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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-188 / P-3 / CP-140
    Latest Model:L-188CF Electra
    Construction Number:2014
    Last Civil Registration:C-GIZU
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-188CF cn 2014 cr C-GIZU
    Latest Owner or Location:Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-188CF.

    17 February 1960

    First flight.

    25 February 1960

    To KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-LLG.
    Operated with markings: NEPTUNUS

    To unknown owner with c/r EI-CHY.

    From 1 April 1968 to Circa December 1968

    Leased to Martinair.

    21 January 1969

    To Universal Airlines with new c/r N857U (188C, 2014).

    May 1969

    Converted to a L-188CF.

    5 May 1972

    Leased to Saturn Airways.

    Leased to Transamerica Airlines.

    Circa 1980

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage at Marana, AZ.

    From 1984 to 1987

    Leased to Interstate Airlines.

    October 1987

    To Falcon Cargo Sweden with new c/r SE-IZU.

    27 April 1988


    Photographer: Paul Hooper

    16 March 1993

    To Hunting Cargo Airlines with new c/r G-FIZU.

    From 6 April 1993 to 19 May 1997

    To Hunting Cargo Airlines Ltd with new c/r G-FIZU.

    20 May 1997

    To Hunting Air Cargo with new c/r EI-CHY.

    From 23 December 1998 to 16 June 2004

    To Atlantic Air Transport Ltd keeping c/r G-FIZU.

    16 June 2004

    To Atlantic Airlines with new c/r G-FIZU.

    16 June 2004

    To Atlantic Airlines Ltd, Baginton, Coventry keeping c/r G-FIZU.

    3 July 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Noted on west side of Abbotsford Airport BC

    Circa 1 September 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for C-GIZU (188C, 2014) issued.

    To Abbotsford International Airport (West Side), Abbotsford, BC.
    View the Location Dossier

    1 September 2016

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT with new c/r C-GIZU.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
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     Terry Fletcher
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