Aircraft Photo of C-FBCC | Beech Expeditor 3N | Wildcountry Airways | AirHistory.net #871201
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-FBCC
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 18
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 18 (C-45)
Aircraft Version:Beech Expeditor 3N
C/n (msn):A-603 / CA-3
Operator Titles:Wildcountry Airways
Aircraft Name:Northern Spirit
Location
City / Airport:Red LakeMap
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYRL   IATA: YRL   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1993
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 871201
Photo Comment

Parked in the back storage area behind Red Lake Airport Terminal. Delivered to the RCAF in 1951 as 1428. Retired and sold to the Government of British Columbia in 1960 as CF-BCC. After withdrawal in 1973, used as an instructional airframe at Selkirk College, BC. Reactivated in 1978 with Wild Country Airways as C-FBCC. Crashed in an overweight and incorrectly loaded takeoff at Red Lake, ON in November 1992. Remains later taken to Kuby's Aircraft Yard in Kenora, ON. Scrapped and registration cancelled by 2018.

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