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This big silver 'blimp' hovered over Toronto International Airport on its maiden voyage yesterday afternoon
This big silver 'blimp' hovered over Toronto International Airport on its maiden voyage yesterday afternoon

This big silver 'blimp' hovered over Toronto International Airport on its maiden voyage yesterday afternoon

Date4/26/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: This big silver 'blimp' hovered over Toronto International Airport on its maiden voyage yesterday afternoon.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0003295F
      Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau returns yesterday to Montreal International Airport, wearing a fur coat and cap against temperature that hovered around zero
      Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau returns yesterday to Montreal International Airport, wearing a fur coat and cap against temperature that hovered around zero
      CP Photo
      1/3/1969
      Making a splash: Via Rail president Pierre Franche smashes a bottle of champagne against the front coupling of the locomotive on the International, sending the train on its maiden voyage
      Making a splash: Via Rail president Pierre Franche smashes a bottle of champagne against the front coupling of the locomotive on the International, sending the train on its maiden voyage
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/31/1982
      Coming 'round the tower: As the Goodyear blimp floated over Metro yesterday on its promotional tour, thousands of citizens craned their necks and traffic was brought to a standstill
      Coming 'round the tower: As the Goodyear blimp floated over Metro yesterday on its promotional tour, thousands of citizens craned their necks and traffic was brought to a standstill
      Loek, Dick
      5/30/1985
      Now it's containers of liquor, On her maiden voyage, West German ship Wilhelm Bornhofen, skippered by Captain Franz Deak, is 13th foreign ship to dock(...)
      Now it's containers of liquor, On her maiden voyage, West German ship Wilhelm Bornhofen, skippered by Captain Franz Deak, is 13th foreign ship to dock(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      4/25/1972
      Sky-high promotion. Tourists and Torontonians saw the latest advertising method on the waterfront yesterday as the Fuji blimp hovers over the Queen's (...)
      Sky-high promotion. Tourists and Torontonians saw the latest advertising method on the waterfront yesterday as the Fuji blimp hovers over the Queen's (...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/15/1991
      Maiden flight of the Dash 7. Soaring over a test area near Markham, 50-passenger STOL (for short take-off and landing) Dash 7 make its first flight Th(...)
      Maiden flight of the Dash 7. Soaring over a test area near Markham, 50-passenger STOL (for short take-off and landing) Dash 7 make its first flight Th(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      3/27/1975
      Singer Bob Eberly led the Jimmy Dorsey Band through its paces for 1,000 dancers at the 'big band month' dance in the International Centre on Airport R(...)
      Singer Bob Eberly led the Jimmy Dorsey Band through its paces for 1,000 dancers at the 'big band month' dance in the International Centre on Airport R(...)
      Bezant, Graham
      5/3/1975
      Midget Pylon Racer - so small that pilot William Brubacher said he felt he was wearing it rather than flying it -made its maiden flight yesterday at G(...)
      Midget Pylon Racer - so small that pilot William Brubacher said he felt he was wearing it rather than flying it -made its maiden flight yesterday at G(...)
      Dutton, Don
      9/21/1968
      Pearson International Airport has grown dramatically over the past two decades, and so has opposition to its expansion
      Pearson International Airport has grown dramatically over the past two decades, and so has opposition to its expansion
      Bock, Tony
      9/30/1991
      Ship here on maiden voyage, Boatswain Bejoy Banearjee of the Indian ship Vishya Yash looks at the Toronto skyline from the pier at the bow of the ship(...)
      Ship here on maiden voyage, Boatswain Bejoy Banearjee of the Indian ship Vishya Yash looks at the Toronto skyline from the pier at the bow of the ship(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      8/13/1973
      Solo protest: Hilroy Charles, fired as a porter by Allcap Baggage Service Saturday after revealing its pay-to-work scheme to The Star, picketed at Pearson International Airport yesterday
      Solo protest: Hilroy Charles, fired as a porter by Allcap Baggage Service Saturday after revealing its pay-to-work scheme to The Star, picketed at Pearson International Airport yesterday
      Slaughter, Mike
      3/17/1986
      Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
      Determined Strikers, Public service employees walk the picket line yesterday at Terminal 3 at Pearson International Airport. Today the strike enters its eighty day
      Stawicki, Andrew
      9/15/1991