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Edward C. Burton expected to join the waves of Canadian airmen graduating from training schools in Canada and Texas.
The manufacturer claimed an 11 US gallon per hour fuel consumption at 85-90 miles per hour cruising speed with three people aboard the Sea River. It had a 36-foot wingspan - small compared to the Curtiss HS-2L's 74-ft, 1-in. squirrel cage wing.
Prior to spring departure for Orient Bay, Burton prepares to air test Vickers Vedette GCAND at Sault Ste. Marie. Mechanics are pushing the airplane into the St. Mary's River and will recover the wheeled dolly after it floats free.
Transferring live nuisance beaver to areas where they prospered into a successful harvest of pelts was a duty Burton enjoyed with Noorduyn Norseman CF-OBO. Conservation officers F.W. MacKay (L) and George Wagner (R) on Sept. 7, 1949, accompanied him.
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