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    Airframe Family: Noorduyn Norseman
    Latest Model:Norseman I
    Construction Number:001
    Last Civil Registration:CF-AYO
    Compressed ID:Noorduyn Norseman I cn 001 cr CF-AY...
    Latest Owner or Location:Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Norseman I.
    The prototype

    14 November 1935

    First flight.

    18 January 1936

    To Dominion Skyways, Rouyn, QC with new c/r CF-AYO.

    1942

    To Canadian Pacific Airlines keeping c/r CF-AYO.

    8 October 1947

    To Cap Airways, Cap de la Madeline, QC keeping c/r CF-AYO.

    To Gold Belt Air Service, Rouyn, QC keeping c/r CF-AYO.

    To Mont Laurier Aviation Co., Montreal, QC keeping c/r CF-AYO.

    To Albert Racicot, Montreal, QC keeping c/r CF-AYO.

    6 July 1953

    To Orillia Air Service, Orillia, ON keeping c/r CF-AYO.

    23 August 1953

    Crashed.
    Departed Opeongo Lake, Ontario with pilot Roy Downing and two passengers on board and crashed at Round Island Lake in the Georgian Bay Area of Ontario. All on board perished.

    1 November 1992

    Recovered.
    The wreckage was recovered in November 1992 and is in storage at the Canadian Bush Plane Heritage in Sault St. Marie, Ontario.

    To Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
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