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February 23, 2021 - by Fliegerfaust with the participation of Frederick K. Larkin - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Saturday afternoon at Downsview Airport (ICAO: CYZD located in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada) C-GPPW (serial number 4625) departed for Toronto Pearson (ICAO: CYYZ). Downsview Airport is where the Q400 aircraft model final assembly line is located.

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It departed CYYZ just after 7AM Sunday headed for Dhaka, Bangladesh. (See picture above)

Below is a rare scene of it (the 625th example) parked beside the prototype (c/n 4001).

photographs, taken by Frederick K. Larkin, show C-GPPW (serial number 4625) parked beside the prototype ("Dash 8 Series 400" c/n 4001)

Pictures taken by Frederick K. Larkin.

Serial number 4625 is the 625th DHC-8-400. The prototype shown is serial number 4001, the first Q400.

Here it is again below taxing out from the plant.

photographs, taken by Frederick K. Larkin, show C-GPPW (serial number 4625) taxing at Downsview airport.

See more from Frederick K. Larkin from his Flickr account!

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