Aircraft Photo of CF-QHY | Douglas C-47B Skytrain | AirHistory.net #835162
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:CF-QHY
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Skytrain
C/n (msn):26005/14560
Aircraft Name:Tree River
Location
City / Airport:SelkirkMap
Region / Country:Manitoba, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: CKL2   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 2005
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 835162
Photo Comment

Put out to grass temporarily at Selkirk Airfield, Manitoba. Still in the basic later colours of Plummer's Lodges, operated by Sioux Narrows Airways of Winnipeg, MB. Built for the USAAF in 1943 as 43-48744. Transferred to the RCAF as 977, then 12958. Became CF-QHY in 1972. Re-entered service in 2007 with FNT - First Nations Transportation. Registered for a second time to Sioux Narrows Airways in 2009. Withdrawn from use and put into storage at Oshkosh, WI. Registered to Basler Turbo Conversions in 2015 as N167TW.

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