Sir RanaId Dennis Buchanan (1932–2001) was the owner of several airlines in Oceania, most notably Talair in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He was also a publisher and served one term in the country's pre-Independence National Assembly.[1]
Early life
Buchanan was born on 6 November 1932 in Sydney, Australia, being the second-youngest of nine children of Brisbane and Jessie Buchanan. His mother died when he was six years old. In early 1942, he and Lilla, his youngest sister, were sent to live with their uncle on a dairy farm in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, attending a one-teacher school with about one dozen pupils. At the end of 1943, he returned to Sydney to complete his primary education, living with a family friend. His father then enrolled him at All Saints' College, Bathurst, a boarding school where he obtained an Intermediate Certificate in 1948.[1]
Aviation career
In June 1949 Bobby Gibbes of Gibbes Sepik Airways (GSA), Territory of Papua and New Guinea