PBY-6A CATALINA/Bu. 64092

Bureau #: 64092
Construction #: 2162
Civil Registry:
N6881C
CF-PIU
C-FPIU
N324FA
Construction #: 2162
Civil Registry:
N6881C
CF-PIU
C-FPIU
N324FA
Model(s):
PBY-6A Catalina
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
PBY-6A Catalina
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
History:
Carstedt Sales Corp, Long Beach, CA, 1963.
- Registered as N6881C.
Northward Air Service Ltd, Calgary, Alberta, 1965.
- Registered as CF-PIU.
Midwest Airlines Ltd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1970.
Ilford Riverton Airways, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1973.
St. Felicien Air Service, Robervale, Quebec, 1973-1976.
Avalon Aviation Ltd, Parry Sound, Ontario, 1979-1989.
- Registered as C-FPIU.
- Flew as tanker #7 (later #797).
- Retired and stored, Feb. 28, 1988-1992.
Reported back in the air as firebomber as late as 1999.
Commemorative Air Force/Minnesota Wing, Duluth, MN, June 1999-2002.
- Registered as N324FA.
- Flown in firebomber configuration.




Carstedt Sales Corp, Long Beach, CA, 1963.
- Registered as N6881C.
Northward Air Service Ltd, Calgary, Alberta, 1965.
- Registered as CF-PIU.
Midwest Airlines Ltd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1970.
Ilford Riverton Airways, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1973.
St. Felicien Air Service, Robervale, Quebec, 1973-1976.
Avalon Aviation Ltd, Parry Sound, Ontario, 1979-1989.
- Registered as C-FPIU.
- Flew as tanker #7 (later #797).
- Retired and stored, Feb. 28, 1988-1992.
Reported back in the air as firebomber as late as 1999.
Commemorative Air Force/Minnesota Wing, Duluth, MN, June 1999-2002.
- Registered as N324FA.
- Flown in firebomber configuration.




Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Photo Source(s):
Bryan Darnell
Steve Tournay.
Caz Caswell
Research Assistance:
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Bryan Darnell
Steve Tournay.
Caz Caswell
Research Assistance:
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