Delivered to SAS as SE-CCF in 1957. Sold as N9734Z in 1962. Converted to a firebomber then to T&G Aviation in 1977. To Basaer Baquero Servicios Aereos as EC-889 in 1995. Reregistered as EC-GGC in 1996. Withdrawn from use at Cordoba, Spain in 2000. Preserved at Parque de Miraflores Cordoba from 2011.

Photo by Steve Kraus.

Delivered to SAS in 1957 a SE-CCF. Sold to the USA to become N9734Z in 1962. Changed hands between various leasing companies and operated by The Facilities Management Corporation and Stardusters Air Travel before being converted to a fire bomber in 1977 for operation by T & G Aviation as seen here, still wearing the basic Stardusters scheme. Sold in Spain to BASAER as EC-889 in 1995 and re-registered EC-GGC in 1996, it was stored at Cordoba airport in 2000 and preserved in the city at the Parque de Miraflores by 2011. Still present at time of upload.

T & G Aviation's tanker 32 getting ready for the 1982 fire season The airliner was originally Yngve Viking with SAS Scandinavian Airlines System delivered in 1957 (SE-CCF). Bought by aircraft broker Lee Mansdorf Company in 1962, it was registered N9734Z. Sergio Tomassoni (who formed T & G Aviation along with William Grantham in 1973) acquired N9734Z in 1976. Converted to a fire bomber in 1977, it was operated by T & G 1977 - 95. Registered in Spain to Basaer Baquero Servicios Aereos as EC- 889 (EC-GGC in 1996), it was stored at Cordoba airport in 2000 and later preserved in the city.

Doing engine-runs.

Several of T&G's fire bomber fleet were parked at Chandler/Memorial at the end of the 1980 season.