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The last flying B720 on its last flight - May 9, 2012

srgalahad

srgalahad

Charter Member 2022
The last flying B720 on its last flight. This Pratt & Whitney Canada test bed was used to test different type of engines. Engines could be installed on the nose or on a side pod (on the RH side of the fuselage). Seen here departing CYHU for CYTR were it will be displayed at the National Air Force Museum Of Canada.

http://airforcemuseum.ca/en/news/b720-comes-to-the-nafmc.html



http://flightaware.com/live/flight/PWC720/history/20120509/1614Z/CYHU/CYTR
http://www.flickr.com/photos/360photography/7171858694/in/photostream/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Prat...1907925/&sid=5fb5293ba04fb01cf96d2d9971c7e5bb
 
Used to see that bird flying up and down Lake Champlain all the time. Prat's new testbed bird is a 747 SP based at the old Platsburgh AFB in upstate NY, about an hour's drive south of St. Hubert where the 720 was based
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I visited the aircraft a number of times at the hangar at St.Hubert - a real fixture of the professional aviation industry in Montreal. Sad to see her go!


Mike
 
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