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. |
John Boyle sent me these images of B-23 N777LW (taken 2011) at Moses Lake, to show what I missed! John wrote: "Here are the B-23 N777LW shots and a close-up up of the PBY. The owner was working on it that day. Date: Oct.2011." See www.warbirdregistry.org/b23registry/b23-390063.html ![]()
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Roy Blewett sent me this photo in nov.2014, correcting me on my assumption the unmarked Beech 18 without wings I saw at Harvey Field,WA was N1827M. He included below image to show me the marked difference. The Beech 18 I saw has as yet not been identified: USA Northwest 2014 HELP WELCOMED!!! ![]() Information
N1827M Beech D18S (c/n A-394, mfr 1947): Pity I missed this one at Harvey Field, I parked on the gravel parking but instead of going to the far end I walked between the two hangars onto the field. |
Bob Parmerter sent me this postcard, of Beech 18 CF-WUH at Ignace; he helped with information on its history, see my 2007 report of Ignace,ONT. ![]() |
Dirk Septer spotted B-25D 'Grumpy' at Sealand Aviation (Campbell River, Vancouver Island) 26Oct14. This Mitchell WWII bomber 43-3318 (registered N88972) will get a new paintjob, as an anti-corrosion measure.
This Mitchell B-25D 'Grumpy' is owned by John T. Sessions; see my Oct.2014 visit to his Historic Flight Foundation |
October 2014 saw JoeJoe Prince at Fairbanks, at the Everts storage yard: ![]() More of JoeJoe's plane pictures HERE.. See my 2012 report on an extensive visit to the propliners & skytrucks of Fairbanks |
Brad Huculiak sent me these images in nov.2014; not often I see images from La Ronge, Saskatchewan and for its remoteness I hope to visit some day! Brad works at Transwest Air, a commercial/charter airline in Saskatchewan, Canada. It operates everything from the Cessna 185 to SAAB 340’s, but Brad, knowing my interest, shared some pictures of the fleet of DeHavilland aircraft, for which I am very grateful !
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Gerben Groothuis did me the pleasure of sending a compilation of various propliners for my website in Sep.2014; several need help for further identification. EMAIL (mention url, please)
If you can provide confirmation or information of their identities, please help ! EMAIL |
Perhaps less of a 'shared by friends'-image rather than a 'news'-image, but I share it all the same. The QANTAS Museum has acquired this Lockheed Constellation, which was, after 24-odd years (sources vary, 1988 or 1990) of storage at Manilla, under serious threat to be removed (scrapped!) in the most recent clean up initiative. In November 2011 it was under notice to be removed or scrapped. Fortunately the QANTAS Museum stepped in and work began under way to prepare it for transport to Australia. On 19Aug2015 it was seen being partly disassembled. ![]() |
This image by Richard Reynoso was shared on 'CL44 Association' Facebook page, with the following comments by Richard Vandervord: "This is HC-AZH in Cuenca, the former RCAF 106932 and world's last surviving 'normal' CL-44. Unfortunately attempts by the Canadians to repatriate her for preservation didn't come to fruition but she hangs on in this rather mutilated state." ![]() From my records: Ex/Andes Airlines, HC-AZH (c/n 13), stored since 1986 at Guayaquil. Reports of its storage continued over the years, sometimes it was moved around and at some point Canadians tried to purchase it as 'Canadian aviation heritage' - but they couldn't bridge (finance!) the gap between Ecuador and Canada. Image on Flickr.com, whilst in 'ANDES' colours YouTube DISCOTECA DEL AVION, (Spanish spoken, uploaded 20Jan2011) See my 2017 report OFF-AIRPORT LATIN AMERICA and Ron Mak's gallery with a 1977 image! |
Rich Hulina, of Bush Flying Captured, shared this image in august 2014 among his Facebook friends. Rich wrote: "Beautiful day in NW Ontario to check out some historical junk! Here are the remains of Canso C-GFFJ on Free Lake hanging with my Cessna 150."
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Donna Clayson was fortunate to have a ride in this beautiful Beech D17S Staggerwing (15Jul2014); CF-BKQ (c/n 4849) is registered in Whitehorse,Yukon. ![]() |
Tom Singfield sent me this image for my Searching for Identities gallery. ![]() Check the link for more details! |
May 2014 saw Joe Joe Prince driving along Palmer and he noticed some airtanker reinforcements from Alberta; Kenneth Swartz explained to me (Aug.2017): "All the Government of Saskatchewan CL-215s converted to CL-215T's were modified by Cascade Aerospace of Abbotsford, BC - which was originally established as a sister MRO company of Conair Aviation and later sold to IMP Group of Halifax. |
Bessel van der Hulst noticed this Vickers Viscount of Somali Airlines, many years ago. ![]() Somali Airlines existed from 1964 until 1991 and it was based at Mogadishu. During that time it flew a DC-3, two Fokker F.27 Friendships, five Vickers Viscounts, one Boeing 727, three Boeing 720s, six Boeing 707s in various versions and two Airbus A310s. |
Mikey McBryan published this photo by Kevin Klingbeil on Mikey's facebook page. A very nice aerial of the Buffalo Airways Hq at Yellowknife,NWT. I have nice memories of my 2006 visit there. It has been too long..![]() May 2014. |
See my report NORMANDY 2014 - 70TH ANNIVERSARY D-DAY |
Terry Fletcher did the pleasure of sending me this report; besides vacation travel he did not beglect aviation and spent 3 days at the 40th Anniversary Fly-in of the Australian Antique Aircraft Association held at Temora.
And other highlights: the only 2 x Stinson Reliants in Australia SIAI SM1019 in Italian markings 1937 built Avro Cadet 1937 built DH94 Moth Minor 2 x Harvards 1941 PT-17 3 x Cessna 190/5 plus Birddogs, Auster, Tiger Moths, etc. Also the strange sight of ‘classic' aircraft on the Australian Recreational register !!!!! Ercoupe , Piper Cub , Porterfield and Luscombe - apparently , some ’dodge’ around registration requirements based on aircraft weight. |
In May 2014 I received following contribution to the website from Marguerite Randall: "For your use: the year was 1938 and the pilot was Ted Stull, my father.
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Kevin Kearney, Vice President -
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation (BAHF),
posted early May 2014 a few photos on the WIX forum of the BAHF C-54 getting a new coat of paint!
See my 15Oct2009 report on my visit to Floyd Bennet Field, for the BAHF and HARP |
Rich Hulina shared this photo on his Facebook page (27Apr14), Bush Flying Captured, and wrote: Hard to believe airplanes are still operating off the ice in NW Ontario! " ![]() Otter on ice. The scene at Slate Falls Airways, NW Ontario |
Felix Stadler wrote me in april 2014:
"I have visited a few of those wrecks shown on your webpage 'Abandoned Wrecks' in the past, with the help of your page, and plan to visit more of them in the future. There is a RCAF C-47A wreck near Port Hardy, Vancouver Island that I did not see mentioned anywhere on your page. I visited it in March 2009 and took some pictures.
FOR MORE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION ON THE CORRECT DATE OF THE CRASH, GO TO |
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Al Nelson (presently, in 2014, the Director of Restoration at the Western Canada Aviation Museum) sent me these images from his collection.
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More on Paul Weston's propliners on my website HERE.. |
Elvis Čanković sent me these images and the story behind this preservation project:
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Fred Wallis returned from travelling and sent me this: "Some interesting photos that I took last week in Nome Alaska, hope they are of use to you."
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