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Best of luck and a happy landing
Best of luck and a happy landing

Best of luck and a happy landing

Date7/4/1938
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Original Toronto Star caption: Best of luck and a happy landing. Ray's mother wishes him the best of luck as he starts off to break the record just five weeks after he began a course of training in the art of bailing out of planes. The sky was clear when Cecil Clark began the long climb in his Fleet plane. There were clouds more than a mile below when they reached ceiling an hour later. Ray jumped almost a mile farther than any other parachutist in Canada; according to George Bennett; his instructor.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003603F
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