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Happy Birthday Air Canada! #Onthisday in 1937, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), the flag carrier of Canada, was founded by royal assent in Parliament. With a Stearman 4 and two Lockheed Model 10 Electras, TCA took to the skies; the airline's first flight was flown from Vancouver to Seattle on September 1, 1937. TCA was renamed Air Canada in 1965. Have you ever flown on Air Canada? Image: Trans-Canada Air Lines flight information packet, 1948. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2014.095.442 a r
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