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Sea Hornet CF-GUO (ex RN/RCAF TT193)

Posted by Lee Walsh on Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:07:55 AM

Here are some notes reccently sent to me by a fellow researcher out west concerning this ex-RCAF WEE flight Sea Hornet. These entries are for the aircraft's civil history and they are as follows:

CF-GUO-X:

04 Dec 50:
Application for Registration, from William Arnold Ferderber, c/o Spartan Air Services Ltd., Ottawa

05 Dec 50:
DoT to Ferderber....allots marks CF-GUO-X.

05 Dec 50:
Letter from Ferderber to DoT....intend to carry out 25 hrs of flight testing of aircraft

05 Dec 50:
DoT to Ferderber.....Letter of Authority to operate CF-GUO-X as an experimental aircraft for 25 hours, based at Ottawa Airport. Not valid after 01 Feb 51.

04 Apr 51:
Application for Registration, from William A. Ferderber.

06 Apr 51:
Confirmation of Sale from U. K. Payments Office to Ferderber.

16 Apr 51:
Aeroplane Inspection Release Certificate(For Surplus Military Aeroplanes Requiring Canadian Civil Registration). Weight and Balance data plus full details of changes made.
eg: Removed deck arrestor gear, two radio mast antennas and wiring, cannon spouts, cartridge discharger and gear, armour plate, etc., etc.

28 May 51:
DoT to Ferderber re. taxiing accident on 24 May 51.

01 Jun 51:
Bill of Sale, from Ferderber to Spartan Air Services.
$ 1.00 and OVC.

18 Jun 51:
Application for Registration, from Spartan Air Services Ltd.

19 Jun 51 and 23 Jun 51:
Radio installation information.

28 Jun 51:
Temporary Authority to operate for Aerial Survey, day only. Not valid after 28 Jun 51.

03 Jul 51:
Internal DoT memo re. taxiing accident in May. Very minor....no report required.

03 Jul 51:
Temporary Authority to operate CF-GUO issued to Spartan Air Services.

16 Jul 51:
Certificate of Registration #10285 issued to Spartan Air Services.

08 Apr 52:
Bill of Sale, Spartan to Kenting, for $ 1.00 and OVC.

08 Apr 52:
Application for Registration, from Kenting Aviation Ltd., Toronto.

09 Apr 52:
Certificate of Airworthiness #3509 issued to Spartan, and then crossed out on 09 Apr 52 and replaced with "Kenting".

23 Apr 52:
C of R #10870, issued to Kenting Aviation Ltd.

19 May 52:
Application for Renewal of C of A. TSN 368:30 hrs and engines TSN 359:30 hrs.

24 Nov 54:
DoT to Kenting re. aircraft being scrapped.

07 Dec 54:
Kenting to DoT re. scrapping. Returned C of R and C of A to DoT.

End of file.

No updates yet on what the current owner is selling and what state they are in.

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