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3 unusual facts about Gander International Airport


99-year lease

The Lend-Lease program of the 1940 was enabled by 99-year lease of British bases on several islands (Gander International Airport in Newfoundland) by the Destroyers for Bases Agreement.

Lend-Lease

The Gander Air Base (RCAF Station Gander) located at Gander International Airport built in 1936 in Newfoundland was leased by Britain to Canada for 99 years because of its urgent need for the movement of fighter and bomber aircraft to Britain.

Margaret Hogg

Peter was 19 years older than Margaret, and briefly achieved front-page news on 16 August 1974 when he landed at Luton Airport as the Captain of a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar of Court Line


Multinational Force and Observers

On December 12, 1985, a chartered Arrow Air DC-8 with 248 returning members of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division and eight flight crew crashed into the cold, damp landscape at the end of runway 22 at Gander International Airport in Gander, Newfoundland, with no survivors.


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