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Jet engine of a L-1011 is framed between giant fanjets of a 747 jumbo jet in the repair hangar at Toronto International Airport. It's open 24 hours a (...)
Jet engine of a L-1011 is framed between giant fanjets of a 747 jumbo jet in the repair hangar at Toronto International Airport. It's open 24 hours a (...)

Jet engine of a L-1011 is framed between giant fanjets of a 747 jumbo jet in the repair hangar at Toronto International Airport. It's open 24 hours a (...)

Date2/18/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jet engine of a L-1011 is framed between giant fanjets of a 747 jumbo jet in the repair hangar at Toronto International Airport. It's open 24 hours a day throughout the year, checking out Air Canada's fleet of planes.
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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_0003217F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Built in 1970 at cost of $15 million, 747 hangar can handle two 747s, L-1011s and six DC-9s
Built in 1970 at cost of $15 million, 747 hangar can handle two 747s, L-1011s and six DC-9s
2/18/1977
Joking with a jet. Andy pretends to hold up the huge engine of a 747 (400 series) aircraft when Grade 2 and 3 French-Immersion students from Royal Orc(...)
Joking with a jet. Andy pretends to hold up the huge engine of a 747 (400 series) aircraft when Grade 2 and 3 French-Immersion students from Royal Orc(...)
5/7/1992
Newest Jets haul more cargo. Air Canada is tired of flying all those empty seats in its jumbo jets back and forth across the Atlantic. The latest Boei(...)
Newest Jets haul more cargo. Air Canada is tired of flying all those empty seats in its jumbo jets back and forth across the Atlantic. The latest Boei(...)
10/6/1975
Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
7/6/1970
Engine work: Air Canada mechanic Bob Daurant readies an L-1011 for flight at Pearson airport yesterday after a 20-day shut-down ended just before the Christmas rush starts tomorrow
Engine work: Air Canada mechanic Bob Daurant readies an L-1011 for flight at Pearson airport yesterday after a 20-day shut-down ended just before the Christmas rush starts tomorrow
12/16/1987
24 hours at Pearson. A team of Star reporters and photographers recently spent 24 hours observing the workings of Pearson International Airport
24 hours at Pearson. A team of Star reporters and photographers recently spent 24 hours observing the workings of Pearson International Airport
7/10/1990
Now open 24 hours a day, six days a week, as well as Sundays, the A&P food store at Five Points Mall in Oshawa soon will have to change its hours. Osh(...)
Now open 24 hours a day, six days a week, as well as Sundays, the A&P food store at Five Points Mall in Oshawa soon will have to change its hours. Osh(...)
10/20/1975
Judging by the line-ups the Jumbo Jet is the most popular ride
Judging by the line-ups the Jumbo Jet is the most popular ride
8/19/1977
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
Bumpy ride at the Ex on the Jumbo Jet may fool your brian into thinking you've been food-poisoned - according to one British scientist's theory. Canad(...)
Bumpy ride at the Ex on the Jumbo Jet may fool your brian into thinking you've been food-poisoned - according to one British scientist's theory. Canad(...)
9/1/1977
Key players: Andy Bryson, left, calmed down distraught man while Captain Ken Harvey flew jumbo jet
Key players: Andy Bryson, left, calmed down distraught man while Captain Ken Harvey flew jumbo jet
4/17/1989
Single departure lounge at terminal 2 Can handle passengers for three jumbo jets-more than 1,000 people-at one time
Single departure lounge at terminal 2 Can handle passengers for three jumbo jets-more than 1,000 people-at one time
4/16/1973