Former USAF 53-4327. Damaged in an accident near Chico, CA in 1975 and stored there. Cancelled from the register and to El Dorado Aircraft Suppies, Rosamond, Palmdale, CA in 2013.

N9701F made an epic journey to Australia in 1974 delivering a Bell 205. It was an exercise that was not repeated. Peter Ricketts photo

At the time this rare Packet (delivered to the USAF in 1948 as 45-57814) was used by Northern Pacific Transport to haul cargo (mainly fish) all through Alaska. It flew with TWA from 1956 to 1972, and the remnants of their livery are still visible on the fin and fuselage. Also visible are faded "Briles" titles, from its time with Briles Wing & Helicopter during the mid 1970s. In 1992 it was sold and flown to Greybull, WY, where it survived as the world's only flying Packet. In 2006 the Hagerstown Aviation Museum bought it, and the delivery flight to the museum on 15 October 2006 was the last ever flight of a Fairchild C-82 Packet worldwide.