Air Board G-CYXA and on

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
The Air Board Years
Detailed list G-CYXA to G-CYZZ

Photograph courtesy of the Canada Aviation Museum, Ottawa

	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
G-CYXA	Fokker	Canadian Vickers	Universal
		CV131
	Aircraft found to be overweight, never taken on strength. Later to civil register as CF-AFL. Registered to Western Canada Airways of Winnipeg on 9 August 1929. Damaged beyond repair in December 1933, when it sank through the ice at Sydney Lake, Manitoba.
	first date: 12 April 1929			last date: 9 August 1929
	purchased			Sold.
G-CYXB	Fairchild	Fairchild USA	71
		625
	Used at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Detached, on skiis, to do winter surveys north of Lake Superior, Operation Kenora, in January 1935. Later became RCAF 644.
	first date: 30 April 1929			last date: 8 October 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 644.
G-CYXC	Curtiss-Reid		Rambler	Mk. II / I
		1003
	Registration issued on 6 May 1929. Only RCAF Rambler fitted with factory optional Handley Page slats. Delivered as Mk. II (Cirrus II engine), converted to Mk. I when it was re-engined with ADC Cirrus Hermes in October 1930. To civil register as CF-CDY on 7 March 1932, still owned by Department of National Defense. Loaned to Brandon Flying Club on 26 March 1934. Crashed and destroyed at Napinka, Manitoba on 12 July 1934, when it stalled on takeoff from a farmer's field.
	first date: 17 October 1929			last date: 18 September 1936
	Delivered, taken on strength same day.			Application to write off.
G-CYXD	Curtiss-Reid		Rambler	Mk. II / I
		1006
	delivered as Mk. II, converted to Mk. I.
	first date: 17 October 1929			last date: 31 October 1931
	Delivered, taken on strength same day.			Struck off, after Category A crash on 25 May 1930.
G-CYXE	de Havilland		D.H.60		Moth
	D.H.60GM	757
	As reported in Griffin. Manufactured in the UK, assembled by DHC. Category A crash at Demaine, Saskatchewan on 21 January 1930. Rebuilt after crash. To civil register as CF-CEG on 5 October 1934, still owned by Department of National Defense. Loaned to Hamilton Aero Club on that day. Sold to this club on 9 October 1936. Sold to Leavens Brothers Air Services on 1 June 1940. Sold to W. Steele of Strathroy, Ontario, date unclear. Reported stored by 13 June 1943.
	first date: 23 April 1929			last date: 4 October 1934
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold.
G-CYXE	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 126
	Reported in "Canadian Aircraft Since 1909", but not in Griffin. May be a typo.
G-CYXF	de Havilland		DH.60		Moth
	D.H.60GM	759
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Used at Ladder Lake.
	first date: 19 April 1929			last date: 5 May 1931
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold.
G-CYXG	de Havilland		DH.60		Moth
	D.H.60 GM (or X?)	758
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. To civil register as CF-APC. Registered to K.G. Southam of Toronto, Ontario on 21 July 1932. Registered to G.A.R. Cowan of Toronto on 22 February 1934. Crashed in lake at Jellicoe, Ontario on 14 January 1935, but salvaged. Sold to F. R. Kelly of Barrie, Ontario on 14 July 1935, no further record.
	first date: 5 March 1929			last date: 21 July 1932
	Taken on strength			Struck off, sold same day to de Havilland Canada.
G-CYXH	de Havilland		DH.60		Moth
	D.H.60 GM	756
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Based at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Used for forestry patrols, on floats, from Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, summer of 1929.
	first date: 24 April 1929			last date: 9 December 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after pilot bailed out after becoming lost in fire smoke, 26 August 1929. Walked out.
G-CYXI	de Havilland		DH.60		Moth
	D.H.60 X	463, 530
	Company number 463 manufactured in UK in 1927, assembled by DHC. First delivered as G-CAKH, registered to Department of National Defense on 12 June 1928, intended for Aero Club of B.C. Crashed at High River Alberta, on 15 June 1928. Struck a fence on take-off, while on loan to RCAF. Taken on strength by RCAF after crash, probably to allow purchase of flying club replacement from RCAF funds, then struck off same day. Replaced by c/n 530, which was registered as G-CYXI on same day. C/n 463 was repaired, issued to Civil Aviation Branch 6 June 1929, remarked as CF-AFA next month. See this registration for subsequent history. C/n 530 was registered as G-CAKH in July 1928, finally delivered to Vancouver Aero Club. Collided with G-CAIS while landing on 9 March 1930. Grounded after failing inspection on 25 April 1931, finally scrapped in September 1937.
	first date: 13 July 1928			last date: July 1928
	Taken on charge (c/n 463 and 530)			463 struck off, became CF-AFA. 530 registered as C-GAKH.
G-CYXJ	Pitcairn		Mailwing
	PA-5	18
	Used by Station Flight, Camp Borden, for air mail trials. Operated by S/L Tudhope on route surveys in Alberta and BC in 1930. Category B damage on 24 July 1931.
	first date: 3 April 1928			last date: 20 January 1932
	Certificate of Registration issued			Struck off
G-CYXK	Fairchild	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	FC-2 / 51
		CV 86
	Converted to Model 51 by Fairchild Canada on 4 July 1931, having arrived there on 2 July 1930. Later became RCAF 620.
	first date: 29 August 1928			last date: 5 October 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 620.
G-CYXL	Fairchild	Fairchild, USA	FC-2
		66
	Also reported to be an FC-2L (conversion?). Used on Churchill survey of 1929.
	first date: 6 May 1928			last date: 10 October 1931
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 4 July 1931.
G-CYXM	Fairchild	Fairchild, USA	FC-2 / 51L
		64
	Used on Churchill survey of 1929. Converted to 51L, with Lynx engine, on 7 April 1930. Later became RCAF 613.
	first date: 6 May 1928			last date: 16 January 1935
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 613
G-CYXN	Fairchild	Fairchild, USA	FC-2W
		90
	Used at Vancouver, BC. Later became RCAF 615.
	first date: 4 June 1928			last date: 23 July 1935
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 615.
G-CYXO	Fairchild	Fairchild, USA	FC-2W
		88
	Operated on floats. With No. 9 Photographic Detachment, summer of 1930. Photographed parts of north-west Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta that year. Forced landing on an unamed lake in northern Alberta 23 July 1930, repaired and flown out. Based at Vancouver, BC, dates unknown. Category B damage on 3 March 1936. Later became RCAF 616.
	first date: 13 June 1928			last date: 21 July 1936
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 616.
G-CYXP	Fairchild	Fairchild, USA	FC-2W
		94
	With No. 7 Photo Detachment in 1928, based at Rockcliffe, Ontario and detached to Ste. Agathe des Montes, PQ from June of that year. Caught there by an early freeze, and returned to Rockcliffe on wheels, behind a truck. Unofficial radio call sign with this unit was "Xanatic Paladin". With No. 9 Photographic Detachment, summer of 1930. Photographed parts of north-west Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta that year. Based at Vancouver, BC, dates unknown. Later became RCAF 617.
	first date: 13 June 1928			last date: 5 April 1935
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 617.
G-CYXQ	Fairchild	Fairchild, USA	FC-2	FC-2L
		84
	Operated on floats. Based at Vancouver, BC, with No. 1 Photo Detachment. Detached to interior BC and the Quenn Charlotte Islands for photo surveys in 1930. Pilot was F/O (later A/M) C.R. Dunlap. Still with this unit in 1931, when it photographed large areas of northern Vancouver Island. Operated from several bases, including Sproat Lake (future home of the Mars water bombers). Later became RCAF 618.
	first date: 4 June 1928			last date: 5 April 1935
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 618.
G-CYXR	Fairchild	Fairchild, USA	FC-2W
		82
	first date: 13 June 1928			last date: 6 March 1930
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 28 October 1929.
G-CYXS	Canadian Vickers		Vancouver	I/IA
		CV 107
	First Vancouver prototype. Accepted by RCAF 21 September 1929 (also reported as 23 August 1929). Partially modified to Mk. II standards in 1930, as Mk. IA.
	first date: April 1929			last date: 3 October 1934
	First flight			Struck off strength
G-CYXT	Fairchild	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	FC-2
		CV 85
	Used at Norway House.
	first date: 20 July 1928			last date: 24 April 1930
	Taken on charge			Struck off
G-CYXU	Fairchild	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	FC-2/-2L
		CV 84
	Converted to FC-2L by Ottawa Car Co., using US supplied kit, on 21 June 1930. Became RCAF 614.
	first date: 13 September 1929			last date: 14 August 1934
	Taken on charge			Struck off, as RCAF 614.
G-CYXV	Fairchild	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	FC-2/51A
		CV 83
	Taken on strength 2 August 1928. First Canadian Vickers built FC-2. Converted to 51A, 16 January 1931. Became RCAF 626
	first date: 29 June 1928			last date: 8 February 1944
	First flight, from St. Lawrence River, by C. S. Caldwell			Struck off, as RCAF 626
G-CYXW	Fairchild	Fairchild USA	FC-2/51A
		68
	Converted to 51A, 24 January 1931. Later became RCAF 624.
	first date: 9 May 1928			last date: 27 August 1942
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 624
G-CYXX	Fairchild	Fairchild USA	FC-2
		63
	Also reported to be an FC-2L (conversion?)
	first date: 9 May 1928			last date: 7 June 1930
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Regina, Saskatchewan on 22 April 1930.
G-CYXY	Fairchild	Fairchild USA	FC-2/51
		65
	Later became RCAF 211, then 623. Also reported to be an FC-2L (conversion?)
	first date: 12 april 1928			last date: 19 May 1938
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 623.
G-CYXZ	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 90
	Ferried from Rocklciffe, Ontario to No. 3 Photo Detachment at Sioux Lookout, Ontario early 1929, via North Bay, Sudbury, Oba Lake, and Orient Bay. Used at Cormorant Lake. To civil register as CF-MAD, registered to Manitoba Government Air Service on 2 June 1932. Withdrawn from us on 23 May 1935, no further information.
	first date: 26 July 1928			last date: 13 May 1932
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold.
G-CYYA	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 76
	Used at Ladder Lake. To civil register as CF-MAC, registered to Manitoba Government Air Service on 2 June 1932. Withdrawn from use on 23 May 1935, no further information.
	first date: 16 June 1928			last date: 13 May 1932
	Completed at Canadian Vickers			Struck off, later sold.
G-CYYB	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 73
	Used at Lac du Bonnet.
	first date: 14 June 1928			last date: 25 November 1931
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYC	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 72
	Used at Cormorant Lake. To civil register as CF-MAE, registered to Manitoba Government Air Service on 2 June 1932. Engine caught fire on shut down at dock at Cranberry Portage, Manitoba on 28 July 1932, aircraft totally destroyed.
	first date: 14 June 1928			last date: 13 May 1932
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold.
G-CYYD	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 71
	Based at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Sold to Manitoba government for $1.00. Became CF-MAB, registered to Manitoba Government Air Service on 2 June 1932. Withdrawn from use on 9 May 1935, no further information.
	first date: 18 March 1928			last date: 13 May 1932
	Acceptance test flight.			Struck off, later sold to Manitoba Air Sevice
G-CYYE	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 58
	Used at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
	first date: 3 March 1928			last date: 23 May 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYF	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 57
	First Vedette delivered with strengthened front hull and wing carry through structure, later retrofitted to all surviving aircraft. Used in northern Ontario.
	first date: 29 March 1928			last date: 4 September 1930
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, after Category A accident 17 July 1930.
G-CYYG	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		503
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Loaned to Edmonton and Northern Alberta Flying Club from 31 May 1929. Sold to this club on 12 September 1936. Only ex Air Board aircraft to retain original registration after passing to new owner. Sold by the club in July 1938. Several subsequent private owners, all in Alberta. Withdrawn from use and stored at Westlock, Alberta on 15 April 1944. Now at Reynolds Pioneer Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
	first date: 4 May 1928			last date: 12 September 1936
	Taken on strength			Struck off and sold.
G-CYYH	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		496
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Used at High River, Alberta.
	first date: 7 July 1928			last date: 20 November 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYI	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		495
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Became Instructional Airframe A 2.
	first date: 7 July 1928			last date: 2 October 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYJ	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
	DH.60X	490
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Operated on floats. Caregory B damage on 14 September 1929, at Millarville, Saskatchewan. To civil register as CF-CEF on 6 September 1934, still owned by Department of National Defense. Loaned to Saint John Aero Club (New Brunswick). Hit truck while landing at St. John, NB on 31 July 1936, not repaired.
	first date: 27 April 1928			last date: 15 April 1937
	Taken on strength.			Struck off.
G-CYYK	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
	DH.60X	489
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Operated on floats, at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Used as an instructional airframe by No. 111 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Vancouver in the late 1930s, Instructional Airframe number A 3 assigned.
	first date: 27 April 1928			last date: 13 March 1938
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYL	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
	DH.60X	488
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Operated on floats. To civil register as CF-CED on 6 September 1934, still owned by Department of National Defense. Loaned to Cape Breton Flying Club. Re-engined with DH Gipsey I in March 1939. Stalled while doing circuits and crashed at Sydney, NS on 17 June 1940.
	first date: 27 April 1928			last date: 15 April 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off as CF-CED, later sold.
G-CYYM	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		494 (or 1341?)
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Used at Cormorant Lake. Returned to de Havilland Canada in 1931, stored. To civil register as CF-APM, first registered to R.F. Stepehenson of Winnipeg, Manitoba on 9 May 1931. Several subsequent owners in Winnipeg. Withdrawn from use on 3 October 1936, after failing Certificate of Airwrthiness inspection on 3 October 1936.
	first date: 7 July 1928			last date: 9 May 1931
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold
G-CYYN	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		493
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC.
	first date: 7 July 1928			last date: 16 August 1929
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, after Category A crash on 10 June 1929.
G-CYYO	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
	DH.60X	492
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Operated on floats.
	first date: 7 July 1928			last date: 5 September 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 16 June 1929.
G-CYYP	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		491
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Used at Shirley's Bay, Ontario.
	first date: 29 May 1928			last date: 16 January 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYQ	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
	DH.60X	487
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Operated on floats.
	first date: 5 May 1928			last date: 14 November 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 26 July 1929
G-CYYR	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
	DH.60X	486
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Operated on floats. Operated from Ladder Lake, Saskatchewan on forestry patrols in 1930. Received new metal fuselage, company number DHC1344, and Cirrus III engine in November 1929. To civil register as CF-CEB on 17 August 1934, still owned by Department of National Defense. Loaned to Edmonton and Northern Alberta Aero Club. Crashed 3 miles NW Calgary on 25 July 1935, while low flying over a farm.
	first date: 5 June 1928			last date: 25 July 1935
	Taken on strength.			Written off in crash.
G-CYYS	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
	DH.60X	485
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Used on floats. To civil register as CF-CDD on 2 August 1931, still owned by Department of National Defense. Loaned to Border Cities Aero Club at Walkerville, Ontario. Reported damaged beyond repair when it turned over on takeoff from Walkerville on 4 November 1932.
	first date: 5 June 1928			last date: 3 September 1936
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYT	Fairchild	Fairchild USA	FC-2/51A
		23
	Converted to 51A on 12 March 1931. Later became RCAF 627.
	first date: 4 November 1927			last date: 2 October 1941
	Taken on strength			Sold, see comments with RCAF 625.
G-CYYU	Fairchild	Fairchild USA	FC-2W1
		92
	First FC-2W with RCAF. Carried marking "Fairchild FC-2W1" on vertical tail. With No. 7 Photo Detachment in 1928, based at Rockcliffe, Ontario and detached to Ste. Agathe des Montes, PQ from June of that year. Unofficial radio call sign while with this unit was "Your Uncle". Operated on floats, from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Vancouver, BC. Later became RCAF 619.
	first date: 21 May 1928			last date: 1933
	Taken on strength			Renumbered as RCAF 619 (which see).
G-CYYV	Fairchild	Fairchild USA	FC-2/51
		19
	First FC-2 operated by the RCAF. Operated on floats, wheels and skiis. Flipped over and sank while taxiing in strong winds at Shirley Bay, Ontario on 12 November 1927. Repairs took until May 1928, and included complete fuselage replacement. To Ladder Lake, Saskatchewan, on skiis, spring of 1930. Operated in western Canada on floats that summer. Converted to Model 51 on 14 January 1931. Used to survey air mail routes between Toronto and Montreal, summer of 1932.
	first date: 20 October 1927			last date: 20 November 1941
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, as RCAF 625
G-CYYW	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		457
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Used at Ottawa. With No. 7 Photo Detachment, based at Rockcliffe, Ontario. Unofficial radio call sign while with this unit was "Young Woman".
	first date: 13 Janaury 1928			last date: 3 December 1929.
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYX	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60X	Moth
		456
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Used at Winnipeg.
	first date: 16 January 1928			last date: 3 December 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYYY	de Havilland		DH.60	DH.60 GM	Moth
		760
	Manufactured in UK., assembled by DHC. Became CF-CEC on 26 October 1934, loaned to the Winnipeg Flying Club, still owned by Department of National Defense.
	first date: 9 April 1929			last date: 18 November 1936
	Taken on strength			Damaged beyond repair at Winnipeg.
G-CYYZ	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 125
	Seen at Rockcliffe with nose mounted oblique camera in August 1929. First RCAF Vedette with wing slots. Became CF-SAC, registered to the Government of Saskatchewan on 19 August 1933. Withdrawn from use on 21 May 1936.
	first date: 9 July 1929			last date: 23 August 1933
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, sold.
G-CYZA	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 128
	Used at Lac du Bonnet. Became RCAF 805. This registration was also reserved for Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, which became RCAF 17 almost immediately after delivery in December 1927.
	first date: 27 August 1929			last date: 15 January 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 805.
G-CYZB	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 124
	Ferried from Rocklciffe, Ontario to Cormorant Lake, Ontario in spring of 1929. Based at Ladder Lake. Became RCAF 806. This registration was also reserved for Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, which became RCAF 16 almost immediately after delivery in December 1927.
	first date: 12 July 1929			last date: 18 January 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 806, after Category A crash at Trenton on 29 October 1936.
G-CYZC	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 127
	Fitted with Lynx engine. Destroyed by storm while moored in Manitoba, one month after arriving there.
	first date: 15 June 1929			last date: 21 October 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYZD	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V / VAM
		CV 123 / 170
	Became RCAF 816. Rebuilt as Mk. VAM, with metal fuselage CV 170, 26 November 1936.
	first date: 12 June 1929			last date: 26 May 1941
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, as RCAF 816.
G-CYZE	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 126
	Used at Lac du Bonnet. Became RCAF 807. This registration also reserved for Armstrong Whitworth Sisken, which became RCAF 21 almost immediately after delivery in December 1927.
	first date: 19 June 1929			last date: 15 January 1940
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, as RCAF 807.
G-CYZF	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 122 or 149
	CV 122 crashed before delivery,on 17 May 1929, during spinning trials. Company pilot, famed bush-pilot C.S. "Jack" Caldwell, bailed out. (Possibly first successful parachute save in Canada.) Replaced by CV 149. Later became CF-MAA, with Manitoba Government Air Service from 2 June 1932. Withdrawn from service on 15 April 1937. This registration also reserved for Armstrong Whitworth Siskin, which became RCAF 20 almost immediately after delivery in December 1927.
	first date: 8 August 1929			last date: 13 May 1932
	Taken on strength (CV 149)			Struck off, sold to Manitoba.
G-CYZG	Douglas		O-2	O-2BS/MO-2B
		265
	Registered as NC236 when puirchased by J. D. McKee. Used by J.D. McKee for trans-Canada flight 11 to 19 Sept 1927 (Montreal to Vancouver, on floats), with RCAF crew. Purchased by RCAF after death of McKee. Converted to MO-2B after purchase. This may have made it the first P&W powered aircraft in the RCAF. Used for photo surveys and demonstration air mail flights. Forced landing on ice of Ottawa River following engine problems, 31 January 1929. Was on air mail flight, Montreal to Ottawa. Towed to RCAF Station Rockcliffe onboard a sleigh.
	first date: 22 August 1927			last date: 8 January 1930
	Taken on Canadian register.			Struck off.
G-CYZH	Keystone		Puffer
		105
	Taken on strength 27 June 1927. Operated for Agricultural Department on crop spraying and insecticide spraying experiments. Sprayed wheat fields near Morden, Manitoba. Operated on wheels. Used for forestry patrols from RCAF Station High River, Alberta.
	first date: June 1927			last date: 16 July 1929
	Ferried to Canada			crashed near McDonald, Manitoba. Category B damage, but written off.
G-CYZI	Keystone		Puffer

	Taken on strength 13 June 1927. Operated for Agricultural Department on crop spraying and insecticide spraying experiments. Operated on floats. Flew demonstration air mail routes between St. Johns, NB and Montreal, PQ in December 1927. Forced landed in Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton Island 14 September 1928, after engine problems. Claimed as salvage by local fisherman, sold back to RCAF for $25. Sprayed for mosquitos near Winnipeg in 1931.
	first date: June 1927			last date: 22 October 1934
	Ferried to Canada			Struck off, reported scrapped in 1932.
G-CYZJ	Canadian Vickers		Vanessa
		CV 36
	Civil registration G-CAFG also reserved (for company trials?). Taken on strength 26 April 1927. Initial tests complete 27 April 1927. Modified to decrease drag, flown again 21 August 1927 by Sdn. Leader J. H. Tudhope. A. S. Lynx replaced by Wright Whirlwind, f/f 30 August 1927 by Tudhope. Fairried to Ottawa 2 Sept. by Tudhope, lost fuselage fairing en route. Trial mail flights to steamers in lower St. Lawrence September 1927. Damaged on takeoff from near Empress of France 9 September 1927, float fitting failed. Badly damaged, salvaged but never repaired.
	first date: 19 April 1927			last date: 13 September 1927
	f/f from St. Lawrence River by Flt. Lt. R. S. Grandy			Struck off after crash, see comments.
G-CYZK	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 52
	Planned to have enclosed cockpit, specification changed before aircraft was built. Later became RCAF no. 11 (which see).
	first date: 17 September 1927			last date: c.1928
	taken on strength			Redesignated
G-CYZL	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 51
	Survey missions over Quebec in summer of 1928. With No. 5 Photo Detachment at Rocklciffe, Ontario in 1929. Left Rockcliffe on 6 June that year for detachment to Kashabowie, Ontario. The flight took 14 hours flying time, over 8 days.
	first date: 26 August 1927			last date: 5 September 1929
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, following Category A accident on 18 June 1929.
G-CYZM	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 50
	Used at Lac la Ronge. Sold to Saskatchewan Government on 1 June 1933, became CF-SAB. Withdrawn from use on 28 May 1837.
	first date: 17 May 1927			last date: 21 June 1933
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYZN	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 41
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Manitoba (Cormorant Lake).
	first date: 15 March 1927			last date: 8 January 1931
	Taken on strength.			Struck off.
G-CYZO	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	II
		CV 40
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Man.
	first date: 24 March 1927			last date: 16 November 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 10 September 1929.
G-CYZP	Canadian Vickers		Varuna	II
		CV 49
	first date: 8 August 1927			last date: 19 September 1927
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Shirley's Bay, Ontario on 19 August 1927.
G-CYZQ	Canadian Vickers		Varuna	II
		CV 48
	Used at Cormorant Lake.
	first date: 4 August 1927			last date: 12 December 1930
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYZR	Canadian Vickers		Varuna	II
		CV 47
	Operated from Ladder Lake, Saskatchewan in 1929. Probably struck off by 1930, but no date known.
	first date: 13 June 1927			last date:
	Taken on strength.
G-CYZS	Canadian Vickers		Varuna	II
		CV 46
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Manitoba, seen at Cormorant Lake.
	first date: 27 May 1927			last date: 19 December 1930
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
G-CYZT	Canadian Vickers		Varuna	II
		CV 38
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Man. At Cormorant Lake in 1927. Also reported as Category B on 21 July 1930.
	first date: 11 May 1927			last date: December 1930
	Taken on strength			SOS after Category B accident 9 October 1930
G-CYZU	Canadian Vickers		Varuna	II
		CV 37
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Man. Sank in Cross Lake, Manitoba, while attempting down wind landing following loss of aileron control.
	first date: 11 May 1927			last date: 18 October 1927
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 9 June 1927, see comments.
G-CYZV	Canadian Vickers		Varuna	II
		CV 39
	Stationed at Dartmouth Air Station, with No. 4 (Operations) Squadron from 27 March 1927. Only Varuna based on the East Coast. Shipped there by rail. Photo surveys over Nova Scotia from Dartmouth and Shelburne, NS. Was ferrying back to Ottawa for the winter at time of crash.
	first date: 12 March 1927			last date: 14 March 1928.
	Taken on strength.			Struck off, after crashing at Fredericton, NB on 9 November 1927.
G-CYZW	Canadian Vickers		Vigil
		CV 44
	Only Vigil built. Designed for forestry patrols to Specification C/11/26. Intended to replace DH.4s then used for these patrols. Taken on strength 11 April 1928. Poor high altitude performance due to being overweight, but good flying qualities. Company trials at Cartierville through summer of 1928. Based at RCAF Rockcliffe for general duties. Air mail trials in Maritimes 1929.
	first date: 12 March 1928			last date: 3 November 1930
	First flight, on skiis, from St. Hubert by S/L R. S. Grandy and F/L A. Ferrer.			Struck off, because of need for repairs and overhaul.
G-CYZX	Canadian Vickers		Velos
		CV 45
	Only Velos built. Found to be very overweight and c.g. estimate wrong. Required modifications delayed first flight until 18 July 1928. Designed to Government spec for photo survey, spec changed midway during development. A quote from the RCAF test report: "It is considered that this aircraft is most unsuitable for any operation carried out in the RCAF." Later found that wind tunnel model had been inaccurate (fuselage longer than as-built), leading to serious stability and control problems. K. M. Molsen called it "the worst aircraft built in Canada".
	first date: 18 November 1927			last date: 30 November 1928
	Launched, found to be overweight.			Sunk in snow storm, while moored in Canadian Vickers basin. Recovered, not repaired.
G-CYZY	Canadian Vickers		Vista
		CV 43
	Registration reserved, order cancelled before aircraft was built.
G-CYZZ	Canadian Vickers		Vista
		CV 42?
	Delivered to RCAF Rockcliffe on 1 November 1927, 5 forced landings en route due to fuel contamination. Taken on strength 9 November 1927. Only Vista built, although a second was ordered. Used for taxi training at seaplane school, RCAF Jericho Beach, B.C. with part of wing covering removed, from September 1930. According to RCAF legend, became airborne at least once in this configuration. Always moored in water, to test duraluminum hull - first duraluminum hull/fuselage built in Canada.
	first date: 27 October 1927			last date: 4 May 1931
	First flight from St. Lawrence River by S/L Grandy			Scrapped due to hull corrosion.