347. CF-FUN Boeing 727-11 Wardair Canada MAN 18JUN70

            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.

Taken on: June 18, 1970

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