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Leading North America in the pure jet ait passenger field, Canada yesterday saw the Avro Jetliner, first of its kind in this hemisphere, take to the a(...)
Leading North America in the pure jet ait passenger field, Canada yesterday saw the Avro Jetliner, first of its kind in this hemisphere, take to the a(...)

Leading North America in the pure jet ait passenger field, Canada yesterday saw the Avro Jetliner, first of its kind in this hemisphere, take to the a(...)

Date8/11/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Leading North America in the pure jet ait passenger field, Canada yesterday saw the Avro Jetliner, first of its kind in this hemisphere, take to the air at Malton. The four-engined craft will carry 50 passengers at 430 m.p.h., at 30,000 feet. It is now on shakedown tests
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0002695F
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      Valentine & Sons
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