Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:L-18-08
    Construction Number:18-2064
    Last Civil Registration:CF-TCY
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-18-08 cn 18-2064 cr CF-T...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fraser Valley University, Abbotsford Airport

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    By February 1941

    Constructed as a L-18-08.

    13 February 1941

    To Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) with new c/r CF-TCY.
    Puchased to replace a Lockheed Super Electra that had originally commenced the trans-continental airmail service in 1939.

    From 1941 to 1947

    Was the flagship of the TCA fleet.

    March 1948

    To Department, Transport.

    And was converted to the Club Executive Model for use by Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, Cabinet Ministers, and visiting Heads of State.

    April 1958

    To Crown Assets Disposal Corp.

    December 1959

    To unknown owner.
    Owner in Winnipeg.

    1963


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: At Chicago Midway

    Circa 1967

    Abandoned.
    Found at Chicago Midway Airport, seized by Airport Authority, destined for scrap.

    1968

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Earl Reinert, Victory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL.
    The wings were removed for transport from Midway to Mundelein.

    1968

    To Victory Air Museum/Earl Reinert, Air Estates Inc Airport, Mundelein, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa 1969

    Markings Applied: ER V, BW409
    Painted to represent an RAF Hudson operating during WWII.

    12 August 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Victory Aircraft Museum, Mundelein, IL of a Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar

    24 May 1985


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at the Victory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL

    24 May 1985


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at the Victory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL

    24 May 1985


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at the Victory Air Museum, Mundelein, IL

    1986

    To Canadian Museum, Flight.

    1987

    Transported by ground.
    Placed on display at their Crescent Beach site.

    1996

    To Delta Heritage Air Park, Vancouver, BC.
    View the Location Dossier

    2007

    To Fraser Valley University, Abbotsford Airport.
    Transferred to the universtiy as a long term restoration project. The inention, when completed, is to display the airframe at the Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, BC.

    3 July 2012

    Spotted inside the Fraser Valley University hangar at Abbotsford Airport.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Canada.Com
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Noah Rechtin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=40479][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Lockheed L-18-08, c/n 18-2064, c/r CF-TCY[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=40479
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.