John Chalmers, CAHS Membership Secretary, after a visit to the Don McClure Aviation Historical Gallery at the Moncton Airport, gave a story and photos published in the CAHS National September 2017 newsletter. Here we have this selection - |
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The York was a transport aircraft derived from the famous and much better known Avro Lancaster bomber, likewise powered by four Merlin V-12 liquid cooled engines. |
From Bill Cameron: (Source: CAHS magazine October 2017)
It was a delight to see the photo in the story of Canso CF-CRP, and to re-visit an old friend, CF-CRP. The Museum in Gander is rather outside regular tourist itineraries, and I was pleased to see important and iconic aircraft preserved there. |
I was assigned as Flight Dispatcher for that operation in 1955 – and with another Canso CF-CRR (that went on to have further adventures in France). The pilots, engineers, stewardesses, and myself were all in our mid-twenties in 1955, and Prince Rupert was a very happy base! |
Both ladies were exemplary flight attendants, and greatly respected by all us in that airline. Nina later became Nina Morrison, and on her retirement from CPAL at mandatory age she was interviewed on CBC Radio by Peter Gzowski. |
Consolidate 28A5- Canso CF-CRP CPAL timeline |
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