| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | CF-DCE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bellanca F Skyrocket |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Northwest Industries 31 Senior Skyrocket |
| Aircraft Version: | Northwest Industries 31-55A Senior Skyrocket |
| C/n (msn): | 3 |
| Operator Titles: | Superior Airways |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
| Photo Date: | January 1950 to May 1955 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHS |
| Photo ID: | 231434 |
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Started out as a 31-55A Senior Skyrocket c/n 3 in 1946, and seen here as such. In October 1955 it was upgraded to a 31-55B (fuselage extension and larger cabin door) by giving it the fuselage of c/n 32, thus essentially becoming another airframe. The aircraft was sold in the US in 1972 as N32BE. Note the "Fort William" subtitles. In January 1970 the cities of Fort William and Port Arthur merged and became the city of Thunder Bay. This is where Superior Airways was based from its creation in 1945 until it was merged into Austin Airways on 1 Jan 1982. In 2003 a new Superior Airways was formed, with no ties to the old one. Photo from: Leo J. Kohn / Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia This photo was added on 7 April 2020, and has since been viewed 919 times. |