World War II 44-35708, Air Spray acquired this Invader from Raytheon Manufacturing (who used it in missile development) in 1976. Converted to a firebomber, the aircraft was withdrawn circa 2004 when the A-26 fleet was stored at Red Deer, AB.

Built in 2001.

Settled on one of the helipads at Armstrong Fire Attack Base. Carrying Superior titles and the bombing number "10", contracted for the summer wildfire fighting season.

Ziets van Rhyn is showing his crop spraying skills.

Altair introduced jet service with F-28s in 1980. The airline ran out of cash while introducing DC-9s on longer flights in 1982 and declared bankruptcy in November. This F-28 was bought by Empire Airlines and it followed mergers into Piedmont Airlines and US Air. Sold to Horizon Air in 1998, it was withdrawn in 2002 and stored at Moses Lake, WA.

Opening day of the Grand Central Air Terminal. Parked behind are NC7118 (fleet number 6), NC5577 (4) and probably NC7119 (7). Maddux Air Lines started operations in Sep 1927, and merged into Transcontinental Air Transport (T-A-T) in Nov 1929. Photo by: John Underwood / Glendale Public Library

Arrived at Eelde on January 16, 2021. Ex. Purdue University, will be undergoing some modifications at Eelde and be put for sale on the private market.

Detail from same original as photo 304749. The Avro Cadets of Air Service Training have escorted the AW.28 Ensign prototype from Hamble to Coventry. G-ACNE is flanked by G-ACCL and by G-AEIR, which is a Type 643 Cadet II. Photo from: Central Press / Dan Shumaker collection

Departing from runway 24, Tanker 10 is off to another fire

Registration cancelled 2016

This is ex USAAF 44-35708, which also served with the French AF for a few years in the 1950s as 435708. It became N5530V in 1963 and was converted to On Mark Marketeer and later used by Raytheon's Missile Division. Air Spray acquired it in 1976 and they largely undid the Marketeer conversion when they configured it as an airtanker. When this photo was shot it had just been sold to the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, and it was delivered to their Hillsboro, OR base in Oct 2006. It became N26PJ in Mar 2007.

During my visit to Red Deer in September 2005, 13 recently retired A-26 firebomber aircraft were parked on the ramp and were for sale for $100,000 each.