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February 1940 |
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Constructed as a DC-3-227B. |
24 February 1940 |
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To American Airlines with new c/r NC21793.
Operated with markings: Flagship Texas |
Circa 1942 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-57506 as a C-49H-DO. |
22 May 1942 |
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Transferred to DSC. |
1942 |
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Used in Alaska for troop movements and Air/Sea Rescue duties as a flare ship. |
1944 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force. |
1944 |
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To American Airlines with new c/r NC21793.
Returned to American Airlines but sat with her military paint still adorned. |
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To Foreign Domestic Aircraft, Renton, WA with new c/r N21793. |
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FDA replaced the Wright engines with P and W 1830s and put her up for sale. |
1949 |
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To Trans Alaska Airlines keeping c/r N21793.
Flew the Seattle, WA, to Anchorage, AK, route. |
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Engines were converted to 1830-92s. |
1952 |
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To Queen Charlotte Airlines, Vancouver, BC with new c/r CF-HCF.
This was the first DC-3 to be owned and operated by a British Columbia Airline. Frequently carried fresh produce in the passenger compartment. |
4 June 1953 |
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To Trans-Alaskan Air Lines Inc, Seattle 8, WA with new c/r N21793. |
12 June 1953 |
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Civil registration, N21793, cancelled. |
Circa 1958 |
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Photographer: Bill Lythgoe
Notes: With Queen Charlotte Airlines at Port Hardy, BC ca 1958 |
22 January 1959 |
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To Pacific Western Airlines, Vancouver, BC with new c/r CF-PWH.
Operated with markings: fleet #301
Operated in the Pacific North-West. |
1968 |
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Leased to Great Northern Airways, Edmonton.
Great Northern went into bankruptcy. |
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Stored at Vancouver. |
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To Trans Provincial, Terrace, BC with new c/r C-FPWH. |
1972 |
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Abandoned.
Stripped of all useful parts and pushed into the bush and abandoned. The Trans Provincial hangar burnt down and operational parts were lost. |
1979 |
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To Friends, the DC-3, Canada. |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to British Columbia Transportation Museum, Cloverdale, BC.
The skeletal remains were salvaged and moved to the museum. |
1987 |
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Recovered.
With the assistance of a number of businesses the remains were salvaged. |
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Restoration started.
Markings Applied: Spirit of the Skeena
Restored to static display condition. |
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To The Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, BC.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Restoration completed.
Harry Jensen comments: Today, CF-PWH is a part of the small but neat Canadian Museum of Flight at Langely Municipal Airport. Thanks to ever so many great people who lent a helping hand, supplied direly needed parts n pieces and most of all, fantastic moral support. |
3 July 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2012 photo at Canadian Museum of Flight at Langley,BC |
3 July 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2012 photo at Canadian Museum of Flight at Langley,BC |
29 April 2018 |
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Photographer: John W. Olafson
Notes: The Spirit of the Skeena has been re-located to the other side of the airport at Langley, BC. and sits in a little park which inconveniently has no parking spaces. |
