As Jan Zurakowski climbs into the cockpit, 10,000 Avro employees and RCAF observers watch tensely from the edge of the airfield.
Ground telemetry units stand-by, to record data transmitted from the aircraft.
CF-100 and Sabre chase planes take off, for visual and photographic observations of the flight. And in the Avro tower, recordings are made of all verbal communications.
[Pilot recordings, not legible]
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