Art Larson Skimming Over the Ground
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 14 June 1943
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20061007004
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- View of Art Larson skimming over the ground at the old Calgary Municipal Airport in the Hutter H-17 glider during a demonstration flight.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 14 June 1943
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- The Calgary Herald
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Very Good
- History Biographical
- Art Larson became a civilian airframe instructor with the Wartime Emergency Training Program (WETP) from 1940 to 1947. He took the Hutter H-17 glider that had belonged to the Lethbridge Glider Club with him to Calgary, and flew it occasionally over the next seven years. [Source: “The Lethbridge Glider Club 1929-1939 Also Known as the Prairie Gliders and The Skid Busters”, by Bruce W. Gowans. 1981] This photograph was taken by, but not published in, The Calgary Herald.
- Scope and Content
- View of Art Larson skimming over the ground at the old Calgary Municipal Airport in the Hutter H-17 glider during a demonstration flight.
- Notes
- This photograph was removed from its album as a conservation measure.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20061007004
- Collection
- Archive
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