218a. 9301 Grumman CSR-110(SA-16A) Albatross Royal Canadian Air Force YYF 15MAY67
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 22-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 06-Aug-23.
Taken at Penticton, BC, Canada.
Originally allocated the United States Air Force serial 60-9301, this aircraft was transferred the Royal Canadian Air Force and delivered direct from Grumman Aircraft serialled 9301 in 1960.
It was withdrawn from service in 1970 and stored before being returned to Grumman Aircraft as N9425 in 1971.
It was sold to the Armada de Chile (Chilean Navy) serialled 572 (or 251 ?) in 1972 It was written off on 01-Nov-73.
Note: The aircraft was operating in a mountainous region of Chile, near Quilpe and suffered an engine failure. It was unable to climb high enough to clear the surrounding terrain en-route to the coast and impacted a mountain side. Three of the six crew were killed.
218a. 9301 Grumman CSR-110(SA-16A) Albatross Royal Canadian Air Force YYF 15MAY67
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 22-Mar-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 06-Aug-23.
Taken at Penticton, BC, Canada.
Originally allocated the United States Air Force serial 60-9301, this aircraft was transferred the Royal Canadian Air Force and delivered direct from Grumman Aircraft serialled 9301 in 1960.
It was withdrawn from service in 1970 and stored before being returned to Grumman Aircraft as N9425 in 1971.
It was sold to the Armada de Chile (Chilean Navy) serialled 572 (or 251 ?) in 1972 It was written off on 01-Nov-73.
Note: The aircraft was operating in a mountainous region of Chile, near Quilpe and suffered an engine failure. It was unable to climb high enough to clear the surrounding terrain en-route to the coast and impacted a mountain side. Three of the six crew were killed.