Aircraft Photo of N9688G | Cessna U206F Stationair | Evergreen Helicopters | AirHistory.net #525663
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N9688G
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna 206 Super Skywagon
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna 206 Super Skywagon/Super Skylane/Stationair 6
Aircraft Version:Cessna U206F Stationair
C/n (msn):U20601888
Operator Titles:Evergreen Helicopters
Location
City / Airport:Galveston - Scholes Field InternationalMap
Region / Country:Texas, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KGLS   IATA: GLS   Local: GLS   Other: -
 
Photo Date:15 January 1985
Photo by:Kenneth I. Swartz
Photo ID: 525663
Photo Comment

This Cessna U206F Stationair was used by Evergreen Helicopters in 1985 for logistics support and seen outside the company's offshore oil and gas support hangar at Galveston Airport. It was based in west Africa from 1987 until at least 1994 supporting Evergreen's contract with the World Health Program (WHO/OMS) which used 12 MD500 helicopters and three Turbo Thrushes to spray larvicide in rivers to kill the parasitic worm that caused the disease ONCHO (Onchocerciasis or river blindness). This Cessna is now preserved at the Evergreen Air Museum in McMinnville, OR in its WHO/ONCHO markings.

This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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