Aero Club of Canada

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This text restored based on a much earlier version, and distinguished from Aero Club of Canada (Nova Scotia). We may have mistakes or confusion in these two pages -- Econterms (talk) 21:15, 7 July 2022 (PDT) The Aero Club of Canada was founded no later than June 1908 and appears to have incorporated early. The club was rejected for membership in the FAI, 27 Oct. 1910, because of FAI statute that a nation is comprised of its dependencies and colonies. Was one of the 10 to 12 founders of the American Aeronautical federation, 22 June 1910.

A balloon representing the Aero Club of Canada competed in the Chicago to Atlantic Ocean balloon race (Chicago to Ocean Race), 3-6 July 1908, sponsored by the Aeronautique Club of Chicago.

Not clear whether there was a separate Aero Club of Toronto; such was listed in 1910 Annuario dell' Aeronautcia 363 but we don't have confirmation from enough sources.

  • Address=34 Yonge Street, Toronto (1920)
  • Cable address=Aeroclub, Toronto (1920)
  • Phone=1 (See Dir1920)

Sources

  • 1908 Chicago Daily Tribune, 21 June and 3 July
  • 1908 St. Louis Post Dispatch, 29 June and 4 July
  • 1908 WP, 5 July
  • 1908 Baltimore Sun, 5 July
  • 1908 Manchester Guardian, 7 July
  • 1910 NYT, 23-25 June
  • 1910 FAI Conference Statutaire Proces-Verbaux 17-18
  • Dir1920


Organization names Aero Club of Canada
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Country Canada
City Toronto, Ontario
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Scope National
Started aero 1908
Ended aero 1920 or later
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