This long-lived Electra was delivered to PSA in 1959 as N171PS. It was acquired by Evergreen International in 1979 and converted to a freighter, also being re-registered as N5539 (the second Electra to bear this registration, the first being msn 1080). In 1990 it moved to the UK for operation by Channel Express and in 1992 became G-CEXS. In 2003 it was sold to Air Spray in Canada, becoming C-GZCF, with a large underbelly tank for fire-fighting. On 22 June 2019, C-GZCF was substantially damaged in a belly landing at Red Deer, Alberta, when the landing-gear could not be lowered.

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