Restoration work appears to be moving along at a greater pace in the Montreal Aviation Museum with their Norseman C-FGYY. This Mark VI, serial 427 was originally USAAF number 43-35353. The museum acquired the aircraft in derelict condition during 2017 and decided to depict it in the colours of AYO’s first commercial operator, Dominion Skyways […]
From 1935 to 1959 Norseman were in production at the Cartierville airport in Montreal. By the 1990’s this property was prime land for redevelopment as the city grew to cover almost all of the Island of Montreal. See https://www.norsemanfestival.on.ca/norduyn-now/ and https://www.norsemanfestival.on.ca/norduyn-now-redux/ Very near the spot where the huge complex rolled out the Norseman utility airplane by […]
Kurtis Weddel photo. As we start a new year, our thoughts often focus on change, new beginnings, new habits and goals. By now, most people in Red Lake will have seen the town’s beloved Norseman floatplane on display again by the head of Howey bay. Carefully, on October 15, 2021 it was put back up […]
Another Norseman project ongoing rebuild among many at the moment is Noorduyn serial 139 with the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California. Many thanks to a sharp eyed friend who recognized it being a Norseman and sent these recent photos. Serial 139 was originally built for the USAAF as serial 43-5148 but was immediately transferred […]
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 […]
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 […]
The annual listing of airworthy Norseman will be out later than usual this year. Transport Canada has made a major change with the civil aircraft register and no longer shows aircraft with a cancelled registration. Getting more specific, there are Norseman that exist, but their Certificate of Registration is cancelled so they no longer appear […]
We appear to live in a time when the volume of superfluous information has degraded quality or accuracy and this often leads to skimming as an instant answer is sought without attention to details. Technology addiction and information manipulation, one may argue, are becoming serious issues in society and we need to look deeper into […]
Identifying old airframes can be a lot of fun when a mystery is solved to one’s satisfaction and it can be a dive deeper into confusion at the same time! This was the case when visiting a museum storage facility at the end of April. The Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada is waiting to […]
Steady progress is being made on the restoration of Norseman Mk VI, serial 365 last registered in Canada as CF-GLI until 2014. For some background on the project see; www.norsemanfestival.on.ca/norseman-pickers/ These recent photos were sent by Arno van der Holst of the Nederlands Transport Museum and show the top quality work that will send this Mk […]