Camair's 480 (480B) Production

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Serial Number 1-069
1956 - manufactured


N233

1956 - 1978
owner unknown
Miami, FL, USA
  • August 1, 1971 - Wear on the nose gear actuating cylinder and support frame bolt holes caused the gear to collapse while landing at Lake Wales, FL. (NTSB Report MIA72FLD05)

N233 was seen at Opa Locke Airport, near Miami in July 1976.
(E. Chernoff)
  • 1978 - exported to Canada

C-GSYV

1978 - May 1982
G. Michaud
Ptn. Neuf-Stn., QB, Canada

May 1982 - November 1984
Aviation Air Goeland 1981
St. Jerome, QB, Canada

November 1984 - August 1993
Roland Weiskopf
Chateauguay, QB, Canada
  • November 1989 - C-GSYV was advertised for sale, asking $25,900.

August 1993 - October 1997
Roy Paul
Nanton, AB, Canada
  • Aircraft was based in Seattle, WA.

October 1997 - March 1999
Roland Weiskopf and Roy Paul
Chateauguay, QB and Nanton, AB, Canada

Mar 1999 - present
Roland Weiskopf and John Di Tomasso
Chateauguay, QB and Montreal, QB, Canada


St. Hubert, QB, Sept 2000
(P. Lacombe and P. Langlois)


C-GSYV following its upgrade to fuel injected engines.
(1000aircraftphotos.com)

  • August 2007 - advertised for sale, asking $45,000.

Roland Weiskopf flies overhead the St. Michel airstrip, August 2007
(T. McTavish)


C-GSYV seen flying during a visit to a private airstrip near the
farming community of St. Michel, Quebec. (T. McTavish)



Current status: Airworthy

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