| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | HB-GGA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 18 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 18 (C-45) |
| Aircraft Version: | Hamilton Turboliner |
| Manufacturers: | Beech / Hamilton |
| C/n (msn): | 4251 |
| Display Paint: | CIBA-Pilatus Aerial Spraying Company |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | SouthendMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGMC IATA: SEN Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 22 February 1979 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 865966 |
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Built at Wichita in 1943 as an SNB-2 for the US Navy, BuNo 12360 and remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5 around 1954. Sold in 1969 as N4846 and converted by Hamilton Aircraft to Hamilton Turboliner trigear at Tucson in 1970. To CIBA-Pilatus Aerial Spraying Co Ltd, Berne as HB-GGA in 1976 and used for locust spraying in Saudi Arabia and Sudan. Seen here during ferry flight back to the US, staging Southend-Stornoway-Reykjavik. Became N706M and w/o on 15th December 1992 when it crashed on take-off at Cleveland, OH due to elevator control rod left unconnected This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 November 2025, and has since been viewed 79 times. |