KF Cargo
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| IATA code : | FK |
| ICAO code : | KFA |
| Call sign : | FLIGHTCRAFT |
| Founding: | 1970 (as Kelowna Flightcraft) |
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Kelowna , Canada
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| Home airport : | Toronto Pearson Airport |
| Fleet size: | 9 |
| Aims: | National and international |
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KF Cargo is a Canadian cargo airline based in Kelowna , British Columbia . It was founded in 1970 under the name Kelowna Flightcraft .
history
Went as the main contracts with Canada Post and Purolator lost, the home airport of was Kelowna Airport on the Toronto-Pearson moved and as a result, in May 2015, the long-standing company name in KF Cargo changed.
In addition to its flight operations, Kelowna Flightcraft also became known for a major redesign of the Convair CV-340. In this version called CV-5800 , the fuselage was stretched by 5.05 m to 29.18 m in length, turboprop engines with 4600 SHP and a larger cargo door as well as digital avionics including electronic flight instrument system screens were installed. The first flight took place on February 11, 1992. A total of six CV-5800s were built.
fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2020, KF Cargo owns nine aircraft:
| Aircraft type | number | Mark | Remarks |
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| Beechcraft Model 60 | 1 | ||
| Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier | 2 | ||
| Cessna 180 | 1 | ||
| Convair CV-340 | 5 | C-GKFF, C-GKFG, C-GKFU, C-GKFS, C-FKFZ | modified to the Convair CV-5800 |
| total | 9 |
Previously deployed aircraft
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Kelowna Flightcraft previously used u. a. the following aircraft types:
- Aero Commander 680
- Beechcraft 65-80 Queen Air
- Beechcraft Premier I.
- Boeing 727
- Boeing 737-200
- Cessna 310
- Convair CV-340
- Convair CV-440
- Convair CV-580
- Convair CV-5800
- Douglas DC-3 / C-47
- Douglas DC-6
- Fairchild F-27
- Grumman Gulfstream I.
- IAI 1123 west wind
- IAI 1125 Astra
- Mitsubishi MU-2
- Piper PA-31 Navajo
- Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III
- Rockwell Jet Commander 1121
Incidents
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The company recorded three incidents in its history in which the aircraft had to be written off, two of which were fatal:
- On September 7, 1976, a fire broke out in the toilet of a Douglas C-47 ( registration number C-GKFC). The aircraft was able to make an emergency landing in a field and none of the 26 people on board the C-47 were harmed. However, the machine was destroyed by the fire.
- On July 9, 1981, a Howard 500 (registration number C-GKFN) with a crew of three on board had an accident while taking off at Toronto-Pearson Airport. All three inmates were killed. The center of gravity was probably too far back, caused by the cargo of different sizes and weights and the change in center of gravity when retracting the landing gear .
- On January 13, 1999, a Douglas DC-3 (registration number C-GWUG) with two men on board had an accident en route from Vancouver to Victoria . Contrary to the legal rules of Transport Canada, the flight was carried out as a visual flight at night. Nobody survived the accident.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ch-aviation: Kelowna Flightcraft set to rebrand its cargo operation (English), accessed on August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Ch-aviation : Fleet (English), accessed on August 9, 2016
- ^ Canadian Civil Aircraft Register. Transport Canada , accessed on August 12, 2020 (enter the name of the company in the search mask under "Owners Name").
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1979 to 2007.
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
- ↑ Data on Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 9, 2016.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) C-GKFC Brockett, BC in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 9, 2016.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Howard 500 C-GKFN Toronto International Airport, ON (YYZ) in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 9, 2016.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report Douglas DC-3C C-GWUG Mayne Island, BC in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 9, 2016.
