| Ever since I started reading Propliner magazine, I noticed the regular contributions by Sean Keating. When I travelled through Western Canada we had a chance to meet, and I made good use of his tips on what to visit in the area. When I had completed my Western Canada 2006 report, with a detailed report on the Canadian Museum of Flight (at Langley,B.C.), Sean noticed my photos of DC-3 CF-PWH, for which preservation he had played a role in restoring and transporting this DC-3 to the museum! He sent me the following photos and report. |
Douglas C-49H CF-PWH (c/n 2198) is seen here at Terrace,BC... considering a restoration for preservation and museum display, looking like this, seems quite a challenge!Things worked out fine, as can be seen on my report about a visit I undertook to the Canadian Museum of Flight at Langley,B.C. in 2006 where CF-PWH is preserved in exquisite condition and i snow the oldest surviving DC-3 in Canada! History of PWH can also be found on the link above. |
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Sean wrote- " I was crew chief on the recovery of DC3 CF-PWH from Terrace to Cloverdale in ’87, when I was part of the Friends of the DC3 Canada -chapter. Ssome of the members continued on with the restoration when it got to Langley. It was then donated to the Museum of Flight, when the chapter disbanded (that was a few years ago, not sure which date, maybe 1997/98??)." |
 Dismantling started in June 1987 |
The wing comes apart... |
June 1987: CF-PWH is carefully hoisted on a trailer.Here is the text Sean wrote on this recovery project many years ago, it is in jpeg format; recovery, page 1 and recovery, page 2. |
 Recovery crew, June 1987 |
 CF-PWH arrives at Cloverdale during Aug87 |
Cloverdale aug87: reassembly can start ! |
This photo shows no.2 engine under maintenance, since the Bristol Freighter had not flown in 2 years. |
 First engine start in 2 years... |
 A mag drop problem on no.1 |
 Return from a rainy test flight... |
 Post-testflight discussion |
 The unique clamshell cargodoors of the Bristol Freighter. Ideally suited to drive your car into that gaping cavity.. |
 The flight continued on 06Sep04 and C-GYQS arrived after 02hr50 at wetaskiwin,ALB. |
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Some models get the frontcover by positioning themselves casually over a couch or whatever, but Sean had to earn his claim to fame in much less casual style, risking life and limb here...  He is seen here opening the cockpit hatch whilst the crew complete their last ever (?) shut down checklist in the cockpit, following the arrival at Wetaskiwin on 06Sep04. [Photo by Richard de Boer] Sean Keating wrote an extensive article about C-GYQS and this trip, "The Last Bristol Bows Out", in Propliner Magazine's 100th issue (published Autumn 2004). |
Sean Keating sent me this photo in Aug07, when he was fiddling with a vintage Percival Pembroke RM2 ...The photo shows (owner) Rick Barter on the left and Sean on the right. |
 Engine run up at Puyallup,WA. in July 2001Sean wrote: "we nearly got it to fly, just ran out of time and money… which are the two ingredients that make all old propliners fly .."  History of this vintage bird can be found on my page Photos by Friends & Guests (page 9) |
| One thing led to another.. The search for the identity of a DC-3 stored at Winnipeg led to Sean Keating sending me these Feb.1989 pics of two (C-FBFV and C-FFAY) Perimeter Airlines DC-3... Both were parked adjacent to the Perimeter hangar.  |
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Sean Keating also got his hands dirty on the Hawkair Bristol Freighter C-GYQS...
