskatchewan
A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital with a view to fueling economic development and growth. History Prehistoric period: Traders Since a "businessman" can mean anyone in industry or commerce, businesspeople have existed as long as industry and commerce have existed. "Commerce" can simply mean "trade", and trade has existed through all of recorded history. The first businesspeople in human history were traders or merchants. Medieval period: Rise of the merchant class Merchants emerged as a "class" in medieval Italy (compare, for example, the Vaishya, the traditional merchant caste in Indian society). Between 1300 and 1500, modern accountin ...
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