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First Trans-Atlantic Flight by Canada’s Navy

March 5, 2026 by Roger Litwiller

First Trans-Atlantic Flight by Canada’s Navy

  Today we take for granted that we can board an aircraft from any major airport in Canada and in several hours land safely in London, Paris, Lisbon or anywhere in the world. That was not the case in 1957. In 1957, air travel across the oceans still required multiple fuel stops along the way. […]

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