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Fairchild KR-34

Registration:  CF-AOH
Engine:  165 hp Wright Whirlwind J6
Wingspan:  29' 10
Length:  22' 10
Height:  9' 3
Range:  425 miles
Cruising Speed:  105 mph
Rate of Climb:  655 ft/min
Ceiling:  13,900
CF-AOH served with the Ontario Provincial Air Service from 1931 to 1944. It was the personal aircraft of Frank MacDougall, Superintendent of Algonquin Park and was used for aerial patrols and to check on fire camps. It crashed in 1948, was salvaged in 1963 and restored to flying condition in 1984.

 

Fast facts:
 the only one of its type to be in flying condition.
 was rebuilt for the 60th anniversary of the OPAS.
 took 6 years to rebuild the plane.