After completing its history-making flight across the north Atlantic from Foynes, Ireland, to Botwood. Nfld., without incident, the British Imperial Airways’ flying boat Caledonia, resumed its flight to cover the 900-odd miles to Montreal and landed in the St. Lawrence river just below the Canadian metropolis. The Caledonia proceeded later to New York. The huge 40-ton machine is pictured, top, resting on the St. Lawrence after the landing while its commander, Capt. A. S. Wilcockson, is shown satisfying the demands of autograph seekers as a triumphal drive to Montreal's civic reception began.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20270, 12 August 1937, Page 18
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92After completing its history-making flight across the north Atlantic from Foynes, Ireland, to Botwood. Nfld., without incident, the British Imperial Airways’ flying boat Caledonia, resumed its flight to cover the 900-odd miles to Montreal and landed in the St. Lawrence river just below the Canadian metropolis. The Caledonia proceeded later to New York. The huge 40-ton machine is pictured, top, resting on the St. Lawrence after the landing while its commander, Capt. A. S. Wilcockson, is shown satisfying the demands of autograph seekers as a triumphal drive to Montreal's civic reception began. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20270, 12 August 1937, Page 18
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