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    Airframe Family: Canadair CL-215 / CL-415
    Latest Model:CL-215-1A10
    Construction Number:1082
    Last Civil Registration:N417BT
    Compressed ID:Canadair CL-215-1A10 cn 1082 cr N41...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bridger Air Tanker 2 Llc, Belgrade, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    1985

    Constructed as a CL-215-1A10.

    December 1985

    To Ministry of Natural Resources Province of Ontario, Sault Ste Marie, ON with new c/r C-GENU.

    20 July 1986


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: C-GENU at Dryden Ontario on 20Jul86 One of several Canadair water bombers bought buy the Federal Government and loaned out to provinces. This one later passed into Ontario MNR ownership then was exported to the USA in 2001 as N263NR.

    Operated as fire service #263.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: C-GENU - CL-215 - Province of Ontario in August 1993

    Circa 20 April 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for C-GENU (CL215 1A10, ?1082) issued.

    20 March 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR263NR (CL215 1A10, 1082) issued.

    20 March 2001

    To Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Grand Rapids, MN with new c/r N263NR.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Kingman Airport, Kingman, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 April 2015

    To Aircraft Marketing and Leasing Llc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N263NR.

    2 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino, California.

    2 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino, California.

    3 June 2016

    Civil registration, N263NR, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    22 August 2016

    To 1971809 Alberta Inc, North Saanich, BC with new c/r C-GFBF.

    27 February 2017

    To Longview Aviation Asset Management Inc, North Saanich, BC keeping c/r C-GFBF.

    26 September 2018

    To Longview Aviation Services Inc, Calgary, AB keeping c/r C-GFBF.

    13 August 2020

    To Bridger Air Tanker 2 Llc, Belgrade, MT with new c/r N417BT.

    14 August 2020

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR417BT (CL-215-6B11(CL-215T), 1082) issued.

    19 June 2022


    Photographer: Kenneth Phalp
    Notes: Plane was flying over my house on way to the Mesa/Gateway airport. Mesa/Gateway seems to be the local hub for the planes fighting the AZ wildfires. Plane has markings for Bridger Aerospace.

    19 June 2022


    Photographer: Kenneth Phalp
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