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First Name Tony F.
Last Name Powell
Member Since April 7, 2021
City Charlottetown, Labrador
State NL
Zipcode A0K 5Y0
Country Canada
Branch Affiliation Member at Large (no branch affiliation)
Website www.tonyfpowell.com
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Bio Tony Powell was born in Charlottetown, Labrador on the Northeast Coast of Canada. He will take you on his life’s journey. His Captivating stories, inspiring and heart wrenching. Never faltering in achieving his dreams and aspirations. Tony has great love for family and history. His greatest qualities are his positive attitude and calm nature, never allowing negative thinking to weaken his strengths and defeat his goals. At seventeen Tony was guiding sports fishermen from all over The world, fishing for large Brook Trout and and huge Atlantic Salmon in our rich Labrador Rivers and Streams. Tony’s dream was to have his own Aircraft flying service. Pursuing his dream he became Chief Pilot of Labrador Travel Air based in Charlottetown, Labrador. With 45-years experience and 27,000 hours flight time on more than 30-different -types of single and multi engine aircraft wheels, skis and floats, plus a commercial Helicopter Pilot licence, logging up to 1500 hours in a single year. Tony tells about his heroic ship wreck in Northern Labrador, Survived several days on a island rock offshore. His hobby , 50-plus year snowmobile Racing events. At age forty-eight Tony was diagnosed with 4th and final stage cancer, learn of his prognosis, courageously determination to survive. Experience his fight to beat the odds. Through Tony’s recollections you will travel by air, water and land, experiencing historic events and fatal airplane crash scenes in Labrador including the story of his grandfather Powell sailing onboard the sailing ship Dorothy Duff while delivering a load of salt cod fish to the Mediterranean Sea during WW1, it will surely chill you to the core. Tony has shown what life struggles are all about and how he survived them. Tony continues to fly a legionary DHC-2 Beaver float-plane during float season and his own Piper PA-18 Super Cub C-GTFP on Tundra tires all over Labrador.
Publications Against the Wind. Hope sees the Invisible Author Tony F. Powell
Other Memberships Canadian owners and Pilots Association.
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Genres Biography & Memoir, e-Book, Educational, Health, History, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoor, Travel
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