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    Airframe Family: Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander / Defender
    Latest Model:BN-2A-20 Islander
    Construction Number:770
    Last Civil Registration:N442S
    Compressed ID:Britten-Norman BN-2A-20 cn 770 cr N...
    Latest Owner or Location:Griffing Island Airlines Inc Sandusky OH

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    Dates

    Event

    1976

    Constructed as a BN-2A-20.

    May 1976

    To Aerovias de Valle with new c/r TI-AKD.

    To Skylink Airlines with new c/r C-GTOP.

    From Unknown to 1984

    To Tradewinds Aviation keeping c/r C-GTOP.

    27 November 1984

    To Venture Aviation Services keeping c/r C-GTOP.

    14 August 1986

    To Finley Forest Industries keeping c/r C-GTOP.

    From 9 July 1987 to 26 June 1996

    To Williston Lake Air Services keeping c/r C-GTOP.

    July 1996

    To Salmon Air, Salmon ID with new c/r N6865G.

    29 October 1997

    To Griffing Island Airlines Inc Sandusky OH with new c/r N442S.

    23 July 2016


    Photographer: Vince Horan
    Notes: At Port Clinton, OH
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