Civilian Aviation

It's fire season in British Columbia and Conair is doing their best to combat it.

They are a large forest fire fighting company based in Abbotsford, B.C., Canada and have their aircraft spread
across North America. They have kept some back to fight local fires as they are doing today. They return to base
for fuel and to fill up with retardant and then head out again.

Over the last two days I have been able to grab a few shots that I thought I'd share here.

C-FKFB 1953 Convair 340-31




C-GYBP 1978 Cessna 180K Skywagon




C-FFKF Convair 340-31




C-FYYJ 1961 Lockheed 188A Electra




C-FLXT 1962 Lockheed 188C Electra-2



Thanks for lookin'...................

Nice shots. It's lovely to see something a bit unusual on here. That's not a Cessna 180K Skywagon, it's an Air Tractor AT-802A. Probably a typo on the reg and it should be C-GBPY.

Oz.

TheMightyOz wrote:Nice shots. It's lovely to see something a bit unusual on here. That's not a Cessna 180K Skywagon, it's an Air Tractor AT-802A. Probably a typo on the reg and it should be C-GBPY.

Oz.

Appreciate the feedback.

C-GBPY is #98 so that isn't the one. The one I posted is #99 on the tail. They are quite busy with a few of these so with any luck I'll get it again.

Cracking photos, superb subjects! Even better for the blue sky, the mountains, and of course the smoke

very nice, as said good to see something a bit out of the norm, also nice to see the electra,s still working

I used to love seeing the Electras flying out of coventry but they have all gone to Buffalo airways in canada now so we will never see them again

Cracking set! The last one wins for me. Sadly nothing moved here when I visited a few months back :-( Still nice to see all those old beasts parked up.