Douglas C-47 Skytrain, C-FQBI / 6179, Preserved
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Registration: C-FQBI
Construction Number: 6179
Code Number: CF-QBI
Model Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Operator: Preserved
Airport: Harbour Grace - Town, Canada - Newfoundland
Photographer: Neville Webb
Date Taken: 05/2007
Date Submitted: 22/07/2007
DC3 CF-QBI "The Spirit of Harbour Grace" This aircraft was made as a C47 in 1943 by Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa and served with the USAF in North Africa. At the end of the war the C47 was used as a cargo aircraft by Resort Airlines, then later by Leeward Aeronautical Service and Lake Central Airlines. In 1951 The aircraft was bought by a Canadian company and modified to DC3 standard by Douglas. From 1953 until 1977, CF-QBI was flown by Quebec Air. In 1977 Mr. Roger Pike bought the aircraft for use on cargo flights between Stephenville and Goose Bay. In 1983 Mr. Pike became owner of of Labrador Airways Ltd., and based CF-QBI at Goose Bay for mail and freight flights. CF-QBI was retired in 1988 and in 1993 the aircraft was presented to the Town of Harbour Grace. The aircraft stands in a small park area adjacent to the road and some eighty metres from the shoreline.
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