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    Airframe Family: Canadair CL-215 / CL-415
    Latest Model:CL-215-6B11
    Construction Number:1086
    Last Civil Registration:C-GFSL
    Compressed ID:Canadair CL-215-6B11 cn 1086 cr C-G...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Spray (1967) Ltd, Penhold, AB

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    Dates

    Event

    1986

    Constructed as a CL-215-1A10.

    Operated as fire service #202.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GFSL.

    Conair.

    1986

    Assigned civil registration: C-GFSL

    29 May 1986

    To Government of Canada, Department of Transport, Red Deer, AB.

    22 January 1997

    To Province of Alberta, Air Transportation Services, Edmonton, AB.

    31 March 2000

    To Air Spray 1967 Ltd, Edmonton, AB.

    20 April 2001

    To Conair Group Inc (Conair Aviation), Abbotsford, BC.

    5 May 2006

    To Conair Group Inc (Conair Aviation), Abbotsford, BC with new c/r C-GFSL.

    7 April 2011


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2011 photo at Abbotsford BC - This CL-215 water bomber has been converted from piston to turbine power at the Conair facility. The rudder has been repainted in the new Alberta provincial livery with the rest still a mish-mash of old paint and new metal.

    By 16 May 2011

    Converted to a CL-215-6B11.

    16 May 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GFSL.

    16 May 2011

    To Conair Group Inc (Conair Aviation), Abbotsford, BC.

    21 May 2014


    Photographer: Murray Lundberg
    Notes: At Whitehorse, Yukon, en route to Alaska to help fight the Funny River fire.

    11 April 2023

    To Air Spray (1967) Ltd, Penhold, AB keeping c/r C-GFSL.
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