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Last Commercial Operation of the Hercules Division at Pacific Western Airlines.
Article by Stu Russell.
From pwareunion.com
On April 21, 1984, Pacific Western Airlines operated the final Hercules flight with aircraft CF-PWN from the Panarctic Oils base camp at Rea Point on Melville Island NWT (now Nunavut) to Edmonton International Airport. It was an historic event as the Hercules Division was another structural component that had built the airline.
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Fin #383 in Rea Point, NWT (now Nunavut) just before departure.
Left to right: First Officer Jim Semeniuk, Captain Roy Reaville, Project Manager Stu Russell, Second Officer Bill Webster, Maintenance Crew Chief Brent Kirkpatrick, Engineer Robin Bergdahl and Load Master Ron Howe.
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In Edmonton (YEG) after arrival.
Left to right: Project Manager Stu Russell; Second Officer Bill Webster; Engineer Robin Bergdahl; First Officer Jim Semeniuk; Captain Roy Reaville; Load Master Ron Howe; Manager Hercules & Resupply Al Philpott; Chief LM Vern Kuzio; Captain Rick Simons; Maintenance Crew Chief Brent Kirkpatrick.
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About the aircraft
Registration C-FPWN - Tail number 383 - MSN serial #4129
Born L100-10 L382B March 1966 Marietta, Georgia - Zambian Air Cargo
Operated by Pacific Western Airlines March 1969 - 21 April 1984 – with a couple of lease outs in Alaska in between.
Died as N9205T L100-20 L382F Nov 1989 Jamba, Angola - Tepper Aviation. |
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Last Telex Flight Times.
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