Showing posts with label Conair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conair. Show all posts

08 April 2026

Conair's C-GVFK

Conair's RJ85 Aerial Firefighter, C-GVFK "Hunter" (msn E2268, f/n 164), is ferrying back to YXX from BQB. It departed BQB on 02 April, and is making stops at AVV, BNE, HIR, MAJ, HNL, OAK, and YVR. Its stop at HNL is tonight.

11 November 2025

Conair's C-FFQF

Conair Aerial Firefighting's C-FFQF (msn 4315) is making its way from YXX to AVV for the Australian summer fire season deployment. This Dash8-Q400AT is making stops at OAK, HNL, MAJ, HIR, and BNE as FGD391. It's making its overnight stop at HNL tonight.

29 March 2025

Conair's C-GVFK

Conair's C-GVFK (msn E2268, f/n 164) is returning to its base at YXX, after its deployment for the Australian summer fire season. This RJ85 aerial firefighter is ferrying from BNE to YXX, via HIR, MAJ, HNL, and OAK. It's making an overnight stop at HNL tonight.

18 March 2025

Conair's C-FFQF

Conair's C-FFQF (msn 4315, f/n 391) is heading back to its base at YXX, following its assignment in Australia. This Dash8-402QAT is flying from ABX to YXX, via MEL, BNE, HIR, MAJ, HNL, and YVR, as FGD391. It will make an overnight stop at HNL tonight.

24 November 2024

Conair's C-FFQF

Conair's fire fighting Q402-AT, C-FFQF (msn 4315), will be making a stop at HNL from YXX, via OAK, as FGD391. This Q400 is making its way to Australia to assist in the Southern Hemisphere summer fire season.

18 October 2024

ConAir's C-GVFK

ConAir's Avro RJ85 fire fighting aircraft, C-GVFK (msn E2268) will be making a stop at HNL from YXX, via OAK. It's on its way Down Under for the Australian summer fire fighting season, wearing a new tail number, 164.

16 March 2024

Conair's C-FFQF

Conair's C-FFQF (msn 4135, t/n 391) is making its wayback to Canada after its firefighting deployment to Australia. This DHC-8-402 Q400-AT is flying from AVV to YXX, via BNE, HIR, MAJ, HNL, and OAK, as FGD391. It will make an overnight stop at HNL.

C-FFQF was here this past November, when it was on its way to Australia.

28 November 2023

Conair's C-FFQF

Conair Aerial Firefighting's Q400, C-FFQF (msn 4315, f/n 391), is making its trip down to Australia from its base at YYX. Flying as FGD391, it's making stops at OAK, HNL, MAJ, and HIR.

4315's History:
Jly 2010: Delivered to HM-Heli Malongo Airways as D2-EUP, under lease from Aviatrade Belgium.
Aug 2019: Acquired by Conair Aerial Firefighting, converted to a water bomber, and assigned as 540.

28 September 2023

ConAir's C-GVFK

ConAir's C-GVFK (msn E2268, t/n 391) is making its trip from YYX to BNE for their Australian summer fire season deployment. This RJ85 is making stops at OAK, HNL, and MAJ along the way. It arrived from OAK this afternoon, and should overnight at HNL.

24 March 2022

ConAir's C-GVFT

ConAir's Avro RJ85, C-GVFT 166 (msn E2253), is returning to its base at YXX, after it's Australian summer season is over. It's ferrying from DBO to YXX, via CNS, GUM, MAJ, HNL, OAK, and YVR.

20 March 2022

ConAir's C-GVFK

ConAir is ferrying C-GVFK (msn E2268) from CNS to YXX, via GUM, MAJ, and HNL, as it returns to Canada from the Australian summer firefighting assignment. This Avro RJ85 is now wearing the tail number 391.

09 October 2021

Con-Air's C-GVFT

Con-Air is ferrying C-GVFT (msn E2253, f/n 566) from YXX to DBO, via OAK, HNL, MAJ, GUM, and CNS, for the Australian summer fire fighting season. This Avro RJ85 is flying as FGD566.

22 August 2021

Con-Air's C-FFQE

Con-Air Aerial Firefighting's Dash8-Q400MR, C-FFQE (msn 4325, f/n 141), is ferrying from YXX to BDB for Australia's summer fire season. It arrived from YXX yesterday as FGD141.

24 December 2020

Con-Air's C-FFQE

Con-Air Aerial Firefighting's Dash8-Q400MR, C-FFQE (msn 4325, f/n 141), is returning to its YXX base.  It's making its way from BDB, via CNS, GUM, HNL, and OAK as FGD141. It arrived at HNL late last night.

21 November 2020

Conair's C-GVFK

Conair's C-GVFK (s/n E2268, l/n 391) is making it's annual trip South for the Australian Summer Fire season.

22 September 2020

Conair's C-GVFT

Conair is ferrying C-GVFT (msn E2253) from its base at Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada [YXX] to Australia for its summer firefighting season. This RJ85 arrived from OAK yesterday afternoon. It will continue onto MAJ, HIR, BNE, and DBO [Dubbo City Airport, Dubbo, Australia].

21 August 2020

ConAir's C-FFQE



ConAir's Dash8-Q402, C-FFQE (msn 4325), is making a positioning flight from YXX to BDB [Bundaberg, Australia], via OAK, HNL, MAJ, HIR, and BNE. It arrived here from OAK this afternoon.

4325 was originally delivered to HM - Heli Malongo Airways, leased from Aviatrade Belgium in January 2011 as D2-EUR, until July 2019. It was acquired by ConAir as C-FFQE earlier this year, and converted to fire bomber.



12 March 2018

ConAir's C-GVFK

ConAir's RJ85 firebomber, C-GVFK (msn E2268), has made a stop at HNL this evening, as it returns to Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada from it summer firefighting assignment in Australia.

30 November 2017

ConAir's C-GVFK

ConAir's Avro RJ85 Firebomber C-GVFK (msn E2268) has made a stop at HNL en route to its summer forest firefighting assignment base in AVV [Avalon, Victoria, Australia], from YXX [Abbotsford, BC] via OAK, HNL, MAJ, and HIR.

25 March 2017

Conair's C-GVFK Returns

After another Summer Fire Season in Australia, Conair's C-GVFK (s/n E2268, l/n 391) is flying back to home base Abbotsford (CYXX/YXX) in Canada. The RJ-85 flew in from it's Summer base of Avalon (YMAV/AVV), in Victoria, Australia via Brisbane (YBBN/BNE),  Honiara International (AGGH/HIR, former Henderson Field) in the Solomon Islands, and Marshall Islands International (PKMJ/MAJ) before landing last night in Honolulu.