[Official Vancouver Civic Airport opening]
- AM54-S4-3-: PAN N05B
- Item
- 22 July 1931
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows people gathering near the runway to view airplanes and hangars.
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[Official Vancouver Civic Airport opening]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows people gathering near the runway to view airplanes and hangars.
[Launch of the first PBY Catalina from the Boeing plant on Sea Island]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
[Launch of first PBY Catalina produced at the Sea Island Boeing plant]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
[First PBY Catalina from Boeing plant on water ready for take-off]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
[First PBY Catalina produced at Sea Island Boeing plant on water]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
[First PBY Catalina from Boeing plant on water ready for take off]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
[First PBY Catalina from Boeing plant on water ready for take off]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
[Workers gathered around first PBY Catalina produced at the Boeing plant on Sea Island]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
[Close up view of first PBY Catalina produced at the Sea Island Boeing plant]
Photograph shows the aircraft "Athlone".
Small propeller plane belly-landing, hangars in background
Rescue helicopter hovering above plane
Airways Division, Season's Greetings
Item is an Airways Division Season's Greetings card showing a Ministry of Transport prop plane with the North Shore mountains in background.
Airplane covered with fire retardant foam on runway
Ministry of Transport personnel standing at forward-end of airplane
Ministry of Transport Rescue Helicopter, Fire Control vehicles arriving
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Individual identified is L.D. Taylor (center).
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Airways Division, Season's Greetings
Item is an Airways Division Season's Greetings card showing an aerial view of the Burrard Inlet and West End with Ministry of Transport plane in foreground.
Long shot of crash scene, showing plane, rescue vehicles and personnel
Fire engines and belly-flopped plane,fire retardent foam being applied
Belly-landing of small propeller plane (CF-CGJ) on runway
Belly-landing of small propeller plane (CF-CGJ) on runway
Belly-landing of small propeller plane (CF-CGJ) on runway
[Launch of the first bomber from the Boeing plant on Sea Island]
[Official Vancouver Civic Airport opening]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph shows crowds along the runway to view airplanes and hangers.
[Airport and runways under construction]
Part of Major Matthews collection
Photograph also shows two hangars.
File consists of 32 photographs showing aerial views of the Vancouver Airport, Sea Island, Richmond, and the Fraser River. Also included are various shots showing the belly-landing of a small airplane.
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Photograph shows Mayor L.D.Taylor on the left with stewardess Dorothea Bow and an unidentified man in front of an airplane at the Sea Island Airport.
Part of L.D. Taylor family fonds
Photograph shows L.D. Taylor in the rear cockpit of the Aero Club Fleet airplane, with his pilot Adam Richardson of the Air Pilot's and Navigator's Association in the front cockpit. R.M Grauer, Taylor's competition in the race, stands next to the plane.