Laure! Baker

News Review contributor

The old becomes new
again as a handful of mostly
retired men rebuild a Cana-
dian classic. Ten years ago,
the BC Aviation Museum
Society of Sidney salvaged a
crashed Noorduyn Norse-
man bush plane in Alaska
and brought it to the Penin-
sula.

The plane was one of 923

‘Norsemen built between —
the mid-30s and 40s to de-

signs by Bob Noorduyn in
Montreal. The aircraft be-
came famous around the
world as “Freighter of ‘the
Skies,” “Workhorse of the
Air,” . ““Canada’s’ Wonder,”
and “Thunder Chicken.”

The plane: now in’ the
hangar-at: the: BC Aviation
Museum is CF-JDG, built in

1944 for-the United States
Army Air Force — one of
759 they bought’ ‘during the
Second World War as utility -
aircraft. CF-JDG spent most
- of its working ‘life: in On-

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Alaska in 1986. The plane
crashed. at an_ airstrip, in

spring of 1987 after a me
chanic forgot to fasten a
wheel securely when mak-
ing the switch from skis.
The insurance company de-
cided the aircraft was a
write-off.

But to the guys at the mu-
seum, it wasa find. They ne- .
gotiated. a. purchase price ~
and went to Alaska to disas- °
semble the plane and bring
ithome.

They've been wondin on
it ever since, with volunteer
labor and funds from vari-
ous sources, including the
B.C. Gaming. Commission.
This year the group applied
for Millennium Partnership
funding and got $11,390 to
help finish the job. 3

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the museum volunteers, eX-
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