C-GHZI "Tanker 484" after Test-Flight. The Air Tanker-STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) included a change in minimum crew from 3 to 2 - the basic flight-engineer`s tasks (Cabin Pressurization, Air Conditioning configuration, etc.) are no longer required since Airspray operates the Electra with unpressurized cabin. When still with Reeve Aleutian Airways the aircraft once made a crash landing in Aruba when most propably no. 4 Reduction Gearbox failed, causing prop no. 4 to disintegrate and strike into eng. 3. After some heavy structural repairs the A/C re-entered service and determines the backbone of Air Spray`s Tanker-Fleet. (mehr von C-GHZI)
N340HA MSN 1109 started its life 1959 with PSA as N172PS. Now, after 11 years in storage at YIP and a 2 1/2 hours ferry-flight to Keystone Airpark the airframe is undergoing some major checks and will re-enter service later this year. Dedicated to Don, Tom and Ed (mehr von N340HA)