Major R.F. Routh, the first Commanding Officer of the S-14 Canadian Parachute Training School (Canadian Army Training Centres and Schools), in front of the 250-foot High Tower, Camp Shilo, Manitoba, Canada, 11 August 1943.
1950 A North Star aircraft from the Experimental and Proving Establishment (No 412 Squadron), based in Rockcliffe, Ontario, completes the first non-stop trans-Canada flight in a flying time of 125.2 hours
