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Have you flown on Air Canada? The flag carrier of Canada started as Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) #onthisday in 1937. With a Stearman 4 and two Lockheed Model 10 Electras, TCA took to the skies; the airline's first flight was from Vancouver to Seattle on September 1, 1937. Image: Trans-Canada Air Lines postcard, Lockheed 10 Electra, 1940s. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.166.1488
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