| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | CF-AUV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.11 (B.IV) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.11 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.11AHB |
| Manufacturers: | Fokker / Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | 906 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | LelystadMap |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHLE IATA: LEY Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Aviodrome |
| Photo Date: | 27 May 2006 |
| Photo by: | Mick Bajcar |
| Photo ID: | 404492 |
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This rare flying boat was in storage at the Aviodrome. Only six F.11s were built, and this is the only surviving example. Built in 1930, it was first operated by Air Ferries in San Francisco as NC399N, later by Gorst Air Transport in Seattle. Registered as CF-AUV on 1 Jul 1933 and crashed on take-off from McDame Lake, BC, Canada on 13 July 1935, when it struck trees after a limited take-off run. The wreck was salvaged and later acquired by the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg (now the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada). In 1992 it was loaned to the Aviodome, now the Aviodrome. This photo is copyright © Mick Bajcar, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 23 October 2021, and has since been viewed 450 times. |