GREAT SUCCESS - July 25, 2010  FLY-IN BREAKFAST - First in 20 years at the Fairview Airport - 21 planes in from all directions - Canso Tours enjoyed by many! - Donations to the Canso Restoration Project - THANKS TO ALL!

The Journey

Inuvik, NWT to Fairview, AB

Approx. 2,500 km. by road to Inuvik and then 1500 km.

on a NTCL barge up the MacKenzie River to Hay River, NWT - THEN 800 km. down the Mackenzie Highway by truck to Fairview, AB

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Any donations will very much be appreciated and greatly assist with the reclamation of this historic aircraft.  Your help will assure it's future as a flying museum to be shared with everyone across the country it has served for almost 70 years.

Looking for parts - Don Wieben and some of his family recently visited the site of C-GFFJ, which is a Canso PBY-6A near Sioux Lookout, Ontario.  Don had a great day crawling around the remains of this old aircraft!

History:  Operated by Sonora Flying Service, Columbia, CA 1962-1966 with tailnumber N6456C, airtanker no.38. Jack R. Ulrich of Chiloquin, OR. bought it in 1969.  It was with Hemet Valley Flying Service

(Hemet, CA) from 1972-1978 where it flew as tanker E84 (later simply 84).  It was damaged by fire while on the ground at Stockton, CA in 1977.  N6456C was obtained by Flying Fireman Ltd of Sidney, BC in June 1980; registered as C-GFFJ and flown as tanker 9. It crashed and was destroyed during water pick-up near Sioux Lookout, ONT., July 12, 1981

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Check the You Tube link below to see FNJE run-up and take off at the Yellowknife, NWT, airtanker base,

June 1998, about 3 years before the water loading accident

For more info and pictures visit Abandoned Wrecks of the North: http://www.ruudleeuw.com/search116.htm

For more Canso videos click above on the HISTORY,

CANSO CREW or

WAR YEARS

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You Tube:  Don Wieben talks about  getting a pair of much needed nose wheel doors

JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) rockets came in many types and were used to shorten the takeoff of aircraft in short field or overload conditions. They were among the first practical applications of rocketry, and much early development of rocket technology by JPL, Aerojet, Goddard, and others was devoted to JATO applications.

1943 May 1 - . Launch Vehicle: JATO.

•JATO tests. - . Nation: USA. Summary: A PBY Catalina, fitted with two liquid-propellant JATO rockets developed at Annapolis, took off with 20 percent reduction in run. Liquid-propellant JATO was abandoned by Navy in 1944.

Check out the Blog for info about how the Canso Crew came to get a JATO!

WHAT'S A JATO

Click on any photo to enlarge (Jato photo - Tom Steele)

You Tube below: 

Mark Bach shows how to use the English Wheel

Photos below showing Don Wieben and Joe Gans, April 2011, just finished loading the last of the Canso PBY parts purchased last fall in Naniamo, BC.  These parts had been stored in an old Sea-Can at the Naniamo Airport for several years.

photos provided by Marg Wieben

You Tube below:  Don Wieben talks about our Wednesday "Canso Nights" workbees

Photo - circa 1980, provided by Neil Shae, Riverview, NB.

FLY-IN BREAKFAST

SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2011

Help celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the Fairview Municipal Airport!

Tiger Moth CF-CJO first aircraft to land at the Fairview Airport

Thank you all!  Great Success - lots of planes arrived from all around the country

Welcome

Our non-profit organization, Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS), was formed to be the operating wing of the Canso PBY-5A, C-FNJE.  FARS will coordinate the restorations of the Canso, raise funds to rebuild the aircraft, provide hangar space and, in the future, organize and provide demonstrations at airshows and community events to allow school children and the general public to share in a part of Canada's rich history.

Click this link to se the Aviation Safety Network Report on the Accident:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010724-4

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