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Article content The masses have always had a fascination with big planes. So in 1954, Trans-Canada Airlines decided the best way to introduce its new line of Lockheed Super Constellations was to fly one to Vancouver and let the public tour it. “Not just a Constellation,” said an ad in the May 4, 1954 Vancouver Sun. “Not just a Super Constellation. But the latest, greatest version of this superb aircraft type. Truly a SUPER Constellation!” Try refreshing your browser, or This Week in History: 1954 The Lockheed Super Constellation ushers in an age of luxury in air travel Back to video...

As chess boards sell out everywhere thanks to The Queen’s Gambit, Siemms agreed to recap his days as a competitive player for Canada — years that overlap the era represented in the TV series. As with the series, his story is just as much about time and place as it is about chess. Siemms’ world travels involved sailing on the Queen Mary and flying on a four-engine Lockheed Super Constellation; he played the Russians in the thick of the Cold War and encountered them at the Munich Olympiad in 1958. He came of age in a world that would be unrecognizable to today’s youth, a time before th...