Canadian Colonial Airways   Douglas DC-2   CF-BPP            (c/n  1411)

                                    

                                         I have been seeking photographs of Canadian Colonial Airways Douglas DC-2s and/or DC-3s
                                         for over thirty years now.   I have bits and pieces of some......noses, tails, etc., but nothing of the
                                         whole aircraft, in either marque.  The above drawing came from the Blue Mountain Hobbies
                                         Whiskey Jack decal website at  http://www.valleyimall.com/bluemountainhobbies/decals/index.htm 
                                         and is very nicely done.  I suspect it is quite accurate.   Clearly I would give major body parts to
                                         acquire some good quality actual photographs of CCA machines.  I am beginning to think that no
                                         one ever took photographs of them.  The original Canadian Colonial Airways was absorbed into
                                         American Airways in 1930.  In 1934, when the air mail bids were reopened to the airlines, American
                                         spun off its Colonial Division into a new separate airline.  Its main route was from New York to
                                         Montreal.   CF-BPP was ex NC14925 and, not surprisingly, was a former American Airlines
                                         machine.  When first imported into Canada it became CF-BLL but was re-registered for some
                                         reason..  This appears to be the only aircraft to bear a CF- registration, the other three being NC
                                         registered.