
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | CF-MUE |
Fleet number: | 18 |
Other Marks: | 618 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman TBF Avenger |
Aircraft Generic Type: | General Motors TBM Avenger |
Aircraft Version: | General Motors TBM-3/AT Avenger |
C/n (msn): | 4331 |
Operator Titles: | Conair Aviation |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | AbbotsfordMap |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYXX IATA: YXX Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 6 July 1975 |
Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
Photo ID: | 505237 |
Photo Comment |
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Skyway Air Services of Langley, BC first acquired Grumman TBM-3s in the 1960s for spraying and fire fighting. The fire fighting division was spun off as Conair Aviation in April 1969 with a fleet of ex-RCN and US Navy single-engine Grumman Avengers which were later sold to Forest Protection in New Brunswick. Avenger CF-MUE/618 was photographed being washed at the BC Forest Service tanker base north of the Conair hangars at Abbotsford on July after attacking a receives a wash after a mission on July 6, 1975. It was exported to the USA as N40402 in 2001. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 October 2022, and has since been viewed 346 times. |