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Australia’s well-travelled Noorduyn Norseman bushplanes

The Noorduyn Norseman was designed for demanding Canadian bush aircraft operations, able to load large items such as fuel drums and also seating up to nine passengers. The prototype float-equipped Norseman I CF-AYO powered by a 420hp Wright Whirlwind had its maiden flight on November 14 1935 from the St Lawrence River at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal. The Wright-powered versions were underpowered and the later Norseman IV had the 550hp S3H1 or R-1340-AN-1 Pratt & Whitney Wasp.

The outbreak of WWII saw the US place large Norseman orders following USAAF evaluation trials, with 746 C-64s ordered operating on wheels or skis, plus three JA-1s for the USN and six float-equipped examples for the Corps of Engineers.

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