COLONIAL C-1/C-2 PRODUCTION

Colonial C-1 Skimmer s/n 24 - N24HA
Photo: © Howard Schwarzman
S C/N Model Reg. No. Date Remarks
R 1 C-1 Skimmer N6595K 1999-12-29 John H. Staber; Skimmer One, Inc., PO Box 72, Old Chatham, NY 12136-0072, USA.
Apart, restoring.
D 2 C-1 Skimmer N244B ?? Destroyed before 1964
R 3 C-1 Skimmer N245B 1987-11-03 Melvin A. Old; Box 231586, Anchorage, AK 99523, USA.
Apart but complete.
D 4 C-1 Skimmer CF-IZS ?? Destroyed.
U 5 C-1 Skimmer N246B ?? Brewster Equipment Corp.; Teterboro, NJ, USA
CF-LML
C-FLML		 1964- Gerald Copeland; Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.    
1966- C. V. Hyderman; Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
?? Sherman Greene;
?? Colonial Flying Association; Box 686, Stellarton, Nova Scotia B0K 1S0, Canada
1984-07-27 Bruce Hamer; 82 Norman Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3K6, Canada.
1989-12-11 Cancelled from Canadian CAR.
F 6 C-1 Skimmer CF-IZT ??  
N9439H 1981-04-20 George M. Newberry; 26 State Line Road, (RD 3 Box 3419), Windsor, NY 13865-3601, USA.
Restored, flying. Nice!
D 7 C-1 Skimmer N247B ?? Destroyed before 1964.
Louisiana ?
D 8 C-1 Skimmer N248B 1996-07-12 Aircraft crashed at Halls Crossing, Utah, at night.  Engine quit and pilot belly landed the aircraft, bounced, rolled over and touched down inverted.  Pilot and passenger escaped with minor injuries.  Probable cause: fuel starvation. Wreck cannibalized.  Engine and metal propellor installed on s/n 24.
D 9 C-1 Skimmer N249B ?? Destroyed before 1964.  Enroute to California?
F 10 C-1 Skimmer CF-KDQ
C-FKDQ		 1991-08-14 Henry Wyatt; 7207 Saskatchewan, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2A4.
R 11 C-1 Skimmer N251B ??  
CF-RNI ??  
CF-QDC ??  
R 12 C-1 Skimmer N252B 1963- Lawrence H. Lavoy; Dayton, OH, USA.
1964- John H. Staber; Lakeville, CT, USA
1967- Gleason-Roman Co.; Tulsa, OK, USA.
1968- Skycraft Aviation; Colfax, WA, USA.
1974- Norman Bouton; Seattle, WA, USA.
C-GSON 1978- Imported to Canada.
?? Stan Hodgson; Sooke, British Columbia, Canada V0S 1N0.

1982-08-30		 Geoffrey Stone; Box 324, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada V9L 3X5.
1983-11-16 C of R cancelled.
1984-08-14 Kenneth Paschke; Box 231, Morris, Manitoba, Canada R0G 1K0.
2001-07-02 C of R cancelled.
?? 2001-?? Randy Van Horlick;  Box 1959, Sumas, WA 98295, USA.
In parts in BC, Canada.
R 13 C-1 Skimmer N253B 1973-10-12 Donald L. Lewis; 115 Palisades Rd., Brant Lake, NY 12815, USA.
Original, almost flyable.
R 14 C-1 Skimmer N254B 2000-06-01 Frank S. Kimmel III; 103 E. Market St., Greenwood, MS 38930-4429, USA.
Apart, restoring.
D 115 C-2 Skimmer IV N255B ?? Destroyed before 1964
U 16 C-1 Skimmer N256B 1993-10-14 Michael B. Slayton; 1856 Scenic Dr., Muskegon, MI 49445-8779, USA.
R 17 C-1 Skimmer N257B 1991-12-20 Gary E. Bymers; 5944 Woodland Drive, Waunakee, WI 53597-9103, USA.
Conversion in process.
U 18 C-1 Skimmer N258B ?? Dutch Guiana ??
F 19 C-1 Skimmer N259B ??  
CF-VQT
C-FVQT		 1967- Imported to Canada.
??
 Lh./S. Dixon; 14 King Crescent, Weston, Ontario, Canada M9N 1K6.
1986-08-01 C of R cancelled.
1987-04-15 (1) Northeast Engineering & Development Ltd.; 6-26 McEwan Drivce, Bolton, Ontario, Canada L7E 1E6.
(2) Robert F. Carducci, Box 405, 8 Prince Andrew Drive, Caledon East, Ontario, Canada L0N 1E0.
Restored, flying.
D 20 C-1 Skimmer N260B 1989-06-23  Aircraft destroyed in accident at Bremerton, WA.  Engine quit during training flight.  Emergency landing in a clear cut area of an Evergreen forest.  Probable cause: malfunction of both magnetos.  Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious.
1989-07-18 John Wells Aviation Service, Inc.; Saline County Airport, Benton, AR  72015, USA.
U 121 C-2 Skimmer IV  N261B ?? Converted to Lale LA-4P prototype.
D 22 C-1 Skimmer N262B 1973-09-25 Art D. Price; 5602 N. Rockwell, Bethany, OK  73008, USA.
Destroyed in hangar fire, after sale to Massachusetts.
F 23 C-1 Skimmer N263B 1985-03-19 Ricky L. Pederstuen; 470 Green Mill Lane, Hudson, WI 54016, USA.
Restored, flying - nice.
F 24 C-1 Skimmer N264B ??  
N24HA 1995-09-16 Howard Schwarzman; 2827 W. Strathmore, Baltimore, MD 21209-3808, USA.
Original, flying.
F 25 C-1 Skimmer N265B ?? Anthony Dziemiela; 7001 W. 73rd St., Nottingham Park, IL 60638, USA.
Original, flying.
F 126 C-2 Skimmer IV N266B 1966-09-06 Raymond A York; 3526 Eastbrook, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, USA.
Original, flying.
R 127 C-2 Skimmer IV N269B 1987-11-02 Thomas M. Schuerger; 235 Palm Boulevard, Merritt Island, FL 32952, USA.
?? Richard Osborne; 91 East 62nd St., Hialeah, FL 33013, USA.
Restoration in process. (Current)
U 128 C-2 Skimmer IV N270B 1979-12-01 Craig E. Nelson; 2205 E Howe St., Seattle, WA 98112-2931, USA.
Intact, not flying. Experimental.
F 129 C-2 Skimmer IV N271B 2001-02-28 Ray Johnson; 2569 River Rd., Marshall, MN 56258-5463, USA.
Converted, flying.
D 130 C-2 Skimmer IV N272B ?? Destroyed before 1964.
F 131 C-2 Skimmer IV N273B 1999-09-01 Hiram Paul Gates; 3672 120th Ct. W., Faribault, MN 55021-7374, USA.
Original, flying.
U 132 C-2 Skimmer IV N274B ?? B. H. Fairchild; 3309 Woodland Drive, Spenard, AK, USA.
Last in Alaska 1964.
F 133 C-2 Skimmer IV VH-ARB ?? John Marland; 472 Barrenjoey Rd.,Avalon Beach, 2107 Sidney, NSW, Australia.
Original, flying.
F 134 C-2 Skimmer IV N276B ??  
CF-USX 1966- Imported to Canada.
1987-09-24 (1) J. Morrell; 1417 Moodie St E, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7E 4Y8.
(2) C. Doebele; 47 St Andrews Court, Aurora, Ontario, Canada 
1993-12-23 (1) John Struik; Highway 69, Port Severn, Ontario, Canada L0K 1S0.
(2) John Juurlink; 120 Vincent Avenue, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada P1P 1R5.
1996-08-21 (1) Dennis Livicker; 6 Poplar Ct., Atikokan, Ontario, Canada P0T 1C0.
(2) Joseph Charron; 58 Dickenson Ct., Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada P0T 3A0.
1999-04-13 Ian Crerar; 1978 Burbrook Rd., Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 4V4.
Original, flying.
F 135 C-2 Skimmer IV N277B 1998-02-12 Harry J. Andrews, PO Box 143, New Braintree, MA 01531-0143, USA.
Original, flying.
F 136 C-2 Skimmer IV N280B ??  
C-GHUH 1978-08-18 Art Gast; 2858 Yellow Point Rd., Ladysmith, BC, Canada V9G 1CR.
Original, flying.
U 137 C-2 Skimmer IV TG-CUZ ?? Guatemala before 1964?
U 138 C-2 Skimmer IV N278B ?? (See #25 C-1 list).  Anthony M. Dziemiela.
Parts only.
F 139 C-2 Skimmer IV N279B 1990-08-13 Peter T. Reiss; 421 Roxbury Rd., Hudson, NY 12534-3625, USA.
Original, flying.
2003- Cancelled from US CAR.
2003- Norm Hoskin, Box 99, Hampton, Ontario, Canada L0B 1J0
C-FNJH 2003-10-03 Registered on Canadian CAR to:
Norm Hoskin; 4051 7A Highway, Nestleton, Ontario L0B 1L0, Canada.
F 140 C-2 Skimmer IV N281B 1993-04-13 David R. Anderson; 1823 Dovetail Pt., (PO Box 558), Sycamore, IL 60178-3429, USA.
Original, flying.
D 141 C-2 Skimmer IV N282B 1975-03-08 Aircraft destroyed in accident at San Rafael, California.   Pilot made low level flight over water
D 142 C-2 Skimmer IV N283B 1963-11-20 Lost in Gulf of Mexico.
D 143 C-2 Skimmer IV N284B 1980-07-14 Harold F. West; Rd. 2, PO Box 166B, Medford, NJ  08055, USA.
Destroyed.
S C/N Model Reg. No. Date Remarks

 

F

 Flying (F)

R

 On Register (O) / Restoration (R) / Unknown (U)

C

 Cancelled (C) / Destroyed (D)

 

 

Updated: 2003-10-08
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