Did some research on the aircraft G-CASK and its significance to Canadian aviation.
Quoted below is a quote from the book:
Wings Across Canada: An Illustrated History of Canadian Aviation [Hardcover]
Peter Pigott (Author)
How an airplane is used is significant because of what it reveals about a
particular period in the history of a nation. Fokker Universals were
used in 1927 to explore and map the Hudson Straits for navigation by
ocean-going ships. The Fairchild FC-2 and W-2 was originally designed
for aerial surveying, but proved so reliable they were used by the
famous "Flying Postmen" of Quebec in the 1930s to deliver mail to
isolated northern communities. A Fokker Super Universal G-CASK flew the
prospector, Gilbert Labine to Great Bear Lake in the Northwest
Territories, where Labine discovered "the richest deposit of pitchblende
in history." Junkers W33/34 were synonymous with bush flying in Canada
in the late 1930s. We're told that "German pilots broke long distance
records with [these planes], and one ...made the first successful
east-west Atlantic crossing on April 12, 1928, landing at Greely Island,
Labrador." In the 1930s Canadian Airways used Junkers to transport
"mining equipment, fuel drums, canoes [even] sled dogs" for those making
a living from trapping or prospecting.
Unfortunately G-CASK met its demise on March 31, 1933 during a refueling accident in Fort Mac Murray Alberta Quote taken from Aviation Safety Networks web site:
Caught fire during refuelling.
This was my
Grandfather's craft. They (Walter Gilbert and his mechanic) were
refueling her when the hose became detached and slid down the side of
the fuse creating static electricity. This was before any shutoff safety
valves in the fueling process - the still pumping fuel sparked and
caught the plane afire - a total loss except for about 8" of the prop
which I still have made into a bookend. A very sad ending to a VERY
historic plane. Of all the planes my Grandfather flew - he always had a
special spot for G-CASK.
Sources:
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Oral - as told by MacKee Trophy winner ('32) and Canadian Hall of Fame member Walter Gilbert to his Grandson
To be honoured on a stamp is very significant and I take the colors are accurate. I located a restored example at the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba. CF-AMM was a mail carrier
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