The personnel and aircraft data has been compiled using data provided by trusted Canadian military aviation historians and original source documents. Where possible source documents are linked. John Griffin was a significant historian, documenting Canada's Military aircraft.
CWHM flies one of the two airworthy Lancasters in the world. The appearance of the CT is very distinctive due to the large fuel tanks usually carried on each wingtip.
A total of CT aircraft were built by Canadair. Although the aircraft stopped being used as a trainer in , there were still over 50 aircraft in Canadian Forces inventory in The youngest of these airframes was then 37 years old and had exceeded its expected life by a factor of 2. During this period, the Canadair T was employed in communication, target towing, and enemy simulation.
Harold A Skaarup Web Page. At Mountain View May Cat A crash 28 May Struck off, reduced to spares and scrap 15 June From Mike Kaeler: "No these are not photos of two aircraft colliding. It is the same aircraft bent in half. One fuel tip tank failed to feed and stayed full while the other tip tank fed until empty.
With this lateral imbalance the pilot lost control landing. The aircraft cartwheeled for half a mile before coming to a stop on the edge of a ramp. The aircraft ended right side up but most of the rest of the aircraft was gone The rear fuselage section folded forward and blocked access to the emergency canopy jettison control so to help the crew escape the aircraft the Wing Commander grabbed a fire axe from a nearby air traffic control pick-up and broke open the canopy to allow the crew to escape.
