| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | CF-FFA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 1886 |
| Operator Titles: | The Flying Fireman |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Victoria - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | British Columbia, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYYJ IATA: YYJ Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 8 May 1979 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 529897 |
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The Flying Fireman was formed in Victoria (by Alex Davidson and Bill Harrison) to operate two PBY-5s water bombers out of Prince George (CF-NTL and N609FF) in 1965 and 1966. By 1973, BC was fully committed to land-based retardant air tankers but continued to use PBYs on a casual basis, and Flying Fireman found work elsewhere in Canada and the US. This PBY-5 served with the US Navy as BuNo 46522 and became N5585V. Imported to Canada in 1972 and operated as tanker #7 and #777. January 1990 to Erickson Group Ltd in Oregon as N2172N. To Erickson Aircraft Collection in 2012 and Avenger LLC in 2016. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 December 2022, and has since been viewed 596 times. |