Entered service in 1958 with United Airlines as "Mainliner Lincoln". Still in the basic colours of Ports of Call Travel Club with whom it served 1967-1975. Transferred from TBM Inc to Butler Aircraft in 1982 for use as a fire bomber. Seen here as "Tanker 66", at Butler's headquarters base, Robert's Field, Redmond, Oregon. Subsequently continued in active operation with Erikson Aero Tanker.
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