Pac Aero Company Tradewind CF-BCFMuch modified Beech 18 photographed during a visit to the British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, on 9 August 2004.
The modifications to this Beechcraft 18 were done at the Pat Bay airport by the Pac Aero Company. The aircraft was lengthened to take a tricycle landing gear. Two Pratt and Whitney turboprop engines replaced the radial engines, and a large single fin replaced the twin fins of the original. This large single fin added the needed in-flight stability in light of the other modifications. Tradewind CF-BCF was once owned by the British Columbia Government and was extensively used by "flying Phil Galardi” who was then Minister of Highways. Later sold by the government to Keewaten Air of Manitoba, it was used as a small airliner. They subsequently donated the airplane to the museum.
Picture added on 09 August 2010 at 08:07
