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No. 6496. Canadian Vickers Vedette Mk.V (CF-MAG c/n CV 147) Manitoba Government Air Service
Photograph from Manitoba Government Archive, taken at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, Canada, 1930

Canadian Vickers Vedette Mk.V

05/31/2007. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "The Vedette was the first commercially produced aircraft designed and built in Canada. The pictured aircraft was abandoned in a swamp near Cormorant Lake where it had landed after an engine failure. Its remains provided valuable information for the construction of a fly-worthy replica."

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Created March 31, 2007