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It’s a fine example of late 1960s aviation technology — hard at work helping Justin Trudeau earn his second term as prime minister.

The Liberal leader raised eyebrows earlier this week after admitting his campaign consists of a second airplane — a Boeing 737-200 cargo freighter chartered from Montreal-based Nolinor Aviation — prompting Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to label Trudeau a “climate hypocrite” during the French language debate on Oct. 2.

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Manufactured in 1975, the aircraft spent most of its life with Aer Lingus in Ireland before being purchased by Nolinor in 2017.

Considered one of the least efficient and worst polluting airliners in current service, the 737-200 was among the first generation of Boeing’s venerable 737 family of narrow-body airliners.

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The 737-200 was manufactured in 1966 and 1988, and only 58 remain in service today — largely by charter companies and airlines in developing nations such as Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic as they’re the only airliner still capable of taking off and landing on gravel airstrips.