The big airplane needs private and public money to achieve takeoff speed, say promoters of a proposed aerial ferry service to bring natural gas south (...)

Original Toronto Star caption: The big airplane needs private and public money to achieve takeoff speed, say promoters of a proposed aerial ferry service to bring natural gas south from the Arctic islands. Verne Atrill, chairman of Great Plains Project, says reaction to the idea has been typically Canadian, with little encouragement from business or Ottawa.