Title: Mail delivery plane
Date: 1930
Retrieval Number: CORA-RPL-A-279
Extent: 1
B&W print; 14.5 cm x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content Note: An
early mail delivery plane at the Regina Airport . 2 cars are parked
in front of it.
Access Restrictions: None
Photographer: Unknown
Parent fonds/collection: RPL Photograph Collection
Historical Note: Regina has a long tradition
of aviation firsts. The first flight over Regina took place in
1911 when Bob St. Henry took his Curtiss Pusher biplane over the
city, landing it on the racetrack's infield. The first licensed
pilot in Canada was Regina 's Roland J. Groome, and his business
was the first licensed aerodrome in Canada . The first intercity
airmail in the province was flown from Saskatoon to Regina in 1919
by Groome and his business partner Bob McCombie, who himself was
Canada 's first licensed engineer.
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