| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N552CG |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Cessna 550 Citation II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Cessna 550/551/552 Citation II/IISP/SII/Bravo (T-47) |
| Aircraft Version: | Cessna 550 Citation Bravo |
| C/n (msn): | 550-0659 / 659 |
| Operator Titles: | Coulson Group |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Palm Springs - Jacqueline Cochran RegionalMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KTRM IATA: TRM Local: TRM Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 29 October 2022 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 532970 |
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Coulson Timber of Port Alberni, BC entered the aviation business in the late 1980s when it bought a Sikorsky S-61N for heli-logging, then won S-61N firefighting contracts in the Canada, the US and Australia. In 2007, Coulson bought Flying Tankers' two Martin JMR Mars flying boats and won a USFS contract in the US. When the Mars contract was cancelled, Coulson started converting C-130Q/Hs and later Boeing 737-300s into air tankers. Four Cessna 550s with sensors retired by the US Customs & Border Protection are now used to support fire ops in the US and overseas, including N552CG, ex-N4614N. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 25 December 2022, and has since been viewed 291 times. |