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C-GADD now with patriotic CorilAir titles, at Tyee Spit.
Photo: Gary Gentle © 23 August 2022 - Aird Archives
C-GADD on the Spit.
Photo: Bob Kobzey © 01 October 2019
C-GADD viewed from a kayak.
Photo: Bob Kobzey © October 2017
C-GADD at the tranquil Tyee Spit.
Photo: Ron Kosys © 25 August 2017 - Aird Archives
C-GADD departing, with the traffic.
Photo: Mark Merry © 19 August 2017
C-GADD arriving back at the Tyee Spit.
Photo: Philip Stevens © 21 September 2015 - Aird Archives
C-GADD sitting still on the Tyee Spit.
Photo: Dirk Septer © 08 April 2015
C-GADD in action.
Photo: Bob Kobzey © 11 November 2014
C-GADD taking a break.
Photo: Rod Hall © 08 June 2014
C-GADD at work, leaving the Tyee Spit.
Photos: Dirk Septer © 26 February 2014
C-GADD on Sealand's hard stand on the Tyee Spit.
Photo: John Caswell © 25 September 2013
C-GADD at Sylvan Lake, Alberta.
Photo: Peter G. Killin © 21 September 2013
C-GADD at Nipawin, Saskatchewan.
Photo: Peter G. Killin © 20 September 2013
C-GADD at Lillabelle Lake, Cochrane, Ontario.
Photo: Rich Hulina © 13 September 2013
C-GADD at Lillabelle Lake, Cochrane, awaiting spring.
Photo: Jim Kershaw © 23 April 2013
Photo: Rob Mitchell © 21 April 2013
C-GADD departs West Government Lake, near Hornepayne.
Photos: © John Mazepa
C-GADD of Wilderness Air at Vermillion Bay.
Photo: Unknown photographer © 28 May 1981 - Ruben Husberg Collection
Photo: Unknown photographer © 12 August 1977 - Ian MacFarlane Collection
56-0407 at Heidelberg.
Photo: Robin A. Walker © 21 June 1966

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56-0407 US Army # 1733. L-20 No. 734. Command A-11. Delivered 08-Oct-1957. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

56-0407 For Sale at Coleman Barracks, Mannheim – Sandhofen, Germany Feb-1973.

tt 3,851.0 hours.

No Regn Purchased by B & M Aviation Ltd., Lachute, QC. 01-Apr-1973.

C-GADD B & M Aviation Ltd., Lachute, QC. Regd prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 19-Apr-1975 Canx prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 07-May-1976.

C-GADD Wilderness Air, Vermilion Bay, ON. Regd 16-Jan-1976. Canx prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 07-May-1977.

C-GADD Robin Robinson, Vermilion Bay, ON. Regd prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 07-May-1977 until canx 27-May-1982.

C-GADD Wilderness Air (1982), Vermilion Bay, ON. Regd May-1982. Canx 16-Dec-1985.

C-GADD Club Cesar Inc., Brossard, QC. Regd 09-Jun-1986. Canx 31-Jul-1989.

Accident: 12 miles SE of Clova. Lat 47.48N, Long 75.15W. 29-Sep-1987. (Translated from French). The pilot, accompanied by four passengers on a VFR flight was returning to the main camp after a hunt. The weather conditions had degraded and the visibility had decreased, so the pilot decided to make a precautionary landing on a small lake. The landing was hard and the structure supporting the floats was damaged. The aircraft then swerved which could not be controlled and the aircraft struck the shore. No one was injured. Before the accident, everything worked aboard of the airplane. The weather conditions in the area were the following: Ceiling ragged clouds below 1,000 feet agl, visibility between three quarters of a mile and three miles, and showers. Isolated thunderstorm outbreaks were accompanied by heavy showers where the visibility was lower. A little before the accident, the pilot had followed the same itinerary, to meet passengers and encountered same weather conditions. The pilot decided to turn back when the frequency of showers increased and the visibility decreased. During the turn, the aircraft entered an area where the precipitation was strong and where he could only see downwards. The pilot noticed that the aircraft was flying over a small lake and he decided to land rather than continue flight in such bad. Visual landmarks were poor because the approach was made in haste and with very poor visibility producing the hard landing.

C-GADD Neisk’a Air Ltd., Timmins ON. Regd 07-Nov-1989. Canx 20-Sep-2013.

C-GADD Atlantic Aircraft Salvage, Ltd., Enfield, NS. Regd 20-Sep-2013. Canx 27-Dec-2013.

C-GADD Corilair Charters Ltd., Campbell River, BC. Regd 27-Dec-2013.

Mods include: Rectangular fuselage windows, chrome spinner, EDO 4930 floats and Kenmore finlets.

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