1943 Noorduyn Norseman

About 900 aircraft built.

(Wikipedia) - Noorduyn Norseman

1943 NOORDUYN UC-64A NORSEMAN S/N 507 MILITARY S/N 43-35433

The UC-64A Norseman built by Noorduyn Aviation Ltd. In Montreal Canada first flew in 1935. The Norseman, as it was most commonly called, was the first aircraft specifically designed for operations in the arctic. There were 903 Norseman built, between 1935 and 1959, 749 of which were UC-64As. It was a popular aircraft with all of the major operators in Alaska. It could be equipped with wheels, skis or floats and had a large spacious fuselage that could carry ten passengers in comfort.

9 November 1945 - Ownership of Noorduyn C-64A, Army serial number 43-35433, is transferred from the Army Air Force to the U.S. Dept. of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service.
 
8 March 1946 - Application for Registration request that NC725 be assigned as the registration number. This document lists the manufactures serial number as 507.

15 March 1946 - Aircraft Registration Certificate issued with NC725 as the ‘N’ number and 507 as the serial number.

29 May 1946 - Application for Airworthiness Certificate submitted by The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Atlanta GA.

29 May 1946 - Aircraft Inspection Report, dated 29 May 1946, states the aircraft had been weighed and the C.G. established. Several of the entries in the calculations for this report had numbers transposed, changing the results by several hundred numbers. This resulted in only minor errors in the actual C.G.

29 May 1946 - Application for Airworthiness Certificate submitted by The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Atlanta GA.

29 May 1946 - Repair & Alterations, form 337, shows the aircraft owners address as Chicago IL. The work was accomplished by Southern Air Service located in Athens GA.

31 May 1949 - Form 337 shows owners address as Anchorage, Alaska. In all of these records Alaska is seldom identified as the Territory of Alaska.
 
15 June 1949 - Form 337 shows the engine was replaced and the propeller overhauled. The owners address is shown as Juneau AK, however, the work was accomplished in Anchorage.

13 January 1950 - Bill of sale transferring ownership to Northern Consolidated Airlines, Anchorage, the Territory of Alaska. The bill of sale is stamped, ‘NC725 will be retained by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.’ It shows the new “N” number as 725E.

20 July 1950 - Aircraft Status Change Form lists the reason for the status change as, ‘wrecked in Alaska.’
There is no other entry in the records of this aircraft being wrecked, although that would explain the next entry and the length of time before Northern Consolidated applied for a Certificate of Registration.

6 August 1951 - The aircraft was overhauled, which included all of the instruments, engine, propeller and the aircraft was weighed.

1 November 1951 - Memorandum stating N725F had been previously assigned to a Waco aircraft S/N 1963.

5 February 1952 - Northern Consolidated Airlines application for registration. This application was made 2 years after they bought the aircraft. It gives the company address as 414 Fourth Ave. Anchorage, Alaska.

14 February 1952 - Certificate of Registration issued to Northern Consolidated Airlines.

4 June 1953 - Edo 55-7170 floats were installed. This appears to be the first time that floats had been installed.

3 December 1953 - Form 337 shows the installation of skis for the first time.

10 February 1954 - Form 337 documents major repairs made to the tubing engine attach points.

11 February 1955 - Bill of sale transferring ownership to James Magoffin, D/B/A Interior Airways Enterprise Inc. Located in Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska.

5 January 1960 - Bill of sale transferring ownership to Interior Airways. The word Enterprise was dropped from the company name.

6 March 1972 - Aircraft Registration Eligibility Report states the aircraft was ‘donated to Alaskaland’ for museum piece .

6 August 1974 - Aircraft Accident Notice/Cancellation of Aircraft Registration Number, Form 8050-17, states the registrant (Interior Airways) requested the registration number be cancelled.

19 July 1995 - Bill of sale transferring ownership to The Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum and shows 725E as the “N” number
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