Note the insulation covers on engines and spinners to beat the cold start problem. Still active in 2020 as C-GGLE with South Nahanni Airways at Fort Simpson/NT. (See Photo ID: 80661).

After only two years in service the paint has come off the leading edge and forward fuselage though hard usage. In the spring on unpaved runways, the top inch or two melts first trapping water and creating muddy 'soup' which clings to the tires, as here. Last operator was City Express of Toronto and cancelled in January 1990 with remains in storage at St. Andrews/MB.

The FBA-2C which went up against the Cessna Skywagon and lost out, despite the handy back-door configuration for loading. One criticism is the lack of wing struts which makes dock handling difficult. Only 27 were built of which 9 survive in 2020 and this one crashed in 1974.

Operated by St. Andrews from 1971 to 1979 when it was retired and broken up for parts.