I mentioned awhile ago that the Alberta Aviation Museum was activly working on recovering a Cat from North of the Arctic Circle.
While rapid progress was being made on the recovery it has temporarily ground to a halt due to issues with the Aboriginal group that hold the rights to the land that surrounds the lake the Cat is in/on.
While we are continuing to pursue the airframe it has to be moved from the front of the stove to the back burner until the above issues are resolved.
Another one of the many issues faced when doing a recovery.
Tom H
By: Tom H - 24th March 2007 at 05:01
Evening Mark
Board has asked the location and pics not be released while we are continuing to pursue the aircraft…got burned on another aircraft some time ago when a private purchaser went around us…when the deal is done or we give up I will be happy to.
The aircraft is waaaaay up North and damaged, cannot be flown. Dug a wing in on a landing and sunk. Engines and some other equipment have since been removed. But we have found alternates suitable for initial display.
It is…
1943
Vickers (Quebec) built
Ex-RCAF
About all the detail I can give for the moment.
Tom H
By: mark_pilkington - 24th March 2007 at 00:42
Tom,
sorry to hear about your setbacks with the PBY, do you have any photos you can share of its current condition, its history, and how it came to be in its current location?
regards
Mark Pilkington
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March 23, 2007 at 10:49 pm