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R.V. Manning fonds
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1920 (Creation)
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2 cm of textual records
213 photographs: b&w; 25 x 19 cm or smaller
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Fonds consists of the drafts and final copy of an article written on the first trans-Canada flight. The article, entitled "The First Transcontinental Flight - 1920" was written by W.C. R.V. Manning and was published in the Canadian Geographical Journal, 69, no. 3, pg. 78-87 in September 1964. Also included is correspondence regarding the content of the article and copies of telegrams sent at the time of the flight. Photos included depict the pilots, planes, scenery, and crowds who came to various cities to see the plane.
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The following related records can be found in the Document Collection:
78/120 – Manning, R.V. 22 November 1971. [Letter to Mr. Dick Huyda, Picture Division, Public Archives of Canada outlining history and importance of RE and AH negative series of photographs.]
75/311 – Manning, R.V., Wing Commander. Air Force Headquarters. Air Historical Section. [Graduation of the first observers course, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.]
74/490 – Manning, R.V., Wing Commander. Air Force Headquarters. Air Historical Section. [Graduation of the first pilots course, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.]
74/559 - Manning, R.V., Wing Commander. Air Force Headquarters. Air Historical Section. 13 January – 17 August 1960. The history of observer training in Canada, by Wing Commander R.V. Manning.
74/489 - Manning, R.V., Wing Commander. Air Force Headquarters. Air Historical Section. March – August 1960. The first Initial Training School course, BCATP, by Wing Commander R.V. Manning.
74/439 - Manning, R.V., Wing Commander. Air Force Headquarters. Air Historical Section. 24 July 1964. [Memorandum by W.C. R.V. Manning to Chief of the Air Staff re a Department of National Defence contribution to a centennial history of Hudson Bay.]
BIOG M – Mansell, Lloyd C., Sergeant. Biographical File. Partial Contents: “Graduation of the First Observer Course, BCATP” by Wing Commander R.V. Manning, The Roundel, XII (July-August 1960), 14-15
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