Saunders Aircraft ST-27-100 # 009 C-GCML started out as a De Havilland Heron DH114 serial # 14095.
This Heron 14095 was manufactured in 1955-1956 and was registered to Vickers Armstrong in the UK on February 2, 1956 as G-AOGW. In 1960 Vickers Armstrong became the British Aircraft Corporation.
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De Havilland Heron 14095 G-AOGW 1964 by Dave Welch
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| UK CAA registry for De Havilland Heron 14095 G-AOGW |
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De Havilland Heron 14095 G-AOGW , July 1972 post by Chris England
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| De Havilland Heron 14095 G-AOGW , July 1972 post by Chris England |
The UK branch of Saunders Aircraft Corporation Canada acquired De Havilland Heron 14095 in 1972, was we believe this Heron flown to Gimli, Manitoba, Canada in 1973?
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| page 2 - UK CAA registry for De Havilland Heron 14095 G-AOGW |
The conversion of Heron 14095 in a Saunders Aircraft ST-27 009 was completed in May 1974.
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photo of Saunders Aircraft ST-27 data plate 14095ST27/009 courtesy of the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre
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A big thank-you to Alan Lukala of the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre for sending these scans of ST-27's 14095/ST 27/009 log book.
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| scan of Saunders Aircraft ST-27 14095ST27/009 log book courtesy of the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre |
To follow the history of Saunders Aircraft ST-27 009 we use Joop Gerritsma's Saunders Aircraft article in the
Canadian Aviation Historical Society winter 1979 to provide us an outline of the air operators that operated ST-27 14095/ST27-009.
Upon completion of the ST-27 conversion, ST-27 009 was leased to
Skywest Airlines of Manitoba / Saskatchewan in the registration mark of C-GCML. Skywest was to lease two ST-27's, 002 and 009, for their air operation, however this government run airline did not get off the ground.
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| Saunders ST-27 009 in Skywest colours - photo via Martin Wienert |
After the lease with Skywest Airlines fell apart because of government bureaucracy, ST-27 009 was leased in 1976 to Patricia Air Transport out of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, and later in 1977, ST-27 009 was leased to St. Andrews Airways.
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| Saunders ST-27 CF-LOL in St. Andrews Airway colours, we think ST-27 009 C-GCML would have been in the same paint scheme - photo found on the internet, credit to ? |
In 1978 Saunders ST-27 009 C-GCML was leased to Otonabee Airways, and then later was bought by Air Otonabee in 1979 in the Saunders Aircraft bankruptcy sale.
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| Saunders ST-27 CF-CNT in Otonabee Airways colours, we think ST-27 009 C-GCML would have been in the same paint scheme - photo on the internet. |
In 1979 Saunders ST-27 009 was leased by Otonabee Airways to Northward Aviation based in Whitehorse, Yukon.
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| Northward Aviation hangar, Whitehorse YK Star photo 1979-06-28 |
After Northward Aviation went bankrupt in 1980, ST-27 009 was returned to Otonabee Airways and put into storage. In 1982 the aircraft was sold to Voyageur Airways operating out of North Bay Ontario.
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ST-27 009 C.GCML with Voyager Airway, photo by Chet Eleveld
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| ST-27 009 C-GCML ~1985 at North Bay, photo by Steen Jensen |
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| a page from Steen Jensen's log book, showing trips piloting ST -27 009 C-GCML, photo by Steen Jensen |
Joop Gerristma shows ST-009 C-GMML was retired in 1990 with 8913.6 hours on the airframe and were put into storage.
In 1994 Voyageur Airways donated Saunders Aircraft ST-27 009 C-GCML to the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, where ST-27 009 is now on public display.
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