
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | "EP-RAJ" |
Aircraft Original Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou |
Aircraft Generic Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (C-7/AC-1/V-2) |
Aircraft Version: | De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou |
C/n (msn): | 52 |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Tehran - Mehrabad InternationalMap |
Country: | Iran |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: OIII IATA: THR Local: - Other: - |
Collection: | Tehran Aerospace Exhibition Center |
Photo Date: | 18 April 2019 |
Photo by: | Jonathan Verschuuren |
Photo ID: | 310354 |
Photo Comment |
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This is former C-7A 61-2388 that was used by the CIA in Iran for flights along and across the Soviet Union border under project Ibex. For quite a while, this aircraft was in the museum in its original colour scheme and carrying Iranian Air Force markings and serial 553. Unfortunately, by early 2008 it had been repainted in this terrible colourscheme, temporarily with registration "EP-RAJ", but now without any registration. The aircraft carries texts referring to the Hekmat Saba Insurance company, presumably because that company sponsored the recent paint job. This photo is copyright © Jonathan Verschuuren, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 December 2020, and has since been viewed 234 times. |