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Articles Archive 6

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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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(Photo: John Chalmers)
(Photo: John Chalmers)
(Photo: John Chalmers)
(Photo: Richard Goette)
(Photo: Gary Williams)

National Aviation Day


By Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
posted 5 February 2011

February 23rd is Canada's National Aviation Day.
What will you do to mark our nation's rich aviation heritage?
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Those Fabulous TCA Super Connies


By 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 Supersonics


By 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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Illustration (© Canadian Aviation Museum Air Canada Archives)
J.E. (John) Hogg of Air Canada holds a Boeing B-2707 model, with other subsonic turbine fleet types and SSTs of the period seen on the table.
In early 1967, Air Canada President, Gordon McGregor visited BAC/SUD plants at Filton and Toulouse to assess the Concorde program.

Prime Minister Trudeau's Preferred Transport


By 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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The Boeing Vertol CH-113A Voyageur in VIP service (© Gord McNulty)
Spectators watch as Capt Lorne Roden-Bush brings the PM's Voyageur in for a dramatic landing. (© Gord McNulty)
The downwash from the PM's Voyageur creates a noticeable pattern on the surface of the Detroit River. Capt Montplaisir was the co-pilot. (© Gord McNulty)

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