Junior Speedmail (Total: 3, Canadian: 2, Group 1)
Stearman Junior Speedmail
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3642967)
(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
The Stearman 4 is an American commercial biplane that was manufactured in the 1920s by Stearman Aircraft. They were marketed at the time as fast and luxurious executive transports and mail planes for about US$16,000.
Stearman Aircraft developed the Model 4 from the C3, adding a deeper fuselage and offering a range of more powerful engines. These features enabled the Model 4 to carry heavier cargo loads. Being larger than the C3, but smaller than the M-2 and LT-1 models, it filled a gap in the Stearman product line. Designer Lloyd Stearman said that it was the best airplane he ever designed. Heaters were provided for both cockpits.
In Canada, Trans-Canada Air Lines (later Air Canada) bought one Stearman HEM - CF-ASM and two L10a Cf-AZY, CF-BAF from Canadian Airways for pilot training and surveying new routes and were used from 1937 to 1939. One of them was sold in March 1939. Wikipedia
Junior Speedmail
Wikipedia Junior Speedmail
Harold A Skaarup Web PageJunior Speedmail serial CF-CCG
s/n CFCCG
m/d 4C
c/n 4013
CF-CCG
Known Units:
Used by Director of Civil Aviation. Hit soft spot while landing at Salmon Arm, BC on 1 May 1934. Kept as spares for CF-CCH.last update: 2025-February-06
Junior Speedmail serial CF-CCH
s/n CFCCH
m/d 4C / 4D
c/n 4014
CF-CCH
Known Units:
Used by Director of Civil Aviation. Converted to Model 4D in August 1934, when Wright Whirlwind was replaced by Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior. Sold to I.M. Coughtry of Westmount, Quebec on 17 June 1939, by which time it had been returned to Model 4C configuration. Re-registered as CF-BSQ on 13 July 1940. Several subsequent owners in Quebec and Ontario. Exported to Charles Babb Inc. of New York in April 1945.last update: 2025-February-06