Queen Charlotte Airlines
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Commenced operations | 1946 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1955 | ||||||
Fleet size | See Fleet below | ||||||
Key people | Jim Spilsbury |
Queen Charlotte Airlines was a Canadian airline founded by Jim Spilsbury that operated on the West Coast of Canada from 1946 to 1955, when it was sold to Pacific Western Airlines. Though the airline grew out of a bush flying operation, it became the third largest airline in Canada.[1]
The book The Accidental Airline by Jim Spilsbury and Howard White tells the story of the QCA.
Fleet
The following aircraft were operated by the QCA (this list is possibly incomplete):
- Avro Anson
- Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing
- Bellanca Cruisair
- Cessna 180 Skywagon
- Cessna Crane
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
- De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
- De Havilland Dragon Rapide
- Douglas DC-3
- Fairchild F-11 Husky
- Grumman G-21 Goose
- Noorduyn Norseman
- Stinson 108
- Supermarine Stranraer
- Waco Standard YKC-S
See also
References
- Further reading
- White, Howard; Spillsbury, Jim (1988). The Accidental Airline: Spilsbury's QCA. Spillsbury Saga. Madeira Park, BC, Canada: Harbour Publishing. ISBN 978-1550170979.
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