| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | N8022L |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Canadair C-4/C-5/DC-4M/C-54 North Star/Argonaut (CL-2/4/5) |
| Aircraft Version: | Canadair C-54GM North Star Mk1 (CL-2) |
| C/n (msn): | 121 |
| Operator Titles: | National Aeronautical Establishment - Etablissement Aeronautique National |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Tucson - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KTUS IATA: TUS Local: TUS Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1979 to September 1979 |
| Photo from: | René Buschmann Collection (via Joop de Groot) |
| Photo ID: | 539271 |
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Canadian AF 17514 was transferred to the Aeronautical Establishment as CF-SVP-X in 1965. Fitted with tailboom for magnetic survey gear, for mapping of the earth's magnetic field, and to develop submarine detection gear. Last operational flight as such on 8 May 1975. Offered for sale in November 1978, and sold to Aircraft Salvage of Dallas Inc. in February 1979. Became N8022L in August 1979 (registration in very small print on the tail in this photo). Alledgedly used for smuggling in the Caribbean during the early 1980s. Stored (possibly seized) at Great Inagua, Bahamas, and broken up there in the early 1980s. This photo was added on 15 January 2023, and has since been viewed 321 times. |