CF-AAT
Fairchild
71-C
(c/n 610)
CF-AAT was registered in
March 1929 to Canadian Transcontinental Airways (can you imagine
flying
coast-to-coast in Canada in a Fairchild 71?). It was merged
into Canadian Airways Ltd
in
1930. Canadian Airways had been established in 1926 by James
Richardson. It absorbed
many smaller
airlines around 1930 and, at its zenith, had a total of 51 aircraft of
various types
that
provided both regular scheduled service between settlements as well as
charter service
to bush locations. It, in itself, was absorbed into
Canadian Pacific Airlines in 1942.
Anyway, CF-AAT was damaged beyond repair in
an accident 5 miles NW of Sioux Lookout,
Ontario on 12 March,
1936. The above rare shot comes from the family album
of James
Connor
of Toronto.