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Peter Rawes, Erin Soaring Soc

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Peter Rawes, Erin Soaring Soc

Date7/29/1994

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Weil, Bernard (photographer)

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Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Peter Rawes; Erin Soaring Soc.

Subject

Gliding and soaring

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003509F

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Christopher Galea (left) and Peter Rawes, Erin Soaring Society

Christopher Galea (left) and Peter Rawes, Erin Soaring Society

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High above the Caledon Hills, Star reporter Ann Farrell flies in a glider with pilot Neil Poole of the Erin Soaring Society. Society president Peter R(...)

High above the Caledon Hills, Star reporter Ann Farrell flies in a glider with pilot Neil Poole of the Erin Soaring Society. Society president Peter R(...)

9/23/1976

A Tailless Glider which looks like a bat in flight has been flying over Edmonton and Northern Alberta in tests seeking information for development of the flying wing

A Tailless Glider which looks like a bat in flight has been flying over Edmonton and Northern Alberta in tests seeking information for development of the flying wing

8/28/1946

Silent sky. Icarus-like, Oscar Boesch of Toronto climbs for the sun, his glider, Wings of Man, wafting on thermal currents. It takes only a $4 tow to (...)

Silent sky. Icarus-like, Oscar Boesch of Toronto climbs for the sun, his glider, Wings of Man, wafting on thermal currents. It takes only a $4 tow to (...)

11/2/1980

This small craft of the National Research council is 18 feet long, has 47-foot wing spread

This small craft of the National Research council is 18 feet long, has 47-foot wing spread

8/28/1946

Gracing the sky above Toronto's waterfront area, Oscar Boesch stays aloft in his glider with the help of storm clouds

Gracing the sky above Toronto's waterfront area, Oscar Boesch stays aloft in his glider with the help of storm clouds

8/30/1974

Up and away: There is nothing like the feeling when a tow-plane releases your glider plane and you are flying with no sound but the swishing of air

Up and away: There is nothing like the feeling when a tow-plane releases your glider plane and you are flying with no sound but the swishing of air

9/17/1991

The mother glider soars silently over Oshawa fields

The mother glider soars silently over Oshawa fields

5/2/1974

Glider Flying goes on in the Toronto area and can be viewed, depending on the weather, by driving a short distance north of the city. In fact, you can(...)

Glider Flying goes on in the Toronto area and can be viewed, depending on the weather, by driving a short distance north of the city. In fact, you can(...)

10/20/1970

Fine weather and light breezes brought out the hang gliders at Etobicoke Centennial Park

Fine weather and light breezes brought out the hang gliders at Etobicoke Centennial Park

5/16/1976

2/18/1983

Hang glider Mark Bourbonnaise, inset, set a record last year, gliding non-stop for 107 miles

Hang glider Mark Bourbonnaise, inset, set a record last year, gliding non-stop for 107 miles

6/20/1984