| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C-GIRL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman G-73 Mallard |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman G-73 Mallard |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-73 Mallard |
| C/n (msn): | J-53 |
| Operator Titles: | West Coast Air |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Vancouver - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYVR IATA: YVR Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 10 March 1976 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 529630 |
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This Grumman Mallard was delivered new to Copano Oil Co, Victoria, TX in June 1950 as N2983. It was registered to nine different companies in the US before imported by West Coast Air Services in Feb. 1974 as C-GIRL and mainly flew passengers to the pulp and paper town of Ocean Falls, 257 nm NW of YVR. West Coast Air was part of the Air BC merger in 1980, and C-GIRL flew out on the northern BC coast before its sale to the US in Aug 1984 as N2983. Operated by Virgin Is. Seaplane Shuttle as N2983 and N652SS (1985-89). To Caribbean Airline Service. Retired late 1990s in San Juan, PR. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 14 December 2022, and has since been viewed 238 times. |