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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 probably wouldn't find their way to Online-use or publication. To prevent them from getting lost, subject permission of the sender, I would like to share them on this page. |
| Besides that fine photo of the Curtiss C-46, Gerben Groothuis also sent the following photos., taken at the Korean War Memorial, Yongsan-ku, Seoul (in Dec.2005). |
 Fairchild C-119G 3199, ex/Taiwan RoCAF 3119/51-7996, donated to S.Korea as all Korean C-119s had been scrapped |
 C-123 plus various other aircraft; the C-123 is 64389 according to Survivors 2002 |
 Douglas DC-4 72740 (c/n 10845) |
 Grumman S-2 Tracker 6595 |
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Nigel Hitchman went to the War Memorial museum in April 2013 and sighted these 'propliners': 10-541 C-46 (really 8541) - 3199 C-119 (really 51-7996) - 10-389 C-123 (really 64389). Nigel also noted that Douglas C-54 42-72740 had gone, upon Aad van der Voet responded: "The C-54 was moved to Gyeokpo, near Buan, in 2008. It was first reported on display there 15Jun08. maps.google.com " |
 6595 gets a paint touchup |
 Grumman Tracker S-2 9258 (@Korean National War Cemetary, nearby) |
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Potential visitors to this location may be interested in the following exchange on Classic-Propliners (Yahoo), april 2013: Nigel: "At the Air Park, in Boramae Park along with 5 or 6 other military aircraft, is 40622 C-123. And at Inha univesity are HL2012 Beech C-45 this is complete and in fair condition, not derelict as reported. And HL2002 DC-3, along with a few other instructional airframes. Aad van der Voet: "Can you confirm that the Beech 18 and the DC-3 were both located at the Inha University now? A few years ago the DC-3 was indeed at the university, but the Beech 18 was at the Jungseok Aviation Technical High School, which is adjacent to the university but separate from it." Nigel:"It is difficult to decide which bit is Inha university and which bit he other school, you can walk from one to another with no official demarkation. The DC-3 is certainly in the University bit, where it has been shown on Google Earth. It is the only aircraft in this area. The Beech 18 is maybe 200m away next to another buiding, at the other end of which are an AC680, Ce 402 Bell47 and CH701. Behind this building another 100m at the entrance to the road behind, I've now noticed another 3 aircraft on Google Earth which I didn't see there before and missed on the day, all light aircraft. Maybe 300m in front of these is the ex KAL 727. I was able to walk all around the area with no problems, there are some barriers but these seem only for cars." |
 These photos were sent to me by Dwight Beers of Portland,ME. He wrote:"I have recently come into possession of some photos from around 1927, depicting some of Alaska's early aviation pioneers. Each of these photos include handwritten captions on the reverse. So far, Russell Merrill, is the only one I have been more or less able to positively identify: the caption on the reverse indicates that he is seated in the plane in the photo above. The other man is identified as Robinson. I also have some reason to believe that these folks were involved in some kind of survey work, for Dominion Explorers, Ltd. More early Alaska aviation photos on Lars Opland's page. |
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| Lars Opland wrote me in response to this: "The 2 Fairchild FC-2W2's CF-AAN & CF-AAO were both owned by Dominion Explorers. The plane in the photo of the fellow in the flying suit is an FC-2. One more thing about the Fairchilds of Dominion Explorers: 1927 is too early! CF-AAN and CF-AAO were built in 1928 and sold to Dominion Explorers in early 1929... G-CYXW was completed in May of 1928 and sold to Canadian DND. I see no purchases of Fairchild planes by Dominion until they bought FC-2 G-CARH in June of 1928... This is from the article "Fairchild Utility Monoplanes" by Juptner, Molson & Rinehart, which includes a comprehensive production list of U.S. & Canadian airframes." |
| N67018 (c/n 22196/648) sits stored these days at Fairbanks,Alaska; I came across it in 2003. Jim Ormiston read about this and sent me these photos and info in Jan.2007: "Here are two photos of tailnumber 56544. These were taken at NAS Barber's Point on 21Apr67. This plane was used to haul the Fleet Marine Force Pacific Drum & Bugle Team (see also further below) around Australia and New Zealand for the Coral Sea remembrance, from 21Apr67 to 21May67. This plane was a real workhorse! It carried us all over the Pacific and up and down the West Coast." Jim Ormiston, FMFPAC D&B Team (1966-1968)  
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"After seeing all your great pics of the NWT, I've been going through a few files and memories. I didn't realize that I had a digital copy of this photo: C-GPNR and CF-BVF sitting side-by-side. You can just make out the "Summer Wages" logo on C-GPNR, on the left.Taken in Hay River (probably Sep81), at what was then the main base of Buffalo Airways. Their maintenance hangar is in the background." How things have changed... " Don McDonald While C-GPNR has sufficiently been described on my page Visit to Yellowknife 2006, the DC-3 CF-BVF (c/n 12317) I have not yet come across; its aviation history is: delivered as 42-92509 on 12Jan44, transferred as KG320 to the RAF; it served in the UK with 575 Sq in 1944 and during Feb46 with 435 Sq; it returned to North America for the RCAF in 1946, designated a Dakota 3R.
Its service for Her Majesty ended when struck off charge in May70. Its civilian identity became CF-BVF for Wright Industrial Equipment Ltd of Edmonton,ALB on 25May70, soon being obtained by Diversified Developments of Vancouver,BC (02Jul70). A re-editted photo is included on Don McDonald's gallery which was later established on my website. It has a number of other photos from his flying 'propliners' as well as more on this DC-3 in later life. N47TF, with 'Pacific Southwest (PSA)' titles, I have it on my website: SCANS-ARCHIVE-PROPLINERS on a photo, probably at Chino, in the year 2000. |
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Bob Reid sent me these in Dec.2006:
 "These are photos of the Saudi Arabian Royal 1, Hence SA-R-1.. The airplane was gifted to the King of Saudi Arabia by President Roosevelt in 1945 just after the war ended. It was a C-47B. The King used it as his personal aircraft (and actually flew it himself!) from the right seat. A few years later he began upgrading to bigger and better airplanes.  SA-R-1 was sent to be the first Airliner for Saudi and a total of 30,000 odd hours was put upon her. In the mid 70's Saudi stopped flying her and the airplane sat at the Riyadh Downtown airport (Prince Sultan Airbase) for the next thirty years. After Boeing sold a lot of AH64 Apaches to the Saudi Air Force, they decided to do something for the Saudis in aviation... I was selected to go to Saudi Arabia to find a project. The C-47 was sitting at the south end of the airport, untied and unchocked, acting as a weather vane! A sad sight indeed.... Being the only historic piece of aviation in the country (and tied to the King) it was decided to restore the aircraft to its original and best condition to a time when the King was using it. And so we did!  28 airplane mechanics and 14 months later it was a brand new DC-3.Meanwhile back in America.....I purchased 88874 (now known as Puff) to train the Saudi pilots here in the States, while my crew was in Saudi building a new airplane.  My Crew at Royal Aviation completed this project in January 1999. I signed it off at that time and I did the test flight at that time. All in all it took a total of 14 months: it was a little overdue as it was supposed to be complete in time for the anniversary of Saudi Arabia as a country, but we still made it though. It flew beautifully. The Saudi Government appointed me the designee to test the RSAF pilots, so they could fly the plane legally. I spent the next month training the pilots I had trained in Arizona the year before. We flew all over the countryside, but when I left in late January I was told they stopped flying it. The RSAF was building a hangar for it at the Museum, which is located at the NE end of the Old Downtown airport, (Prince Sultan Airbase). I checked Google Earth and didn’t see any new buildings. So I don’t know what the status is now... |
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These photos of ZS-BXF, recently at Johannesburg-Rand airport, were sent to me by Geoff Street, during Dec.2006. ZS-BXF (Douglas C-47A, c/n 12107) is nicknamed "Klapperkop". |
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On 21Nov03, while on take off from Lanseria (north of Johannesburg, S.Africa), it crashed and it is quite remarkable to see it in such splendid condition again. Geoff Street kindly provided the following history details of Klapperkop- Serial number 12107 entered service with the United States Air Force or Army Air Force as 42-92320 late in December 1943. Less than a month later she was transferred or sold to the RAF and designated FZ572 and almost immediately was transferred or sold to the South African Air Force, to operate for number 5 wing in Cairo, she was now designated 6821. Sometime in mid August 1948 she was acquired by South African Airways and was issued with the South African registration ZS-BXF and the name “Klapperkop” (description of name to follow). She flew with SAA until early 1971 when she was returned to the South African Air Force to operate with number 44 squadron, and was then designated as 6888. 6888 (12107) then served a further 20 years with the South African Air Force until she was acquired by the South African Historic Flight in early January 1991 and was re-registered ZS-BXF. In January 2004 the aircraft had to make a forced landing near to Lanseria Airport and was badly damaged. The aircraft has been lovingly restored to its present state and now stands proud and still ready to serve at Rand Airport in the south of Johannesburg. "KLAPPERKOP" The name given to this aircraft is steeped in military history. Klapperkop is the name of a hill that overlooks Pretoria - the Capital City of South Africa. This hill is the site of a fort that was built by the English during the Anglo-Boer War and strangely enough, the hangar of the SAHF looks onto this hill. |
See also my page, detailing its present exquisite condition, Canadian Museum of Flight at Langley,BC 2006 |
Gerben Groothuis sent me this image in Jan.2007. It shows Curtiss C-46D Commando, c/n 22364.At some point this C-46 was decorated with serial 8541, which would make it ex/ 44-78541, which would make it c/n 22364... It has been preserved at the Seoul War Memorial Museum, sometimes also referred to as the Korean War Memorial. Another C-46 has been preserved in Pusan (Busan), believed to be 44-77592. During May or June 2005 this C-46D has been resprayed and received the serial 10-541. Gerben made this photograph in Dec.2005 |
For more details and photos by Mark see my page Wrecks of the North |
N23AJ is c/n 9247 and wore the previous identities: |
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C/n 6053 was registered to KLM 02Jul76 and continued to Gum Air NV, and later again, to Aviateca Guatamala as TG-AXA (16Mar79). |
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Frits wrote: "I never actually saw this Dakota fly; we visited the airport "Zanderij" (as it was named in those days) occasionally as it had the only decent bar in miles... More of Frits' photos HERE... Guy Vanderlinden responded to this in Jan.2011: |
John Ford sent me these photos of the ATL.98 Carvair N898AT of Brooks Fuel, clearly indicating the weather extremes in Alaska...
The photo on the left show N898AT (c/n 20, former DC-4-1009 c/n 42994, line number 55) during summer 2006 at Bettles.For more on the Carvair on my website, please go to: ATL.98 Carvair N898AT in final stages of restoration and Bliss with Brooks!! |
And this is Wainwright,AK.... brrrr, coooold !!  John wrote: "This winterphoto is from Wainwright, Alaska during November (2006). The Carvair carried a load of chain-link fence materials from Fairbanks to Wainwright for us (am working for the Wainwright village corporation, Olgoonik, doing projects on the North Slope)." On a general note John added: "I talked with Roger Brooks last week - he had just returned from down south somewhere with another DC4. He said that he plans to put it into service as soon as possible. With the upsurge in oil-field work on the North Slope, all the air cargo companies are very busy. Lynden's C-130 is booked months in advance, so the DC-4 and DC-6 operators ( Brooks, Everts, Northern Air Cargo) are staying busy too." This brought me to talking to Roger Brooks himself and he confirmed he had bought N96358 (C-54E c/n 27284) and ferried it to Fairbanks early Dec.2006; N96358 and N82FA (C-54G, c/n 35960) would be used during the winter months, while the Carvair had been parked for the winter. Roger's aircraft now kept busy with a contract for Mystery Creek Resources Inc, flying to the mine at Nixon Fork (started this summer, located 35 miles northeast of McGrath in Interior Alaska, owned by Mystery Creek Resources; indications are a yield amounting to 160,000 tons containing 136,300 ounces of gold). Here is more on mines and mining in Alaska. Unfortunately, N898AT crashed 30May07 at Nixon Fork Mine (near McGrath,AK); initial reports reported crew escaped without serious injuries. OldWings.nl has a report and photos of the accident. |
When Arnold Begeman visited Red Deer,ALB ( Canada) on 01Oct06, he came across this nice line up of Air Spray tankers.
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Upon Arnold Begeman's visit he was fortunate to see Kenn Borek's Turbo Dak BT-67 C-FMKB come in and land... it was probably doing flight training.This is c/n 19560 and was registered only a year (26Aug05) ago to this well-known operator of the Arctic North. As a Douglas C-47A it served the USAAF (43-15094, served in 8th AF, flew in Belgium & Netherlands) and it became OH-LCI in Finland for Aero O/Y (Finnair) and was transferred to the Finnish Airforce (DO-6) in 1961.
See photos c/n 19560 on Airliners.net
Here is my personal report on a visit to Red Deer, in June 2006. This is the link to Kenn Borek Air and profile on Wikipedia. |
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| On 19Dec07 C-FMKB was involved in an accident at Antarctica: Accident Occurrence Date: 2007/12/19 Occurrence Time: 0900z - Day Or Night: night-time Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Occurrence Location: Anartica South 78.184N 114.58W Aircraft Category: Aeroplane Country of Registration: CANADA Make: DOUGLAS Model: DC3CS1C3G Year Built: 1942 - Engine Make: PRATT & WHITNEY-CAN Engine Model: PT6A-67R Engine Type: Turbo prop Gear Type: Land Phase of Flight: Takeoff Damage: Substantial Owner: KENN BOREK AIR LTD Operator: KENN BOREK AIR (2273) Narrative: On take-off, aircraft collided with drifted snow and ice and sustained major damages. Four crew and six passengers were on- board. No injuries. Minister's Observer has been appointed.
This narrative appeared on 24Dec07 at www.stuff.co.nz: A 2007 image is published on my webpage dedicated to Dirk Septer's propliner photos. |
During Dec.2006 I received the following interesting email:"I am a Italian avionics technician and I am sending you this photo of Dakota 7100th, which was taken after a WWII. This DC-3 / C-47 was revisioned at Siai Marchetti Factory site in North Italy. I found this photo in a drawer of the my father's desk (1917-1993). Thank you for the website", Attilio |
This is ET-AJG, Douglas DC-3C c/n 13576, and taken during Ron's 3rd visit to Ethiopia, in 2005. He described ET-AJG as in a sorry state, languishing at Addis Ababa's Bole Int'l Airport. |
This is ET-AHS, c/n 16784/33532.Ron added that both DC-3s retained their "Relief & Rehabilitation Commision" -titles. This one is ex/ USAAF 44-77200, Portugese Air Force 6171, was reregistered N9983Q for use in the motion picture "A Bridge Too Far", reregistered again to SE-GUL and found its way to Ethiopia. It has been stored here for many years and reported being in derelict condition since early-1990s. |
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| This is ET-T-1 which Ron photographed on that same visit; it has c/n 9628 and is preserved near the headquarters of Ethiopian Airlines at Bole Int'l. Here is another photo on Airliners.net |
Here is a fine photo, credit © Andrew Stevens (13dec06): This is the CL-44 Guppy RP-C8023, until recently registered as 9G-LCA. |
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