Lloyd Ryder (d. 2009)

	
Lloyd Ryder was born in Whitehorse to father George Ryder. He attended the Brisbane School of Aviation in Vancouver and joined the British Yukon Navigation air service in 1941 as an apprentice air engineer. He was sent on several salvage jobs including a Beech 18 at Pelly Banks, a TravelAir at Fox Lake, and the bombers in Million Dollar Valley. After the company’s absorption into Canadian Pacific Airline, Lloyd went to work for the family fuel business for twelve years. He was later a flyer and invester in Great Northern Airways.((R.B. Cameron, //Yukon Wings.// Calgary: Frontenac House, 2012: 180, 200 - 204, 345.))
	
Lloyd started flying commercial planes with Whitehorse Flying Service (later Yukon Flying Service) in 1962. Many of his trips were with ski or float equipped planes to isolated bush camps. In March 1965, he flew U.S. Senator Robert Kennedy to the ten-thousand-foot level of a St. Elias mountain. He also took part in the air search for Ralph Flores and Helen Klaben after their plane crashed near Watson Lake in 1963. He served as president of the Yukon Order of Pioneers and volunteered his time to improve the lives of Yukon seniors. Lloyd Ryder was awarded the Order of Polaris aviation award in 2007 for his significant contribution to northern aviation.((Les McLaughlin, “The Ryder family – George and son Lloyd.” ExploreNorth, 2019 website: http://www.explorenorth.com/articles/mclaughlin-yukon_nuggets/ryder-george-lloyd.html))