Voyageur and the ST-27.s
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Voyageur and the ST-27.s
I take it some Voyageur maint people are reading this site and am wondering if any are old enough to remember when the ST-27, s were there.
1980 to I dont know when they retired them. I understand one is in the museum in The Sioux, LOL maybe.
The old memory banks can only hold so many registrations but were CNT,CML, HMQ some of them?
Where did these machines end up going to is my question?
thanks
1980 to I dont know when they retired them. I understand one is in the museum in The Sioux, LOL maybe.
The old memory banks can only hold so many registrations but were CNT,CML, HMQ some of them?
Where did these machines end up going to is my question?
thanks
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I was around back then. "The Snake" as they were called. They parked them in the late 80's maybe 90ish, around the time of the demise of City Express who were operating a couple of theirs at the time. If memory serves it was due to a spar A.D. which essentially finished them. I think a couple got sent off to South America or Africa.
In 1990 I was in Peterborough and the company I was working for bought a hanger on the field to use for a paint shop....the name was Air Atonnabe but it was DBA City Express. Anyways, there was a ST27 in there...had some old bullet holes in it. Someone said it had been in South America. Anyways, it was cut up and moved out as scrap. I actually have part of a ST28 maintenance manual. I guess they bought all of the spares etc from Saunders and Saunders had been looking at building an ST28 model.
Cheers,
ETTW
Cheers,
ETTW
1. The company pays me to make money for it.
2. If the company doesn't make money neither do I
3. I still hate simulators
2. If the company doesn't make money neither do I
3. I still hate simulators
Well I'll let you know when I finally get all my boxes unpacked. Bear in mind that I've been in this place for a year and still have about 30 boxes in the garage to open!Hi ETTW, I'm interested in a copy of your ST-28 manual parts. Just made some research in the ST-27/ST-28 histories. Martin
Cheers,
ETTW
1. The company pays me to make money for it.
2. If the company doesn't make money neither do I
3. I still hate simulators
2. If the company doesn't make money neither do I
3. I still hate simulators
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Saunders cn 009 C-GCML is in the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Center. The nose and cockpit of an unknown st27 is also there being used as flight simulator. Sault College had a Saunders fuse for their aircraft structures program. Believe that that one may now be scrapped.
I have been volunteering there since january and the first task I worked on was fixing up the interior a bit. A bit turned into a total gut. Cleaned, fixed, or replaced what we could. Looks a million times better. Working on fixing the cockpit up as it is a total wreak. The Saunders is actually really popular with kids who visit the museum.
I have been looking into more history of these planes and any information anyone might have would be helpful
I have been volunteering there since january and the first task I worked on was fixing up the interior a bit. A bit turned into a total gut. Cleaned, fixed, or replaced what we could. Looks a million times better. Working on fixing the cockpit up as it is a total wreak. The Saunders is actually really popular with kids who visit the museum.
I have been looking into more history of these planes and any information anyone might have would be helpful
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Here are the registrations for the City Express ST-27's:
FFZP FHMQ FXOK FCNX FLOL FJFH GYCR GYCO
FFZP FHMQ FXOK FCNX FLOL FJFH GYCR GYCO
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ST-27 C-GCAT was owned by ON-AIR of Thunder Bay. The owner of the company and an engineer were changing a wet fuel pump late in the evening with the use of a trouble light and a little gas generator in 1977. As they were working the light bulb broke and all hell let loose. Parts of the plane landed on the runway about 300 feet away. The spar melted and the engine tipped forward onto the tarmac. I posted pictures long ago on the accidents section. Check them out. The aircraft was rebuilt but never allowed to fly again. Don't know where it is now.
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I worked in Gimli from 1972 to 76 for Ontario Central Airways. This is when the Saunders plant was in operation. An inspection was being carried out on one of the ST-27's. One snag was a non-functioning fuel pump. The engineer selected the master switch on then the pump switch to test it. When he determined that the pump was U/S he put the master switch off but not the pump switch. After the pump was removed, fuel on the hanger floor, an avionics type got in to test radios. When the master switch was selected on there was arching on the dangling wires and a huge explosion with two men under the wing. I can't remember the exact outcome but it was tragic. I don't remember the reg either.
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Whoa.... Saw the pictures. Thanks for the info
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Hi, reviving this post, we are writing a series of blog articles on Saunders Aircraft ST-27 / ST-28. R. Fread has been most helpful.
https://saundersaircraft.blogspot.com/2 ... n-air.html
We are looking for paper or digital, any Saunders related material such as manuals, photos, log books, documents, stories, ancedotes, ame / pilot stories, passenger memories etc.
Also started a Saunders Aircraft FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2763480640542919/
https://saundersaircraft.blogspot.com/2 ... n-air.html
We are looking for paper or digital, any Saunders related material such as manuals, photos, log books, documents, stories, ancedotes, ame / pilot stories, passenger memories etc.
Also started a Saunders Aircraft FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2763480640542919/
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Re: Voyageur and the ST-27.s
In the last pic, it looks like the a/c tried to eat the barbell set !
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why the SNAKEGoodwrench wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:35 pm I was around back then. "The Snake" as they were called. They parked them in the late 80's maybe 90ish, around the time of the demise of City Express who were operating a couple of theirs at the time. If memory serves it was due to a spar A.D. which essentially finished them. I think a couple got sent off to South America or Africa.
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why the SNAKEGoodwrench wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:35 pm I was around back then. "The Snake" as they were called. They parked them in the late 80's maybe 90ish, around the time of the demise of City Express who were operating a couple of theirs at the time. If memory serves it was due to a spar A.D. which essentially finished them. I think a couple got sent off to South America or Africa.