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The names are Wayne McCuaig and Ken Wood and their 'game' is getting airplanes safely in and out of Toronto's International airport. They are two of 1(...)
The names are Wayne McCuaig and Ken Wood and their 'game' is getting airplanes safely in and out of Toronto's International airport. They are two of 1(...)

The names are Wayne McCuaig and Ken Wood and their 'game' is getting airplanes safely in and out of Toronto's International airport. They are two of 1(...)

Date12/14/1966
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Original Toronto Star caption: The names are Wayne McCuaig and Ken Wood and their 'game' is getting airplanes safely in and out of Toronto's International airport. They are two of 100 air traffic controllers working in a 'radar' world that can't afford mistakes.
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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_0003253F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
Waiting turns: Airplanes stand in line on the runway at Pearson Airport yesterday following a wildcat walkout by eight out of 10 air traffic controllers on the day shift
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Paper Leaf: As if facing 53 Quebec shots wasn't enough, young Leaf gaolie Ken Wregget had to put up with paper airplanes fired from the stands as the Nordiques ran up the score
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10/20/1984
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
Visitors circle over C.N.E. The greatest air armada in Canadian air history, 40 flivver airplanes, flew over Toronto and the C.N.E. today. Manned by s(...)
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Philip Glass: Bringing '1000 Airplanes' to Toronto
Philip Glass: Bringing '1000 Airplanes' to Toronto
2/7/1989
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Stringing a figure: Professor Ken McCuaig (middle) and other members of the Applewood String Band watch as his daughters, Peggy (left), 11, and Lisa, 13, create a complicated figure using two string loops together
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Airplanes can't fly unless they are efficiently maintained, and student Gerald Muckle (right) is learning how to do the job from George Cummings, an i(...)
Airplanes can't fly unless they are efficiently maintained, and student Gerald Muckle (right) is learning how to do the job from George Cummings, an i(...)
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Airhead: Claude Luneau's head with three airplanes contrasts light and heavy
Airhead: Claude Luneau's head with three airplanes contrasts light and heavy
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Commanding Conversation. Conversation is about airplanes after change in command ceremony at Ave Rd. RCAF station. From left: W/C J. N. Swanson, S/L N(...)
Commanding Conversation. Conversation is about airplanes after change in command ceremony at Ave Rd. RCAF station. From left: W/C J. N. Swanson, S/L N(...)
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Is it safe? Raw garbage from airplanes is delivered to a hangar, left, where it is compressed into pellets and stored
Is it safe? Raw garbage from airplanes is delivered to a hangar, left, where it is compressed into pellets and stored
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They're going: Denis Foster, left, and Professor Ken McCuaig won trips to the Grey Cup
They're going: Denis Foster, left, and Professor Ken McCuaig won trips to the Grey Cup
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Planely impossible. This airplane looks as if it flew over Toronto, missed the runway at Toronto International Airport, and landed smack in the middle(...)
Planely impossible. This airplane looks as if it flew over Toronto, missed the runway at Toronto International Airport, and landed smack in the middle(...)
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