Aircraft Photo of C-FBCI | McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose | AirWest Airlines | AirHistory.net #541482
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-FBCI
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-21 Goose
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-21/38/39 Goose
Aircraft Version:McKinnon G-21G Turbo Goose
Manufacturers:Grumman / McKinnon
C/n (msn):1203
Operator Titles:AirWest Airlines
Location
City / Airport:Vancouver - InternationalMap
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYVR   IATA: YVR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:October 1978
Photo by:Gary Vincent
Photo ID: 541482
Photo Comment

US Navy Grumman JRF-5 Goose 87744 (cn B-138) served 1945 - 52. The US Department of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service flew it as N779 1954 - 64 before the the amphibian was converted to a McKinnon G-21C Turbo Goose (new cn 1203) and sold to the Government of British Columbia as CF-BCI. Airline service was next with Air West / Air BC 1973 - 84 before uprated engines changed the aircraft to a G-21G and the it was sold to Crown Forest Industries. To Peninsula Airways (PenAir) in 1991 as N660PA , it disappeared on a flight from Anderson Bay to Unalaska in Alaska on August 11, 1996.

This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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