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Engine test run on this powerful airplane. It can be ready for take-off three minutes after a cold start, yet has a firefighting mission endurance of four hours. On the nose is the logo of Alberta Wildfire Management - Air Attack, in the form of the province's outline.

Tanker 485 leaving runway 16 after a test flight during the pre-season maintenance program.

Tanker 85 being readied for its long winter storage.

Built for Eastern Air Lines in 1959, imported in 2002 and registered to Air Spray at Red Deer/AB in 2023.

This former Eastern Airlines Electra flew in Canada in the 80s with Northwest Territorial Airways registered C-FNWY. It returned in August 2002 when Airspray converted it to an aerial tanker for fire fighting. Put on the register March 26, 2003 after conversion it is current at the time of uploading. Air Spray names their Electra tanker conversion the "Long Liner".

Sitting pretty at Red Deer in basic Renown colors

Delivered new to Eastern AL in February 1959 as N5524. Converted to belly tank equipped airtanker by Air Spray by 2008. Air Spray calls their Electra airtanker conversion the "Long Liner", as proudly shown on the forward fuselage.