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Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces
Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces

Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces

Date6/28/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003478F
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