Aviation Historian 1
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Off the Beaten Track...
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Tylee, Commanding Officer of the Canadian Air Force, stands beside D.H.9A G-CYBF during the trans-Canada flight. The epic journey between Halifax and Vancouver was completed when the aircraft reached the latter on October 17, 1920.
A photograph taken on May 14, 1980, depicting an actual-size mural of the first aircraft to land at Revelstoke, British Columbia, on October 13, 1920. Who painted it and is it still there?