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Planely impossible. This airplane looks as if it flew over Toronto, missed the runway at Toronto International Airport, and landed smack in the middle(...)

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Planely impossible. This airplane looks as if it flew over Toronto, missed the runway at Toronto International Airport, and landed smack in the middle(...)

Date5/27/1981

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Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Planely impossible. This airplane looks as if it flew over Toronto; missed the runway at Toronto International Airport; and landed smack in the middle of a billboard. But actually; it's an innovation in the advertising field being installed at York St. and Lake Shore Blvd. by Steve Clark and Andy Dolan. The three-dimensional effect is achieved by a 12-foot scale model of an airplane made of rubber; with a fan blowing behind to keep it inflated.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003810F

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