CF-BNU
de Havilland D.H.104 Dove
(c/n 04001)
CF-BNU was the first production Dove (following the two
prototypes G-AGPJ and
G-AGUC). It went to de Havilland's of Canada as a demonstrator
and was later sold
to
Imperial Oil Co. In the event, far more Doves were sold south of
the border in the
US than
they were in Canada, where the type did not find universal acceptance,
due
probably, to not being robust enough for the harsh Canadian winter
operating conditions.
This machine itself wound up in the US as N73795
although returned to the UK in 1961
as G-ARGN.