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 Alain Martineau
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| Front Description : | CFB Trenton 60th Anniversary Memorial Gates. In the early morning hours of 17 December 1939, the Agreement creating the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) was signed. A decade later, dignitaries from the four participating nations - the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - gathered before thousands of spectators to unveil Trenton's BCATP Memorial Gates. On that day, 30 September 1949, the BCATP's contribution to victory in the Second World War, and Trenton's place as "the hub of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan", were formally recognized. |
| Back Description : | The year 2009 marks the 100th Anniversary of the first powered, heavier]than]air, controlled flight in Canada by J.A.D. McCurdy in the Silver Dart. Very few nations in the world owe more to flight than Canada. Aviation opened up the country and remains a life-line to many remote and northern areas. The significance of aviation today and what it has done for Canada can be compared to what the Canadian Pacific Railway did for Canada in the years after Confederation. Aerospace activity now makes up a larger component of Canadaf s industrial base than it does for any other nation. |
| Diameter | 47.00 mm |
| Material | -I do not know- |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
