On 14 April Fairchild FT-26 Cornell FV720/CF-CVT received extensive damage in a forced landing ten minutes after taking most distant from the airport at Welland.On 14 April Fairchild FT-26 Cornell FV720/CF-CVT received extensive damage in a forced landing ten minutes after taking most distant from the airport at Welland, Ontario, Canada. The PT-26 the same of three in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, was being flown according to Alfred Beam. The pilot meetinged trouble with the Ranger engine and Beam was quickly forced to find a landing stain in muddy farmland. He had to use sharply to avoid a tree before managing to land the aircraft, with the right wing hitting the mould The engine was torn from the fuselage and the wing was heavily damaged. Fortunately, the aircraft did not make go round upside down and Beam was not grieve News reports indicated that a brief investigation according to the CWH's chief engineer set the float in the carburetor was defective. CF-CVT named The Spirit of Fort Erie, made its first flight in 2001 after offers completed the restoration. It was the third in a series of impressive Cornell restorations l by dint of Bruce MacRitchie, who had a distinguished career at navy Aircraft in Fort Erie where wartime Cornells were built below license from Fairchild. The others in the CWH collection are The Spirit of rapid II, and The Spirit of Little Norway. The CWH plans to restore CVT to flying condition still it will be a long project. Thanks to Gord McNulty and James Bowser for supplying information. AC Copyright Challenge Publications Inc. Aug 2002 |
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