Reid
Rambler CF-BIB
(c/n 1036)
This biplane with (very) unequal
span wings was built in Canada in 1928. Series production,
to be undertaken by the Curtiss Export Co as
the Curtis-Reid Rambler, was envisaged but never
got under way. A
shame, because it looks like a nice design. Having said that, it
appears that
at
least thirty or so of them were built. This machine was a rebuilt
from CF-ABR (c/n 1012)
and was still operating with Curtiss-Reid Flying Service in
1938. It then went to a J.D. Smith
of Montreal and was damaged beyond repair at St. Johns, PQ
on 26 September 1946 when
an engine failure caused a
stalled turn. .