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Archives visual records collection Revelstoke (B.C.)
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First Trans-Canada plane

Revelstoke Mayor Walter Bews standing close to plane cockpit. Grounded at Revelstoke October 1920. Holding Mayor Bews - J. Guy Barber pioneer jeweller & watchmaker of Revelstoke who took interest in early concerts, singing tenor. Billy Thomas foreground. David Study now [1949?] a lawyer in Vancouver on extreme left. E.D. [text on back of photo]

First Trans-Canada plane - grounded Revelstoke October 1920 - first plane seen at Revelstoke

On day of leaving Revelstoke as the two occupants of plane watched anxiously for a rift in the clouds over Eagle Pass. They talked of the air pockets over the mountains entering which the plane would drop suddenly. The rift appeared & away they went & were swallowed up as the clouds closed in behind them. Telegraphic reports from C.P.R. telegraph operators gave news back at Revelstoke of the then startling speeds over Sicamous & other points. E.D. [from back of photo]

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