One of our more ‘traveled’ DC-3s is C-GWIR.  Delivered to the 8th Air Force on April 13, 1943, it remained there until March 1960.  At this point, she moved to the French Air Force, which she was a member of until 1963.  Over the next 12 years, this airplane would be based in many different parts of the world.  C-GWIR moved to Algiers, Tucson AZ, Calgary AB, Winnipeg MB, and finally the NWT.  She was a valuable asset to NWT Air until 1981 when she moved to Buffalo Airways.  To this day, most of the markings in this aircraft are still in its original language - French.

A cold February morning

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