NOORDUYN "NORSEMAN"(C.C.F.)

1935’59

Plane & Pilot

Tuesday, November 30, 1999 at 12:00 AM ET

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Edited By: Omar Filipović

Key Takeaways:

The Noorduyn Norseman was a Canadian-designed aircraft (1934) initially produced in Montreal from 1935 as a lightweight freighter and transport for the Canadian bush.
During World War II, the Norseman IV, equipped with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine, was extensively used by both the R.C.A.F. and the U.S. Air Corps (as the UC-64) for utility transport and navigational training.
Production of the Norseman, including improved models, continued until 1959 under the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. after the war.

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The Norseman was designed by Robert B.C.Noorduyn in 1934 and entered production in Montreal, Canada, in 1935. Designed primarily for use in the Canadian bush as a lightweight freighter and transport, the Norseman IV with the Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine was used during World War II by both the R.C.A.F. and the U.S. Air Corps as a utility transport and navigational trainer. Altogether 759 aircraft were supplied to the Air Corps under the UC-64 designation. After the war, the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. acquired the assets of the Noorduyn Co. and continued production of an improved Norseman until 1959.