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Toronto Pilot Robin Red Morris settles into cockpit of his single-engine, home-built biplane for a planned non-stop flight across Canada on its birthd(...)

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Toronto Pilot Robin Red Morris settles into cockpit of his single-engine, home-built biplane for a planned non-stop flight across Canada on its birthd(...)

Date6/23/1978

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Slaughter, Mike (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Toronto Pilot Robin Red Morris settles into cockpit of his single-engine; home-built biplane for a planned non-stop flight across Canada on its birthday. If he makes it from Vancouver to Halifax; it will be first feat of its kind. Morris expects to be in air for 20 hours. It's his contribution to Canadian unity.

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