An Avro 689 Tudor 5 aircraft, of the (long forgotten) Lome Airways Ltd. ..
Oddly, Lome Airways also operated a leased
Beaver (c/n 15) on floats for 11 months.
From
Beaver Tails:
• CF-FHA Aero Tools Works Ltd, Toronto, ON. Regd 29-Jul-1948. Delivered 05-Aug-1948.
• CF-FHA Lome Airways, Toronto, ON. Presumed leased from Jul-1948 as we have DHC photo evidence of it in Lome Airways markings and dated 30-Jul-1948.
Accident: Port Arthur, ON. 21-Jun-1950. On arrival at Port Arthur with five passengers on board in the float equipped aircraft logs and floating debris were visible inside the breakwater and the pilot decided that it would be safer to land just outside the breakwater. The floats struck the face of a wave and the front float struts snapped. The five passengers and pilot, R. J. Henderson who were uninjured, were picked up by a tug. During the transfer to the tug the starboard wing tip, aileron and elevator were also damaged. Minor damage.
26-Jun-1950 Authority for Lome Airways to ferry aircraft from Port Arthur back to Toronto, ON.
14-Jul-1950 Bill of Sale; Aero Tool Works Ltd., to Whitehorse Flying Service Ltd., Whitehorse YT.
The mix of Avro
Tutor and DHC
Beaver makes for a strange fleet
