The first flight across the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and also the first airmail flight across the Rockies, was made on 7 August 1919 in a Curtiss jenny flown by Capt Ernest C. Hoy. He flew from Vancouver to Calgary via Lethbridge in 16 h 42 min.

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Aviation Design/ Tools (aeronautics - airfoils) » Complete Airfoil Archive

 Airfoil Archive: The most complete airfoil collection available. (approx 2000 airfoils) Includes Clark, NASA etc.
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Aviation Design/ Tools (aeronautics - airfoils) » Airfoil plotting software

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