Career in flight

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Career in flight

Date9/14/1979

Names

Beaty, Keith (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Career in flight: Swedish-born Britt-Marie Ferst had made her move from an Air Canada flight attendant to second officer in the airlines; DC8 aircraft. Becoming a pilot fulfills her life-long dream; but Ferst had to spend four years taking flying lessons on her time off and moonlighting to earn money to pay for them.

Subject

Aeronautics, Commercial

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003421F

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