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Bruce Aikenhead: A Canadian Space Pioneer
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Aikenhead's parents, Claire and Harold
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Aikenhead as a toddler, playing at a local park
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Aikenhead with his father, Harold
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Aikenhead (on left) with his sister Audrey, on the porch of their grandparents' home
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Aikenhead with his father, Harold, and grandfather, Albert, in his grandparents' backyard
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Aikenhead recalls seeing the Graf Zeppelin as a child
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Aikenhead describes his time at Westdale Technical School in Hamilton, Ontario
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Aikenhead listening to Morse Code during a lesson at London South Collegiate Institute (High School)
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Aikenhead (middle row, second from right) in the 'Radio Fundamentals and Servicing' course
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Aikenhead enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II
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Aikenhead in his military uniform
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Aikenhead describes his work as a RDF/RADAR technician in WW2 in Britain and India
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Kappa Tau Sigma Fraternity at the University of Western Ontario (Aikenhead front, second from right)
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The Radio Amateurs Club at the University of Western Ontario (Aikenhead on the right)
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Aikenhead's University of Western Ontario graduation photo
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Aikenhead reminisces about the Viking Radio he worked on at Dominion Electrohome
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Aikenhead on his career at Canadian Aviation Electronics
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Aikenhead recalls his time working on the "Avro Arrow"
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