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Beechcraft 3NMT Expeditor
Beechcraft Expeditor (Beech 18) The Beech 18 light commercial transport that first flew on January 15, 1937 is the civilian model of the military C-45. 5,204 military models were delivered during World War 2. A number of C-45 transports served with the RCAF from 1944-1967 under the name Expeditor 3NM, 3NMT, 3T, etc., as a…
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Newsletter No. 21 June, 1983
Museum Newsletter CANADIAN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT AND TRANSPORTATION No. 21 June, 1983 ZENITH 5555 -See Page 4 President’s Report This has been a year of unprecedented growth for the Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation. As Canada weathers its worst economic crisis in 50 years, the museum has managed to surge ahead, thanks to the…
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Christmas at the Canadian Museum of Flight
The Christmas event at the Museum was an outstanding success with over 700 visitors on the November 27 event. As promised, Santa and Mrs. Santa arrived by aircraft right in front of the excited junior crowd. Santa and Mrs. Santa arrived in a perfectly color-matched Cessna.Hmmm… could that little plane actually fly all the way…
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Trainee Aircraft Mechanics
Along with a world-wide shortage of pilots, there is a growing need for thousands of aircraft mechanics and operations specialists. Aviation colleges in Richmond and Abbotsford, BC are part of the solution to this problem. Some of the current graduating Aerospace class at BCIT in Richmond have been spending their spare time as volunteers at the…