| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C-GYXC |
| Other Marks: | 42 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 580/AT |
| C/n (msn): | 507 |
| Operator Titles: | Conair Aviation |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | AbbotsfordMap |
| Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYXX IATA: YXX Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 6 August 2015 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 12317 |
| Photo Comment |
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A US Navy R4Y-2 to be 145966 but was one of six Samaritans that were cancelled before delivery. The aircraft went to General Motors November 1959 (N5124) and GM converted it to a CV-580 in 1960. Coming to Canada in 1996 and flying with Cypress Airlines (C-GTTE) before heading off to New Zealand (ZK-KSA) in 1997 and Australia (VH-PDV) in 2006. Conair bought the Convairliner and it returned to Canada in September 2009 to join their fire fighting fleet. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 September 2017, and has since been viewed 420 times. |