Our resident Fokker F28 fire trainer was towed out behind the AC South hangar once again for YVRs annual emergency training exercise last week.

This Fokker F28 started out its life with Garuda Indonesia before migrating to North America where it saw service with Piedmont Airlines, US Air, Canadian Regional and finally Air Canada Regional. After retirement it sat at YVR before becoming the airports fire training aircraft. It usually lives hidden from view in behind the Ops building but today it got towed out for the emergency exercises planned for tomorrow.

This former Canadian Regional Airlines Fellowship was withdrawn from use in September 2001 and stored at Vancouver with the registration painted over. It was still there in much the same situation by 2012, but by 2014 it had been donated to the airport authorities for use as a training aid for the airport fire services. It was still present at the airport by mid 2018.

CF-CRZ was sold to the USA as N100MA January 1978. On 09 May 1980 this DC-3 aircraft was stolen by a mechanic and flown to South America. It was used in drug running and flown to a location near La Macarena, Meta, Colombia were it was set on fire by the crew after landing and unloading of marijuana.