Hello Everbody,
My name is Curtis and I just joined the forum. I live in Canada and love anything with a radial engine espically the Canso. I started a Yahoo group called CV-Canso for the Canso’s made by Canadian Vickers. Here is the introduction to the group.
The production of the Canadian Vickers Canso started in St-Hubert, Quebec on July 25, 1941. The initial contract was for 39 Cansos. Because of limited space at St-Hubert the first 25 Cansos were built in hangars that Hampden bombers were made. Then the US government awarded Canadian Vickers a contract to build 230 OA-10A’s for the US Army so to speed up production the Canadain government decided to build a new plant at Cartierville, Quebec. The new plant was 1.6-million-sq-ft that the government own and was ran by Canadain Vickers. In total 369 Cansos & OA-10A’s (CV-240 to CV-608) was built by Canadian Vickers. Today the flying boat is a rare piece of aviation history. I’m a AME in Canada and I fix Cansos and other Propliner’s for a living. I learned my skills from my father that is also an AME and he learned from his father. The Canso is still active today because of people like us and other people with the skills to fix and fly them. This group is for sharing information, news, history, stories, advertising, and pictures about the Canso. Everyone is welcome that are interested.
KEEP THEM FLYING.
Here is the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CV-Canso/
By: SierraEchoFred - 10th January 2008 at 12:28
More Norsemen
Following the thread on the King Alfred tower crash, here is a fairly fluid list of current Norseman aircraft airworthy.
…and among the non-airworthy Norsemen preseved in museums here in Sweden is also SE-CPB (89):
http://www1.airpics.com/showimg.php?imgid=108787
The one on display at the Flygvapenmuseum is SE-CLZ.
By: Newforest - 10th January 2008 at 09:02
Following the thread on the King Alfred tower crash, here is a fairly fluid list of current Norseman aircraft airworthy.
My previous comment on the Norseman at Flabob was correct but is now out of date. There were two Norseman being restored by Nord Peterson and his father, but they were both killed in a plane crash at Riverside some years ago and the owners of the planes removed them, to places unknown at present.:(
By: Newforest - 14th November 2007 at 18:05
There’s a Norseman still flying? Now there’s a surprise for me, I thought they were all dead and gone years ago. How many of them do Buffalo have?
Continuing the thread tangent, there are about 40 Norseman or should that be Norsemen (?) flying predominantly on floats. If my memory is correct, there was one being rebuilt at Flabob Airport in California about the year 2000.
By: mike currill - 14th November 2007 at 16:58
Ooh, nice. I’d love to get the chance of a flight in one, if only to be able to say had.
By: paulc - 14th November 2007 at 15:03
CF-SAN is one of the Norsman – it was at EAA in 2007 on Lake Winnebago
By: mike currill - 14th November 2007 at 14:05
There’s a Norseman still flying? Now there’s a surprise for me, I thought they were all dead and gone years ago. How many of them do Buffalo have?
By: canso07 - 14th November 2007 at 13:34
Hello Mike,
Thanks for welcoming me to the forum. The coverage on the old flying boat has expanded a lot in the last five years I noticed. I live in Yellowknife, NWT and work for Buffalo Airways fixing DC-3’s, DC-4’s C-46’s, Canso, and Norsman.
canso07.
By: mike currill - 14th November 2007 at 08:42
Hi Canso,
I like the idea, nice to see someone devoting time to a relatively obscure type. It’s a type that has always fascinated me, along with many others. I seem to have a liking for less well known types. What I find surprising is the fact that a lot of them are getting more coverage now, long after they have disapeared from regular service.
As a matter of interest where in Canada are you located?
Welcome to our mad house by the way.
Mike
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