Released in 1995, this $20 sterling silver coin is the first release in the RCM's second aviation series, Powered Flight in Canada: Beyond World War II. Celebrate Canada's aviation heroes and their groundbreaking achievements.

This piece honors the Fleet 80 Canuck and the plane's designer J.Omer (Bob) Noury. 

The Design

The reverse features the a Fleet 80 Canuck along with a 24-karat gold plated cameo portrait of J.Omer (Bob) Noury. The obverse features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Dora de Pédery-Hunt.

The Fleet 80 Canuck 

As the Second World War drew to a close, aircraft manufacturers shifted their attention to peacetime commercial markets. In 1945, Fort Erie-based Fleet Aircraft Ltd. purchased the rights and prototype of the Noury N-75, designed by J. Omer (Bob) Noury. Renamed the Fleet 80 Canuck, 225 of these aircraft were built. Its side-by-side seating layout made the Canuck an ideal trainer airplane, and it also found frequent use as a utility transport in remote northern Canada.