Low-flying Catalina

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by sapper740
Canada has had a predilection for renaming and/or renumbering some aircraft, whether made in Canada or not, e.g.

Sapper...

Don't forget the" Dollar nineteen",our term for the Fairchild Boxcar....Don't forget ..I was there...Those old clam shell doors used to shake and the gaps in them tended to keep me away from them during flight...Looking out though the gaps in the rear doors at 8,000 ft..and them shaking like a dog crapping razor blades,Is enough to make you remember them...

The C-119 was nicknamed the "Dollar 19" in reference to its price and numerical code. The high twin-boom tail characterized the Aircraft. Originally utilized to transport the Canadian Airborne, many troops regarded the Aircraft as an extremely noisy mode of transport.
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