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Towering achievement
Towering achievement

Towering achievement

Date5/2/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Towering achievement: Hang-glider pilot Michael Robertson banks his aircraft around the CN Tower after he and fellow pilot Mark Bourbonnaise took off on their historic flight. The launch entered aviation record books as the highest takeoff ever from a man-made structure. Robertson, who owns a local hang-gliding school, said the flight was the fulfilment of a dream. I've wanted to fly off the tower ever since it was built, Robertson said.
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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_0076737F
They call it the jumbo jet and when you're at the top it seems as high as city's tallest office building, First Canada Place, towering in background. (...)
They call it the jumbo jet and when you're at the top it seems as high as city's tallest office building, First Canada Place, towering in background. (...)
8/25/1976
Towering overhead, the 57-storey Commerce Court West building dwarfs passersby
Towering overhead, the 57-storey Commerce Court West building dwarfs passersby
10/27/1972
Towering pillar of smoke from Oakville fire was visible for 160 kilometres (100 miles) yesterday
Towering pillar of smoke from Oakville fire was visible for 160 kilometres (100 miles) yesterday
4/25/1978
That towering feeling. Number one dundas is the name of this new, six-sided, 26-storey office tower at the corner of Yonge and Dundas St. W. It is one(...)
That towering feeling. Number one dundas is the name of this new, six-sided, 26-storey office tower at the corner of Yonge and Dundas St. W. It is one(...)
10/29/1975
Towering giant
Towering giant
3/10/1983
Towering best wishes. The Westin Hotel on Queen St. at University Ave. is offering a Christmas message as well as traditional hospitality between now (...)
Towering best wishes. The Westin Hotel on Queen St. at University Ave. is offering a Christmas message as well as traditional hospitality between now (...)
12/17/1984
Happy reward for having done then bit came to the many among the almost worship throng of Canadian war veterans who, as they massec about the towering(...)
Happy reward for having done then bit came to the many among the almost worship throng of Canadian war veterans who, as they massec about the towering(...)
5/22/1939
Towering landmark: The Algowood waits at the end of Collingwood's main street
Towering landmark: The Algowood waits at the end of Collingwood's main street
2/9/1981
The Tortoise in the race between Star travel writers Gerry Hall and George Bryant from Toronto to Montreal was the world's first turbo train, silhouetted against the towering Toronto-Dominion Centre
The Tortoise in the race between Star travel writers Gerry Hall and George Bryant from Toronto to Montreal was the world's first turbo train, silhouetted against the towering Toronto-Dominion Centre
12/10/1968
Towering Tornado
Towering Tornado
12/23/1984
Towering Over the Queen Mother, Major Walter Goodsoe escorts her on her inspection of the Toronto Scottish Regiment, the guard of honor when she lande(...)
Towering Over the Queen Mother, Major Walter Goodsoe escorts her on her inspection of the Toronto Scottish Regiment, the guard of honor when she lande(...)
6/25/1974
Towering model of twin-tower $48 million re-development project proposed for the block bounded by Bloor, Bay, Charles and Balmuto streets was unveiled(...)
Towering model of twin-tower $48 million re-development project proposed for the block bounded by Bloor, Bay, Charles and Balmuto streets was unveiled(...)
2/27/1969