| 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 |
Serves 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 |
