RCAF Memorial Museum Yukon
Sun May 15, 2005 8:30 pm
The following article was printed in the Trentonian, May 11, 2005.
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It looks like the museum secured their Yukon. Now they just have to get it home!
Regards,
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It looks like the museum secured their Yukon. Now they just have to get it home!
Regards,
Sun May 15, 2005 8:53 pm
I have heard they are currently evaluating all options, road, rail and sea. They have one heck of a task ahead of them and I wish them luck. Wouldn't the Yukon look great nose-to-nose with the Argus!?!?
Mike
Mike
CC-106
Sun May 15, 2005 9:04 pm
A Yukon..Big beautiful beast...Didn't have a clue what one was!
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Mon May 16, 2005 6:28 pm
RCAF Memorial Museum strikes gold with Yukon
By Ernst Kuglin
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Local News -- Another historic piece of Canada's military aviation
history now belongs to the RCAF Memorial Museum.
On a recent trip to Ecuador, museum officials purchased the last
remaining Canadair CC-106 Yukon, once the backbone of the air force's
Air Transport Command during the 1960s.
Number 932 now sits on the tarmac at Simon Bolivar Airport in Guayaquil,
Ecuador.
Initially the Ecuadorian Directorate of Civil Aviation donated the Yukon
to the museum in Trenton. Now the task begins of finding a way to ship
the Yukon to its new home at the museum.
According to museum executive director Chris Colton, who made the
four-day trip along with Paul Botting, manager of the Halifax
restoration project, the aircraft couldn't legally be given to the
museum.
So Colton handed Ecuadorian government officials a cheque for $1000 US.
The long, slender turbo-prop aircraft was a common sight in the skies
above Trenton. The Yukon was flown by 437 Squadron on missions around
the world.
It's estimated the fleet of 12 Yukons flew roughly 65 million miles
until they were retired from service in the early 1970s, replaced by the
Boeing 707.
The aircraft was a VIP transport for military and political officials.
Colton described the aircraft as Air Force One. "This will be an
extremely important part of the museum's collection,'' he said.
Now the task of bringing home the Yukon begins in earnest.
The aircraft, said Colton, is in extremely good condition. "It will take
a minimal amount of work to bring to presentable condition,'' he said.
"Ecuadorian Air Force officials have gone out of their way to help us.''
Colton said a fund-raising effort will begin to repatriate the Yukon to
Trenton. The museum, he said, will approach several corporations,
including Canadians firms operating in Ecuador to help with cost of
repatriation.
"Several corporations have been very supportive,'' he said.
It will be another two or three years before the Yukon lands at the
museum's air park.
Colton said the Yukon project will be completed in three stages --
disassembly, storage, and repatriation.
An aircraft firm in Ecuador will be approached to determine the cost of
disassembly and get the Yukon crated for its final journey home.
Parts of the Yukon could be shipped as early as this year. The
Ecuadorian Air Force, said Colton, may ship parks [sic] on C-130
missions to CFB Winnipeg.
"They may ship parts the C-130 is able to carry such as the engines,''
said Colton.
Eventually the bulk of the Yukon will be transported via ship from
Ecuador, through the Panama Canal and into the Port of Montreal.
Colton pegged the cost at about $300,000.
When the fleet of Yukons were retired from military service, they went
to a boneyard in Saskatchewan.
All 12 aircraft were sold to a private company. The company then turned
around and sold the aircraft to various South American countries.
While in civilian use, two of the aircraft went missing, believed to
have crashed somewhere in the Andes. They were never found.
Number 932 found a home with Andes Airlines as a civilian aircraft,
flying thousands of more miles from 1974 to 1986. It was an ironic
twist. The Canadian Department of Transportation refused to allow the
Yukon to be flown in Canada as a civilian aircraft because of its
windscreen design.
In 2000, the aircraft was taken on by the Ecuadorian Air Force,
eventually to be sold to a scrap dealer for $3000 Cdn.
But thanks to an e-mail sent around the world, museum officials began
the job of tracking down the Yukon.
Yukons made what amounted to daily flights across the Atlantic during
the 1960s to supply Canadian Forces personnel stationed at bases across
Europe.
But the Yukon was also a star attraction of the air force. It was the
first military aircraft to overfly [all of] Canada's provinces and
territories, setting records for distance and time.
While in service, the Yukon was noted for its long, sleek appearance,
powered by four turboprop engines.
By Ernst Kuglin
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Local News -- Another historic piece of Canada's military aviation
history now belongs to the RCAF Memorial Museum.
On a recent trip to Ecuador, museum officials purchased the last
remaining Canadair CC-106 Yukon, once the backbone of the air force's
Air Transport Command during the 1960s.
Number 932 now sits on the tarmac at Simon Bolivar Airport in Guayaquil,
Ecuador.
Initially the Ecuadorian Directorate of Civil Aviation donated the Yukon
to the museum in Trenton. Now the task begins of finding a way to ship
the Yukon to its new home at the museum.
According to museum executive director Chris Colton, who made the
four-day trip along with Paul Botting, manager of the Halifax
restoration project, the aircraft couldn't legally be given to the
museum.
So Colton handed Ecuadorian government officials a cheque for $1000 US.
The long, slender turbo-prop aircraft was a common sight in the skies
above Trenton. The Yukon was flown by 437 Squadron on missions around
the world.
It's estimated the fleet of 12 Yukons flew roughly 65 million miles
until they were retired from service in the early 1970s, replaced by the
Boeing 707.
The aircraft was a VIP transport for military and political officials.
Colton described the aircraft as Air Force One. "This will be an
extremely important part of the museum's collection,'' he said.
Now the task of bringing home the Yukon begins in earnest.
The aircraft, said Colton, is in extremely good condition. "It will take
a minimal amount of work to bring to presentable condition,'' he said.
"Ecuadorian Air Force officials have gone out of their way to help us.''
Colton said a fund-raising effort will begin to repatriate the Yukon to
Trenton. The museum, he said, will approach several corporations,
including Canadians firms operating in Ecuador to help with cost of
repatriation.
"Several corporations have been very supportive,'' he said.
It will be another two or three years before the Yukon lands at the
museum's air park.
Colton said the Yukon project will be completed in three stages --
disassembly, storage, and repatriation.
An aircraft firm in Ecuador will be approached to determine the cost of
disassembly and get the Yukon crated for its final journey home.
Parts of the Yukon could be shipped as early as this year. The
Ecuadorian Air Force, said Colton, may ship parks [sic] on C-130
missions to CFB Winnipeg.
"They may ship parts the C-130 is able to carry such as the engines,''
said Colton.
Eventually the bulk of the Yukon will be transported via ship from
Ecuador, through the Panama Canal and into the Port of Montreal.
Colton pegged the cost at about $300,000.
When the fleet of Yukons were retired from military service, they went
to a boneyard in Saskatchewan.
All 12 aircraft were sold to a private company. The company then turned
around and sold the aircraft to various South American countries.
While in civilian use, two of the aircraft went missing, believed to
have crashed somewhere in the Andes. They were never found.
Number 932 found a home with Andes Airlines as a civilian aircraft,
flying thousands of more miles from 1974 to 1986. It was an ironic
twist. The Canadian Department of Transportation refused to allow the
Yukon to be flown in Canada as a civilian aircraft because of its
windscreen design.
In 2000, the aircraft was taken on by the Ecuadorian Air Force,
eventually to be sold to a scrap dealer for $3000 Cdn.
But thanks to an e-mail sent around the world, museum officials began
the job of tracking down the Yukon.
Yukons made what amounted to daily flights across the Atlantic during
the 1960s to supply Canadian Forces personnel stationed at bases across
Europe.
But the Yukon was also a star attraction of the air force. It was the
first military aircraft to overfly [all of] Canada's provinces and
territories, setting records for distance and time.
While in service, the Yukon was noted for its long, sleek appearance,
powered by four turboprop engines.
Wed May 31, 2006 9:33 pm
Just found this.......
Acquiring historic Yukon proves to expensive for RCAF Museum
Trentonian - Ernst Kuglin
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 10:00
Local News - Landing another historic piece of Canada’s military aviation history at the RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton has proven too costly.
Last year museum officials flew to Ecuador to acquire the last remaining Canadair CC-106 Yukon, once the backbone of the air force’s Air Transport Command during the 1960s.
Number 932 now sits on the tarmac at Simon Bolivar Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Initially the Ecuadorian Directorate of Civil Aviation donated the Yukon to the museum in Trenton. The task began last year to find a way to ship the Yukon to its new home at the museum.
Timing was a factor. The civilian side of the airport at Guayaquil was under construction.The museum faced June 5 deadline by the local airport authority to remove the Yukon from the tarmac.
“I guess they didn’t want an old aircraft beside a new airport, said museum executive director Chris Colton. “We were basically told to move it or lose it, or the aircraft would put the aircraft up for sale, to be used for scrap.
The air gods intervened.
Instead of shipping the Yukon home to Trenton, museum officials now had to find a way to save the aircraft from the scrapper’s torch.
Through diplomatic channels, Colton arranged to gift the Yukon to the Ecuadorian Air Force.
“We had to look for another option,’’ said Colton, “or the Yukon would have to be scrapped and melted down.’’
The Ecuadorian Air Force shares the airport with the civilian authority. It will now be on display as part of the military air field.
Colton said there may come a time, when funds are available, to repatriate the Yukon.
Shipping the aircraft home also proved too costly. By the time the Yukon is dismantled, crated and shipped to Canada, the museum would have faced a price tag of about $500,000.
Colton said the museum’s main focus is completing the expansion.
“It’s extremely unfortunate. The project was a great idea, but we couldn’t afford it. Shipping the aircraft home is outside our capability right now,’’ said Colton.
The long, slender turbo-prop aircraft was a common sight in the skies above Trenton. The Yukon was flown by 437 Squadron on missions around the world.
It’s estimated the fleet of 12 Yukons flew roughly 65 million miles until they were retired from service in the early 1970s, replaced by the Boeing 707.
The aircraft was a VIP transport for military and political officials. Colton described the aircraft as the Canadian version of Air Force One.
When the fleet of Yukons were retired from military service they went to a boneyard in Saskatchewan.
All 12 aircraft were sold to a private company. The company then turned around and sold the aircraft to various South American countries.
While in civilian use two of the aircraft went missing, believed crashed somewhere in the Andes. They were never found.
Number 932 found a home with Andes Airlines as a civilian aircraft, flying thousands of more miles from 1974 to 1986. It was an ironic twist. The Canadian Department of Transportation refused to allow the Yukon to be flown in Canada as a civilian aircraft because of its windscreen design.
In 2000, the aircraft was taken on by the Ecuadorian Air Force, eventually to be sold to a scrap dealer for $3,000 Cdn.
Yukons made what amounted to daily flights across the Atlantic during the 1960s to supply Canadian Forces personnel stationed at bases across Europe.
But the Yukon was also a star attraction of the air force. It was the first military aircraft to overfly Canada’s provinces and territories, setting records for distance and time.
While in service, the Yukon was noted for its long, sleek appearance, powered by four turbo-prop engines.
Regards,
Acquiring historic Yukon proves to expensive for RCAF Museum
Trentonian - Ernst Kuglin
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 10:00
Local News - Landing another historic piece of Canada’s military aviation history at the RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton has proven too costly.
Last year museum officials flew to Ecuador to acquire the last remaining Canadair CC-106 Yukon, once the backbone of the air force’s Air Transport Command during the 1960s.
Number 932 now sits on the tarmac at Simon Bolivar Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Initially the Ecuadorian Directorate of Civil Aviation donated the Yukon to the museum in Trenton. The task began last year to find a way to ship the Yukon to its new home at the museum.
Timing was a factor. The civilian side of the airport at Guayaquil was under construction.The museum faced June 5 deadline by the local airport authority to remove the Yukon from the tarmac.
“I guess they didn’t want an old aircraft beside a new airport, said museum executive director Chris Colton. “We were basically told to move it or lose it, or the aircraft would put the aircraft up for sale, to be used for scrap.
The air gods intervened.
Instead of shipping the Yukon home to Trenton, museum officials now had to find a way to save the aircraft from the scrapper’s torch.
Through diplomatic channels, Colton arranged to gift the Yukon to the Ecuadorian Air Force.
“We had to look for another option,’’ said Colton, “or the Yukon would have to be scrapped and melted down.’’
The Ecuadorian Air Force shares the airport with the civilian authority. It will now be on display as part of the military air field.
Colton said there may come a time, when funds are available, to repatriate the Yukon.
Shipping the aircraft home also proved too costly. By the time the Yukon is dismantled, crated and shipped to Canada, the museum would have faced a price tag of about $500,000.
Colton said the museum’s main focus is completing the expansion.
“It’s extremely unfortunate. The project was a great idea, but we couldn’t afford it. Shipping the aircraft home is outside our capability right now,’’ said Colton.
The long, slender turbo-prop aircraft was a common sight in the skies above Trenton. The Yukon was flown by 437 Squadron on missions around the world.
It’s estimated the fleet of 12 Yukons flew roughly 65 million miles until they were retired from service in the early 1970s, replaced by the Boeing 707.
The aircraft was a VIP transport for military and political officials. Colton described the aircraft as the Canadian version of Air Force One.
When the fleet of Yukons were retired from military service they went to a boneyard in Saskatchewan.
All 12 aircraft were sold to a private company. The company then turned around and sold the aircraft to various South American countries.
While in civilian use two of the aircraft went missing, believed crashed somewhere in the Andes. They were never found.
Number 932 found a home with Andes Airlines as a civilian aircraft, flying thousands of more miles from 1974 to 1986. It was an ironic twist. The Canadian Department of Transportation refused to allow the Yukon to be flown in Canada as a civilian aircraft because of its windscreen design.
In 2000, the aircraft was taken on by the Ecuadorian Air Force, eventually to be sold to a scrap dealer for $3,000 Cdn.
Yukons made what amounted to daily flights across the Atlantic during the 1960s to supply Canadian Forces personnel stationed at bases across Europe.
But the Yukon was also a star attraction of the air force. It was the first military aircraft to overfly Canada’s provinces and territories, setting records for distance and time.
While in service, the Yukon was noted for its long, sleek appearance, powered by four turbo-prop engines.
Regards,