Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 01-Sep-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 12-Dec-23.
Trans-Atlantic charters late 1960's, early 1970's... in an early short-range B727!!! I believe this was the 1st B727 registered in Canada.
Named: "Cy Becker".
CF-FUN was delivered to Wardair Canada in Apr-66. In Nov-66 it was leased to National Airlines as N4509 for the winter season, returning to Wardair as CF-FUN at the end of Mar-67. It was leased to Braniff Airways as N302BN in Apr-69 and returned to Wardair as CF-FUN in Mar-70.
The aircraft was sold to Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil, in May-73 as PP-CJI. It was retired in 1991 and stored at Rio de janeiro-Galeao. In Sep-92 it was sold to a leasing company, Dubarran SA, and leased to AVESCA Colombia as HK-3770X the same month.
It was converted to freight configuration with a main-deck cargo door in Dec-92. It was sub-leased to Transapei Colombia in Feb-94 and then sold to Aerocar Colombia in Aug-94.
Seized by the Colombian Government (something to do with drug running!), it was stored at Bogota, Colombia, in Apr-95. It was leased to SATENA (the airline of the Colombian Air Force) in Aug-95 and returned to the Colombian Government in Dec-96.
Now 30 years old it was stored at Bogota, Colombia. In Sep-97 it was repainted in fake Aviacion de Ejercito (Army Aviation) markings and became a restaurant inside the Colombian Army base at Bogota-El Dorado Airport, Colombia.
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