IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY: AIR CANADA, THE FIRST 50 YEARS. Smith, Philip. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart. c1986. 368pp. cloth, $24.95, ISBN 0-7710-8211-8. CIP Grades 10 and up Reviewed by Janet E. Goldack Volume 14 Number 5 1986 September In the spirit of the early Canadian pioneers, Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was established in 1937, employing a fleet of two ten-passenger airplanes and a single engine crop duster biplane. Its lofty objectives, "to establish safe, regular air travel within a vast, sparsely populated land whose climate and geography pushed aviation technology to its limits," continue to be met, making today's Air Canada a major intercontinental airline with an enviable record of safety, service, and financial achievements. The twenty-seven well-written, detailed chapters, the clear black-and-white illustrations, and the comprehensive index of this extensively researched work by respected author/historian, Philip Smith, not only depicts the technical and entrepreneurial expertise needed to establish and sustain an airline, but also the dedicated employees who are the backbone of the successful operation. This is a history of aviation that appeals to the technical, the political, the financial, and the just plain curious reader. Janet E. Goldack, Grant Park H.S., Winnipeg, Man.