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    Airframe Family: Noorduyn Norseman
    Latest Model:UC-64A Norseman
    Last Military Serial:44-70404 USAAF
    Construction Number:669
    Last Civil Registration:CF-ZMX
    Compressed ID:Noorduyn UC-64A sn 44-70404 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Trout Lake Lodge Limited, Red Lake, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as an UC-64A.

    3 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-70404.

    16 October 1944

    Transferred to Lowry Field, Denver, CO.

    By 1946

    To Byrd Air Transport, Dallas, TX with new c/r NC59888.

    To Bruce Hallock, Texas; with new c/r N59888.
    Outfitted to haul lobster from British Honduras (Belize); sold to missionaries in Peru.

    For a couple of very small photos of NC59888 - click on this link -https://elevonbooks.com/sfod-gallery.html.

    Circa 1950

    To JAARS Incorporated with new c/r OB-LAZ-249.
    Providing air service to Bible translators dedicated to sustained contact with hard to reach small tribes.

    To JAARS Incorporated with new c/r OB-M-LAZ.

    4 January 1971

    To Summer Institute of Linguistics Inc, Santa Ana, CA with new c/r N59888.

    7 January 1971

    Civil registration, N59888, cancelled.

    24 February 1973

    To Bearskin Lake Air Service, Big Trout Lake, ON with new c/r CF-ZMX.

    19 February 1979

    To Raecom Exploration and Titan Drilling, Yellowknife, NT keeping c/r CF-ZMX.


    Photographer: Sam Kuminecz

    22 April 1981

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged at Yellowknife April 22, 1981, takeoff was attempted in a restricted area and the aircraft hit a boat and dock.

    Shipped to Calgary, Alberta for repair but donated to the Calgary Aerospace Museum when the cost of repair was found to be too high.

    1987

    To Joe McBryan [Buffalo Airways], Yellowknife keeping c/r CF-ZMX.
    Noorduyn arrived in exchange for a S-55 CF-JTI.

    20 July 2001

    To Trout Lake Lodge Limited, Red Lake, ON keeping c/r CF-ZMX.

    21 July 2005


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2005 photo at Selkirk, MB

    23 July 2011


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: At Selkirk, Manitoba
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