RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 4750. Fairchild Super 71 (CF-AUJ c/n 50) Canadian Airways
Photographed ca. 1934, courtesy The Fairchild Corporation
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12/15/2005. Remarks by Jacques Trempe: "One of approximately 200 built in Quebec. It was the first airplane type built in Canada and made its first flight October 31, 1934. The aircraft struck a log and sank October 3, 1940. In 1978 it was retrieved by Western Canada Aviation Museum and restoration began in 1987. Powered by a nine-cylinder Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine." |
Created November 30, 2005