Collection HDC - HS-2L Drawing Collection

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HS-2L Drawing Collection

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    CA ON00420 HDC

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    • Reproduced ca. 1970 (originally created 1917-1918) (Creation)

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    2911 technical drawings

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    Custodial history

    The drawings appear to have been gathered by the Museum as part of its project to salvage and reproduce HS-2L La Vigilance C-GAAC (1975.0754). It appears that John Elliot from the US Navy History Office arranged for the donation of about 60% of these drawings from another source to the Museum. It’s assumed that the remaining drawings were ordered from other sources. In 2018, Canada Aviation and Space Museum volunteers and staff sorted the collection, identifying duplicates, and creating a detailed inventory.

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    Collection consists of reproduced technical drawings of the Curtiss HS-2L flying boat. The original drawings were made by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation, Standard Aircraft Corporation, or Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation between 1917 and 1918. It is unclear when the reproductions were made, but assumed to have been ca. 1970 when the Museum was working on its reproduction of the aircraft. The drawings all have numbers and, as with most engineering drawings, this designation may have had a repeating logical pattern based on the subject’s relation to other parts of the aircraft or other drawings. For example, cockpit flooring drawings have similar numbers with only the third digit changing (i.e. 313263 Post Pilot’s Cockpit Flooring No.17 Right, 314263 Post Pilot’s Cockpit Flooring No.17 Left, 315263 Post Pilot’s Cockpit Flooring No.19 Right etc.). The drawings have been arranged sequentially by these numbers.

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    Some reproductions are faint and illegible in parts. Larger drawings have been stored folded and therefore have creases that are very fragile and liable to tear when handled. Drawings should be handled with care.

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        A detailed inventory by drawing number is available upon request. There is also a finding aid that shows the drawings grouped by main aircraft component. This finding aid is attached to the Archeion record and is also available upon request as a Word or PDF document.

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        Created by A. Torrance, 2021-01. French editing by Céline Mongeau, Larocque Linguistic Services, 2021-02.

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