I am an absolute newbie to your great website/forum. I am just about the same age as the first Norseman, and although I don't fly full scale, I build and fly radio control, mostly on floats, mostly in Haliburton, ON Canada. I have a fascination with that old Norseman, N225L, and have a nice 1/8 scale flying model, which I'll post a picture of when I figure out how! The first picture I have of her was taken in British Columbia, in Canada in the mid '60s, just before she was picked up by her longest owner, Geiri Johnson. Geiri had her for about 25 years registered as CF-GUE, and she was the backbone of Northway Aviation, based in Manitoba, north of Gimli. He repainted her in the colours she still wears, even as that sad wreck. I really hope someone can and will rebuild her. She has been in one Canadian National Film Board film, and a rather bad Hollywood film called "Grey Owl". She has been the subject of a "matchbox" plastic model (1/72 scale) kit, and 2 flying model kits by Unionville Models in Canada. Mine is a Unionville kit. I missed getting a ride in her at Red Lake by a whisker, but I did get to fly my own up there. I have some video footage of her at Red Lake, and some more footage of her taking off right beside Geiri's house in Manitoba. Geiri wrote a book about his experiences flying off Lake Winnipeg and building his small air cargo/passenger business. It is called "My Compass Points North": I had the great pleasure of visiting with him for a couple of days in winter about 15 years ago.
Sure hope that's not the last chapter for N225L (AKA CF_GUE).
