Avalon Air Transport  Sikorsky S-43  N326      (c/n   4342)

                                    

                                       This was the former NC53294 and was acquired by AAT in the early 1950s, who later re-registered
                                       it into their series as N326..  This interesting old bird was built as a US Navy Sikorsky JRS-1, BuAer
                                       number 1059.  After plying the Catalina channel for almost a decade it crashed and sank whilst landing
                                       at Avalon Harbor in 1959.  This image is courtesy the Chris Bell collection.