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Bruce Aikenhead: A Canadian Space Pioneer
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Aikenhead as a toddler, playing at a local park
1 of 37 		Aikenhead recalls seeing the Graf Zeppelin as a child
2 of 37 		Aikenhead describes his time at Westdale Technical School in Hamilton, Ontario
3 of 37 		Aikenhead listening to Morse Code during a lesson at London South Collegiate Institute (High School)
4 of 37 		Aikenhead enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II
5 of 37 		Aikenhead in his military uniform
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Aikenhead describes his work as a RDF/RADAR technician in WW2 in Britain and India
7 of 37 		Aikenhead's University of Western Ontario graduation photo
8 of 37 		Aikenhead reminisces about the Viking Radio he worked on at Dominion Electrohome
9 of 37 		Aikenhead on his career at Canadian Aviation Electronics
10 of 37 		Aikenhead recalls his time working on the "Avro Arrow"
11 of 37 		A test model of the Mercury space capsule undergoes trials at Langley Field
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Inside the Mercury Procedures Trainer
13 of 37 		Astronaut Scott Carpenter with the Mercury Procedures Trainer
14 of 37 		Aikenhead describes his work on NASA's Project Mercury
15 of 37 		Bruce Aikenhead at the Langley Research Centre
16 of 37 		Aikenhead descibes his work on the High Altitude Research Project (HARP)
17 of 37 		Aikenhead describes working on the ISIS-2 satellite
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