Ski-wheel, airplane
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- OBJECT TYPE
- port side
- DATE
- 1953
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0354.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Genaire (1961) Ltd. Canada
- MODEL
- Otter
- LOCATION
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1RH
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal and synthetic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Genaire
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- St. Catharines
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
To facilitate aircraft landing on ice or snow. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate on top of ski reads "TYPE OTTER/ SERIAL 1RH/ DRG. C 3US101-1 ISS. 1/ DATE 5 10 53 INSP. [blank]/ MODIFICATION 3 381 [ illegible circular stamp beside numbers]/ DATE [blank]". Mfr's plate on side of ski reads "Genaire Limited/ REF. &/ SEC. No. 27W10157/ PART No. [blank]/ SERIAL/ No. 1RH/ INSPECTORS/ [in circle below] GENAIRE/ 4/ DATE/ 4[/]58/ RECONDITIONED". Red label to the right "RECONDITIONED BY/ GENAIRE (1961) LIMITED/ ST. CATHARINES, CANADA/ NSN 1630-00-753-0536 [written in black marker]/ PART NO. C345-101-10 [written in black marker]/ SERIAL NO. IR4 [written in black marker]/ MOD. [blank]/ DATE JAN. 1978 [written in black marker]/ INSPECTION [blank]'. Black painted print on top of ski "NO/ STEP" and "INFLATE TIRE/ TO 40 PSI".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Ski is painted silver and has black print. Attached to ski are wires and bungee cords. Black synthetic tube coming out of hydraulic part.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Genaire (1961) Ltd. Canada, Ski-wheel, airplane, 1953, Artifact no. 1983.0354, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1983.0354.003/
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