Tribute to MCA CF - MCF Traditional Cache
Hidden : 6/20/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is another tribute to the crash of a DC - 4 with Maritime/New Brunswick connections.

On August 11, 1957, tragedy struck when an MCA DC-4 loaded with members of the Imperial Veterans of Toronto who were returning from vacations in the UK crashed near Issoudun, Quebec. All seventy-nine aboard were killed.  The Flight Stewardesses onboard MCA CF-MCF were two young girls from Moncton; Anne Harvey and Charlotte LeBlanc.  Maritime Central Airway was headquartered in Moncton and later moved its headquarters to Montreal.  It was started by two businessmen from PEI in 1941 flying charters to the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line in northern Canada. 

Also in 1957, MCA set-up Nordair as a subsidiary with operations based at Dorval in Montreal. Nordair, soon on its own from MCA, would go on to become a major Canadian regional carrier in its own right before being absorbed by Canadian Pacific Air Lines in the mid-1980s.

Another sad reminder of the how quickly tragedy can strike. Congratulations to Geodimeter for another quick FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur ubyybj bs n qrnq gerr ba gur srapr yvar.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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