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Registration / Serial: | C-GFHB |
Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
Aircraft Version: | Convair 580 |
C/n (msn): | 38 |
Operator Titles: | Société d'Énergie de la Baie James / Quebecair |
Aircraft Name: | Sakami |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Montréal - Pierre Elliott Trudeau InternationalMap |
Region / Country: | Quebec, Canada |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYUL IATA: YUL Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | June 1985 |
Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
Photo ID: | 60637 |
Photo Comment |
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This 1953 Convair was built as a 340 for Delta Air Lines (N4802C). Bought by North Central Airlines in 1962, it was converted to a 580 in 1969. Bought by the James Bay Energy Corporation in 1976 for transportation to their giant hydro-electric project in Northern Quebec. Operated at first by Quebecair for the company, Inter-Quebec and Air Inuit took over as the aviation scene changed in Canada. Sold to the public utility Hydro-Québec in 1994, the airliner was withdrawn in 2001 and the registration cancelled at the end of that year. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 May 2018, and has since been viewed 665 times. |