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They may be the path less travelled, but a new naming project is hoping to draw more people to the back alleys of downtown, while providing a history lesson.
Commercial air travel here dates back to 1920
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Andrew Chernevych
Galt  Museum & Archives
In the early days of aviation, Lethbridge was poised to take advantage of this revolutionary technology. The earliest commercial airline venture dates back to 1920, long before Lethbridge’s Time Air airline was established in 1966. The 1920s aviation venture was called the Lethbridge Aircraft Company. Just like other small airline businesses in Europe and the Americas, the Lethbridge company focused on two main service areas: passenger transportation and mail delivery. Captain Jock Palmer and Lieutenant Harry Fitzsimmons were the managing directors with a recently purchased Curtiss JN-4, also known as a Curtiss Jenny, as the company’s first aircraft.