| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | CF-IKM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 18 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 18 (C-45) |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech E18S |
| C/n (msn): | BA-131 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Saint Thomas - MunicipalMap |
| Region / Country: | Ontario, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYQS IATA: YQS Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1 June 1970 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 379902 |
| Photo Comment |
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This 1963 Beech 18 flew with a construction company and Millardair before it was bought by Hicks & Lawrence, one of Canada's most experienced aerial applicators. With them 1967 - 72, it went to Voyageur Airways for a year before acquired by Bradley Air Services in 1973. On November 30, 1975, a main gear collapsed on landing at Ottawa and the aircraft veered off the runway in to a snow bank with major damage. Never repaired, the aircraft was moved in the spring of 1980 to Morrison's Quarry near Wakefield QC, and used at a scuba diving training resource. [Note: Photographic evidence exists of this. The long accepted story that the aircraft's cabin roof was used on Westwind III C-GBLI to increase cabin volume is discounted by photo and dates.] This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 31 July 2021, and has since been viewed 363 times. |