Word: petawawa
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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History. The first flight recorded in Canada took place Aug. 2, 1909, at the village of Petawawa, Ont., about 80 miles west-northwest of Ottawa. Very little experimental flying followed. During the War the Royal Flying Corps had some military schools around Lake Ontario. They were insufficient. So many a Canadian trained by courtesy at Kelly Field in Texas, the U. S. Army school...