Registration / Serial: | CF-FGG |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sznycer SG-VI Grey Gull |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sznycer SG-VI Grey Gull |
Aircraft Version: | Sznycer SG-VI-E Grey Gull |
C/n (msn): |
City / Airport: | Wetaskiwin - Regional (CEX3)Map |
Region / Country: | Alberta, Canada |
Collection: | Reynolds-Alberta Museum |
Photo Date: | 1 October 2014 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 444363Submit Correction |
View count: | 369 |
A helicopter project initiated by Bernard Sznyce and Selma Gottlieb was financed by Montreal investor group Intercity Airways in 1944. First flight of the SC-VI-C CF-FGG-X was made in 1947. The second production aircraft, SG-VI-D Grey Gull with the same registration, flew in 1948 and later became the SG-VI-E with a 200 hp Franklin engine. Funding problems delayed certification until 1951 and ran out before production began. The project disappeared for over 30 years until discovered in a Manhattan warehouse in 1987. The vintage helicopter was acquired by the Reynolds Museum in 2002.
Registration / Serial: | CF-FGG |
Aircraft Version: | Sznycer SG-VI-E Grey Gull |
C/n (msn): | |
City / Airport: | Wetaskiwin - Regional (CEX3)Map | Region / Country: | Alberta, Canada |
Photo Date: | 1 October 2014 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Registration / Serial: | CF-FGG |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sznycer SG-VI Grey Gull |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Sznycer SG-VI Grey Gull |
Aircraft Version: | Sznycer SG-VI-E Grey Gull |
C/n (msn): |
City / Airport: | Wetaskiwin - Regional (CEX3)Map |
Region / Country: | Alberta, Canada |
Collection: | Reynolds-Alberta Museum |
Photo Date: | 1 October 2014 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |
Photo ID: | 444363Submit Correction |
View count: | 369 |
A helicopter project initiated by Bernard Sznyce and Selma Gottlieb was financed by Montreal investor group Intercity Airways in 1944. First flight of the SC-VI-C CF-FGG-X was made in 1947. The second production aircraft, SG-VI-D Grey Gull with the same registration, flew in 1948 and later became the SG-VI-E with a 200 hp Franklin engine. Funding problems delayed certification until 1951 and ran out before production began. The project disappeared for over 30 years until discovered in a Manhattan warehouse in 1987. The vintage helicopter was acquired by the Reynolds Museum in 2002.
Registration / Serial: | CF-FGG |
Aircraft Version: | Sznycer SG-VI-E Grey Gull |
C/n (msn): | |
City / Airport: | Wetaskiwin - Regional (CEX3)Map | Region / Country: | Alberta, Canada |
Photo Date: | 1 October 2014 |
Photo by: | Gary VincentContact |