Photo ID: 1011744
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Model: Beechcraft 18, 3N, D-18S |
Registration: C-FWWV |
| Year: 1951 |
Serial Number: Beech c/n A-618, RCAF c/n CA-18, RCAF 1443 |
| Engine(s): P&W R985, 9-Cyl. Radials, 450-HP each |
Owner: Nestor Falls Fly-In Outposts, Nestor Falls, ON Canada |
| Location: Nestor Falls, ON, Canada |
Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
| Date: July 2005 |
Present Registration: Same |
Present Owner (FAA info): Same |
Notes: 10/15/05 - Another well-kept Beech 3N. According to info on the 'net, RCAF 1443 was used at No. 2 Air Navigators School at RCAF Station Winnipeg in 1953, and later at Calgary, Alberta.
After being sold surplus in 1967, Whisky Victor was used by Turn-Air, Northern Enterprises, Quick Yvonne and Spur Aviation, all of Yellow Knife, NWT, until 1994, and then Derek Campbell of Nestor Falls until the present operator bought it in 1996. |
Photo ID: 1011745
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Sitting pretty, sharing the dock with a '185. |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011746
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That's a Hamilton cargo door. Later Hamilton doors were split in the middle and hinged on the front and back to make it easier to load with a forklift. This arrangement works very well for a seaplane! |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011747
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Looks like eight life-jackets and a raft there. |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011748
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This is a serious floatplane. They've even removed the landing gear lever! Most of the Twin Beech's stay on floats for years at a time. |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011749
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Looking aft. Lots of place for "stuff", in addition to passengers |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
Photo ID: 1011750
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Climbing in through the forward-hinged door which is part of the Bristol Mod. This would be easier than some of the pilot's side-window, escape hatches that we used in U.S. freighters and sprayers. |
| Photographer: Ken Stoltzfus |
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