Aircraft Photo of C-GPNR | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Buffalo Airways | AirHistory.net #260498
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-GPNR
Fleet number:2
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13333
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
Aircraft Name:Summer Wages
Location
City / Airport:YellowknifeMap
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYZF   IATA: YZF   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:21 April 2015
Photo by:Erik Sleutelberg
Photo ID: 260498
Photo Comment

Famous insigna on PNR's nose. "Summer Wages" was a country song about loggers blowing their income on entertainment, thought fit by 'Buffalo' Joe for this plane as he spent all his money converting it for civil use. The story behind the small door being dubbed 'hamburger door' is a lot less poetic: it is named after what a person would become when opening it with the engine running...

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