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| 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.
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| 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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