Well, what's new here...
After having started this website by the end of 2000, I found it useful to keep track of the changes; the initial start contained 4 pages on the Douglas DC-3, one each on the DC-4 and DC-6 and one on the Curtiss C-46 Commando. Plus two text pages with general background information on the C-46 and the DC-6. Soon followed by The Lockheed Constellation with one page and a visit (my first dedicated propliner visit abroad) to Sharjah ( 2 pages, on the Antonov An-8/An-12 and Ilyushin Il-18).
Later the TRAVEL Pages were added and indeed, a Blog.
And the rest, they say: is history!
2001 - 2018, and counting... 
In 2013 I started a series of photo albums on Blurb.com, named '36Exp'(36 Exposures, a reference to the exposures on most common rolls of 35mm film: 12, 24 & 36.).
The books can be ordered directly from the Blurb.com website.
Most subjects will be on non-aviation subjects:
www.blurb.com/user/ruudleeuw
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These are the updates:
19Sep20
Erik Sleutelberg helped to identify some of the aircraft parts found at Red Deer by me last year. Red Deer 2019
03Sep20
Nine propliners at Panama City photographed by Ron Mak 1971 added on Ron's gallery page 4
31Aug20
The BAHF has procured C-54 N9015Q to replace storm damaged N500EJ; see my Photos by Friends & Guests 61
29Aug20
Graham Robson identified a wrecked C-131A airframe on Searchfor, put to me by Gerben Groothuis in Feb.2017
28Aug20
Graham Robson sent me a photo to ascertain identity of Marksman Invader N60XX @KFLL; also shows unmarked DC-3. Searching For..
27Aug20
Ken Swartz sent an update on Beech 18 N299Z at Brantford, under new ownership
19Aug20
Re plane wrecks @ResBay found a/ 2 different aircraft and b/ one is Lancaster FM221 crashed 1950; Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North
18Aug20
Spent hours on the plane remains sent by Brad, resulting in more questions than answers.. Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North
17Aug20
BradM sent pics of a possible DC-4 wreck near Resolute Bay: see Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North
11Aug20
Ken Swartz sent me a nice update of a G-44 Widgeon C-FBCP and Beech Trigear N299Z at Brantford,ONT recently; Ken's gallery on my website
06Aug20
JoeJoe Prince shared a photo of DHC-2 N55WE, repaired after its 2015 damage and finding a new home in Alaska
01Aug20
Updated my item about DC-3 N130Q on my Photos by Friends & Guests 25: it's been put back on floats!
20Jul20
Updated my Down Under visit OZ2005 P2 on relocations by DC-3's N2-90 and A65-85
18Jul20
Updated my France 2015 report on Noratlas N2501, was moved from Nantes to Évreux Fauville
Updated my Gila River Memorial (Chandler) 2017 report on aircraft remaining there
Brian R. Burrage identified for me the Fleet 60K Fort MK.II stored at the WCAM store at St Andrews; see Photos by Friends & Guests #48
15Jul20
The French Sécurité Civile has grounded their entire Turbo Firecat fleet and has accelerated the withdrawal of the type by a few years. Airtanker-Id
09Jul20
Bob Bevan sent me an anecdote about a short flight on C-119 N3267U: see my page dedicated to this Fairchild Flying Boxcar
01Jul20
Started 2020 3rd quarter MyBlog 2020Q3 with a few (non-aviation) items
29Jun20
Updated my STREETPHOTOGRAPHY page with 2 images taken last weekend in Deventer
22Jun20
Updated my Gila/Chandler item on my USA 2017 Page 2 with the sad fate of the DC-7 N4889C.
04Jun20
Kenneth Swartz sent 4 photos of SC.7 Skyvans seen at Perris,CA - some of them previously stored at Atlin, B.C.
03Jun20
Added a few more pics by Stephane Pouliot of N151/LN-SUB to
; Photos by Friends & Guests #61
Ken Swartz visited the March Field Air Museum recently and am pleased he shared a few images on my website
02Jun20
Everts Air DC-6 N151 completed its ferry flight to Stavanger,Norway to be preserved at Sola as LN-SUB; Photos by Friends & Guests #61
29May20
Kenneth Swartz opens the new Photos by Friends & Guests #61
25May20
Rolf Larsson sent me two Slovak Li-2 (1980s) photos with hope for identification: In Search for Identification and/or
fate.
24May20
Ken Swartz shared a series of photos taken in Californa, earlier this year; see Propliners by others: Kenneth Swartz.
21May20
New item on my Q&A-page: looking for identity DC-3 hulk together with DC-3 N52935 at George T. Baker Aviation School in 1984
Added a series of vintage propliner photos on Ron Mak's gallery PAGE #4, taken at Panama's Tocumen airport in 1971.
18May20
Arnold Begeman visited Red Dee Airport and shared photos of two ex/ Atlantic Airlines L.188s;
Photos by Friends & Guests #60
Steve Darke helped to get the name on Air Siam's C-54 HS-VGX: 'Nakorn Rachasima'. On my Photos by Friends & Guests #60
He also provided the names (and fates) of the other two Air Siam DC-4's on Ron Mak's #4 page
17May20
Ron Mak sent me two Air Siam C-54 photos, of VH-TAG and HS-VGZ. See Ron Mak's Propliners page #4.
14May20
Andre de Koter shared a 1936 photo of a KLM DC-2 at Schiphol; Schiphol-The Old Days (bottom page)
The Air and Space Museum in Mendoza (Arg.) is looking to expand the aircraft collection; see my Q&A-page
13May20
TRAVEL: added My South Africa 2020 Travelogue, which has links to page
on Soweto and wildlife at Game Lodges
02May20
Phil Brooks shared a historic photo of DC-3 NC16009, w/ rh-side paxdoor; Photos by Friends & Guests #60
27Apr20
Ken Swartz sent me an airtanker organisation update of some provinces in Canada; added on to Airtankers Id
25Apr
Michael Mayher shared some 1960s C-119 photos from his family album; C-119 Dossier, page #4
15Apr
Patrick Vos shared a photo by his father Willem Vos of an Air Siam C-54 Cargo; Photos by Friends & Guests #60
08Apr20
PBY-5A N222FT is for sale, Photos by Friends & Guests #60
03Apr20
TRAVEL: impression of Visit to Soweto,SA last month
02Apr20
Ref below HP-641 Ron Mak shared a 1973 photo of this DC-6B at Panama, as FAP 401, on his gallery Page #4.
28Mar20
Updated a page compiled in 2005 (!), regarding a preserved DC-6 (HP-641) in Cali, Colombia; Searchfor
Added a 2018 photo by David Ruddlesden of Viscount HK-1708 on my Off-Airport Latin America
27Mar20
Four ex/ Broooks Fuel DC-4's presently on auction at Fairbanks; details on updated Bliss with Brooks (2003)
Updated an item of 2008 with March 2020 event featuring B337SGT-F Super Guppy Turbine, N941NA; Photos by Friends & Guests #13
25Mar20
David Mullikin shared a C-119 photo of 48-319 with me for my C-119 Dossier page #4.
24Mar20
Added Propliners around Johannesburg 2020
13Mar20
William Swirsky shared a photo of Aero Service's DC-3 N88740, on my Aero Service page
Greg Lee shared pics of DC-3's N24320 & N783A recenlty at Missoula's Museum of Mountain Flying (MMF): Photos by Friends & Guests #60
27Feb20
Updated 'Joejoe's' gallery with the fate of Norseman N225BL, now preserved as CF-GUE
Convair T-29 51-5123 lies derelict at the Bahamas, not on Bermuda as some sources may state.
on Photos by Friends & Guests #60
24Feb20
A photo shared on Facebook of An-24 JU-1027 in Mongolia is a welcome addition to my Off-Airport Asia
23Feb20
Seair DHC-2 C-FPCG was damaged in attempt to steal it, damaging also 2 Harbour Air DHC-3T's; updated my YVR Seaplanes 2019
Sean Keating shared a photo of KC-97 52-0895 (ex/ N1365D Erickson) preserved at Medford,OR; Sean's gallery
22Feb20
Dirk Septer spans a career of DHC-2 c/n 1590 from 1997 to 2020 with 2 photos; his gallery on my website.
19Feb20
Fred Barnes too shared a photo of Albatross N121FB, dated 09Oct1984; on Photos by Friends & Guests #60
Updated some info on a Beech 18 airframe seen at El Mirage in 2018, could very well be N9159B (CA-242)
19Feb20
Kurt Ariano identified an abandoned Beech 18 wreck near a lake in Ontario: CF-ZQH. On my Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North
18Feb20
Added a photo of Beech C-45 N9809Z at Liberty (Texas?) on Photos by Friends & Guests 60
17Feb20
Mystery surrounds the illegal flight and crash of C-47 N62WS; photo by Phil Brooks on Photos by Friends & Guests 60
11Feb20
Added a question on the DC-3-DST on my Q&A-page
10Feb20
Ken Swartz shared an image of G-111 Albatross N121FB, I dug up some history to go with it.
06Feb20
Dirk Septer shared 3 Catalina / Canso airframes he came across, in 2011,in New Zealand; his gallery on my website
Ron Mak shared a photo of DC-3 PP-VBF on his gallery; sadly this VARIG DC-3 is no more
Photo of DC-6 N151 in C-check signals the nearing end of its career in Alaska; Photos by Friends & Guests 60
02Feb20
Restyled my Photos by Friends & Guests Page ONE, getting rid of most of the thumbnails
01Feb20
Sadly C-47A preserved as Varig PP-VBF has been scrapped;
Photos by Friends & Guests 60
Updated the item on Beech 18 CF-PJG with a new photo,
Photos by Friends & Guests 60
Updated below item on N460WA with add'l details, on Sean's gallery
28Jan20
Sean Keating found Douglas C-54E N460WA at Castle Airport (Atwater,CA; 23Jan20) in some maintenance. On Sean's gallery
28Jan20
Joey Barnes has set his mind set on recovering another Beech 18 from Reindeer Lake, operated by Calm Air, as yet unidentified. HERE..
Extensive update of 1971 propliners at Panama City take by Ron Mak; his gallery, page 4
27Jan20
With great pleasure I can say that Joey Barnes, King of Obsolete, has the honour of getting
my new Photos by Friends & Guests 60 started!
Updated the history on Douglas C-54 'N2894C' (fake, c/n 10352) at Geraardsbergen,BE on my Photos by Friends & Guests 15
26Jan20
Corrected the item on Neptune 209 (below) for missing photo and found a candidate! P-2H 135596/7Z-209. Check my California 2018 page
25Jan20
Martin Forster, chasing up on the unidentified Neptune (209) at El Mirage Aviation Warehouse, concludes my Photos by Friends & Guests 59
24Jan20
Added photo of Beech Seminole 58-3086 at Quartzsite,AZ on Sean Keating's gallery; perhaps more for the off-airport location than anything else
23Jan20
Sean Keating went to check a venue on my Off-Airport Gallery for its current status as a restaurant in Tulare,CA.
Coulson's C-130 Tanker
134 (N134CG) crashed 23Jan20 while fighting Australia's wildfires; updated Photos by Friends & Guests 58
21Jan20
Updated my USA Southwest 2017 (page 2) for the fate of the remains DC-7 'African Queen' (N90804)
19Jan20
Changed the status to SOLVED for CV580 YV-2448 on Plane Identity Mysteries; definitely ex/ HK-4334!
18Jan20
Updated the item on Photos by Friends & Guests 18 for DC-3 N51938, removed from Vichy-Rolla airport now for a new career
17Jan20
Two Chinese nationals have been found dead at the site of a 1973 plane crash in southern Iceland; C-117 c/n 43309 near Skógar.
A photo of CV580, probably YV-2448 or YV-2446, stored in Venezuela is another item for my Plane Identity Mysteries
Updated the info on Off-Airport Europe regarding 'Ristoaero', a CV440 near Rome's Fiumicino IAP
Updated item on DC-6 HK-3627X, see propliners by Miguel Angel Rodriguez Franco
14Jan20
Fred Streep shared images of DC-6 HK-3530X (c/n 43672) in Puerto Colombia with me; see my gallery Off-Airport
Latin Americas.
10Jan20
Added photos by Ken Swartz on his gallery
09Jan20
Added a photo by Ken Swartz of L.188 N287F at Abbotsford, before scrapping; in support on the remains I sighted at Red Deer in Sep.2019
08Jan20
Updated Dirk Septer's gallery on my website with a 2015 pic of SC-7 Skyvan N80GB of GB AirLink at KFLL.
07Jan20
Jerry Vernon wrote me an update on DHC-2T C-FASA which I have on my Canada 2010 report, at Campbell River
06Jan20
JoeJoe Prince documented the 2 stored Beech C-45's at Big Lake,AK recently (again); JoeJoe's propliners
04Jan20
Added photos taken in 2007 to Kenneth Swartz's gallery on my website, including one for the Plane Mysteries (a G-73 Mallard)
More details and photos added on the DeHavilland hulks on a farm near Delta,BC; Search for plane identities
03Jan20
Several DHC-2 & DHC-3 hulks have surfaced near Delta,BC on a farm (?); added onto my Search for plane identities
31Dec19
Ron Mak noted the updates on the DC-6 'drug runner' in Mexico and shared an earlier photo, of DC-6A briefly reg'd TG-TAO; on Ron Mak's gallery
29Dec19
Juergen Scherbarth found DC-6 'HK-8621X' not scrapped, for new location of HK-3627X see propliners by Miguel Angel Rodriguez Franco
28Dec19
Clive Turner identified DC-6 'HK-8621-X' (drug runner) at El Ojito, Mexico; on the propliner gallery by Miguel Angel Rodriguez Franco
24Dec19
Added C-46D CF-IHR on my Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North; shared on Facebook, probably stolen from ASN (no credit)
23Dec19
Martin Forster corrected me on a type I found in The Aviation Warehouse in 2018; now trying to further identify USN P-2 209
22Dec19
Neville Webb explored a Hawker Hurricane crashsite on Newfoundland; his gallery on my website
18Dec19
Updated Sean Keating's 'Vintage Planes & Recollections' on my website; Planes-turned-into-art found in South California's desert
17Dec19
SAM's yard (the one with HU-16s) on E Drexel Rd, Tucson has been cleared out; updated my Tucson's Salvage Yards (2017)
16Dec19
Photos by Gary Vincent bear witness of 'The Electric Beaver' on its 1st testflight. Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
Lockheed L.188s of Air Spray, tail swapping involving N308D vs PK-RLD explained on my Red Deer 2006 page
Updated (added details in text) on N396CG below, also on Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
15Dec19
Convair CV240 N396CG has been moved from Camarillo to Shafter,CA - more on my Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
14Dec19
Added an extensive history to DHC-3T C-GEND on my Vintage Planes @West Canada page, seen at the Victoria Water Aerodrome
Added 3 2018 pics at Whistler's Green Lake Spb on Ken Swartz's gallery
Added a fine photo of Faucett Perú C-54B OB-R-625 (ex/ Air America!) on Ron Mak's gallery PAGE #3.
Most likely identified the tailsection seen at Red Deer a few weeks ago, Red Deer Revisited (2019)
10Dec19
C-47 N514AC, configured as Spooky gunship, has been sold to France Large; see my Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
Updated the info on Ron Mak's gallery about C-47A 'ET-T-1' preserved at Addis Ababa.
08Dec19
Stefan Krause corrected some info on my ARM yard (2017) page plus added info; USA 2017 Arizona Salvage Yards
While I was at it also identified the cockpit of 'Weather Herc' there.
05Dec19
C-47 N514AC, configured as Spooky gunship, has been sold by Collings Foundation; see my Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
30Nov19
Report of DC-3C N346AB donated to the Highland Lakes Squadron (of the CAF) on my Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
25Nov19
Updated fate YS-11 PJ-WIK @St.Maarten and added submerged YS-11 @Aruba on Off-Airport Latin America
Updated the fate of C-117D N9796N on Photos by Friends & Guests #19
22Nov19
Updated Ron Mak's gallery with a fine batch of 1970s photos in Bolivia!
21Nov19
Andreas Morgner found me a better pic of C-45 N460K abandoned at Nome,AK: Mystery Planes
Mike Smyth sent me a photo with hope to get this ConvairLiner identified (and solved); Mystery Planes
19Nov19
Updated my visits to Coolidge 2008 and Coolidge 2017 for the final leg of resident DC-7C N4887C to the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta
TRAVEL: Completed my West Canada 2019 travelogue, PAGE ONE and PAGE TWO. Page 3 is all about the ProRodeo event at Hanna, Alberta.
14Nov19
TRAVEL: While I am still working on my overall West Canada 2019 page, I am almost done with the ProRodeo event on a seperate page.
08Nov19
No work is ever complete, but my Canada 2019 pages are mostly done now; CANADA 2019 - Red Deer revisited - YVR Seaplanes
07Nov19
DC-3 N41CQ has been sold by the Swedish owner and he ferried it to China last month; see my updated item on Photos by Friends & Guests #58
More details on Brazil's PT-KYW and PT-KZF on my Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
05Nov19
Nigel Kemp helped me to identify the T-28 Trojan at Nut Tree Airport seen last year: N130AS; CALIFORNIA 2018
Perhaps a confusing situation at Pacatuba,Brazil: DC-3 PT-KZF or PT-KYW preserved there? Part swapped? Off-Airport Latin America
Received confirmation the L.188 stored at Cascade Aerospace (Abbotsford) is C-GYCG; Photos by Friends & Guests #59.
Adding updates but my CANADA 2019 report is ready to be published!
02Nov19
A photo of a Beech 18 at a defunct gasstation @Vinemont, Alabama added onto my Off-Airport N.America
31Oct19
C-47A N95460 was seen in tow over the road; clean out of Roger Brooks' boneyard? NEW: Photos by Friends & Guests #59
29Oct19
Updated my account on CL-66B's at Saskatoon (2007), only CL-66B c/n 2 surviving at Kelowna,BC (in the boneyard).
27Oct19
Rolf Larsson sent photos of CV440 SE-CCV, which recently crashed while registered as N24DR; NEW: Photos by Friends & Guests #59
26Oct19
EC-130Q N134CG has been converted to T134 for Coulson, now operational; closing photo for my Photos by Friends & Guests #58
24Oct19
Updated Ron Mak's Propliners #3 with a 1992 pic of CV440 N24DR, recently crashed, and other pics of his visit
23Oct19
Updated my Q&A-page with question & answer on Convair used in Cannonball film, + t/t ‘Las Vegas Express’
22Oct19
Added C-47D ex/ Yugo AF 7319 on Off-Airport EUR
19Oct19
Sadly DC-3 N437GB ditched near Nassau 18Oct19; see my Photos by Friends & Guests #58.
15Oct19
Updated my Greybull 2014 page with news of a new home for C-119 N3003
14Oct19
Updated my Off-Airport N.America with a recent sighting of Martin 4-0-4 N255S
20Sep19
Updated my Photos by Friends & Guests 27 about the Soplata Collection - reduced to Planetags?
19Sep19
Updated, added details and photo, to the crash of CV440 N24DR on my Photos by Friends & Guests #58
18Sep19
Updated one of my earliest webpages, DC-3 Page 3, with details of where D-CXXX (1), ex/ G-AMPZ, ended up recently.
15Sep19
Added a pictorial update of the Carvair wreck on the Chandalar River bank in Alaska; Abandoned Plane Wreck of the North
Updated an older page, pics by Rick Patton at Greybull,WY with info on C-118A BuN.152689 (now N747CE)
Added a 14Sep19 pic of C-118A N747CE at Bethel,AK on JoeJoe's Alaska photos
Updated my Visit to Coolidge,AZ 2008 with details on the crash of IAR's N119TG (ex/ N138FF)
13Sep19
Photo by JoeJoe Prince showing DC-6B N151 09Sep19 on his gallery, relevant for its supcoming preservation
12Sep19
CV440 N24DR crashed on 11Sep19 while on approach into Toledo,OH; Photos by Friends & Guests #58
Fred de Ruiter shares a 2019 photo of DC-6 YU-AFF at Ljubljana IAP; Photos by Friends & Guests #58
10Sep19
JoeJoe Prince caught Ptarmigan Air's DHC-2 N734Q on a fine take off; JoeJoe's gallery (page #2)
09Sep19
C-131B N7813B has found a new home at the Yankee Air Museum; Photos by Friends & Guests #58
Updated my page on C-47 N12907 / '349926' at the Carolinas Aviation Museum
07Sep19
Found a pictorial update of C-131B N1360D stored at Roswell,NM; Photos by Friends & Guests #58
Update on the transport of the Lockheed Starliner, a failed project, from Maine to Germany this week.
Updated the item on the 3 ex/ Israeli C-47s for sale by Global Industries at Villeneuve,ALB; AlCan 2006 page 2.
02Sep19
Ken Swartz was roadtripping though eastern parts of the USA last may for planes; added onto Ken's vintage propliners gallery
30Aug19
Ulrich F. Hoppe sent me a fine photo of C-47 HC-ALD preserved at Tabatinga in Brasil; Off-Airport Latin Americas
Ken Swartz shared an 'ugly duckling': N540GW is a turbine-converted Grumman G.44 Widgeon; Ken's propliners gallery on my website
27Aug19
Russ Norwood shared an interesting 1968 photo of a USAF C-119, taken at Pope Field,NC; C-119 Info Page #4
Dirk Septer wrote a few years ago an article about Vancouver Island Air (VIA); text reproduced on Dirk's aviation gallery
26Aug19
Report on the Airshow Wings of Freedom 2019 event, near Ede (NL) 24Aug19.
Gerben Tornij shows the reason why 9Q-CUK (ES-AKE) 'Congo Queen' was (a.o.) absent from D-Day75; Photos by Friends & Guests #58
25Aug19
Updated my California 2018 report for Beech 18 N141ZA, restoration complete and handed over to new owner
Added the US Wildfire Air Tanker Base Directory
(2019) to my Airtanker page
Corrected a misidentification & wrote history on 'Vera Lynn II' on the Basler pics below, Photos by Friends & Guests #58
23Aug19
Simon Paul visited the EAA Venture 25Jul19 and shares some Basler photos & info on my Photos by Friends & Guests #58
21Aug19
JoeJoe Prince shared a photo of Everts Air's N251CE visiting Bethel,AK; JoeJoe's propliners and bushplanes
20Aug19
Updated my Parco Tematico dell' Aviazione
report concerning the move of C-47 mm61826 to the Czech Republic
Updated my Off-Airport Europe with a GE screendump showing the location of DC-3 SX-ECF preserved
18Aug19
Found another picture of DC-3 HK-2820 off the runway Photos by Friends & Guests #58
17Aug19
DC-3 HK-2820 of Aliansa was involved in a runway excursion; Photos by Friends & Guests #58
Updated my Rimini 2008 page with news of the move of DC-3 mm61826 (c/n 4380)
11Aug19
Added something on the 'speedpack' in my background info on the Lockheed Constellation
Roy Blewett located DC-3 'ETM-6043'
on GE, updated my Off-Airport Latin America
On my Off-Airport N.America I added a HU-16 preserved on the Missouri stateline, near a liquor store
Chris Ogden provided more data (lat/long coördinates) on the Yukon C-47 mystery wreck
Ken Swartz shared a recent photo of the 'Geo' BT67 C-GGSU, published
on Ken's propliner gallery.
09Aug19
Editted some details and webpage layout on Conroy 'Skymonster' 9G-LCA
07Aug19
Ian Whitlock shares a photo of 'Dutch Cat' PH-PBY at its new home New Smyrna Beach; Photos by Friends & Guests #58
On Paul Weston's Alaska Flying added DHC-2 N37741 on a summers day in a crater lake called Jewel Lake
06Aug19
Casey Lasota sent me 2 pics for my Abandoned Plane Wrecks: C-82A N208M and Carvair N103 both derelict in Alaska
02Aug19
TRAVEL: added UK2019 traveloque, ENGLAND and SCOTLAND
31Jul19
The C-47 in Bangkok, near Seacon Square Mall, on Off-Airport Asia updated with a GE image for its location
28Jul19
Added derelict Beech SNB-5 N10909 on my Off-Airport N.America
On Off-Airport Asia added a C-47 in Bangkok, near Seacon Square Mall. Identity unknown.
And also on Off-Airport Asia a C-123 42 kms from Bangkok, ex/ RTAF 289 (USAF 57-6289): now 'Coffee 123'
22Jul19
Fred Barnes went to 'Daks over Duxford' on different dates than I did and shares some on Photos by Friends & Guests #58
21Jul19
Added BT-67 N141PR, converted last year, to Ken Swartz' gallery, noted 01Jul19 at Oshawa,Ont. To Enterprise Air?
20Jul19
Ken Swartz took stock of the plucked DC-3 C-GJDM at Peterborough (YPQ); his gallery on my website
Received an update of disassembly C-119 N5216R in progress: C-119 N5216R at Battle Mountain,NV
16Jul19
Updated my Daks over Duxford (2019) Page 2 with some other aircraft present; all done now, my goodness..
15Jul19
An unidentified forward fuselage / cockpit section appeared at Idaho Falls Reg'l AP ('Mainliner Los Angeles'). Photos by ... #58
14Jul19
Michael Prophet shared some info & photos for my D-DAY 75 PAGE-1
13Jul19
Updated D-DAY 75 PAGE-1 on typos and added some additional pictures
12Jul19
Fourth and final page on recent aviation finds & visits in England & Scotland: Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
11Jul19
Item on DC-3A NC33644 'Western Airlines' on my Photos by Friends & Guests #58
Someone made an effort to list (recent) active DC-3's (world-wide), published on WIX forum and copied to my Photos by ... #58
Updated D-DAY 75 PAGE-1 and PAGE-2 with comments (DoN) and info.
10Jul19
Pending correction for typos, a few additions and possible contributions Daks over Duxford (2019) Page 2 is now public
09Jul19
Page 1 of Daks over Duxford (2019), dedicated to D-Day Squadron, is about done; next is the European participants to this unique event
08Jul19
Found I had never fully corrected N877MG's c/n mistaken as 25638 to the widely accepted c/n 20806; DC-3 Page 2
07Jul19
Making progress with my D-Day 75 Years at Duxford IWM, the page on D-Day Squadron about half way complete (need more history details)
05Jul19
Eric Rutter opened Photos by Friends & Guests #58, sharing derelict Beech G18S N233H of Renfro's at Bethel,AK
04Jul19
Bob Parmerter shared the history of C-45 N460K (see below); Search For Identities updated
Updated item on Photos by Friends & Guests #56 on BAHF's grounded C-97 N117GA in need of replacement engine
Updated my page on a 2005 visit to the Carolinas Aviation Museum with news on upcoming closure this year...
03Jul19
The unidentified Beech 18 wreck at Nome,AK has been identified, thanks to Bob Parmerter: Search For Identities
Received an update by John Wills of disassembly in progress: C-119 N5216R at Battle Mountain,NV
Scott Alford sent me an update w/ photo of DHC-3T of Superior Airways in a new colourscheme, Photos by Friends & Guests #57
02Jul19
Added an unidentified Beech 18 wreck at Nome,AK on my Search For Identities gallery
While ending MyBlog 2019Q2 I opened a new one for this 3rd quarter of 2019
01Jul19
Updated the caption of DHC-2 N94DC with details of its recent crash; Dirk Septer's vintage propliners
Added on my Q&A page a search in CIA and/or MI6 involvement during German coverts ops into Congo-Léopoldville (1960s 'Congo Crisis')
27Jun19
Philippe Lavigne shared two N2501 Noratlas photos for my website; Photos by Friends & Guests #57
Updated my UK 2019 report (work in progress) with Twin Pioneer G-APRS and a RAF Jet Provost in a beer garden...
26Jun19
Started my webreport UK2019 on recent travel to England. First to be detailed are HS.748s VH-AMQ & VH-AHL at Southend (SEN).
21Jun19
BT-67 C-FKGL of North Star Air went down into a lake, see my Photos by Friends & Guests #57
Philippe Lavigne added info on the NorAtlas transport Gabriel variant on my Scanned Archive
19Jun19
C-119 N5216R is being dismantled at Battle Mountain,NV for transport - photo on Photos by Friends & Guests #57
30May19
Update my Photos by Friends & Guests #54 with the location of DC-6 N666SQ in North Pole,AK
Updated and weeded out dead LINKS
24May19
Added a vintage advertisement of DC-4 flights by KLM to Miami
Updated my Off-Airport Asia page, an ex/ Thai military (Navy?) C-123 preserved near Muak Lek in Thailand
24May19
Updated my Off-Airport Asia page, the item on DC-3 'Sister Ann' in Japan
23May19
Updated my page on DC-3 'Betsy' VR-HDB with a pic of 'sistership' VR-HDA, also in Hong Kong
Updated my Canada 2007: Gimli page with a 2016 view of C-46F C-GIBX, another pic by Jean Vouillon
C-54 N74AF was added on my Off-Airport gallery, located on PR 107 near Aguadilla IAP, Puerto Rico
22May19
Updated my Canada 2007: Gimli page with a current view of C-46F C-GIBX; a sale awaits a final conclusion
20May19
Updated fate (scrapped) of USAF C-119 at Granbury,TX on C-119 Dossier, page #4
Restyled & updated my page Visit to Buffalo Aws at Red Deer,ALB in 2006
Joshua Lester shared an update for my Off-Airport NAm: C-97 hulk at Unalakleet,AK
14May19
Updated my Coventry Air Museum visit in 2011 with details of D-CXXX (ex/ G-AMRA) and D-CXXX (ex/ G-AMPZ) in Berlin
12May19
DC-6 I-DIMA in Italy added onto my Off-Airport Europe
11May19
Updated my Off-Airport Asia for Thai AF C-47A 'JIG 112' at a gasstation on Route 36 in Thailand
10May19
Updated my Off-Airport Asia for Thai AF C-47A c/n 9414 with a 2019 pic
Bill van Dyck shared a video on FB showing DC-7 N4887C at Coolidge moving under own power!
Coolidge Airport,AZ 2008
09May19
Update on C-130 N118TG on my page Visit to Coolidge Airport,AZ 2008
Photo of S-2 N436DF / Tanker 100 as art in Phildelphia, on my Off-Airport N.America
A C-46 (unidentified) preserved in Udon Thani (Thailand) has been nicely repainted; Off-Airport Asia
08May19
Identity check on 'ETM-6043' near Monterrey would be most welcome; Off-Airport Latin America
07May19
Updated my Off-Airport Latin America with a recent photo of C-54A HK-136
Updated my Off-Airport Europe with news that Vickers Viscount SE-IVY was removed from a theme park
06May19
Update on derelict DC-3 N51938 in Missouri, on my Photos by Friends & Guests #18.
05May19
Updated the details on DC-3 C-GJKM on my page Visit Yellowknife 2006 regarding recent landing in open terrain
03May19
Vickers Viscount G-AZNA, off-airport in Belgium, is reportedly for sale
30Apr19
Updated and restyled my Visit to Air Spray at Red Deer (2006)
25Apr19
Today I went to the opening of Thijs Postma's exhibition '100 years KLM' at the Nederlands Transport Museum
22Apr19
John Vogel sent me 'before & after' pics of C-53 N8336C, since 2018 done up in fine Chinese 'Civil Air Transport' livery
20Apr19
Updated my gallery Here & There, in Holland with images of Fokker F.27 'PH-NIV' gate guard at Schiphol
15Apr19
William Swirsky sent me a photo of N88740 for my page DC-3 N5000E & Aero Service Corp
15Apr19
Another Kenting C-47 plane wreck 'surfaced', which is which (CF-OOY vs CF-OOV); Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North
Photos on Paul Weston's gallery of C-119 N5216R seem to reopen discussion on the identity of N5216R at Battle Mountain,NV
14Apr19
Mike Smyth again commented on a 'plane mystery' and seems right on the nail identifying DC-4 N32DR at McAllen,TX.
Simon Beck wrote me a while ago a suggestion for the mystery C-119 'N801W': N8501W?
Updated my Cherbourg (D-Day 70th anniversary) page with news DC-3A HB-IRJ has been sold to Turkey
12Apr19
Ken Swartz shared a few Nov.2018 photos taken in British Columbia; his gallery on my website
10Apr19
Starliner N8083H has arrived at JFK's TWA terminal, approaching final stage of becoming part of a lounge; Photos by Friends & Guests, #57
09Apr19
Updated Ken Swartz' gallery with three recent photos
08Apr19
Restyled my page South Coast Airways Surrenders
06Apr19
Updated details of the 2018 crash of Dragon Rapide 'G-AHXW' at Abbotsford on my Photos by Friends & Guests, #55
Updated my Friends & Guests, #39 , details on Turbo Dak C-GEAI suffering not once but twice incidents on Antarctica, but both time repaired and flown out.
Updated my 2009 page on a visit to Dubendorf's air museum with news that JU-Air suspends all Ju-52 ops
On my Unidentified Planes I have added a red Beech C-45, roadside I-25 south of Augusta,GA (25 miles from its previous location)
04Apr19
Added an unidentified Beech 18 on my Off-Airport gallery, roadside I-25 south of Augusta,GA
30Mar19
Added CV580 ZS-LYL to my Off-Airport (Africa) gallery
28Mar19
Added C-47B P2-003 onto my Off-Airport Asia page, it sits at a pub 'Amaroo Tavern' in Moree,NSW
26Mar19
Restyled Bob Schultz' account on his career which includes air-to-air & interior photos of DC-3 N950
24Mar19
Starliner N8083H has made it from Auburn,ME to New York City; updated my Starliners @Auburn 2009 & 2011 visits
24Mar19
C-47 C-FDTH at Red Deer is in fact C-FBAE (now severely stripped of parts for restoring C-FDTD at St.Hubert); Friends & Guests, #57
22Mar19
Updated my visit to the Coventry Air Museum in 2011, on G-AMRA, that this C-47B saw its restoration at Berlin-Schönefeld terminated
21Mar19
Restyled my DC-3 Fly Inn at Lelystad 2006 page (deleted the thumbnails)
19Mar19
Buffalo's C-54G C-GBNV is now at Red Deer and outfitted as sprayer (budworm, oil pollution at sea, et cetera); Photos by Friends & Guests, #57
18Mar19
Restyled my webpage dedicated to DDA's modest 25th anni celebrations in 2007
18Mar19
Restyled my webpage dedicated to flightseeing over Holland in DDA's DC-3 PH-DDZ (2005)
17Mar19
Nigel Aylmer suggested a cockpit found at Wade Salvage (Atco,NJ) to be of Convair 880 N804AJ; Plane identities..
Updates on Ron Mak's gallery for A-26B N500MR plus photos & history on Canso's C-FPQO (N427CV) and 5B-PBY (N315KM)
Cessna Crane CF-LED was added to the Nanton air museum in Alberta (item has link to my 2007 report of the museum). Photos by Friends ..., Page 57
12Mar19
Came across a vintage photo of R4D-1 (C-47) XA-GEU; no history of what happened to it. Photos by Friends & Guests, page 57
Added the A-26B Invader on my Off-airport (N/Am) page
11Mar19
FAA's DC-7 N464 has been suggested as the unidentified FAA propliner at Wade Salvage (Atco,NJ); Searching for identification
Found in DC-6B N90756 a better candidate for the remaining airframe at Wade's Salvage (Atco,NJ); Searching for identification
10Mar19
DC-3 HK-2494 of Laser Aéro (Colombia) crashed yesterday, with sadly all occupants fatal; Photos by Friends & Guests, page 57
Hector Vazquez sent me a better photo of the Douglas wreck at Wade's Salvage, Atco,NJ; searching for identification
Tanker 68, DC-6 N90739, was scrapped at Redmond,OR in 2007; fwd fuselage now at Wade Salvage. Photos by Ted Quackenbush
09Mar19
CF-TES will move from Winnipeg to Poland, transported General Kazimierz Sosnkowski during WW2
Page 57
C-121 HI-393 and DC-3 HH-CNE survive at Santo Domingo-SDQ; Photos by Friends & Guests, page 57
07Mar19
Mystery 'Big Doug' wreck at Wades Salvage Inc (Atco,NJ) added on my Plane Mysteries
03Mar19
A nice update with a winter photo at Selkirk (Man.) for my gallery on Rich Hulina's Bush Flying Captured
02Mar19
TRAVEL - report of visit to Texel plus a few sidetrips
01Mar19
C-119 N5216R, longtime resident of Battle Mountain,NV has been acquired by Rolling Boxcar! See My Visit Battle Mntn and Photos by Friends & Guests 53
21Feb19
Editted my Alaska/Canada 2006 PAGE 2 webpage, got rid of the thumbnails
Same for Aero Space Museum (2006)
21Feb19
Editted my AlCan 2006 webpage, got rid of the thumbnails
18Feb19
Added a few details on C-47 'Sister Ann' displayed near Lake Hamamatsu,Japan on my Off-Airport Asia gallery
And added DH.114 Heron JA6159
on that same gallery, my Off-Airport Asia
And on that same gallery update on Fokker F.27s preserved at People's Park, Yangon, Myanmar; XY-ADZ and XY-AEW
On my page about submerged DC-3 and C-46 near Bimini I have posted an update on the C-46
17Feb19
Captured some screendumps while catching up on Planesavers videos, E34-E46; Photos by Friends & Guests, page 57
Reworked my Yellowknife 2006 (page 2) page, quit epleased with the result and happy memories!
15Feb19
'Yukon' Cornelis forwarded me a vintage DC-3 photo, of Delta's N57539, which has bearing on the disappearance of ECT-035 (ex/ T3.25)
11Feb19
Opened a new aviation page on my website, a gallery named Here & There, in Holland
06Feb19
Reworked my Yellowknife 2006 (page 1) page
05Feb19
Ron Mak sent me a very fine 1973 photo of DC-3 G-AMPO in support of the Macedonian Aviation history; Photos by Friends & Guests, page 57
Ron Mak contributed a photo for the Searchfor gallery, of DC3's stored at Manilla, now two at Charlie's Hangar Hostel
A sizeable series of 1977 photos taken at Quito's aviation museum were added to Ron Mak's page #3 gallery
Ron also shared with me a 1983 photo of SX-ECD (& SX-ECF) stored at Athens (LGAT) airport, relevant to Off-Airport Europe
And Ron found some (4) 1993 photos of C-47 SX-ECF preserved at Helliunikon-HEW, also on his Ron Mak's page #3
04Feb19
An extended account on Macedonian Aviation (1972-1974) opens a new edition of Photos by Friends & Guests, page 57!
Jim Monahan made me aware of the role DC-3 N26MA (Paralift / PM Leasing) plays in The Corrs video, 'Breathless'.
Page 57.
03Feb19
Daniel Bourque sent me a photo of Fairchild F.27J CF-GND, crashed in 1968 and featured on my Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the North
DC-3 N33611 is for sale, though also expected to participate in the Daks over Normandy 2019 event; specs of c/n 34378 HERE...
02Feb19
Roger Byron-Collins wrote me interesting background of DC-3 G-AMPO in the early-1970s; DC-3 Page 3
30Jan19
Added Google Earth screendumps to indicate the 'Off-Airport' DC-3 location in Athens,Greece.
Added an item on DC-3 C-GJDM at Peterborough,ONT for its use as parts
supply refurbishing N308SF 'Night Fright', HERE..
29Jan19
Item dedicated on Mikey McBryan's 'Plane Savers' intitiative and Vlog; see my Photos by Friends & Guests #56
27Jan19
Added a report by Kyle G. Cameron of visit to crash site HU-16 7237 onto my Abandoned Plane Wrecks of the Arctic North
Addition to my Off-Airport Latin America gallery, a DC-6 (most likely HK-3530X) in Puerto Colombia
Another addition to my Off-Airport Latin America gallery: DC-3 HC-ALD in Tabatinga, Brazil
24Jan19
C-47B SX-ECD now adorns Restaurant Dekatria in Athens,Greece; see my Off-Airport Europe.
23Jan19
The 2 C-47s at Charlies Hostel in San Juan, Philippines have finally been identified, Searchfor..
Noted that Buffalo did a bulksale of DC-3s at Red Deer to Basler Turbo Conversions; update on my Red Deer 2006 report
22Jan19
Sadly Turbine DC-3-65TP N467KS crashed 21Jan19 in Ohio, both crew fatally injured; Photos by Friends & Guests #56
18Jan19
Phil Brooks forwarded a Facebook post by Henry Toh as a screendump to me, fit for my Asia Off-Airport Gallery
03Jan19
John Olin agreed to share a few vintage C-119 photos on my C-119 dossier, page 4
