Canadian Pacific DC-3

“First railway company to own and operate its steamships across Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Canadian Pacific is a pioneer in the air, too,” says the back of this menu in somewhat clipped fashion. In 1948, it was operating Douglas DC-3s, such as the one shown in this picture, on many of its domestic routes. This breakfast menu, however, was used in the dining car of a pool train between Montreal and Toronto.

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“Giant four-engine airliners, backed by the Canadian Pacific ground organization that literally ‘spans the world,’ soon will connect Vancouver with Honolulu, Canton Island, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand.” The “giant airliners” in question would be Canadair North Stars, a faster version of the DC-4. Compared with today’s planes, they were hardly giants, but at 95 feet long they were significantly larger than the 65-foot-long DC-3.


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