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The school operated until July 1942 when it was disbanded to allow No.7 Air
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Pilots
Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2
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CFB Portage la
Prairie/ RCAF Station Portage la Prairie
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Airports of the
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
992:(First ed.). Altona, Manitoba: Friesen Printers.
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1832:Buildings and structures in Portage la Prairie
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682:Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie
256:Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie
976:"About Southport Aerospace Centre Inc"
863:As a result of the unification of the
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684:is a former military airport of the
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1862:Military history of Manitoba
1842:Defunct airports in Manitoba
904:List of airports in Manitoba
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16:Airport in Manitoba, Canada
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686:Royal Canadian Air Force
669:Canada Flight Supplement
380:885 ft / 270 m
327:RM of Portage la Prairie
156:Royal Canadian Air Force
731:de Havilland Tiger Moth
1436:CFB Portage la Prairie
1106:5 Cdn Div TC Aldershot
443:CFB Portage la Prairie
410:CFB Portage la Prairie
91:CFB Portage la Prairie
58:CFB Portage la Prairie
1707:RCAF Aerodrome Torbay
1572:RCAF Station Dunsfold
865:Canadian Armed Forces
358: • Summer (
1667:RCAF North Luffenham
1361:CFB Baden-Soellingen
1111:4 Cdn Div TC Meaford
419:Show map of Manitoba
416:Location in Manitoba
183:Airfield information
67:Show map of Manitoba
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870:In the late 1980s,
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1301:CFNA HQ Whitehorse
852:Cold War (1952–92)
714:be established at
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673:Environment Canada
452:Show map of Canada
331:Portage la Prairie
213:Length and surface
162:Controlled by
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1587:CFS Foymount
1481:CFB Winnipeg
1461:CFB St. Jean
1329:NDHQ Carling
1316:Headquarters
1284:All services
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1722:CFS Yorkton
1637:CFS Lowther
1607:CFS Holberg
1552:CFS Cobourg
1532:CFS Bermuda
1476:CFB Uplands
1471:CFB Toronto
1426:CFB Penhold
1416:CFB Moncton
1381:CFB Clinton
1366:CFB Chatham
1356:CFB Calgary
1296:CFS Leitrim
1226:CFD Dundurn
1212:CFB Trenton
1139:CFB Halifax
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110:Coordinates
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1567:CFS Debert
1502:CFS Alsask
1441:CFB Rivers
1431:CFB Picton
1421:CFB Ottawa
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1182:CFB Gander
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910:References
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1154:Air Force
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656:Turf/snow
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1537:CFS Carp
1490:Stations
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694:Manitoba
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483:Surface
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323:Location
307:Military
152:Operator
122:098°17′W
1342:Defunct
1245:Big Bay
1045:Current
797:Length
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