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Flying high
Flying high

Flying high

Date5/31/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Flying high: Richard - Everybody calls me Dick - Pearson, who may be North America's oldest active pilot, stands beside the single-engine Cessna 210 in which he will make the two-day trip to Vancouver to be the star of an Expo salute to the old DC-3. A friend will accompany him.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024670F
Hero's high five: Frank Ruse, 97, left and Alan Ross, 105, salute each other as they recall ex-pilots in World War I, when they were couriers
Hero's high five: Frank Ruse, 97, left and Alan Ross, 105, salute each other as they recall ex-pilots in World War I, when they were couriers
11/10/1993
Students experience thrills and learn skills at flying club
Students experience thrills and learn skills at flying club
8/11/1987
Canadian V.C. Winner, Capt. (now Air Marshal) W. A. Bishop, is shown standing beside his warplane [1917?] in which he eventually became on of the most feared pilots on the western front in World War 1. His early model is a Nieuport aircraft
Canadian V.C. Winner, Capt. (now Air Marshal) W. A. Bishop, is shown standing beside his warplane [1917?] in which he eventually became on of the most feared pilots on the western front in World War 1. His early model is a Nieuport aircraft
Approximately 1917
Sky-high poker. Douglas Bowman won a poker game yesterday against 430 other hands - all flying around southern Ontario in 150 airplanes in a game whic(...)
Sky-high poker. Douglas Bowman won a poker game yesterday against 430 other hands - all flying around southern Ontario in 150 airplanes in a game whic(...)
5/9/1969
Flying high
Flying high
10/23/1981
Sepia tone picture of a cadet kneeling beside a miniature goat.
Royal Flying Corps mascot
1917
In cockpit of the R.C.A.F. North Star which carried Gordon Jarrett, Toronto ex-flying officer, on his just completed two-way ocean crossing are F.O. Earl Banks, pilot, and F.O. G. W. Webb
In cockpit of the R.C.A.F. North Star which carried Gordon Jarrett, Toronto ex-flying officer, on his just completed two-way ocean crossing are F.O. Earl Banks, pilot, and F.O. G. W. Webb
10/6/1948
Pilot unrewarded. Flying at night through snow and filthy weather, G. V. Priestley, Toronto pilot, took another airman to Montreal, was forced to land(...)
Pilot unrewarded. Flying at night through snow and filthy weather, G. V. Priestley, Toronto pilot, took another airman to Montreal, was forced to land(...)
1/12/1939
Lost legs over Cologne wants to fight again, Flying for the first time since he lost his legs bombing cologne
Lost legs over Cologne wants to fight again, Flying for the first time since he lost his legs bombing cologne
7/15/1943
For Sale: Patricia Ferguson of Ritchie's auction house holds a bracelet Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop had made for his wife in 1942
For Sale: Patricia Ferguson of Ritchie's auction house holds a bracelet Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop had made for his wife in 1942
6/10/1991
Flying ace and home
Flying ace and home
1/22/1982
World War II veteran and author Arthur Bishop holds a photograph, above, of his father, Billy Bishop, the World War I flying ace. Right, the senior Bishop pins RCAF pilot wings on his son in 1942
World War II veteran and author Arthur Bishop holds a photograph, above, of his father, Billy Bishop, the World War I flying ace. Right, the senior Bishop pins RCAF pilot wings on his son in 1942
10/15/1992