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CF-FOW
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| Manufacturer: | Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA. | |
| Model: | RC-3 Seabee | |
| Type Certificate No: | A-769 | |
| Serial Number: | 656 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1947-04-?? | |
| Engine: | Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) | |
| Remarks: | Canadiana
Heritage Reel # T-7927 (image 1610 thru 1734). Canadian CAR File # 5008-F15-23 (5008-FOW). |
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| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| CF-FOW | 1947-04-?? | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1947-04-?? | Test flight. | |
| 1947-04-05 | Registered on Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. | |
| 1947-04-15 | US CAA C of A for Export # E-15466 issued. Export to Canada. | |
| 1947-04-16 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Northwest Air Services, Inc.; Seattle, Washington, USA. | |
| ????-??-?? | Alert Bay Air Service; British Columbia, Canada. | |
| 1956-05-06 | Bella Bella, Campbell Island, B. C. (52°10N, 126°09W): On an ambulance flight from Klemtu, B. C., to Bella Bella Hospital, aircraft crashed on water landing on sea near Bella Bella. Passenger Linda Simpson (7) died. The other passengers; Mrs. Simpson, Jonny Simpson (11), Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson's baby (2 years old) all survived with minor injuries - as well as pilot Rudolph Aldrian (33) (VRD-3924). Cause of accident: Touched down on the water in a skid, which cause right wing float to fail (torn off) and the aircraft subsequently turned over. There were no marks on the hull or floats to indicate contact with an immersed objet, as the pilot claimed. Pilot was inexperienced, with only 125 hours total, 8 hours on Seabee. | |
| 1959-01-13 | Deleted from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. | |
| Sources: | RAC
Seabee Delivery List. Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. www.historicccar.ca. Joe Collinson. |
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