Canadian Taylorcraft 19 CF-HAL

[wingrider]

I've owned this 1953 taylorcraft, cf-hal, since 1987. I flew it until 1996 and shelved it due to high cost of annuals and it required refabric. Over the years It is completely rebuilt. It has the original c85 continental and its gross is 1500lbs.
It has been all over western Canada. It was the first aircraft owned by Dick Turner, author of several books. Notably "Wings of the North" tells of pioneering the Nahanni area in Northern British Columbia.
Placed in Canadian owner maintenance category, I rebuilt engine and airframe to as original as possible.
Covered with stits fabric and polyurethane finish. Hipec system.
Live in Kamloops, British Columbia and fly from a small private airstrip
Just received the special certificate of airworthness yesterday and hope to get air under her wings very soon.

[N96337]

Welcome!! I'm not that far South of you near Kalispell, MT. Nice looking T! Hank. look at the skylight!!!
John

[Robert Lees]

Great pics and great history!

[astjp2]

Awesome

[Dick Smith]

Very nice work.

[Hank Jarrett]

Great looking plane Dennis! Closest sky lights to the ones i have in my 45 I have seen. The triangles on mine go all the way to the center but I think the smaller skylights give almost the same visibility (since your face is so close to them when you look up) as the huge square ones without turning the cockpit into a sauna in the summer! I have been working on the 41 so much lately I haven't moved forward on the 45. Can't wait to get her back in the air. Did yours come with the triangle skylights or did you make them?

Hank

[wingrider]

Hank. To answer your question... triangle skylights were there when I bought the plane in 1987. I replaced them with smoked plexiglass as they were brittle and cracking. I believe they were original.