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Associated Aero
Services
Same owners and same place as
Associated Air Taxi
This was the Repair shop for the Company
they repaired their own planes here,
as well as other airlines at the time.
Grant Walker tells me that he wonders about flying,
from what he seen on some of the repairs made.
As a teenager he actually worked in this shop.
He has retold some of the stories and tales,
and I hope they check a little more closely these days.
Associated Air Service Hangar
Biplane, CF-CHW on the wing
Company sold to Russ Baker
See my Francis
Russell "Russ" Baker Bio
Associated Aero Services
Hangar, ca 1952
Note- Nice side view of CF-CHW
a de Haviland, DH82C, Tiger Moth
Production # DHC1162
Started life as RCAF # 5859 in Oct 23, 1941
Registered to West Kootenay Aero Club on Aug
20,1946,
from 1963 to 1975 this plane was not registered.
Then I found reference online that shows
this plane was
registered to
Pitt Meadows Heritage
Aviation Society
of Pitt Meadows BC,
then to a a lady in Maple Ridge BC in 1995.
Last seen at Pitt Meadows.
Post card to Bud Walker, July 20, 1952
Associated Aero Service, Sea Island, Vancouver.
from "Associated Coolies"
Jan, Bruce, Len and Ole
Catalina Field,
Patricia Bay, Van Island BC
These fellows were over at Pat Bay
removing parts for the Catalina Cansos.
Grant Walker would like to contact these men today
as he spent time with them over there.
Associated dismantled the aircraft.
Grant isn't sure if they bought them,
or had a contract to dismantle them.
  
1952, planes in for repair
 
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"Caribou" logo on Seabee, on left side of photo
Per Grant "Associated did not have a license to build
planes,
but they could repair them.
so what they did was buy wrecks
that had the manufacturers plate on them,
and build a plane around it."
From Grant Walker,
this group of great photos below,
from his Dad's Collection,
"This would be the Service Part of Associated.
The engine rebuild and electronics would be done
in the rear, or to the left of the hanger.
All these shops were connected to the hanger.
The last three photo's are of planes in the hanger"
  
Engine Mechanical Repair Shop
Inside Electronics Shop
Door from Engine Repair Shop
to the Electronic Shop
Window between the 2 rooms.
Repairing a float in the Metal shop
sign above door, Engine Mechanical Shop
Back part of CF-EJL shown
RC-3, Republic Seabee
made by Republic Aviation Corp.
S/N- 571
Mar 31, 1947, delivered to MacLeod Aircraft Ltd.
Vancouver BC
There is another Seabee behind it,
with a small circle inside a larger circle, Company Logo.
Westinghouse
Airways is the name.
Cabin and tail of CF-GNV.
Floats being worked on behind it.
Twin Engine Plane on floats,
looks like damage behind pilot, on roof,
as well as some engine, and float work being done.
More Bus Walker pics below,
showing the frame reconstruction.
Stretching fabric on wings, using dope/glue.
Grant Walker worked doing the dope work
and was paid .35 cents / hr. at age 15
From his experience he now doesn't fly,
since maybe there is a kid somewhere
working on the plane he will be using!
Makes a good point!
   
   
Some of the workers in 1952
Unknown on float plane without engine
  
Waco with engine problem
CF-AXE
Fairchild 82A
  
CF-AXE
Central Northern Airways, name on tail, 1952
  
Crashed into trees, damaged wings
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Fuselage hauled by truck
to Associated Aero Services.
The Wing repairs were not paid for,
so it went to Public Auction
 
Auction sale for CF-AXE
G. W. Ross, auctioneer
According to list of owners
it was bought by Slim Knights.
Built Feb 8, 1936, s/n #40
Fairchild Aircraft Ltd, Longueuil, Quebec.
Only 12 of this specific model were built.
Grant Walker tells me it was terribly under powered.
His mother hated flying in it.
called a "boxcar" on some sites.
Ownership Details for CF-AXE
Canadian Airways Ltd, original owners,
bought in 1936.
bought in 1938 by Arrow Airways Ltd., headquarters, The Pas, MB,
(one record says it crashed in 1940 then sold to Arrow)
Canadian Airways Ltd
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Central Northern Airways, out of Winnipeg, (after WWII)
Associated Air Taxi
(probably took ownership when bills not paid)
Herman Joseph "Slim" Knights (auction buyer?)
Uranium Corp of BC
Cascade AS (Cascade Airways?)
Fate of CF-AXE
Aug 12, 1955, floats torn off
after hitting something on Harrison Lake.
It had many accidents from an online search
External Links
more pictures,
not my sites,
Links may or may not work in the future,
CF-AXE
http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/databases/image_bank/dig_img.cfm?Registration=CF-AXE
Wikipedia article, Specs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_82
CF-AXE
The photograph above was taken by Josephine Moore
at Bearskin Lake, Ontario
while the plane was being repaired at Bearskin Lake, Ontario
in the early 1930's.
submitted Nov 5, 2013, by
Tom Moore, Grand Bend, Ontario
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