Aircraft Photo of N3559 | Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	N3559
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):	10870

Location
City / Airport:	Greybull - South Big Horn CountyMap
Region / Country:	Wyoming, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KGEY IATA: GEY Local: GEY Other: -

Photo Date:	July 1990
Photo by:	David A. Montgomery
Photo ID:	645489

Photo Comment
In open storage at the Greybull base of Hawkins & Powers Aviation, still carrying the basic colours of the RCAF where it was in active service from 1953 until 1965. Tanked by H & P and certificated as N3559 "137" in 1975 with roof mounted jet pack added. Following the structural failure and mid-air breakup of one of their C-119Gs during a fire attack in California in 1987, H&P grounded their entire fleet of the type. Traded to the USAF Museum in 1991 and put on display, in period USAF configuration and colours, at the AMC Museum at Dover AFB, Delaware. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 22 January 2024, and has since been viewed 106 times.

Photo Comment

In open storage at the Greybull base of Hawkins & Powers Aviation, still carrying the basic colours of the RCAF where it was in active service from 1953 until 1965. Tanked by H & P and certificated as N3559 "137" in 1975 with roof mounted jet pack added. Following the structural failure and mid-air breakup of one of their C-119Gs during a fire attack in California in 1987, H&P grounded their entire fleet of the type. Traded to the USAF Museum in 1991 and put on display, in period USAF configuration and colours, at the AMC Museum at Dover AFB, Delaware.

It was added on 22 January 2024, and has since been viewed 106 times.

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