Yarmouth Airport

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Tennoe, Mariam T.; Henssonow, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yarmouth Airport (IATA: YQI, ICAO: CYQI) is located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada and began as a World War II Royal Air Force training base. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle aircraft with no more than 110 passengers. In 1936 the Department of National Defence selected the site as a base for Maritime patrol aircraft. The airbase was separated in two part: East and West Camps. The West Camp was home to the Royal Canadian Air Force while the East Camp was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. At East camp, the Royal Air Force''s No. 34 Operational Training Unit (OTU) was initially located at Yarmouth from April 1942 to June 1942, but was then relocated to RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick in June 1942. In November 1942 the Royal Navy established the No. 1 Naval Air Gunnery School (NAGS) was at Yarmouth. No. 1 NAGS ceased operations in March 1945.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131312649
• ISBN-10: 6131312648
• Artikelnr.: 30195247