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Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter Since 1995

Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Since 1995

The world's oldest Learjet is on its way to its birthplace where a group of enthusiasts hopes to restore it to flying condition. The Classic Lear Jet Foundation found the first aircraft delivered by Bill Lear's upstart company. It was found intact but in need of restoration in Bartow, Florida.

Over a weekend it was disassembled and loaded on trailers for the trip to Wichita, where it will be rebuilt. A homecoming event was held February 28, 2023 at 4 p.m. at Global Aviation Technologies at Eisenhower National Airport. 

Learjet 23-003 was the third aircraft built by Lear's fledgling company and the first one to be delivered. The group tackling the restoration has deep ties to the plane and the history.

Source: AVWeb.com 

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Express newsletter by the Musee de l'aerospatiale du Quebec.

These three photos from the collection of Pierre Gillard.

Chrono Aviation is the first Canadian company to operate a Boeing 737-800SF. The freighter conversion was performed by KF Aerospace in Kelowna.

Registered C-GVZB, it is operated from Winnipeg where it made its first commercial flight on February 15, 2022. On 18 and 19 February 2022, it came to St. Hubert for the first time.

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During March, 2022 Boeing 737-229C registered C-GNRD of Nolinor came for maintenance at Saint-Hubert at the company's H18 facility.

Usually, this B-737, equipped with a cargo door, is operated from Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. The aircraft was scheduled to leave Saint Hubert on March 20, 2022, after the maintenance work was completed.

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Here is a scanned Kodachrome slide of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 C-GCPD of CP Air photographed in Amsterdam-Schiphol on February 27, 1981. This aircraft flew, among others, under the colours of World Airways (United States) and DAS Air Cargo (Uganda).

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