REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 521

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AIRCRAFT DATA
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 521
Manufacturing Date: 1947-03-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
S/N: 23526.
S/N: 24167.
Remarks: Canadiana Heritage Reel # T-7900 (image 460 thru 564).
Canadian CAR File # 5008-E10-13.
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
CF-EJM 1946-08-28 Date of Allotment to Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
Reserved for E. L. MacLeod, MacLeod Aircraft, Ltd.; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1947-03-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-03-?? Test flight.
1947-03-14 US CAA C of A for Export # E-14982 issued. Export to Canada.
1947-03-18 Weight And Balance Date: Weight Empty - Computed: 2193.0 lbs.
1947-03-18 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Air Commodore E. L. MacLeod; 5515 Cypress Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Seller: Republic Aviation Corporation; M. G. Veckman, Assistant Treasurer.
1947-03-24 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to MacLeod Aircraft Ltd.; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1947-03-31 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Thomas L. Garner; RR # 2, Duncan, Vancouver Island, B. C., Canada.
Seller: MacLeod Aircraft Limited; E. L. MacLeod, President.
1947-04-02 Application For Registration Of An Aircraft:
Applicant: Thomas Garner; Duncan, B. C., Canada.
Purpose for which aircraft is to be used: Commercial.
Usual Station: Duncan, B. C.
1947-04-03 Registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
Temporary C of R and temporary C of A issued by letter, not valid after 1947-06-02.
1947-04-02 Aircraft inspected at Vancouver Airport. 
Aircraft TTSN: 35:50.
Engine S/N: 23526 TTSN: 35:50.
1947-06-04 Extended temporary C of R and temporary C of A issued by letter, not valid after 1947-08-03.
C of A for Export not yet received by Canada DoT.
1947-07-25 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Paramatta Airways Limited; Williams Lake, Vancouver, B. C.
Seller: Thomas L. Garner.
1947-07-25 Application For Re-Registration Of An Aircraft:
Applicant: Paramatta Airways Limited; 850 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C.
C. A. McArthur - President.
D. P. Thompson - Secretary.
D. B. McArthur - Director.
Purpose for which aircraft is to be used: Commercial.
Usual Station: Williams Lake, B. C.
1947-07-25 Aircraft inspected at Vancouver Airport. 
Aircraft TTSN: 73:35.
Engine S/N: 23526 TTSN: 73:35.
1947-07-25 Re-registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
1947-07-26 Temporary C of R (# 6638) and temporary C of A (# 2608) issued by letter, not valid after 1947-10-25.
Owner: Paramatta Airways Limited; 850 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C.
C of A for Export not yet received by Canada DoT.
1947-10-23 Extension of Temporary C of R (# 5656) and temporary C of A (# 2059) issued by letter, not valid after 1948-01-22.
C of A for Export not yet received by Canada DoT.
1947-11-27 US CAA C of A for Export # E-14982 received by photostatic copy.
1948-01-12 C of R # 6638 issued to:
Paramatta Airways Limited; 850 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C.
1947-07-25 entered on the register of Canada.
1948-01-12 C of A # 2608 issued.
Not valid after 1948-07-25.
1948-03-02 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: Thomas Lawson Garner; PO Box 1178, Duncan, Vancouver Island, B. C.
Seller: Paramatta Airways Limited; 908 Credit Foncier Building, Vancouver, B. C.
Douglas Brian MacArthur; Director and Signing Officer.
1948-03-25 Bill of Sale:
Purchaser: B. C. Air Lines Limited; 1001 A Douglas Street, Victoria, B. C.
William Beresford Sylvester; President.
Seller: Thomas Lawson Garner; PO Box 1178, Duncan, Vancouver Island, B. C.
1948-03-25 Application For Registration Of An Aircraft:
Applicant: B. C. Air Lines Limited; 1001 A Douglas Street, Victoria, B. C.
W. B. Sylvester - President.
S. E. Scurrah - Director.
N. Whittaker - Director.
Purpose for which aircraft is to be used: Commercial.
Usual Station: Vancouver, B. C.
1948-03-25 Aircraft inspected at Vancouver Airport. 
Aircraft TTSN: 142:30.
Engine S/N: 23526 TTSN: 143:40.
1948-03-25 Entered on the register of Canada.
1948-03-25 Temporary C of R (# 6864) and temporary C of A (# 2608) issued by letter, not valid after 1948-06-24.
1948-04-09 C of R # 6864 issued to:
B. C. Air Lines Limited; 1001A Douglas Street, Victoria, B. C.
1948-03-25 entered on the register of Canada.
1948-04-09 C of A # 2608 renewed.
Not valid after 1949-03-25.
1948-08-10 Portlier Pass, B. C.:
Forced landing after propeller/engine failure.

Report dated 1948-08-12 to District Inspector, Air Regulations, Vancouver, B. C.:

On August 10th, 1948 at approximately 3:00 P.M., Seabee aircraft CF-EJM made a forced landing at Portlier Pass. The forced landing was due to the reverse propeller ball race seizing up and destroying the inner oil seal which allowed the motor oil to escape. There was no indication of trouble until the oil pressure started to go down.

The ball race cage seems to have caused the trouble, or it could be the dural control called the Jack & link. This is held by a steel circlip, groved into the Jack Link, which leaves a very small margin of metal. All that metal was worn away and impregnated in all the parts.

A complete new unit was fitted at Portlier and the aircraft was flown to Vancouver for complete check.

Yours truly
W. S. Tall.
1949-05-27 Aircraft inspected at Vancouver Airport. 
Aircraft TTSN: 959:15.
Engine S/N: 23526 TTSN: 963:45.
Total time since overhaul: 357:05.
1949-05-28 C of A # 2608 renewed.
Not valid after 1950-05-26.
1950-01-23 Tiber Bay, B. C.:
Forced landing due to engine failure, probably caused by carburetor icing. Landing was made in heavy seas, and subsequent beaching made at Seaford Channel, Cortez Island. Damage: bent port float strut; bent port wing float; 3" tear in bottom plate just forward of step, port side; approx. twenty pulled rivets in the bottom plates in vicinity of the step; cracked port bow window. (See below pictures of reports).
1950-05-18 Application For Renewal Of Certificate Of Airworthiness:
Hours flown since new: 1481:55.
Engine: 6A8-215-B9F, S/N: 24167, Hours run since new: 1425:50.
Hours since overhaul: 325:45.
Applicant: B. C. Air Lines Limited.
1950-05-18 C of A # 2608 renewed.
Not valid after 1951-05-17.
1950-10-16 Declaration by B. C. Air Lines Ltd.; William Beresford Sylvester; loss of C of R and C of A.
1950-10-17 Temporary C of R (# 6864) and temporary C of A (# 2608) issued by letter, not valid after 1950-11-16.
1950-11-17 Temporary C of R (# 6864) and temporary C of A (# 2608) issued by letter, not valid after 1951-01-15.
1950-11-23 Replacement C of R (# 6864) and temporary C of A (# 2608) issued, not valid after 1951-01-15.
1950-12-29 Aircraft converted into pure flying boat by removal of landing wheels.
Empty Weight: 2080 lbs.
1951-05-12 Application For Renewal Of Certificate Of Airworthiness:
Hours flown since new: 2273:40.
Engine: 6A8-215-B9F, S/N: 24037, Hours run since new: NIL.
Hours since overhaul: NIL.
Applicant: B. C. Air Lines Limited.
1951-05-17 C of A # 2608 renewed.
Not valid after 1952-05-17.
1951-12-25 Campbell River, B. C.:
Aircraft sank at B. C. Air Lines Company float at Campbell River. Port wing float strut had been broken and aircraft was docked at starboard wing. During low tide, aircraft tilted to port side allowing water to flood port wing and fuselage at tide. Aircraft sustained additional damage during salvage and was later written off.
1952-10-30 Letter from B. C. Air Lines Ltd.; William Beresford Sylvester; "...this aircraft has now been written off and disposed of."
1952-11-24 Deleted from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
www.historicccar.ca
Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.

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