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Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces
Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces

Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces

Date6/28/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Up and away: Capt. Leah Mosher sits at the controls of a flight simulator. Now she'll get the chance at the real thing as one of the first woman pilot trainees in the Canadian Forces.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0003478F
    At the controls: Capt. Leah Mosher, above, qualified earlier this year as an aircraft commander with the 436 Squadron. The women are neither stronger,(...)
    At the controls: Capt. Leah Mosher, above, qualified earlier this year as an aircraft commander with the 436 Squadron. The women are neither stronger,(...)
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    Loek, Dick
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    n.d.
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