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Aerial view of an aircraft in flight
This image shows the Canadian Vickers Vedette in full flight over Québec City. This aircraft was a single-engine biplane flying boat. A prototype made its first flight in 1924. Between 1926 and 1930, 60 of these planes were mass produced. They were used extensively for aerial photography.
Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne
Ville de Québec
Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne, Breton Family Collection. The original image is held by the cartographic and architectural archives of Bibliothèques et Archives nationales du Québec. Reference: Archives nationales du Québec, Ministère des Terres et Forêts fonds. - Date: circa 1930