Aircraft Photo of CF-GEC | Grumman G-21A Goose | West Coast Air | AirHistory.net #505247
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:CF-GEC
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-21 Goose
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-21/38/39 Goose
Aircraft Version:Grumman G-21A Goose
C/n (msn):B-98
Operator Titles:West Coast Air
Location
City / Airport:Vancouver - InternationalMap
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYVR   IATA: YVR   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:January 1973 to January 1975
Photo by:Kenneth I. Swartz
Photo ID: 505247
Photo Comment

West Coast Air Services Grumman G-21A, CF-GEC, undergoing and engine change and painting in the company's old RCAF hangar at Vancouver Airport in about 1973-1974, based on the slide film I was using before switching to Kodachrome. This aircraft was later repainted in West Coast Air's new blue and white colours not long before struck an object and sank with no loss of life at Powell River, BC on 14 August 1978. I also photographed G-21A, CF-PVE outside the same West Coast Air hangar at YVR before it crashed in Nitinat Canyon, Mount Cooper, Vancouver Island on September 9, 1974.

This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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