Terrace- Airport
Terrace, BC, Canada
IATA code: YXT
ICAO code: CYXT
Inaugural flight from Prince George to Terrace, May 2, 1951
Central BC Airways, plane was a Mark V. Anson
Left to Right- Margaret Marshall “Madge” Baker, nee Adair, Francis Russell "Russ" Baker, and Frank Wellington Coulter (on wing)
photo courtesy Grant Walker, CA
Below is a selection of old 8mm movies, converted to .avi, taken by Mr. Bud Walker, who lived and worked at Kemano and Kitimat, submitted by his son Grant Walker, from Studio City, CA, USA.
Content is PWA's DC3's, taking off from Terrace Airport and landing at Vancouver Airport these were all taken ca 1956-1957.
PWA, DC3, CF-EPI loading at Terrace Airport, winter 1956-57
PWA DC3 Taking Off from Terrace Airport, ca 1956-57
Taking off from Terrace Airport, taken from inside the DC3, 1956-57
PWA- DC3 landing at Sea Island Vancouver BC airport, ca1956-57
Combined the above into one
4 engine prop plane flying over Terrace-Kitimat area
Vic Bentley, a volunteer at the Canadian Museum of Flight at Langley BC, thinks this is a DC6, as CPA flew them from Terrace to Vancouver.
“As the date is 1956-57 the aircraft is not likely to be an Electra as they were only being introduced in the late 1950s and PWA flew them out of Edmonton in the 1970s. They have a distinctive plan view with the engines spread out along the wing.”
Thanks Vic for the update.
