Aircraft Photo of N5216R | Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar | Hawkins & Powers Aviation | AirHistory.net #459455
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N5216R
Fleet number:136
Aircraft Original Type:Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild C-119/R4Q Flying Boxcar
Aircraft Version:Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
C/n (msn):10956
Operator Titles:Hawkins & Powers Aviation
Location
City / Airport:Greybull - South Big Horn CountyMap
Region / Country:Wyoming, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KGEY   IATA: GEY   Local: GEY   Other: -
 
Photo Date:October 1991
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID: 459455
Photo Comment

K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as C-119F 22131 for RCAF, later converted to C-119G, struck of charge 1967. Aircraft International Associates N5216R 1971, Hawkins and Powers 1972, converted to Tanker 136, withdrawn 1987. Flown to Battle Mountain Aircraft Museum, NV around 1992, displayed there with a jet pod numbered "137". Registration cancelled 2012. Museum became defunct later, aircraft remained in store. Acquired 2019 by Rolling Boxcar Alaska, the Cockpit and fuselage will be mounted onto a bus chassis and used as a mobile museum, coffee bar and classroom. Dismantled for that purpose in 2020.

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