Queen Charlotte Airlines
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Commenced operations | 1946 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1955 | ||||||
Fleet size | See Fleet below | ||||||
Key people | Jim Spilsbury |
Queen Charlotte Airlines was a Canadian airline founded by Jim Spilsbury that operated on the West Coast of Canada from 1946 to 1955, when it was sold to Pacific Western Airlines. Though the airline grew out of a bush flying operation, it became the third largest airline in Canada.[1]
The book The Accidental Airline by Jim Spilsbury and Howard White tells the story of the QCA.
Fleet[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Supermarine_Stranraer_%E2%80%98920_-_BN%E2%80%99_%28CF-BXO%29_%2816673654533%29.jpg/220px-Supermarine_Stranraer_%E2%80%98920_-_BN%E2%80%99_%28CF-BXO%29_%2816673654533%29.jpg)
Supermarine Stranraer 920/CF-BXO Royal Air Force Museum London (2015). This aircraft was operated by QCA between 1947 and 1952
The following aircraft were operated by the QCA (this list is possibly incomplete):
- Waco floatplane
- Noorduyn Norseman
- Supermarine Stranraer
- de Havilland Dragon Rapide
- Consolidated Canso
- Cessna Crane
- Avro Anson
- Douglas DC-3
See also[]
References[]
- Further reading
- White, Howard; Spillsbury, Jim (1988). The Accidental Airline: Spilsbury's QCA. Spillsbury Saga. Madeira Park, BC, Canada: Harbour Publishing. ISBN 978-1550170979.
Categories:
- Defunct airlines of Canada
- Airlines established in 1943
- Airlines disestablished in 1955
- Defunct seaplane operators
- North American airline stubs