| 1903 | Robert Edmund Ellis was born in St. Albans, Vermont |
| 1927 | Learned to fly as a Naval Reservist |
| 1929 | Became a commercial pilot and worked briefly for Alaska Washington Airways. Flew as navigator on the first non-stop flight between Seattle and Juneau. |
| 1936 | Ellis Air Transport established |
| 1941 | Recalled to Active Duty and served in Alaska during the war |
| 1946 | Returns to building Ellis Air, primarily using the dependable Grumman Goose |
| 1946-48 | Servs as Mayor of Ketchikan |
| 1955-59 | Serves in the Territorial Senate |
| 1962 | Ellis Air joins forces with Juneau based Alaska Costal Airlines |
| 1968 | Ellis Air merges with Alaska Airlines and Bob Ellis serves on the Board of Directors |