Aircraft Photo of N800NC | De Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou | Greatland Air Cargo | AirHistory.net #694873
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N800NC
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (C-7/AC-1/V-2)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada C-7B Caribou
C/n (msn):98
Operator Titles:Greatland Air Cargo
Location
City / Airport:Palmer - Buddy Woods MunicipalMap
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: PAAQ   IATA: PAQ   Local: PAQ   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1997
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 694873
Photo Comment

Just flown in and parked on the ramp at Palmer for cargo handling. Carries on its nose and tail Greatland Air Cargo titles and advertising strapline "Making Tracks with your Freight", together with a caribou logo. Delivered new to the US Army in 1963 as a CV-2B, 62-4160. Converted to a C-7B in 1966. Transferred to the USAF in 1967 and served in Vietnam from Cam Ranh Bay. Withdrawn in 1983. Became N800NC with Newcal Aviation in 1985, transferring to Union Flights in 1986. Joined Greatland at Anchorage in 1995. Exported to the Phillipines in 2001 as RP-C2702.

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