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CF-GBV gets around and about.

CF-GBV at Ocean Falls, British Columbia.

CF-GBV at Port Hardy, British Columbia.

Photo: via Chuck Ford © c.1960

CF-GBV at Cape Scott, Vancouver Island.

CF-GBV at a wintery Alert Bay, British Columbia.

CF-GBV at Port Hardy base.

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CF-GBV

Certificate of Airworthiness #3898 issued 23-Feb-1953.

• CF-GBV BC Air Lines Ltd., Vancouver, BC. Certificate of Registration #11659 issued 23-Feb-1953. Delivered 24-Feb-1953 and operated until circa 1964.

Accident: Un named location. Lat 50.03N Long 125.16W. 16-Oct-1958. While landing on water the aircraft struck a submerged unidentified object damaging a float. The pilot immediately took off and when landing a second time, the aircraft veered and ran up onto the dock. It suffered substantial damage details of which were unreported.

• CF-GBV West Aircraft Sales & Servicing. Detail currently unknown.

• CF-GBV BC Air Lines Ltd., Vancouver, BC. Based Port Hardy, BC. Date unknown.

Accident: Hecate Straits off the Queen Charlotte Islands - Haida Gwaii, BC. 29-Dec-1966. Sank under tow.

• Presumed lost •

The display version of CF-GBV

More news on this project as it proceeds, very well done so far, it will be mounted on a pole at the edge of town. Highway 19 and 14th Avenue in a small park.

The aircraft was mounted on the pedestal 25 April 2022 - images to follow . . .