Airworthy Norseman List 2022

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AIRWORTHY NOORDUYN NORSEMAN as of 1 November 2021 Page 1 of 3

(Double) click the above PDF link for this years list.

Note – As of October 24, the Transport Canada website has not been updated to show CF-BSB when doing a quick search so only 25 records will be found.

The list (page 1 and 2) reflects the policy change where Norseman with a cancelled Certificate of Registration can only be found on the historical register search. This is why page 2 is considerably shorter than the 2020 list.

With the airworthy status of individual Norseman often changing there can be ambiguity as to how many are airworthy. If one has not flown for more than one year I consider it not active and will move it to page 2. A couple have moved back to page 1 as they become active again. The number of airworthy Norseman appears to be growing at this time.

Anyway, enjoy Norseman fans! If you have a question send me an email – c46commando@hotmail.com or call.  Thanks!

Norseman Revivals!

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Fuselage of CF-NJK leaving Red Deer, Alberta for the long road trip north to Yellowknife.

There has been a flurry of Norseman activity lately as another Canadian winter approaches. This post will touch on three more exciting events that bode well for the continuation of Norseman activity in the skies.

Joe McBryan of Buffalo Airways fame is a serious enthusiast of the type and for the last few years I have heard he was planning to revive another Norseman to airworthy condition and we appear to have the proof. Joe already has CF-SAN, a Mk V in Yellowknife for personal use and for reference regarding his Red Deer airframes, see; https://www.norsemanfestival.on.ca/keep-them-flying/ from February 2019. Update – The Norseman in that blogpost thought to be CF-GTM was identified near Winnipeg, Manitoba in April 2021 belonging to the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. So the best guess as to the silver fuselage airframe at Red Deer is now CF-GOB, Serial 421. Recently CF-NJK, Mk VI Serial 242 was moved to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and early reports indicate that it will be restored to operational status!

In another post from 2019 (https://www.norsemanfestival.on.ca/look-more-find-more/) we see a picture of a Mk IV, Serial 44 airframe. This was also recently moved, from Silver Falls, Manitoba to the Saskatchewan Aviation Museum at the Saskatoon airport/CYXE. If dreams take flight, this Norseman will fly again and would become the oldest airworthy example in the world.

Over in Ontario, CF-BSB flew again in the Sioux Lookout area after approximately 10 months on the ground at Selkirk, Manitoba. Usually this float equipped Norseman winters at Selkirk so it should fly back there any day now.

“Pouring the coals” to CF-BSB, a post WW II Mk V model, Serial N29-15.  BSB photo credits – Dominic Kozar.

On a somber note, the first owner of BSB was Eldorado Mining & Refining Co Ltd. in 1946. This company supplied uranium from northern Canada to develop nuclear weapons that forced Japan to surrender during the summer of 1945.