Aircraft Photo of C-GHCA | Douglas DC-6B | Conair Aviation | AirHistory.net #339020
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-GHCA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):45197 / 753
Operator Titles:Conair Aviation
Location
City / Airport:Winnipeg - James Armstrong Richardson InternationalMap
Region / Country:Manitoba, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYWG   IATA: YWG   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:15 October 1974
Photo by:Tim Martin
Photo ID: 339020
Photo Comment

Built for Northwest Airlines in 1956 and later flew with Sterling Airways in Europe. Imported by Conair in 1974, it was one of a pair converted for pollution control where chemicals were pumped out of the large pipe in the tail. Oil spill dispersal in the Gulf of Mexico was what they worked on so here probably only for some maintenance related reason. Later converted for water dropping and cancelled in August 1994 after being scrapped at Abbotsford/BC.

This photo is copyright © Tim Martin, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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