Early aerial views of Toronto; aeroplane performance testing

itemJuly 10, 1915Fonds 1548 > Series 1418 > File 1 > Item 32

Where

Not on the map yet.

Held by: City of Toronto Archives via City of Toronto Archives
Dates: July 10, 1915 (indexed as 1915)
Level: item
Scope & content: Item consists of page 32 of the Boyd photograph album. There are nine photographs on the page, which are captioned as follows: 12135, 12139, 12140 - Toronto Golf Club with its wooded areas, and the Lakeview Golf Club amidst green fields, with Toronto and its Island in the dim distance as seen from an aeroplane. These are possibly the first photographs ever taken from the sky in this locality; 12141, 12142, 12143 - Aeroplanes built in Toronto for the Spanish Government, and sent to Long Branch to be tested by aviators sent from the Royal flying corps of Madrid Spain. They were tried for speed, endurance (hours in the air), climbing, and responsive steering; 12144, 12145 - Spanish aviators, Major E. Herrera, and Naval Lieut. Juan Viniegra, who put the new aeroplanes to the hardest tests they were capable of enduring; 14146 - Pilot Instructor Carlstrom willing to pause for a snapshot.
Location: No place found in this description yet.
Locate this photo
Access & use: Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required...Learn more about Copyright Details OPEN - No restrictions on these non-government records.
Harvested: 2026-10-22T02:59:44Z · source datestamp n/a · toronto

imageOpen original at source ↗ViewImage.aspx?template=LINK&field=DerImage&hash=c57fd04fe6450cecace8c250883cafdc&lang=en-CA&width=max&height=max

Original metadata as harvested (toronto)