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C-FEBE getting a "lift" . . .

Photo: Tim Martin © 25 July 2018

C-FEBE waits for a "lift".

Photo: Ron Kosys © 23 August 2017 - Aird Archives

C-FEBE now in Harbour Air colours. f/n 218.

Photos: Rod Hall © 03 July 2015

C-FEBE in Westcoast Air livery.

Photo: David A. Montgomery © 06 June 2013 - Aird Archives

Photo: Ron Kosys © 05 June 2013 - Aird Archives

Photo: Paul den Ouden © 18 October 2011 - Aird Archives

Photos: John W. Olafson © 11 May 2009 - Aird Archives

C-FEBE on the water at Victoria inner harbour.

Photo: Brian Greenhalgh © 06 May 2010 - Aird Archives

C-FEBE taxiing on the Fraser.

Photo: Stephen S. Peck © 10 May 2009 - Aird Archives

C-FEBE heading out from Coal Harbour, Vancouver.

Photo: John W. Olafson © 11 May 2007 - Aird Archives

C-FEBE from Nanaimo, landing at Coal Harbour, Vancouver.

Photo: Neil Aird © October 2002 - Aird Archives

C-FEBE waiting at Vancouver's Coal Harbour base.

Photo: Damiano Gualdoni © June 1994 - Aird Archives

C-FEBE on a cloudy day.

Photo: Unknown photographer © Aird Archives

C-FEBE lifts off Coal Harbour, Vancouver.

Photo: Lenn Bayliss © June 1989 - Aird Archives

Photo: March Merry © Date unknown - Aird Archives

C-FEBE this time on the ramp at Vancouver Airport.

Photos: John Kimberley © November 1990 - Aird Archives

N99838 on the Soldotna gravel.

N99838 at Gillespie Field, Santee, California.

Test scan of negative (February 2021)

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53-7967 • N99838

C-FEBE

• 53-7967 US Army # 1508. L-20 No. 509. Command A-4. Delivered 08-Apr-1955. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.

• 53-7967 Stored at MASDC., Davis Monthan AFB., Arizona. 27-Mar-1972 to 10-Mar-1976. PCN (Product Control Number) HS 140.

Note: Purchased by El Cajon at the Davis Monthan auction sale on 29-Jan-1976 for $24,000 US. Total time 7,919.0 hours. Engine 5,813.0 hours. Sold as “providing no reasonable potential for normal certification”. Comment at sale included: old wings, wing data plates and average condition.

• N99838 El Cajon Flying Service, Santee, CA. Regd 10-Mar-1976.

• N99838 Michael R. Moll, Soldotna, AK. Aug-1979.

Accident: Bering River, AK. 20-Jun-1985. During takeoff aircraft was hit by gust of wind tipping left wing so that it struck water. The aircraft nosed over. Substantial damage to the aircraft and pilot uninjured.

• N99838 Chisum Flying Service, Inc., Anchorage, AK. Canx 16-Feb-1989.

• C-FEBE Kluane Airways Ltd., Whitehorse, YT. Regd 06-Apr-1989. Based Burwash Landing, BC.

• C-FEBE Baxter Aviation Ltd., Nanaimo, BC. Regd 16-Dec-1996.

• C-FEBE West Coast Air Ltd., Vancouver BC. Regd 17-May-2007. Canx 09-May-2008. Regd 21-May-2008, Canx 30-May-2008. Regd 30-May-2008. Canx 21-May-2010. Regd 04-Jun-2010. Canx 11-May-2012.

• C-FEBE Harbour Air, Richmond, BC. Regd 15-May-2012. f/n 218.

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