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C-GZBR Springtime at Ignace.

Photos: John Henderson © 13 May 2023 - Aird Archives

C-GZBR ready for another winter.

Photo: Rich Hulina © 21 October 2018 - Aird Archives

C-GZBR at home base, Ignace, Ontario

Photo: Marcel Fluet-Lecerf © 13 July 2009 - Aird Archives

Photos: Neil Aird © 30 September 2003

Photo: Rich Hulina's classic shot © May 1992 - Aird Archives

C-GZBR heads out with an external load.

Photo: Rich Hulina © Lenn Bayliss Collection - Aird Archives

C-GZBR parked up at Ignace.

Photo: Rich Hulina © Michael J. Ody Collection - Aird Archives

C-GZBR at Mackenzie.

Photo: Paul Hawkins © Date unknown - Aird Archives

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57-6167 • N47032

C-GZBR

• 57-6167 US Army # 1837. L-20 No. 838. Command A-14. Delivered 30-Oct-1958. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

• 57-6167 Stored at MASDC., Davis Monthan AFB., AZ. 21-Jun-1972 to 13-May-1975. PCN (Product Control Number) HS172.

Accident: Las Vegas, 14-May-1975. Aircraft ground looped on landing. Tail wheel caught runway lighting hole and landing gear collapsed. Aircraft substantially damaged. Pilot uninjured. Date of incident ties in with removal date from Davis Monthan and accident report states aircraft on misc. ferry flight.NTSB report DEN75DQA40.

• N47032 School of Bible & Music, Grand Rapids, MN. Regd 06-Oct-1975. Canx 10-Oct-1978.

Note: Used as a ground instruction airframe with School of Bible & Music.

• C-GZBR Imported into Canada. Regd 10-Oct-1978.

• C-GZBR Allen Airways Ltd., Sioux Lookout, ON. On CCAR at May-1981. Canx 01-Jun-1982.

• C-GZBR William A Ferring, Armstrong, ON. Canx 29-Apr-1988.

• C-GZBR Ignace Airways Ltd., Ignace, ON. Regd 29-Apr-1988.

• C-GZBR Ignace Airways (1996) Ltd., Ignace, ON. Regd 29-Apr-1988 and 08-Feb-1999. Canx 22-Aug-2002. Re-regd 17-Mar-2003 and 19-Mar-2003.

Note: Currently operates on floats with ventral fin. Has Kenmore rectangular windows and upper air induction.

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