Pictured shortly after it was registered in Ireland. It had arrived a few days earlier as SE-KBR of Malmo Aviation and subsequently had Iona National & DHL titles applied.

Built for Piedmont as N701U in 1966 but retained by Fairchild Hiller as N2735R for FH-227B & D development and certification. Converted to a freighter for Nordair as CF-NAK in 1972, The aircraft is pictured after the multiple mergers of Pacific Western and Canadian Pacific Airlines (who had recently acquired Eastern Provincian Airlines and Nordair). The registration was cancelled in January 1988 after delivery of the aircraft to Malmö Aviation as SE-KBR. It was last with Iona National Airways as EI-CAZ operating for DHL from 1991-3.

Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1966 for Piedmont but retained by Fairchild Hiller for development of cargo door installation. Delivered 1972 as CF-NAK to Nordair, merged into CP Air 1986 and Canadian Airlines 1987 as C-FNAK but not used. Malmoe Aviation SE-KBR 1987, Iona National Airways EI-CAZ 1991 operating for DHL keeping the Malmoe tail logo. Withdrawn Norwich 1993 and finally scrapped 2008.

Presumably on a sales visit to try and convince local cash-strapped operators to give up the C-46 and C-47 for one of these. That was never going to happen so instead it went to Columbia, Mexico and finally Nigeria in 2003.

Originally built for Piedmont in 1966, but Fairchild Hiller needed an aircraft to develop the FH-227B and later the FH-227D and arranged for Piedmont to reschedule. In 1972 a large cargo door was installed and it went to Nordair. Later it flew for DHL in Europe and was WFU at Norwich/UK in March 1993 as EI-CAZ.

Withdrawn from use at Norwich in 1993 and eventually broken up there in 2008.

Operated by Iona National Airways from 21 September 1991 until it was stored at Norwich