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Registration / Serial: | C-GYXL-X |
Aircraft Original Type: | Snow S-2 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Ayres S2R Thrush |
Aircraft Version: | Ayres S2R-600 Thrush |
C/n (msn): | 1630R |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Vancouver - InternationalMap |
Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYVR IATA: YVR Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | May 1983 |
Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
Photo ID: | 528297 |
Photo Comment |
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This Ayres S2R-600 Thrush, C-GYXL-X, was one of the first agricultural aircraft mounted on floats for aerial firefighting. The system was designed by inventor Paul Hajduk of Terr-Mar Aviation in Vancouver, BC in the 1983-1985 period when the aircraft was registered to Meridian Grain and Golden West Aviation and later carried "Seathrush Air Tanker' markings. Hajduk then converted a S2R-T34 Turbo Thrush, N40101, of Custom Farm Service into an air tanker on amphibious floats in 1987, and a S-2R-T660 Turbo Thrush in 2000. (The first rival AT-802AF Fire Boss amphibian entered service in BC in 2003) This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 December 2022, and has since been viewed 812 times. |