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been called upon to support the air-
plane's estimated weight of 195,000
pounds in wings level cruising flight,
was now called upon to support an
effective weight, due to the arcing
parabola, of 1 million pounds. For it
to do so was aerodynamically impos-
sible and the terribly flexed wing,
close to the point of failure, went
into a shattering high speed stall.
The subsequent fearful pounding
was described as extremely severe,
yet in a few seconds, the altimeter,
one of the two useful instruments
on Captain Lynch's panel, began
slowing from its unwinding scream-
ing dive, then, as zooming, upward
flight into the night sky was as-
sumed, began winding at a fearful
rate in the opposite direction. The
dive had been arrested somewhere
near 6,000 feet, then back at about
11,000 feet the airplane was finally
pushed over into level flight, where
the airspeed gradually began drop-
ping for the first time from its
pegged position at 400 knots. The
throttles throughout were in the
tight closed position.
As speed diminished the airplane
became nose heavy and Sinski, at
Waldo's request, and still in his
pedestal straddling position, hand
cranked the cockpit stabilizer wheel
in response. It wasn't until this point
that Sinski was able to reach forward
and actuate switches to crossover
Lynch's artificial horizon so that it
repeated off Sam Peter's instrument,
which had not tumbled, and Waldo
again had aircraft attitude informa-
tion displayed on his panel.
As the airspeed continued to slow
Waldo realized with great relief that
the 707 was apparently still in one
piece, but he also realized that the
flight could never hope to make
Gander if they stayed at such fuel
consuming low altitudes. Unsure of
the engines, he gingerly advanced
the thrust levers and was as-
tounded, first, that all engines
appeared to be still attached to the
26 SEPTEMBER 2000
airframe, and second, that they re-
sponded normally. A careful climb
was made back to 29,000 feet where
flight at slow speed range cruise was
established.
In the cockpit, as they leveled off,
little was said with all busy with
they own thoughts. At Waldo's re-
quest, Sinski left his engineer's
station to check the main cabin for
injuries and possible damage. There,
in response to a public address an-
nouncement, the cabin was being
prepared for a possible emergency
landing and the life rafts had been
lowered from their ceiling storage
positions and laid in their assigned
aisle positions adjacent to exit doors
and windows. As George worked his
way back and over the rafts, passen-
gers and cabin crew members
impulsively grasped his hand and
squeezed his arm in gratitude.
At last, on a sparkling clear night,
the lights of Gander could be seen
far ahead. As a precautionary mea-
sure as the flight descended through
10,000 feet the airplane was tem-
porarily leveled off, slowed, and the
gear and wing flaps extended to
check their operation. Except for a
previously observed difficulty in es-
tablishing lateral trim and a now
somewhat sluggish response to
aileron inputs, control seemed near
normal and a normal approach and
landing was made, although flown
at higher speeds due to Lynch's un-
certainty at what yet might be
encountered.
A short while later as the airplane
slowly taxied through the night to
the ramp there were cheers and ap-
plause from the relieved passengers.
The flight crew debarked last and
then walked around and examined
the jetliner's exterior in the glare of
ramp floodlights. First noted was the
large outboard aileron on the left
wing which hung downward, its
drive system broken. It had been
trailing uselessly in the airflows of
flight. There were heavy wrinkles in
the fuselage skin and large creases in
the wing root fairings where the big
wing had flexed upward and a large
30-inch section of the fairing was
missing and had fallen into the cold
Atlantic. The tail root fairings were
also damaged and there were heavy
wrinkles in the skin of the tail's hori-
zontal stabilizer.
Boeing engineers later estimated
the plane dove to a speed of .99
Mach, just below the speed of sound
and far beyond its design limits.
During the 707's earlier certification
destruct tests conducted with hy-
draulic jacks on the factory floor, the
wing tips were purposely and very
gradually flexed upwards 17 feet
from their normal in-flight position
before permanent set to the wings
structure began to take place. Later
checks on Lynch's airplane, after it
was ferried to the factory, showed
that the wings under the 6.7 G pull-
out loads had taken a permanent
set of several inches. It is not diffi-
cult to visualize the loads that this
wing was subjected to and its sur-
vival is quite a tribute to an
extremely well-built, strong air-
plane which returned and flew the
airline for many years afterward.
Waldo's recovery was effected in
the black of night and in cloud and
flown from a full aft and low seat
position with only two usable in-
struments of flight, the Turn
Indicator and the Altimeter. He af-
terward noted, had he been able to
get his feet on the rudder pedals, he
probably would have caused damage
to, or parting of, the airplane's verti-
cal tail surfaces, or possibly caused
an engine, or engines, to part com-
pany with the airframe. As it was,
several engine mount bolts were
later found bent into "U" shapes.
In summation, had not some
fine, basic and intuitive airman-
ship, plus some fine crew back-up
come through under extremely dif-
ficult flight conditions, there
would have been a totally unex-
plainable disappearance of a new
jetliner into the dark wintry waters
of the North Atlantic. Had this oc-
curred, the newly opening era of
this great airplane would have
been set back for years.
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the remains while the helicopter
hovered, and plucked them out be-
fore the astonished hippies knew
what was happening. What was left
of ' AAM was soon on the way t o
Whitehorse, Cameron's home base.
Cameron made further inquiries
and determined that 'AMM's wing
mi ght still be where it had been
abandoned in 1942, 80 miles from
Whitehorse. He' d spoken to a hunter
who had seen it some years before.
The hunter had been in too great a
hurry to investigate the remains. His
main concern at the time wa s
putting distance between himself
and a bear.
The hunter, known as Scotty, led
Cameron to the site. It was difficult
to find, being an isolated spot, and it
seemed to be the last place in the
world one would pick to land an air-
plane on floats. Yet , there was
'AAM's decomposing wing, incon-
trovertible evidence that an airplane
h ad once landed there, on what
passed for a river, and tried to take
off again. Alas, the wing was too far
gone, except for a bucket full of fit-
tings. In the summer of 1982, Clark
Seaborn's family stood aghast at the
sight of a trailer-load of "junk" being
dumped in the driveway of their
Calgary home. Lying on the pave-
ment were the rusting components
of not one, but several Fokker Super
Universals, including the remnants
of CF-AAM. They had come from
the Western Canada Aviation Mu-
seum. In time there would be still
more bits and pieces salvaged from
the crash of 'CASL 'AAM's long-ago
shelter mate at Fort McMurra y.
Seaborn himself had flown to a lake
near Yellowknife, the nearest town,
and hiked to the crash site.
Seaborn, a vintage plane enthusi-
ast with a Waco UIC, had set for
himself the task of re-creating CF-
AAM as a museum piece. Moreover,
it would be a fl ying museum piece.
Seaborn had arranged with the West-
-continued on page 30
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BarryG. Smith...Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Leopold Veilleux..........................................
... ........ ..............St George, Quebec,Canada
StephaneOllier.............................................
........ ....... ..........St Rambert D'Albon, France
Richard Moore...........Boston, GreatBritain
AlexanderTullis............................................
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jeffreyW. Salter............................................
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Kuni Hasegawa ...... .... .............Tokyo,japan
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Eric Grover .. ........ ................. ... ............... .......
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Williamjustusson...Dhahran,Saudi Arabia
FranzStraumann..............Elgg, Switzerland
DuaneA. Peters....................Anchorage, AK
julianA. Smith........ ............Eagle River, AK
DennisL. Hasha................... Tuscombia,AL
Sidney L. Brain ....................Russellville, AR
jasonP. Overman ........ ... .............Cabot,AR
Donald Downin ............................Mesa, AZ
David Klingensmith......................Mesa, AZ
james Knapp.....................CasaGrande, AZ
Robertj .O' Connell.......................Mesa, AZ
RonaldA. Starling............. ... ... ....Tempe,AZ
Harlan Weissenborn..... ......... .....Aguila, AZ
Mark Boenke............... .... .....Santa Rosa, CA
j.Brian DalPorto............ ..........Sanjose,CA
JohnM Frank... ... .... ....... ....SantaMaria, CA
Mark Kevin Holmes.............. ..... .Chi no, CA
FernandA.Labrecque............ Riverside, CA
jamesLawson.. ... .......... ........Ridgecrest, CA
Bob F. Leitch.......................... ..Sanjose, CA
Peter Lloyd.....................WalnutCreek, CA
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RobertA. Loogman.................Hanford,CA
Kevin Mccarthy........................Pacifica,CA
Brian Neal.... .... .... ......... ....... ..Monrovia,CA
William R. Schicora..... .......Winchester, CA
jeffreyScholz... ................. ............Perris, CA
PhilSchultz.......................... ..Lancaster, CA
RichardA. Sweet......................Ventura, CA
Klaus tenHagen...................Sunnyvale, CA
DirkA. VanCott.........................Rescue, CA
johnC. Watts.......................San Diego, CA
Bradley P. Hindman..............Littleton,CO
Kris D. Kluge.............ColoradoSprings, CO
Tom Poeling................................Eckert,CO
StephenA. Tonozzi........... ...........................
................................ GlenwoodSprings, CO
RobertL. Williams..........................Erie, CO
Roger L. Klein ...... ......... ..........Hadlyme, CT
johnB. Pelkey, Sr.............. .... .....Enfield, CT
johnBenson.................... ....... .....Naples,FL
JeffreyA. Jones......................Ciearwater, FL
William Lowery .... ...... .. ...... ...... . Geneva, FL
WilliamG. Mercer..............jacksonville, FL
Art K. Sproch.......................jacksonville,FL
Kempton Ballard,Jr... ..............Newnan, GA
Stiles D. Brown.... ..... ...... ... ......Newnan, GA
Steve Forsyth....... ............... ..... ..Atlanta, GA
Ryan R. Funk.............................Atlanta, GA
AllenHayes................. ............Honolulu,HI
JackE. Arthur................. ..... .Des Moines, IA
Richard Minette................ ......lowaCity,IA
TimSteffen............ .. ............. ......Spencer, IA
CharlesL. Farrey...... ...... .. .............Athol, ID
DonaldR. Bartlett.......... ........Carterville, IL
KermitCarlson...... ................. .....Batavia, IL
james].Coonan........................Ransom, IL
joseph M. Czaplicki...... ...................Zion, IL
ScottDowner........... .. ..... .. ....Mundelein, IL
RaymondDreisbach......... ...... . Shefffield, IL
WayneGedutis................ .........Lockport, IL
Steve Haupert...............HoffmanEstates, IL
johnLivesay....................................Pana, IL
John Reinert....................... .Crystal Lake, IL
Kenneth W. Schrader.................Decatur, IL
Michael R. Sices ............... ..... ......Gurnee, IL
Allen C. Smith......................NewBerlin, IL
CarlJ. Tortorige............ .. .............Quincy,IL
Randy D. Whitaker...... ........ .Woodstock, IL
RobertW. Williams................Lexington, IL
MarkW.Hanna1I................Markleville, IN
William Hiller.......... ........ .. .........Marion, IN
Randall Hockenberry.............Ft. Wayne,IN
FrederickA. Martin...... ..ColumbiaCity, IN
ScottA. Martin.... .........................Lizton,I
StanleyR. Peters.............ColumbiaCity, I
EricT. Van Horn.........................Linton,IN
MarkA. Werkema.....................Granger, IN
Steve Williams......................Richmond, IN
C.joseph Beck...........................Wichita, KS
FrancisCannon.........................Wichita, KS
John D. Hawley.. ......... .... ...... .. ..Wichita, KS
PatrickR.Hicks.. ... ... ..... ...... ......Mayetla, KS
RobertBain.. ..... ..... ...........Nicholasville, KY
AnthonyM.Ball....................McCreary, KY
David Lowe.........................Sacramento,KY
Nick Rosato..........................River Ridge, LA
jackSpring.... ........................Kentwood, LA
David I. Arch... ..... ..... ..... .. .... ...Pocasset, MA
Sheldon Buck..... ...................Weliesley, MA
RodneyHinkle......... .... ........ .Falmouth,MA
Robert]. Rittmuller............................... .......
.............. .. ........ .. .........North Falmouth,MA
Linda P. Soltys...... .. ............Gilbertville,MA
Mark Baris ............. .. .............Baltimore,MD
JamesDouglass...............Kennedyville, MD
Marvin Merryman,Jr........... Columbia, MD
ArnoldStackhouse......Havre-de-Grace, MD
Bud Walker................................Bel Air, MD
William Bertrand.....................Harrison, MI
StanleyG. Bieker.... ..... ..........Greenville,MI
DerekK. Bradfield.........BerrienSprings,MI
JosephineM. Clark......... .Traverse City, MI
NormanCroteau................Ontonagon, MI
ChristopherE. Dackson..........Ypsilanti, MI
ScottD. Downing......................Marion, MI
Ken M. Holster..... ...... ...............Cornell, Ml
Kennethjablonski................Waterford, MI
RobertThornRuffini.................Berkley, MI
AI Todd... ............... .. ..... ......Stevensville, MI
HartlandW. Deering............ Stillwater,MN
RandyHuyck.................... .. ..... ..Anoka, MN
R. WilliamIngvoldstad........... . Nisswa, MN
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Kelly Koza............................... Winona, MN
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Kevin R. Moeri ................ ......Mankato,MN
DennisD.Moser............ ......Princeton,MN
DavidArthurSkogland.. ..... . Shakopee, MN
GeneD. Uselman................ .. ....Blaine, MN
KevinJayClark........... .... ... Grandview, MO
ArthurW. Stewart.. .... ... ..... Crestwood, MO
SteveSwinney.......................Raytown, MO
DanielK. Fordice..................Vicksburg, MS
JamesD. Threlkeld...............Columbus, MS
LarryO. jenkins........ .......... .. Charlotte, NC
JonR. Mitchell...... .... ...........Lexington, NC
RodneyLyle Erickson..........Fairmount,ND
GaryM. Stagl..........................Mandan,ND
Steve R. Wetherbee.............Fairmount,ND
Larry Glabe........ ................ .....Hickman,NE
Robert H.Baker... ............ ....Merrimack, NH
AlanEmerson..........................Laconia, NH
H. W. Egdorf......................Los Alamos, NM
KennethJensen...................Edgewood, NM
Richard E. Dayton...................Freeville, NY
HubertU. Gammill...............Wingdale, NY
John E. Garzione..................Sherburne, NY
1. Sapodin......................AtlanticBeach, NY
JamesZambik.....................E.Moriches, NY
TimothyBodnar.... .. .......... E. Palestine, OH
Roger1.James........................Conover, OH
Bernard Rottkamp...... ...... ........Warren, OH
William R. Rousseau...................Salem, OH
MikeThomasStich.. .........Uniontown, OH
Mike Bass.......................... .......Quapaw, OK
DouglasM. Frantz.......... .... ....Mustang,OK
jamesAaron............................Portland, OR
Rod Andersen..............................Banks, OR
Ted Millar.... .......... ... ..... ..........Portland, OR
Robert W. Saville.......................Eugene, OR
JohnBerkstresser.......... ........Bethlehem, PA
jamesS. Dodson,jr..........East Freedom, PA
PatriciaEarly......... ....... .... ....... .. Palmyra, PA
DavidA. Hostetter. .. ........Sheppinsburg,PA
GaryH. Ransom................ ...... ... ...Delta, PA
RichardS. Rhoton..... .. ..........Pittsburgh, PA
MarcRoberts..... ....... ..........Thomasville, PA
William E. Bell... ................Summerville,SC
Jim Herpst............. ........... .....Lexington,SC
WayneNorrisJr. ..... ....................Seneca,SC
JohnLoudermilk.................Brentwood,TN
DonaldD. Way.. ...... .. .............Rickman,TN
David C. Crowe................ . Georgetown,TX
Ronald Havelaar....................Arlington,TX
DonJohnson...........................Houston,TX
DouglasLathem..... .. ..... .. ..........Dalhart,TX
DonJ. Loughran.................. ..... ...Dallas,TX
Michael Alan Luigs ..................Bandera,TX
Michael Masterov.. ..................Houston,TX
Robert Michie.......................LagoVista,TX
EricMotz.............................. . Galveston,TX
ChristineTerrell........ .......WichitaFalls, TX
MattWitt..................................... . Waco,TX
David Beazley........ ....... .. ... .......Palmyra, VA
Michael]. Finnegan...... ..........Leesburg, VA
MarkWalker.......................NewCastle, VA
Michael P. Day.............SedroWoolley, WA
LeonardH.Guttersen.....Leavenworth,WA
KentMehrer..........................Mukilted, WA
DouglasSzymik............................Kent,WA
CindyC. Wischmeyer.........Redmond,WA
Allan O. Checky....................Merrimac,WI
GaryG. Crossman................Eau Claire, WI
ThomasA. DeWinter...........Waunakee,WI
jay Esty........ .............. ................Neenah,WI
josephW. Farwell...................LaCrosse, WI
DarrylD.Jordan ...................Evansville, WI
GregoryT. Kerkenbush.......... . Madison,WI
DanielC. Korth...................Cambridge, WI
WalterC. Lange.................. ....Allenton,WI
MarkD. McNab...................Milwaukee, WI
GrahamOlson..........................Elkhorn, WI
Richard Reinhart....................Appleton, WI
WolfgangRittgers.... ... ...........La Crosse, WI
E. JoeRounce............ .. ..........Shell Lake, WI
GregoryH. Smith.. ............Clintonville, WI
JamesStrawn............ ..... .........janesville,WI
SamTaber...............................EastTroy, WI
EugeneH. VandeHey.....Wrightstown,WI
DonaldH.Walter.....................Algoma, WI
ThomasR. Weiler...... .... ..NewFranken,WI
James A. Wilcox.......................Altoona, WI
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ern Canada Aviation Museum to spon-
sor the project, funding it largely on
his own and performing the work it-
self. It would be a monumental task,
even with a team of specialists con-
tributing many thousands of hours of
free labor.
It turned out to be a long-term pro-
ject, consuming the better part of two
decades. Seaborn was fortunate in find-
ing the necessary help, but any account
would be remiss in not mentioning
three key people: Ross Richardson, Ron
Jackson, and Don McLean. Richard-
son, a retired aerospace engineer, is a
noted historian with a large aeronauti-
cal library. Jackson was the guiding
light on many aspects of carpentry,
and McLean toiled eight hours a week
beside Seaborn for a year to complete
the restoration.
Significant input came from pilots
and mechanics who had worked on
the Fokkers when they were new. C. H.
"Punch" Dickins, a WCAir pilot who
SEPTEMBER 2000
had earned high commendation for a
1928 Super Universal survey fligh t,
provided details for an aut hentic in-
strument panel. The wooden parts of
the wing, of course, were all new and
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