1/200 FLIGHTLINE 200 DOUGLAS DC3 CP AIR (LIMITED EDITION of ONLY 299)

1/200 FLIGHTLINE 200 (FL2082) DOUGLAS DC3 (CF-CRX) - Polished Aluminum with Orange & Umber CP Air Livery - CP AIR (LIMITED EDITION of only 299) Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPAL), the predecessor to CP Air, acquired a fleet of 17 surplus C47s during 1946 and 1947. The aircraft were refurbished and entered service on domestic routes mainly to remote communities in Canada. With the withdrawal of these services in the late 1950s CPAL began selling off its fleet of DC3s however, CF-CRX remained with CP Air for pilot training purposes. On July 4 1974 CF-CRX was used to fly a group of Air Cadets on a tour of the Fraser Valley, BC. The group landed at Abbotsford and after taking off the pilot was unable to get a positive indication that the landing gear had retracted. The pilot had no alternative but to return to Abbotsford and the crew and passengers were taken to Vancouver by bus. The following day CF-CRX was ferried to Vancouver with its landing gear down and on October 23 1974 the aircraft was sold.