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The
Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945
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19:Not to be confused with
1317:Operation Yellow Ribbon
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236:Location in Nova Scotia
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108:Stanley Sport Aviation
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784:By location indicator
585:Hatch, F. J. (1983).
387:Stanley was built as
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140: • Summer (
389:RCAF Station Stanley
378:Stanley fly-in, 2007
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181:063°55′14″W
168:Coordinates
1369:Categories
1261:Whitehorse
1231:St. John's
1226:Saint John
1103:St. John's
1048:Lethbridge
596:0660114437
556:References
178:45°06′02″N
1251:Vancouver
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259:Direction
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263:Length
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