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Ground bound: A candidate for Canada's sport parachuting team waves farewell on practice jump near Simcoe as the men's and women's teams prepare for world tests in Czechoslovakia
Ground bound: A candidate for Canada's sport parachuting team waves farewell on practice jump near Simcoe as the men's and women's teams prepare for world tests in Czechoslovakia

Ground bound: A candidate for Canada's sport parachuting team waves farewell on practice jump near Simcoe as the men's and women's teams prepare for world tests in Czechoslovakia

Date8/5/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ground bound: A candidate for Canada's sport parachuting team waves farewell on practice jump near Simcoe as the men's and women's teams prepare for world tests in Czechoslovakia.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003601F
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