Aircraft Photo of N8505A | Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar | AirHistory.net #462922
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N8505A
Military Code:076
Aircraft Original Type:Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild C-119/R4Q Flying Boxcar
Aircraft Version:Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar
Licence-built by:Kaiser-Frazer
C/n (msn):179
Location
City / Airport:Greybull - South Big Horn CountyMap
Region / Country:Wyoming, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KGEY   IATA: GEY   Local: GEY   Other: -
 
Photo Date:October 1992
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID: 462922
Photo Comment

K25 slide scan. Built 1954 by Kaiser-Frazer at Willow Run as C-119G 53-8076 for USAF, later converted to C-119L. Retired to MASDC 1975. Dross Metals N8505A 1979. To Alaska as Fish Hauler 1984 with various operators. Acquired by Hawkins and Powers 1992 and stored at Greybull. Still present 2021.

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