BASLER BT-67 (DC-3 TURBO DAK)
C-FTGX The 1944 vintage airframe arrived from Stockholm and is operated by Bell Geospace it was its way back to the USA having spent time in Finland on a Geophysical Survey. The aircraft was built by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1944 for the US military taking up serial 43-48508 before joining the Navy as 17266 in AUG 1944, by the mid 1960s it was sold into the civillian market and by the early 1970s was flying out of Alaska as N2566B by the late 70s it had changed hands once again and was registered N56KS
owned Kachemak Seafoods of Alaska before it was moth balled at Anchorage in Oct 1978. 1980 saw it fly for Sea Bear Air Transport still based in Alaska on the 2nd of June 1981 it was Substantially damaged in incident at Togiak Airport, Alaska the aircraft undershot the runway on final approach to land No fatalities. NTSB report ANC81DA061.
BASLER BT-67 (DC-3 TURBO DAK)
C-FTGX The 1944 vintage airframe arrived from Stockholm and is operated by Bell Geospace it was its way back to the USA having spent time in Finland on a Geophysical Survey. The aircraft was built by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1944 for the US military taking up serial 43-48508 before joining the Navy as 17266 in AUG 1944, by the mid 1960s it was sold into the civillian market and by the early 1970s was flying out of Alaska as N2566B by the late 70s it had changed hands once again and was registered N56KS
owned Kachemak Seafoods of Alaska before it was moth balled at Anchorage in Oct 1978. 1980 saw it fly for Sea Bear Air Transport still based in Alaska on the 2nd of June 1981 it was Substantially damaged in incident at Togiak Airport, Alaska the aircraft undershot the runway on final approach to land No fatalities. NTSB report ANC81DA061.