| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N79906 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman G-44 Widgeon |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman G-44 Widgeon (J4F) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman G-44 Widgeon |
| C/n (msn): | 1327 |
| Operator Titles: | Sky Trekking Alaska |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / SeaplaneMap |
| Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: PALH IATA: - Local: LHD Other: - |
| Photo Date: | July 1997 |
| Photo by: | David A. Montgomery |
| Photo ID: | 845897 |
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Built in 1943 and joined the US Navy as a J4F-2, 32973. Transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1946. Further transferred in 1950 to the US Dept of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service as N725 following civil conversion. Reworked as Super Widgeon N79906 by Sea Airmotive at Anchorage AK in 1957. Served in Alaska with Cordova Airlines 1959-68, with Kenai Floatplane Serviice 1968-1985, then with private owners, finally at Wasilla 1997-2003. Exported to Canada in 2003 as C-FBCP. Re-registered in Michigan as N10BQ in 2023. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 September 2025, and has since been viewed 50 times. |