General Information

Serial #

122

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM FUSILAGE, WINGS, TAILFINS & RUDDER; PLEXIGLASS WINDSHIELD & PORT HOLES; RUBBER TIRES; STEEL LANDING GEAR

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

28.6 m

Width

35.8 m

Height

8.4 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Canadair

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Montreal

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

POST WW11 (1947) TO MID 1960'S (1965) The Museum specimen was manufactured in 1948 and served with 426 Squadron RCAF until 1962. It was transferred to the Museum in 1966.

Canada

The North Star was a Canadian development of the Douglas C-54/DC-4, with some features of the DC-6. The aircraft were equipped with Rolls Royce Merlin engines. The North Star served dependably with Trans-Canada Air Lines, Canadian Pacific Airlines, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), and the RCAF. The final version of the North Star was the C-5 with radial engines. Only one was built. Many North Stars continued to fly with small commercial operators after retirement from major carriers. RCAF North Stars were retired in 1966. Civilian North Stars were pressurized while RCAF versions were not. Passengers found them very uncomfortable because of the noisy exhaust system of the original in-line engines. A special cross-over exhaust was developed by T.C.A. in a partially successful attempt to lower noise levels. The RCAF made no attempt to quieten their North Stars

Function

MILITARY LONG RANGE TRANSPORT: CARGO, PERSONNEL & AMBULANCE

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PAINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF FUSILAGE NEAR NOSE CONE: "15"; PAINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF FUSILAGE ABOVE WINGS: "AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND"; PAINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF RUDDER: "17515"; PAINTED ON UNDERSIDE OF PORT WING: "515"; PAINTED ON UNDERSIDE OF STARBORD WING: "RCAF"

Missing

From CA of 09/10/2001 by Mike Irvin: No - Complete

Finish

METALLIC GREY; TOP OF FUSILAGE PAINTED WHITE; NOSE CONE, AREA SURROUNDING WINDSHIELD, LEADING EDGE OF WINGS, TAILFINS & RUDDER PAINTED BLACK

Decoration

RCAF LOGO (RED MAPLE LEAF CENTRALLY LOCATED IN WHITE CIRCULAR FIELD SURROUNDED BY BLUE BORDER) ON BOTH SIDES OF FUSILAGE NEAR TAIL; LIGHTNING BOLT GRAPHICDESIGN (RED, WHITE & BLACK) ON BOTH SIDES OF FUSILAGE NEAR NOSE; CANADIAN FLAG ON BOTH SIDES OF RUDDER