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Registration CF-CPK has been used several times by Canadian Pacific Air Lines -
Source: Canadian Pacific Air Lines - Its History and Aircraft - by D. M. Bain |
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From the "InfoCanadi>n" magazine. |
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Issue dated June 1990 |
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Here we have a photo of Tim Walker, G.M. Thailand & Southeast Asia and his Bangkok staff wishing Canada a Happy Birthday. |
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Restoring former glory by Gord Cannam, retired, Canadian Airlines. When I first saw the remains of CF-ATZ in December 1983, it was piled in a heap in a small room of the Edmonton Flying Club Hangar. Seven years later, a group of mostly volunteers had restored the plane to its original glory. CF-ATZ went into service in 1933 with Canadian Airways and did much in the exploration and development of the North. In September 1949, operated by North West Territorial Air An attempt to remove the aircraft from the lake bottom only resulted in further damage and it sat on the lake's shore for the next 32 years (until September 1981). It was in very sad condition. In January 1984, the remains were moved from the Edmonton Flying Club hangar to the city's Pacific Western Airlines PWA No. 13 hangar and the restoration process commenced immediately. It was necessary to remanufacture the wings as they were an all-wood construction. The wing spars, ribs, etc., were either broken in the original accident or deteriorated in the 32 years of weather. The fuselage of steel tubular construction was broken into three different heaps. After more than six years of restoration, some 14,000 hours of volunteer labor, aircraft CF-ATZ is completed and appears in same colours as in 1933 when it went into service with Canadian Airways Ltd.. Restoration was largely by PWA retirees, most notably Jim Brown, Ted Kopyn, Shorty Jeungal and Gord Cannam. |
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Retirees restore 1933 aircraft. Celebrating the restoration of the 1933 CF-ATZ Fairchild 71 C in Edmonton were, front left, Vern Simmons, retired Canadian employee, Mickey Sutherland, original air engineer of ATZ, and Captain Joe McGoldrick, base manager, flying, Edmonton/Winnipeg. |
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Time Air Historical Society looks to bring rare, historic Canadian aircraft home. A small team of enthusiasts is devoting it’s time to a unique cause: finding, dismantling, and relocating vintage planes. But the relics they seek to preserve aren’t just any aircraft; the passionate crew have their eye on a specific era in Canada’s commercial aviation history. Rik Barry is the chairman of the Time Air Historical Society (TAHS), which he launched in 2018. Today, Barry and his self-elected board have obtained four (long-since) retired aircraft with a dream of bringing them “home” to Lethbridge, Alberta – the birthplace of Time Air. |
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The story of Time Air Founded by Walter “Stubb” Ross, an Alberta- based entrepreneur and aviation pioneer, Time Air operated for almost three decades (1966 – 1993) out of Western Canada. The airline was known as Lethbridge Air Service before becoming Time Airways in 1969. According to TAHS, the commuter airline began with “Stubb” Ross transporting passengers with personal aircraft, which evolved into a more significant operation when Air Canada discontinued its service out of Lethbridge Airport (YQL) in 1971. Time Air operated a variety of aircraft, from the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, to the Short SD-330, to the Fairchild F-27 turboprop, to DHC Dash 7 and Dash 8 aircraft. Fast forward to 1993, Time Air merged with Ontario Express to create Canadian Regional Airlines — which eventually merged with Air Canada Jazz in the early 2000s. Follow the report by Natasha McKenty in the Skies magazine. Source: Skiesmag.com |
