World-Wide Airways was a Canadian

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started in 1947 by Donald McVicar (1915-1997), a former RAF Command pilot. Based at Montreal's

Dorval Airport Dorval () is an on-island suburban city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the largest surface area in Montré ...

, it played a key role in massive airlift operations for Hollinger Ungava Transport and the

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in Northern Canada. It also flew livestock and foodstuffs to embargoed Cuba during the 1960s. Its licence was revoked in 1965 for political reasons. McVicar's publicized fight with the government led him to be featured on the cover of ''

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'' in 1966. McVicar left Canada and later returned to Montreal as an aviation consultant. He died in 1997 in Dorval, Quebec.

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