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The first site in Regina used for flying was the infield at Regina Exhibition Park's horse race track, where visiting barnstormer " Lucky Bob " St. Pierre ( a Nebraskan whose real name was " Shaeffer " or " Shaffer ") flew a Curtiss Model D biplane in August, 1911.

A few other barnstormers, notably aviatrix Katherine Stinson of the famous aviation family, appeared in Regina and other prairie cities in the years thereafter, but there was virtually no other aviation activity in Western Canada during the First World War.