| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C-FCPS |
| Fleet number: | 804 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-8 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 |
| C/n (msn): | 45929 / 367 |
| Operator Titles: | CP Air |
| Promotional Titles: | Skybus/Aerobus |
| Aircraft Name: | Empress of Sydney |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Vancouver - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYVR IATA: YVR Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | November 1979 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 43639 |
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CP Air's fourth DC-8-63, delivered June 16, 1968 and leased right away to Flying Tigers for a year (N624FT). Skybus service was a part of the 1970s fare wars with Air Canada on weekly flights from Toronto to Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. The aircraft was stored is Las Vegas in late 1982 until sold to Worldways Canada in early 1983. Registered to Aerolease Financial Group as N782AL December 28, 1990 and converted to a freighter. Leased to Air Transport International, the freighter crashed on a second take-off attempting a three engine ferry flight on February 16, 1995. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 February 2018, and has since been viewed 1119 times. |