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Sport Plane: Les Hovath, 54, spent seven years building a Bushby Mustang II, a two-seat aluminium sport plane that can hit more than 300 km/hr (186 m
Sport Plane: Les Hovath, 54, spent seven years building a Bushby Mustang II, a two-seat aluminium sport plane that can hit more than 300 km/hr (186 m

Sport Plane: Les Hovath, 54, spent seven years building a Bushby Mustang II, a two-seat aluminium sport plane that can hit more than 300 km/hr (186 m

Date12/20/1988
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Taking flight. World War II fighter planes, including a Corsair, left, and a Mustang, flew over Toronto yesterday in a preview of the Hamilton Interna(...)
Taking flight. World War II fighter planes, including a Corsair, left, and a Mustang, flew over Toronto yesterday in a preview of the Hamilton Interna(...)
6/18/1980
Soul travel to outer space is encouraged by Eckankar, a philosophical -religious organization run by a retired couple, Fabian and Lillian Burbeck. This group believes souls can travel on several mystic planes to outer space and indescribable occult places. Burbecks lead classes - there are 15 courses that take more than 7 years of study to complete - and attract people of all ages. They urge self-improvement.
Soul travel to outer space is encouraged by Eckankar, a philosophical -religious organization run by a retired couple, Fabian and Lillian Burbeck. This group believes souls can travel on several mystic planes to outer space and indescribable occult places. Burbecks lead classes - there are 15 courses that take more than 7 years of study to complete - and attract people of all ages. They urge self-improvement.
4/10/1978
I was a Patsy, says Linda Belly, 21, arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City.(...)
I was a Patsy, says Linda Belly, 21, arrested two years ago with more than three pounds of cocaine in her bag when she switched planes in Mexico City.(...)
12/2/1976
Max Ward and friends: He's pulled off a deal to finance his airline's expansion - adding a dozen jet planes with a total cost of more than $1 billion over 10 years
Max Ward and friends: He's pulled off a deal to finance his airline's expansion - adding a dozen jet planes with a total cost of more than $1 billion over 10 years
3/25/1981
A Porsche: You can't buy a plane like this, Les Horvath says. This is a Porsche, a special machine.... if you want this, you have to build it.
A Porsche: You can't buy a plane like this, Les Horvath says. This is a Porsche, a special machine.... if you want this, you have to build it.
12/12/1988
R.C.A.F. Canso patrol bomber sights drifting C.P.A. plane. Pilot and two passengers walked for seven days over ice floes before rescue
R.C.A.F. Canso patrol bomber sights drifting C.P.A. plane. Pilot and two passengers walked for seven days over ice floes before rescue
3/27/1944
Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
Gaining momentum: Carmaker George Fejer is negotiating federal aid to build a bigger plant. His two-year-old Super Seven Sportcars Co. in Newmarket has just won an order to supply 100 two-seater sports cars to Japan, plus a standby order for 200 more.
5/10/1984
Tom Williams. Fort Erie, Feb. 20 - A guy with the sky for his laboratory is Tom Williams. Up there he's tested more than a thousand planes and heaven knows how many parachutes
Tom Williams. Fort Erie, Feb. 20 - A guy with the sky for his laboratory is Tom Williams. Up there he's tested more than a thousand planes and heaven knows how many parachutes
2/20/1943
New prop: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada in Downsview is working on a new type of propeller for turboprop planes, which it says are more fuel-efficient than jets
New prop: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada in Downsview is working on a new type of propeller for turboprop planes, which it says are more fuel-efficient than jets
11/26/1982
Hans Reypa flies $800 scale model helicopter, one of more than 30 model planes that will be shown tomorrow in Drumquin Park in Oakville. It is the fir(...)
Hans Reypa flies $800 scale model helicopter, one of more than 30 model planes that will be shown tomorrow in Drumquin Park in Oakville. It is the fir(...)
6/8/1973
Hallowe'en preview came to Malton Airport when more than 300 boys and girls mob Danny Kaye as he arrived for 30-minute stop-over. Kaye is on cross-Can(...)
Hallowe'en preview came to Malton Airport when more than 300 boys and girls mob Danny Kaye as he arrived for 30-minute stop-over. Kaye is on cross-Can(...)
10/16/1967
Reunited after 54 years. After a 54-year separation, Alice Crow, 80, of Stanton, Suffolk, England, and her brother, John E. Garrod, 81, of St. Paul, M(...)
Reunited after 54 years. After a 54-year separation, Alice Crow, 80, of Stanton, Suffolk, England, and her brother, John E. Garrod, 81, of St. Paul, M(...)
5/22/1974