Aircraft Photo of C-FVFU | Grumman G-21A Goose | Forest Industries Flying Tankers | AirHistory.net #528767
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-FVFU
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-21 Goose
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-21/38/39 Goose
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-21A Goose
C/n (msn):B-101
Operator Titles:Forest Industries Flying Tankers
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Port Alberni - Sproat Lake Tanker Base Seaplane / HeliportMap
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: CAA9 / CBT9   Other: -
 
Photo Date:18 November 1985
Photo by:Kenneth I. Swartz
Photo ID: 528767
Photo Comment

Forest Industries Flying Tankers (FIFT) acquired the Grumman G-21A Goose (ex-Bu84806 and N62899) in April 1967 to support its water bomber operations using a pair of four-engine Martin Mars flying boats. Goose C-FVFS served with FIFT until 2000 and with its successor Flying Tankers Inc. until it was sold to Klaus Dieter Martin in Munich, Germany and ferried across the Atlantic in Nov. 2001 for use by European Seaplane Service in Croatia but was damaged when the gear collapsed in 2002. Registered to Victoria Aircraft Maintenance at CYYJ in Oct 2015 as C-FMXW. Cancelled/Exported in Nov. 2021.

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

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