- Leaside Aerodrome
Leaside Aerodrome was an airport in the Town of
Leaside ,Ontario (now a neighbourhood ofToronto ). It opened in 1917 as a Royal Flying Corps of Canada (later theRoyal Canadian Air Force ) airfield during theFirst World War , and operated under the name "RCAF Station Leaside".Unlike nearby
Armour Heights Field , the airfield was not abandoned at the end of the war, but was acquired for use by theToronto Flying Club . After the war, the airstrip became the site of Canada's first delivery of airmail on June 24, 1918 when pilot Brian Peck delivered 120 letters fromMontreal . This delivery was initially organised at the behest of some of his friends in Montreal who wanted letters delivered to Toronto; however when the Post Office Department heard of the plans, they gathered together the letters as a test of an airmail system.The Toronto Flying Club closed the airport in
1931 . Although the airport was replaced with industrial uses, the last hangar was not removed until 1971.ee also
*
List of abandoned airports in Canada External links
* [http://www.leasidebusinesspark.com/contents/history A brief history of industry in Leaside]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.