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Re: Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association's Yale
Posted by Martin Keenan on Tue Feb 17, 2004 02:19:19 PM
In reply top Re: Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association's Yale posted by AIRIC on Sat Feb 14, 2004 11:37:14 PM
Gents:
It is my understanding that C-GLJH will be the registration for the CHAA Yale. I think it's possible for a registration to be reserved in advance of need. As such, it wouldn't show in the database. The "LJH" of the planned registration is for Lou J. Hill, a now deceased CHAA member (He died about the time I joined), and a mainstay of CHAA's Yale project.
The rest of the details look good. I forget the name of the guy that bought 3399 from the Simmons auction, but he lived in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, and kept it in his backyard until 1986 or so. He gave a presentation to CHAA a few years ago, including 8 mm movie film of the Simmons auction, and of 3399 being lifted out of his backyard with a crane for a temporary appearance at (I seem to recall) a furniture store(!). He ultimately donated the aircraft to CHAA, and is himself a CHAA member.
Martin
: Mike,
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: Jim Church and I with our wives visited CHAA today. They i
: nsist the registration is C-GLJH. This aircraft has not fl
: own and the engine is currently in Florida. It was install
: ed but they ran into problems with paper work and decided
: on a complete overhaul. All of the aircraft are in the mid
: dle of winter maintenance but should be up and running in
: the spring. CHAA will have four aircraft operating this su
: mmer and will call on members to supply the other two airc
: raft for thier six ship obligations.
:
: Eric
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: : Here is what I think is correct for the info on the airf
: ra
: : me in question...
: :
: : Model: North American Mk I Yale
: : S/N: 3399 RCAF
: : C/N: 64-2160
: : C/R: C-GLJH ???
: : Owner: Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association
: : History: Mk I 3399 RCAF TOS (1940/9/16), in a Category
: C
: : accident (1942/4/4), SOS (1946/9/25), to Ernie Simmons (
: 19
: : 46), sold by auction (1970/9/5), to Canadian Harvard Air
: cr
: : aft Association (by 1988), C-FAAX (by 1988), to C-GLJH (
: by
: : 2000)
: :
: : The DOT website doesn't recognize C-GLGH as the registra
: ti
: : on. Does anyone know what the current registration is,
: or
: : if it has been registered yet?
: :
: : Mike