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Former B.C. Air Lines pilot Charles Ford states: "British Columbia Air Lines started operations in 1946 at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, as a charter/flying school operation. It gradually grew into what was believed to be the largest airline in the world using only float/amphibian aircraft. By the early 1960s the now Vancouver-sited airline had bases all along the British Columbia coast up to the Queen Charlotte Islands, including Vancouver Island. It provided charter and scheduled flights to virtually any point in this rugged area with an estimated coastline 18.000 miles. |