Cross-country flying

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  • Long-distance flying.

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  • LCSH

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Cross-country flying

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Cross-country flying

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Cross-country flying

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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]

The great London to Victoria air race

The item consists of two reels of documentary film. It depicts the 1972 London to Victoria air race, including technical aspects, participants, aerial footage of passing landscapes, and official involvement, including the awards banquet at the Empress Hotel. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett, and Arthur Laing are shown.