These "Canadians in Flight" stamps honour aviation and aeronautic pioneers from Canada. The left stamp shows Wilbur R. Franks. He developed the world’s first anti-gravity suit used in combat during the Second World War, as well as Canada’s first human centrifuge to test it. The center stamps shows W. Rupert Turnbull who was a pioneering aeronautical engineer and developed a device that improved the performance of a plane significantly. The right stamps shows Kenneth Patrick who founded CAE Inc. (then known as Canadian Aviation Electronics Ltd.) and is well known for building Flight simlators.
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Canadians in Flight (from a set of 5) - Issued: 17-10-2022
Many thnaks to Jean!
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