On a regular basis people sent me photos, to share their enthusiasm for vintage airliners or to illustrate a question. These photos have been lingering in a scrapbook or a discarded box somewhere and/or probably wouldn't find their way to Online-use or publication. To prevent them from getting lost, with permission of the sender, I would like to share them on this page. Photos already online (personal websites, airliners.net, jetphotos.net, etc) are not meant to be included here. |
Mikey McBryan of Buffalo Airways published this photo of L.188AF G-LOFC on his Facebook account; the first leg of the ferry flight (Coventry,UK - Keflavik,Iceland) had been completed (27Apr2013). Mikey wrote: "We made it to Iceland! Overnighting here, then off to Nunavut (CYFB) tomorrow morning." ![]()
Good coverage of the entire event plus flashback to the Electra's career at Coventry can be founde here: A nice & graceful shot of LOFB in flight (august 2000) by John Allan can be found on Airhistory.net |
![]() Stewart Lanham sent me this in Dec.2012, he wrote: "A more recent photo of C-47 JA5019 at ANA's Haneda site, compared to those others on your Off-Airport (Asia) page. The engine previously displayed next to this nose has been moved across the road to the lobby of another ANA building, along with the Tristar procedures trainer." |
The Anson was derived from the commercial six-seat 652 and the militarised version, which first flew on 24 March 1935, was built to Air Ministry Specification 18/35. A distinctive feature of the Anson I was its landing gear retraction mechanism which required no less than 140 turns of the hand crank by the pilot! Of interest maybe this website: A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases
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Larry Kraus published some excellent photos, on the WIX forum, of Butler's DC-7's at their new base at Madras,OR.
![]() The WIX forum is where you'll find the Warbird Information Exchange; this is the thread referred to. More information about air tankers on my webpage HERE.. |
Jeremy Hamburg
sent me this shot of a partly obscured plane wreck, photo dated 13Jan13: No doubt Jeremy meant it as a contribution to my page on Abandoned Wrecks of the Arctic North |
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Ed Hobson sent me this in March 2013. ![]()
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Steve Nation posted this shot of Tanker 16 at Chico (taken on 19Feb2010, from over the fence) on Yahoo's Airtanker forum. N716AU isn't going anywhere anymore..![]() My visit to Chico,CA in 2008 |
Following was sent to me by Terry Fletcher: "Last year I passed through Abbotsford, on 03Jul2012. I noted C-FOPV / Tanker 66 for which you don't have a photo on your AirTanker Id page." ![]() "Also L188 Electra C-FYYJ / Tanker 60 which does not appear in your Database; the picture was taken across the airfield, for identification purpose only as the heatwave spoiled photography." ![]() On 16Mar10 it was registered C-FYYJ for Conair, after conversion to airtanker for aerial fire fighting operations |
Mark Schroeder sent me more material on Mt McKinley Air Freight / Mt McKinley Airways including a gruelling image of the DC-3 NC91002 crash.. More on my Alaska Early Aviation webpage.. ![]() |
Super Guppy Turbine F-BTGV was retired to Bruntingthorpe in 1996 following 25 years service with Airbus, where it had been preserved as a static exhibit. A team of volunteers have started restoration work on the aircraft at Bruntingthorpe,UK to repair damage and improve it’s overall condition and appearance. The full depth of restoration has yet to be determined. In 2003 I visited the UK and visited a Guppy (at Bournemouth) as well as the Super Guppy at Bruntingthorpe, see HERE.. This particular photo was grabbed from their Facebook page and shows tough conditions during Feb.2013. Visit their website: www.superguppy.co.uk ![]() |
A recent picture of the grim conditions Buffalo Airways a.k.a. 'Ice Pilots' have to operate in... Lockheed L.188AF C-FBAQ (c/n 1039) is seen departing for another assignment. The Ice Pilots adventures have been broadcasted on tv in certain countries (series 4 at this time), but can also be downloaded on iTunes (e.g. thru their website www.icepilots.com). ![]() |
Fred de Ruiter sent me this in Feb.2013: I came across this Canadian Grumman Tracker at a small museum at Downsview, near Toronto.
Photo dates from 03Aug2011. Unfortunately the weather wasn't too good; there was a small museum but I didn't take many photos at the time.
![]() Trackers utilized passive and active acoustic search systems and a Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) to find the submarines. The weapons used to attack the subs and surface vessels included depth charges, torpedoes, bombs and rockets. In the 1960s the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was looking for a replacement for their aging Grumman Avengers which were used in the ASW role. The Canadian Government decided on the Grumman Tracker, and 100 examples were built by deHavilland Canada under license in Downsview, Ontario. Originally designated CS2F, the Canadian Trackers flew their sub-hunting missions from land bases and the HMCS Bonaventure. When the Bonaventure was retired, the Trackers flew coastal surveillance missions. Saved by a strong need for coastal surveillance and fisheries patrol in the early 1970s, the Tracker continued active operation until April 1991, when the last Tracker was retired. Source: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum |
Frans Truyens sent me this in Feb.2013: Aad van der Voet provided these details of its history: ![]() My page Photos by Friends & Guest (16) shows this Dove in 1994 when it graced the lawn at the Air Terminal of Malaga airport; it was later repainted in the livery of Martinair (Amsterdam,NL-based airline which ceased its short haul pax charter flights on 01Nov08. Malaga-AGP played a dominant role in its history of holiday flights, ever since Martinair was founded in 1958). Herman Dekker has a remark on his website that when DH.104 Dove was delivered the tailnumber PH-VLA was applied by mistake and changed to PH-VLC 'asap'! You may also find this amusing to read: Memories by Hans Beunk on Cameroon Air Transport and DH Dove PH-MAD See also more of Frans Truyens work on this website HERE.. |
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Colleen Rankin sent me this in Feb.2013, she wrote: "I live very remote, on Afognak Island, about 80 miles north of Kodiak, Alaska. While doing beach cleanups this summer we found something that we felt was an airplane part, wrapped up in fishing net and it had made its way to shore. The part has honeycomb between the inner and outer wall. A friend did some research and found out about Warm Wind Three, a C-119 that disappeared in November of 1952 on a flight from Anchorage to Kodiak... Do you know anyone that may be able to confirm if this could be part of that aircraft? It is of a size that might be an engine cowling." ![]() The Aviation Safety Network database provided details on 'Warm Wind Three':
If you are interested in the C-119 Flying Boxcar you find more on my website HERE.. |
Ken Swartz sent me these in Sep.2012, he wrote: "My first visit to Basler at Oshkosh since 1989! No photos were allowed in the hanger, where two DC-3s were under conversion and a third held for a future military sale. My visit was on July 27, 2012"
So HEMS-32 is probably correct ....
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In reference to below issue Roger Botting wrote me and sent this image of DC-6 ET-AAX: "..took this photo late 70's in Malta of Douglas DC-6B ET-AAX c/n 45523. Note the conspicuous Shackleton in the background!."
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Alan Hayden sent me this on 07Feb13, he wrote: "I wonder if you can confirm this is (was) a DC-6? I took the photos in a field beside Addis Ababa Airport, last week, (beside the cargo area customs) and have been trying to find out what type it is..." ![]() While first reactions expected this to be the sad remains of DC-6A ET-AGY, I think following link to my Plane Mysteries Gallery will see it is rather more likely to be ET-AER, another DC-6A which was scrapped in 1980s. Click HERE... |
Roger Botting sent me these photos when (nov.2011) allowed on the ramp in Guatemala City IAP.
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Richard Nash sent these images from his collection, taken at London-Gatwick. ![]() Wikipedia has this on SA de Transport Aérien: Another one taken at Gatwick, Aer Turas (a 'Freightdog' from Dublin, Ireland which was founded in 1962 and acquired by Aer Lingus in 1980) Douglas DC-7. |
Stewart Lanham wrote me: "As promised for your Off-Airport Gallery, the An-2 HA-MDQ, plus the An-2 at the Kozlekedesi Museum in Budapest city. ![]() Stewart also sent this one which I include for the mystery of it! |
![]() Mark Schroeder sent me this in Feb.2013: "This appears to be a promotional photograph taken in 1946 for Mt McKinley Airfreight. In the photograph of the group of people standing in front of the plane, Lee Chesterfield (President, b.1918-d.1946) is on the far right." The company was short-lived, see my page History of Alaska Air Carriers. |
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