2011 Convention a Huge Success!By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
posted 5 February 2011 The 2011 Convention, which was held in Edmonton, Alberta from 22-26 June, brought together over 100 speakers and attendees from across Canada to explore the aviation history of Edmonton, Alberta and the North.
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National Aviation DayBy Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
posted 5 February 2011 February 23rd is Canada's National Aviation Day.
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Those Fabulous TCA Super ConniesBy Peter F. Marshall
posted 22 May 2010 With the introduction of the Lockheed L-1049, Trans-Canada Air Lines ushered in an era of gracious air travel. By the early 1950s, Trans-Canada Air Lines was losing the competitive race on the prestigious blue-ribbon Trans-Atlantic service to other carriers with more modern equipment.
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Air Canada and the SupersonicsBy Clayton Glenn
posted 22 May 2010 Former airline manager Clayton Glenn recalls the Canadian footnote to a technology caught in the crosswind of societal change.
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Prime Minister Trudeau's Preferred TransportBy Gord McNulty
posted 22 May 2010 It was a cool but sunny morning on November 3, 1971, in Windsor, Ontario, when Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau arrived downtown aboard a Boeing Vertol CH-113A Voyageur.
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