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vnrtainly, let him visit/his passengers, but I think few- captains enjoy it, and few passengers really think it neces- sary. On the door leading to the crew's quarters, however, T.C.A. insert the names of captain, first officer, and stewardess, a personal touch which does not embarrass nor offend. At Winnipeg, T.C.A. has its headquarters and a vast maintenance baste. The large hangars and buildings consequently create a somewhat false impression of the importance of Winnipeg as an airport. During the winter the monthly aver- age is about 5,000 passengers passing through on the transcontinental and Edmonton routes. The airport build- ings are rather similar to those at Ottawa and although adequate at present, extensions will be necessary for future traffic. In a recent message to the staff of T.C.A., the new presi- dent of the company, Mr. C. R. McGregor, said that during The tarmac at Stevenson Field, Winnipeg, with the vast T.C.A. maintenance buildings in the background. Pas- senge&leave the terminal DuUding, adjoining the gable- roofed hangar, to board a Mark I North Star while 0 Lodestar and Dakota taxi up to the tarmac. 1948 T.C.A. would shoulder the burden of afleet of aircraft at a cost exceeding the total of its previous capital expenditure, and it mightbe called upon to operate domestic and overseas services which treble its present load capacity.Behind that message lies the appreciation that civil aviation is an integral part of the develop-ment of Canada. Important centres are scat tered over the vast country, and aircraft must•..•••••r-•-'•' take an active part in shortening the time of travel between the rapidly expanding cities and: :; over the extended communications to areas of ; :; commercial development. In 1947 more thani 1. 16,250,000 miles were flown, passenger traffic increased over the previous year by 50 per cent,and cargo traffic by 35 per cent. On domestic services alone 400,000 pas-sengers, 2^ million pounds of mail, and i\ million pounds of cargo werecarried. The T.C.A. fleet now con- sists of 30 Dakotas, five Mk. I NorthStars, and about 15 of the 20 Mk. Us on order from Canadair. A number of Lodestars are still in operation, but are slowly beingj-gpi^g^ On June 1st, T.C.A. will start transcontinental services with North Star Mk. Us. The Dakotas will con-tirjue along the routes, stopping at intermediate airports as now, but the Mk. II DC-4MS with pressurized cabinswill fly from Montreal to Vancouver twice a day in ten hours, stopping only at Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary.Two North Stars a day will fly on the Toronto-Chicago route, and three services will be scheduled to fly betweenToronto and New York—the route with the heaviest traffic in the entire T.C.A. system. Australia and Canada have agreed that there will be
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