REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 1014

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CF-FJJ

CF-FJJ
Vancouver Aiport Authority VYR, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
09 March 1958
Photo: © Peter R. Keating courtesy of John Wegg

AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 1014
Manufacturing Date: 1947-06-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks:  
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
CF-FJJ 1947-06-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-06-?? Test flight.
1947-09-10 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to McDonald Aviation Company, Ltd.; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Registration No. CF-FJJ was reserved for McDonald Aviation on 1947-01-27.

1947-09-15 Registered on Canadian CAR.
1953-08-09 North end Harrison Lake, British Columbia.  After landing and almost in to the dock, the wing float struck submerged object. Port wing float split open.  Operated by Cascade Air Service, pilot Sherwood L. Moffit (C-6053). [Files: 5008-F10-10 / 5802-31849).
1959-09-28 (1) Monkman Lake, 45 miles south of Burns Lake, British Columbia (hand-written not on card). (2) Latitude 53° 56' N, Longitude 125° 57' W, Bickle Lake, British Columbia (type written).  Lower section of hull tore away on landing at lake.  Aircraft sank.  Pilot W. D. Blair minor injuries, passenger H. S. Monkman drowned. [File: 5002-791].
1963-01-30 Cancelled from Canadian CAR.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
John Wegg.
Canadian National Archives.
www.historicccar.ca

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