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Grant McConachie was a Canadian aviation legend who helped make Vancouver an international travel hub

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Grant McConachie was one of the founders of Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1942 .

He was company president by 1947 , and led it on a continuous expansion for two decades until he had a heart attack and died on June 29, 1965 .

He wanted to be the first in the world to offer non-stop flights from Europe to Asia .

TCA’s first commercial passenger flight across Canada from Montreal to Vancouver was n’t until April 1, 1939 .

In 1920 , seaplanes were as common as regular airplanes in Vancouver .

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