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Time Air Historical Society shared. A rare, small artifact from early TCA history has arrived back in CYQL (Lethbridge, Alberta). An incredibly rare artifact sent to us from England, backtracks our story to the late 1930's! Trans-Canada Air Lines, the forerunner of Air Canada, established CYQL (Lethbridge) as the Alberta hub for their new trans-continental run in 1939. A mainline hangar was built at Kenyon Field, and service commenced in March. Lethbridge was chosen as the safer and more direct route to the West Coast, over the larger city of Calgary, Alberta. Our newest artifact is in the form of an Air Mail envelope, one of the first to be sent cross-Canada on the new airline. It was postmarked in both Lethbridge and Montreal, and features a prominent Kenyon Field rubber stamp. This envelope is very rare, made even more so by its pristine condition! We thank Tania Radley of Torguay, Devon, U.K. for this remarkable addition to our collection! |
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From the early days of Trans-Canada Air Lines. We go back in time in case some readers are interested in genealogy information on their families. We peruse the early editions of the 'Between Ourselves' magazine. |
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Issue dated July 1955 |
| Enthusiasm runs high in following the official opening of the new terminal building at the airport now serving the Porcupine. There were two round trips daily between the new Timmins Airport and Toronto. |
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Issue dated September 1955 |
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Eight new agents are set to man our reservations telephones completing the basic course in Montreal. From the left they are, back row: R. V. Davies, Instructor; D. Friemuth; P. M. Romer; J. K. McKeating; J. J. Fardy and A. Denney. Seated: Misses C. Kovalski; P. Otto and Y. Mittelstaedt. |
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Found in 'Horizons' magazine |
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Issue dated February 15, 1979 |
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Cessna joins the fleet The aircraft's appearance is no mere coincidence. Painted in the red and white livery of Air Canada, the tiny airplane proudly bears a maple leaf logo on its tail, firmly establishing its company affiliation. The Cessna is sassy. It may not be as bold as a B-747 or as swift as a B-727, but special it is. To the membership of the Toronto Air Canada Flying Club, it is every bit as dashing and it is flown with the same pride. The aircraft has logged more than 1,000 hours in the three years of club ownership, an average of 40 hours per month. At any one time, the pilot may well be a programmer from Computer and Systems Services with 50 hours of flying experience, a passenger agent or station attendant with several hundred hours or a line pilot with more than 20,000 flying hours. |
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