Junkers Ju
52/1M CF-ARM
(c/n 4006)
CF-ARM was operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines in the
1930s to primarily air lift mining
equipment to remote locations. The large side doors and a hatch
in the roof could accommodate
bulky loads. The aircraft could lift approximately three tons,
and had a maximum weight of some
16,000 lbs. It was of all-metal construction, with corrugated aluminium
skin. Like most of CPAL's
early
aircraft it was equally at home on skis, floats or wheels. This model
was the progenitor of its
famous
offspring, the 3 engined Ju 52/3Mw, some 5,000 of which were
produced. CF-ARM
was
in daily use until 1947 when it was scrapped. The above
photograph came from the archives
of
Canadian Pacific Airlines, and has been in my collection since 1948.