Boeing Primary Gulf Gliding Club

Photograph

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Canadian Soaring Archive

View towards the rear, from the Gulf Gliding Club Boeing primary glider, over the Sumas Prairie: Note of back: "This is a shot taken aft from the Boeing after release, of the field. It also gives a general idea of the terrain of the country. The runway was diagonally across the the field. The height when this picture was taken was approx. 800" F. W. Simpson"
View towards the rear, from the Gulf Gliding Club Boeing primary glider, over the Sumas Prairie

Note of back: "This is a shot taken aft from the Boeing after release, of the field. It also gives a general idea of the terrain of the country. The runway was diagonally across the the field. The height when this picture was taken was approx. 800" F. W. Simpson"

Name/Title

Boeing Primary Gulf Gliding Club

Entry/Object ID

2026-03-046

Description

The Gulf Gliding Club of Vancouver flew this Boeing Primary from the Sumas Prairie in the late 1940s. In 1930, at the Boeing Canada subsidiary "a group of boys in the aircraft plant built themselves a primary glider." By June, 1930, the “Boeing Steel Truss Glider” was being advertised for sale at the low cost of $495. [for more information, please consult "The Forgotten Pioneers" by Lloyd Bungey https://www.wgc.mb.ca/static/freeflight/88_05.pdf page 6.]