| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N8500 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 580 |
| C/n (msn): | 202 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Marana - Pinal AirparkMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KMZJ IATA: MZJ Local: MZJ Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 11 May 1981 |
| Photo by: | Roger Syratt |
| Photo ID: | 558774 |
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This aircraft will be more familiar to many older enthusiasts as Forbes Magazine's N60FM "Capitalist Tool", but at the time of the photograph it was leased to the US Department of Energy. In February 1984 it was registered N30EG and from May 1998 to April 2005 it was parked with the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum at Reading, PA., until February 2006 when it was sold to Canada as C-GSKJ with the Province of Saskatchewan and converted as a fire bomber. However it saw little service as it was written off in a fatal crash during a training detail at La Ronge, SK. in May 2006. This photo is copyright © Roger Syratt, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 24 March 2023, and has since been viewed 211 times. |