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Submitted by Captain Don Saunders -
Regarding your story on DC- 6 in NetLetter #1531 -
I flew this 6 with both Canadian Pacific and Wardair. CZZ was used in a freighter role for both CP and WD.
In October 22, 1960, I was the S/O on CZZ as we hauled a Bristol Britannia Proteus engine from YVR to London-Heathrow, refueling at Sondrestrom Air Base Greenland.
In 1962, Wardair leased CZZ from CP to start the WD overseas operation. CZZ was also used by WD in 1962 in the high Arctic freighting supplies for the Polar Continental Shelf Project based out of Resolute Bay.
In 1963 Wardair bought an ex KLM straight passenger DC-6 but continued to lease CZZ for freighting for one more year. CZZ had only one freighter door on the port side at the rear.
Captain Don Saunders, retired
Editors' Note: See this issue's header image of CF-CZZ at LHR.
The story continues in the CP Air, Canadi>n section.
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