Chair
Object
2002.12.1
Passenger seat
Wicker chair with metal frame that has front legs longer than the back legs. On the bottom of each leg a small square of metal used to be welded to chair leg, two remain. Seat belt made of what appears to be cotton webbing is attached to wire keepers on cross brace of frame below seat. Seat belt has a metal buckle that is hinged and has a snap closure.
Passenger seat from Ford Trimotor CF-AZB.
Used by White Pass Airways in their Ford Trimotor 10 passenger aircraft. Airplane flew from Whitehorse to Dawson, Burwash, etc. in 1936. The airplane was badly damaged while being pulled out of Hanger B at the Whitehorse airprt. The hanger door failed to open fully and caught the open door of teh plane - the airplane's tail came up, then dropped and broke the fuselage. This seat was left in the hanger - abandoned for a long time. Donor Lloyd Ryder "rescued" it and donated it to the museum.
Used by White Pass Airways in their Ford Trimotor 10 passenger aircraft. Airplane flew from Whitehorse to Dawson, Burwash, etc. in 1936. The airplane was badly damaged while being pulled out of Hanger B at the Whitehorse airprt. The hanger door failed to open fully and caught the open door of teh plane - the airplane's tail came up, then dropped and broke the fuselage. This seat was left in the hanger - abandoned for a long time. Donor Lloyd Ryder "rescued" it and donated it to the museum.