028.03.059 Torbay Airport. Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives. |
The above image taken in 1954, shows the first terminal building for the Torbay Airport, now the St. John's International Airport. The Royal Canadian Air Force opened the location as a military airport in 1941, constructing the first terminal building in 1943. It would become a civilian operation in 1946 and was run by the Canadian Department of Transportation.
028.03.055 Pearl Squires in front of Trans Canada Air Lines plane. 1954. Photograph courtesy of the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives. |
For more information on the Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Archives, contact the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Heritage Programs and Services Coordinator Julie Pomeroy.
~ Kelly
1 comment:
I sure do remember my first aeroplane ride , it was from that very same terminal but three years later,( 1957) to montreal, I missed my ship sailing from st Johns and flew to montreal to re- connect, and yes wedid have to walk out to the plane to board,
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