Beech C-45 Expeditor, CF-ZQE / CA-128, Royal Canadian Air Force
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Registration: CF-ZQE
Construction Number: CA-128
Code Number: 1528
Model Beech C-45 Expeditor
Operator: Royal Canadian Air Force
Airport: Winnipeg - International (YWG / CYWG), Canada - Manitoba
Photographer: Brian R Burrage
Date Taken: 19/06/2017
Date Submitted: 16/08/2017
Ex Winnipeg CAF base gate guardian marked as 1528. Stored awaiting a fresh restoration in a compound controlled by the military (17 Wing). There are several serial plates on this aircraft, a conglomeration of many parts assembled for display in 1992 (a significant date if you look at the history of CA-109). The fuselage forward bulkhead has the original Beech identity plate on it and shows Serial CA-109, Model 3NM, MFD 2-52. The fuselage rear door frame has a stainless steel plate with 'CF-ZQE / Canadian' on it. The port wing CA-125, the starboard wing CA-124, and the horizontal stabilizer CA-242. CF-ZQE was cancelled on 4 Feb 1980. Should this aircraft really be identified as CA-109? The problem is that CA-109 is flying around as C-GOJW! Note the Bolingbroke in the background; the forward fuselage of which is currently undergoing a slow restoration in a nearby building.
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