| description: | William Harold Coates, Born October 7,1903 In Brussels, On. He Entered Aviation Through The Rcaf, Then The Ontario Forestry Branch (Opas). From 1927 To 1944 He Was Engaged In Canadian Aviation Mainly In Ontario And Quebec. His First Job Was To Organize And Install A Store System For The Company At Bases At St. Huber, Quebec, St. John And Moncton. Next He Was Appointed As Assistant To Establish Air Mail Maintenance And Servicing Division. In 1930 He Was Appointed Assistant Operations And Manager Of Air Mail Division. When Quebec Airway Was Formed In 1934 He Acted As Traffic Agent For Them. He Was Appointed Treasurer For Them. While Working With The Maintenance Department At St. Hubert In 1930 & 1931, He Qualified For His Commercial Pilots Certificate. He Spent One Year In Aerodynamic Research At The U Of T., And A Winter As Pilot With Rcaf At Camp Borden. He Returned To Professional Engineering After Leaving Cpa And Retired In Late 1969. He Moved To Bc In 1970 |