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The federal trade minister returning from inspection tour of giant aluminum devalopment at Kemano

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Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[7 August 1954]
Accession Number
2005.8.7817
Scope and Content
Photograph of the federal trade minister returning from inspection tour of giant aluminum devalopment at Kemano being greeted by Russ Baker, vice president and general manager of pacific Western Airlines Ltd. George Vincent is shown emerging from the plane.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.7817
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[7 August 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 20 x 25.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of the federal trade minister returning from inspection tour of giant aluminum devalopment at Kemano being greeted by Russ Baker, vice president and general manager of pacific Western Airlines Ltd. George Vincent is shown emerging from the plane.
Notes
An aerial drama involving two of the highest personages in England and Canada and two Pacific Western Airlines pilots took place this week high over the rugged mountains near Kitimat. Principals were the Duke of Edinburgh, Trade Minister C. D. Howe and pilots Len Fraser and Jack Crosby. When tour officials decided to abandon the use of a helicopter to transport the duke and Howe and their party from Kemano to Kitimat, they called on PWA'S twin-engined Mallard amphibian with Fraser as pilot and Crosby as co-pilot. En route Crosby mentioned that the prince could take over the controls if he wished. The prince took over and then to Fraser's astonishment, he heard the prince ask if he could land the plane There raced through Fraser's mind the importance of the cense.
Name Access
Howe, Rt. Hon. C. D.
Baker, Russ
Vincient, George