N1017H (c/n 243) of Pen Turbo Coversions; ex/ JW9002 Tanzania Peoples Defence Force Air Wing.
@Cape May 24Apr99, by B.Hickman. Reg canx as perm wfu 11May12.
'One of 20+ Caribous stored at Cape May County Airport by Pen Turbo (c.1999). The aircraft were acquired for
a turboprop conversion program that never got going and many were still stored at the airport in March 2018.'
EMAIL me if you know its present (2025>-) status, thank you.

DHC-4A Caribou, N84893 (c/n 282). @Cape May 24Apr99, by B.Hickman.
'Ex-Abu Dhabi Army Air, serial 303. Owned by Pen Turbo/NewCal Aviation.'
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DHC-4A, N84893 (c/n 282). @Cape May 24Apr99, by B.Hickman.

DHC-4A/C-7A, N888NC (c/n 58) Ex/T.9-28/Spanish Air Force. Ex/ ex/61-2398 USAF.
Owned by NewCal Aviation/Pen Turbo. @Cape May 24Apr99, by B.Hickman.
The aircraft were acquired for a turboprop conversion program that never got going and many were still
stored at the airport many years later, @Wildwood-Cape May County (KWWD/WWD), New Jersey, USA.

De Havilland C-7B Caribou, 39756/KN (63-9756; c/n 218).
Preserved Warner Robins - Robins AFB Museum,GA 23Jul01. My (RL) photo.

DHC-4A Caribou, N666NC (c/n 27). Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99 @Cape May,NJ. Ex/63-9755, PK-YRJ.
'This aircraft escaped Cape May, it sold to Trigana Air in March 2004, registered PK-YRJ and flown to Africa.'
The white c/s may indicate a role for the UN World Food Program..?
Last noted 15Mar2010 Sentani Airport for Sentani Air, looking good.

DHC-4A Caribou, N88NC (c/n 38). Ex/T.9-17, Spanish Air Force. Owned by Pen Turbo/NewCal Aviation.
Aircraft Name: 'Kimberly'. Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99.

DHC-4A Caribou, N58NC (c/n 302) of Pen Turbo. Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99 @Cape May,NJ.
'One of 20+ Caribous stored at Cape May County Airport by Pen Turbo. The aircraft were acquired for
a turboprop conversion program with very limited success, many were still stored here many years later'.
UPDATE: Rereg'd N320PT for Rampart Aviation, dlvd as Turbo converted variant late-2020 to
Colorado Springs,CO subsequently test flown March 2021. Any later sightings? EMAIL ME!

DHC-4, N54NC (c/n 49; ex/T.9-18 Spanish Air Force). Owned by Pen Turbo / NewCal Aviation @New Jersey.
Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99 @Cape May,NJ.

DHC-4A Caribou, N90NC (c/n 24). Purchased by Pen Turbo/NewCal Aviation, in 1980s.
Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99 @Cape May,NJ. Ex/ 60-5433, became PK-YRO for Trigana Air (arvd JKT 23June
2005), crashed 09Oct06 in remote area in Papua New Guinea, caught in x-wind after landing, went off the runway; witten off (w/o).
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DHC-4A Caribou, N90NC (c/n 24). Ex/T.9-24/Spanish Air Force. Owned by Pen Turbo/NewCal Aviation, New Jersey. Photo by Steve Nation (traded in 2000, slide stamped 'JUL91'). Taken @Cape May,NJ

DHC-4T, N600NC (c/n 237). 'PEN Turbo'. 'Turbo Caribou'. @Cape May,NJ 24Apr99, by B. Hickman.
Owned by NewCal Aviation. Ex-5Y-BEM, 201/Kenya Air Force. R04Aug08 Palm Beach Aviation Inc, Boca Raton,FL Flew Palm Beach KPBI - Melbourne KMLB 20Oct08. Operating Jan.2010 in relief to Haiti earthquake disaster.
Operated flights in Hurricane Irma 2017 relief flts. Was sighted operational at Marana-Pinal
Airpark (KMZJ/MZJ), early 2025, for Rampart Aviation (DHC-4A Turbo Caribou!).

DHC-4A Caribou DHC-4, N86NC (c/n 286) @Wildwood-Cape May County (KWWD/WWD), New Jersey.
Photo by/traded with B.Hickman.

No registration visible, but this De Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou is likely to be N9013M (c/n 80).
Its wings and horizontal stabilizer were used for the rebuild of N1017H (c/n 243), thus involved in
re-configuring piston PW R2000 to PW Canada PT6A-67T Turbo Caribous here at Cape May,NJ.
Photo by/traded with B.Hickman (taken 24Apr99).
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No markings, most likely N9013M (c/n 80), read above; see www.airhistory.net/photo
Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99,

DHC-4 Caribou, N53NC (c/n 263); ex/ T.9-6 Spanish AF, of Pen Turbo Conversions @Cape May,NJ.
Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99..
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DHC-4 Caribou, N53NC (ex/ T.5-6) at Cape May,NJ 24Apr1999, traded with B. Hickman

This one by/traded with Steve Nation, taken @Gar Vincent (March?) 1987.

DHC-4A Caribou, C-GVYX (c/n 292) of Kenn Borek Air Ltd.
A Caribou that never saw military service is a rarity. Delivered to Guyana Airways as 8R-GDR on June 22, 1970,
this one came back to Canada as C-GVYX for Proair in June 1979. It was later operated by Air Inuit, Wardair
(as Max Ward's personal aircraft) and Kenn Borek Air. Photographed here still wearing Wardair's northern color scheme, the airplane was written off 10Nov1987 near Ross River, Yukon. ¬ www.airhistory.net/ - /CGVYX

DHC-4, N95NC (c/n 135). Originally built for the US Army as 62-4191 then transferred to Spain as T.9-30 in Sep.1982. To NewCal Aviation in 1986, then withdrawn from use (wfu) and cancelled as expired on 07Jun2013.
Photo by/traded with B.Hickman, @Cape May,NJ 24Apr99.

DHC-4 Caribou, N84NC (c/n 284) at Wildwood - Cape May County (KWWD/WWD), New Jersey.
Photo by B.Hickman 24Apr99.

DHC-4, N814W (c/n .....; reg may be incorrect) stored @Cape May for Pen Turbo; ex/Spanish AF. June 1993.
Photo by David F. Brown, former correspondent for trading slides. EMAIL ME for ID.


DHC-4, N82NC (c/n 259), Pen Turbo/New Cal Aviation for parts or Turbo conversion. @Cape May 24Apr'99.
Photo by B. (Barry?) Hickman, former correspondent for trading slides.

DHC-4 N94NC (c/n 44) in July 1991. By/traded with Steve Nation.
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N94NC (c/n 44), no props. At Wildwood-Cape May County (KWWD), New Jersey. Date: 24Apr99.
By/traded with B. Hickman.

T.9-20 / N56NC (c/n 133) for Pen Turbo Aviation. By B.Hickman, @Coventry 08Sep1996.
'Delivered as 62-4190 to the US Army in Sep. 1963, this Caribou was transferred to the USAF in 1967 under Operation Red Leaf, a A Military Assistance Program transfer to Spanish AF as T.9-20 Oct 1981, it was later sold
to NewCal Aviation as N56NC. The aircraft was registered to Pen Turbo Aviation 29Mar1995 for turbine
conversion; the conversion program floundered and the aircraft's registration was cancelled in 2013.'
¬www.airhistory.net/photo

DHC-4A Caribou, T.9-16 / N52NC (c/n 26). Ex/ Spanish Air Force. @Coventry 08Sep1996. By B.Hickman.

DHC-4 N9014W @Cape May,NJ 06-1993 of Pen Turbo Aviation.
Photo by David F, Brown, former correspondent for trading slides:

C-7A Caribou, N9014W (c/n 13). 'This Caribou started life as an AC-1 under the old US designation system before becoming a CV-2A with the US Army. Then all fixed wing aircraft were transferred to the USAF and the designation changed to C-7A. She spent a year with Air America from 1973 to 1974. In 1975 she returned to the US Army
where she soldiered on until 1986 when she was sold to civilian operators. She changed hands many times before
being written off in Papua New Guinea in 1995 while operating for Garamut Explorations.'¬www.airhistory.net/photo

Accident details: 'P2-VTC Garamut Aviation; 01jul95 after departure Port Moresby the aircraft had to divert to Kiunga due to bad weather at destination Tabubil; during climbout from Tabubil engine nbr.2 failed . On approach to Kiunga nr.1 engine failed too ; the C-7A crashed into trees, short of the runway; copilot survived, 2 others were killed; flew cargo for Vanimo Trading'.

DHC-4A Caribou, N544Y (c/n 241). Ex/ Union Flights c.1986. Delivered to Air America in 1965, for (CIA)
services in Southeast Asia, until 1976. Bt Omni Acft Sales Feb.'76. Photo by Steve Nation, 1987 (no location).
N544Y was owned by G. de Klerk in South Africa. Seen at Jo'burg-Rand Nov.'96. Last noted (Ln) 26oct00
Brak Pan Benoni, wreck. Ln apr01 wings detached and engines missing; cargohold filled with paper!
Derelict @ Brakpan, away from the flying club area, april 2002.

DHC-4A, N700NC (c/n 126; ex/ 62-4184). Union Flights (UF). @Anchorage,AK July 1995. RL photo.
'Refurbished for the civilian market by NewCal Aviation and delivered to Union Flights.
This Caribou was written off January 1997 in Alaska with another operator.'

CL-44 Guppy, 9G-LCA (c/n 16) of Tennessee Tec Services. @Smyrna,TN 06Aug01 (RL photo)
Tennessee Technical Svcs claimed to own it by the time I visited 9G-LCA at Smyrna. Test flown on 24&25May02
and plans called for operations in Europe that summer. Arvd 27Sep02 @Teesside callsign 'Johnsonair JON44"
but was grounded by CAA due paperwork Mar03. I later came across at Bournemouth, learned about a change of
homebase, to Ostend in Belgium but it never came to fruition.
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CL-44 Guppy, 9G-LCA of Tennessee Tec Services. @Smyrna,TN 06Aug01 (RL photo).
R06May13 N447FT reportedly for Wayne Harlan Jordan, Lady Lake,FL and had an engine testrun 15Sep17.
Rereg'd 23Apr20 to Harlan W Jordan. For many years loadmaster Malcolm Poter tried to make it work, to no avail.
I tried to charter it to ferry an A320 engine from England to the continent but by then they couldn't
sort the crew issue. It was at Bournemouth and remained there, until scrapping started 05Dec2024.

Rereg'd to N447FT, CL-44 'Skymonster' was broken up at Bournemouth-Hurn airport (2024)
www.bbc.com/news/articles/ >>>See my dedicated page to CL-44 c/n 16 over the years.

G-AXAA (C/N 18), Transmeridian Air Cargo/K. Maastricht Int'l Airport (MST), 1976 (RL photo)
Transmeridian Air Cargo / IAS Cargo Airlines / International Aviation Services, to Air Express International as N122AE in September 1981.
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N449T was being ferried JFK to Southend(SEN) for TMAC on 13Jan69; went to AEI as N122AE in Sep.'81, into storage at Greensboro,NC in 1989 and was broken up for scrap in 1999.

G-AXAA (ex/ N449T), Transmeridian Air Cargo/K. @Maastricht Int'l Airport (MST), 1976 (RL photo).
Built for Flying Tigers and delivered in 1962. Brought out of storage and flown to Ft. Lauderdale for Aeron Int'l Airlines, G-AXAA would become N122AE and fly international freight. The aircraft was broken up in Sep.1999.

Fairchild C-123B/K 55-4512 (c/n 20173). Preserved Castle AFB Museum, May 1996 (RL photo).

Fairchild C-123B Provider, 4505 (c/n 20166; USCG). Pima Air Museum,AZ 06-1993 (RL photo)

Fairchild C-123, N681DG (c/n 20130; ex/54-0681) @Ft.Lauderdale (KFLL), 10-1992. (RL photo).
Owned at one time by Amjet Aircraft Corp. (Restoration), @Anoka (just north of Minneapolis). May 2000 flown
out of Anoka by Amjet. R18Apr00 Mojave Avtn Inc., MojoJets is located @Mojave Airp.,CA (MHV). Owner is
one A. Hansen. Noted at MHV on 09Apr03 + 28Jan04. Left Mojave 21Oct04 for a museum in Texas.
R29Nov04 to Robinson Air Crane, Miami,FL. On 09Dec04 had N681DG @Opa Locka(KOPF), was an investment for
resale but also available for charter (see www.southfloridaaviation.com). Noted 04Nov06 KOPF, JP Aviation Invest.
R03Feb12 Fly High Holdings Intl LLC, Lewes,DE. Ln 11Oct12 (same later in 2013) Ft Lauderdale-FXE, bare metal.
Sale to Fly High, but seized 06Mar12 by authorities for money laundering, ferried to Ft.Lauderdale (FLL) June
2012, acquired by Hagerstown Aviation Museum,MD Oct.'12, by ground transport to Hagerstown museum through
various stages in Dec.2019. (My -RL- files).

Fairchild C-123J Provider, 56-4395 (c/n 20279), Alaska ANG/USAF @Kulis ANGB,AK. Aug.1995 (RL photo).
Its civil registration at one time was N4393E/Alaska Dept of Interior.

C-123B Provider, 0-64396 (56-4396; c/n 20280), Alaska ANG/USAF (Slide from APN, stamped 'MAR76')

Fairchild C-123J, N4390E (c/n 20274) @Anchorage (ANC) 07-1995 (RL photo)
From my (RL) files: 'Ex/56-4390 144th TAS, derelict at Kulis ANGB/Anchorage, 1994). To Alaska Aviation
Heritage Museum at Lake Hood, Anchorage as N4390E. Could be the one used for spares by All West Freight at
Delta Junction (AK77), owner Bill "Wild Bill" Michel (Mikel?). In 2024 at Delta Junction to where it was
trucked from Alaska Aviation Museum. Wild Bill+2 were killed 01Aug10 in the crash of his C-123 N709RR.'

C-123B/K Provider, N3142D (c/n 20029; ex/ 54-0580), Tanker 63. @Pima Air Museum, AZ 06-1993. (RL photo)
I revisited Pima Air & Space Aviation Museum in 2008, SEE MY REPORT

Fairchild C-123B, 43663 (54-0663), 349th AFRes/USAF. McGuire AFB,NJ 17Jan1976, photo by ??? (EMAIL)
Preserved at Hotel/Resort Costa Verde, Costa Rica !; see item on my Off-Airport-Latin America!

UC-123K (ex C-123B), 0-40585 (54-0585, c/n 20034), AFRes/USAF. @AMARC (Tucson) 06-1993 (RL photo)

C-124, 21057 (52-0057; c/n 43966), Georgia ANG/USAF @MASDC (AMARC), 15Oct1974. RL photo.

C-124, N3153F (ex/ 53-0044; c/n 44339). @Las Vegas 10Sep97. Photo by whom???? EMAIL
During 1980s intention to make a casino in Las Vegas of it, moved to Las Vegas from the AMARC but plan
fell thru, subsequently scrapped in March 2001.

C-124, 0-10089 (51-0089; c/n 17080)), Air Materiel Command/USAF.
Warner Robins AFM Museum, 23Jul2001 My (RL) photo.

C-124, 0-21004 (52-1004; c/n 43913), Military Airlift Command (MAC)/USAF @Pima Air Museum 06-1993.
My (RL) photo.

C-124C, 0-21000 (52-1000; c/n 43909), Military Airlift Command (MAC)/USAF
@Travis AFB Museum 1996. My (RL) photo.

C-133B, N133B (0-90533/59-0533, 60th MAW?; c/n 45584)/ titles: NAC 'Northern') @ANC 07-1995, RL photo.
At the time, with rarely a flight in early-1990s, it was registered to Cargomaster Corporation, to fly
outsize cargo in the State of Alaska.

'Originally built as C-133A 56-2001. Purchased surplus by Foundation For Airborne Relief and registered with
FAA as N201AR. It was to be refitted as an airborne hospital, but regulatory issues ended the program.'

C-133A, N201AR (c/n 45166; ex/ 56-2001). 'Former USAF 56-2001. Stored @Davis-Monthan AFB by 1973.
Purchased by Foundation for Airborne Relief for modification as flying hospital, as N201AR in 1973, and flown to Mojave, CA. This never happened and it was stored at Mojave and was still there in 2024. Rereg'd as N201AB
in 1978 but it was never applied. Photo by Bruce Linwood, pre-1982 (no location, likely MHV; EMAIL)
There's another photo (1983) on my website, see the gallery of Gerben Groothuis

Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB (MASDC),AZ in 1971. To the museum in 1972; here in former 60th MAW markings.
Been retired to MASDC on 30June'71 with inventory code CU023. Loaned to the museum in 1971.

C-133 0-90527 (59-0527), 60th MAW, Military Airlift Command (MAC) USAF.
@Pima Air & Space Museum (Tucson,AZ), 06-1993. My (RL) photo.

Delivered to the USAF around 1959 as 59-0527. Served at Travis AFB, California.

C-133, 0-90527 (59-0527), 60th MAW, Military Airlift Command (MAC) USAF.
Pima Air & Space Museum, Arizona - Sep.1980 (RL photo)

Lockheed L.100-30, N923SJ (c/n 11C-4301) of Southern Air Transport (SAT). @Amsterdam,NL April 1997
My (RL) photo. Still at Chandler on an aerial see my 2008 page Chandler-Gila River Memorial Airport,AZ

Lockheed C-130E, 62-1826 (c/n 3789) 'City of Simi Valley', 146TAW CA ANG. USAF 'Tanker 6'.
Photo by Benjamin Knowles (1989), no location.
Joe Baugher USAF serials: '(MSN 382-3789) active and posessed by 146AW/115AS. Active in August 1995
with 115th Airlift Squadron California Air National Guard. Transferred to Pope AFB and then to Iraqi AF
as YI-302. Has been grounded for some time due to overdue maintenance.'

Lockheed C-130A N131FF (ex/ 56-0530; c/n 1A-3138), 'Tanker 81' of Hemet Valley Flying Services.
@Grangeville, July '94. By MSgt (Ret.) Benjamin Knowles. See also his gallery on my website!
'Built in 1956 this Hercules was used as an Air Tanker to fight forest fires in the 1990s but was bought by International Air Response in 2006. It was reported not in airworthyin 2008 but the intention was to get it flying again.' From my (RL) files: N131FF Aero Firefighting "81". Ln 17jul(99?) Chandler-Memorial. Still at Chandler 2002 + 2003 + 2004, but allegedly reg'd 24Jul90 to Aero Firefighting of Anaheim,CA (FAA: 'Undeliverable triennial' by 2003). R11May07 Int'l Air Response, Coolidge,AZ. Rr N125TG for same (TAG).
TAG's N131FF is shown on my 2008 visit to Coolidge,AZ - with a much faded livery!

Lockheed C-130A, N4172Q (c/n 3115; ex/56-0507 AFRes/USAF), @Greybul Aug 1994. RL photo.
See it on my 2014 Greybull report while much faded over the years. Rereg'd N132HP, reg'd Pride Capital Grp 2005.

Lockheed L-382G/L.100-30, ZS-JIV (c/n 35C-4673) of Safair/OSRL, East Midlands 20Aug2000. RL photo.
OSRL=Oil Spill Response Ltd. My files: ZS-JIV Safir, reg canx 15Nov02, to EI-JIV R15Nov02 Air Contractors; ferried Luxor-DUB 17Nov02; OSRL t/t on fuselage. Back and for ZS-JIV / EI-JIV on various deployments and
sightings, overhauled at Singapore 2020 and redelivered to Alaska for Lynden Air Cargo, N401LC (a/w).

Lockheed C-130E, 62-1862, 115AS/146AW CA ANG/USAF, 'Tanker 4'. By Benjamin Knowles 1994. No location.
Joe Baugher USAF serials: '(msn 382-3826) to Project Compass Call designated EC-130H and configured for command/control/communications jamming mission. Active and operated by 146AW/115AS, loaned to MI ANG. Returned from MI ANG, active and possessed by 146AW/115AS Channel Islands ANGB, CA. Transferred to Little Rock AFB Jan 2007. Put on display at Scott Field Heritage Airpark at Scott AFB, IL May 21, 2009.'
Here's a 2002 image while operating as an air tanker in California (w/ Calif ANG): www.airhistory.net/photo

Lockheed C-130E, 62-1851/CI (c/n 382-3815) 146AW CA ANG/USAF. 'Tanker 6'.
Joe Baugher USAF serials: '(msn 382-3815) noted with 777TAS/464 TAW Pope AFB 1969. Active in Sep.1981
with 115th Tactical Airlift Squadron California ANG. To Pope AFB. Became permanent at Pope AFB in May 2005,
then moved to Little Rock AFB. Derelict at Little Rock AFB.
By Benjamin Knowles, 1994. No loc. See also his gallery on my website!
'This aircraft was damaged by a hurricane @Little Rock AFB on 25Apr2011, allegedly dbr/retired: EMAIL me'.

C-130A, N132FF (c/n 1A-3119), 'Tanker 83' of Hemet Valley Flying Svcs @Grangeville,CA July,'94.
By MSgt (Ret.) Benjamin Knowles (R.I.P.), former correspondent. See his gallery on my website.
In 1999 it was at Chandler Memorial Airport,AZ. Also noted 2000+2002+2003+2006. Seen at Coolidge 12Nov06,
serving as spare parts vehicle. In 2007 reportedly an attempt was made to make it airworthy, R10May07 for
Int'l Air Response Inc., Coolidge,AZ./ Reg'd 10May07 to Int'l Air Response Inc., Coolidge,AZ.

Lockheed C-130H, 21531 (92-1531; c/n 5310) 'City of Cheyenne', 187AS WY ANG/USAF 'Tanker 1'.
Traded with Benjamin Knowles, former correspondent. No date/location.
From www.crouze.com/baugher/usaf_serials/1992 : '(msn 382-5310) Active in June 1997 with 187th Airlift Squadron/153rd Airlift Wing Wyoming ANG equipped with the Mobile Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) consisting of three 1000 gallon tanks placed inside the aircraft and pumps and motors mounted on the cargo ramp.
Named "City of Cheyenne" with 187th AS Wyoming ANG in Aug 2001.'

C-130H, 21537 (c/n 5326) 187AS, 'City of Cheyenne' USAF/WY ANG. 'Tanker 3'. No location/no date.
Photo by Benjamin Knowles (R.I.P.), former correspondent, from Tucson,AZ.
Joe Baugher (R.I.P.): '(msn 382-5326) . Active in June 1997 with 187th Airlift Squadron/153rd Airlift Wing
Wyoming ANG equipped with the Mobile Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) consisting of three 1000
gallon tanks placed inside the aircraft and pumps and motors mounted on the cargo ramp.
Named "City of Guernsey" with 187th AS Wyoming ANG in Aug 2001.'

Lockheed C-130A, N133FF (c/n 3143; ex/ 56-0535 USAF) of H&P, stored. @Greybull,WY. RL photo 1994
My visit to Greybull,WY in 1994.
Ln July 2000 std Greybull. Ln May 2003, no tailfin t4 no reg but id'd by the many tyred on the wings...
R27Sep05 Pride Capital Group, Deerfield,IL. Bt 12Sep06 D&D Enterprises, Plantation,FL. R09Nov06.
But still here at KGEY in 2008. Rr B&G Industries 21Aug17.

C-130A, N116TG (c/n 3086) of T&G Aviation 'Securité Civile' @Chandler,AZ Mar.1993. By Steve Nation.
N116TG/82 T & G Aviation; crashed & w/o 06sep00 nr Burzet,France while fighting fires; 2 killed, 2 wounded;
operated in c/s of Securité Civile.

C-130E, 21794 (62-1794; c/n 382-3744), AFRes/USAF. 'Tanker 2'. By Benjamin Knowles, 1994. No date/location.

C-130B, 58-0728 156AS/145AG (NC ANG/USAF). Tanker 7. By Benjamin Knowles, 1994.
From Joe Baugher's page: 58-0728 (msn 282-3523) to Tunisian AF as Z21116 (no date).

C-130A, N473TM (c/n 1A-3081), 'Tanker 63' of TBM Association @Grangeville,CA July '94. By Benjamin Knowles.
To Castle Air Museum, moved into the museum display in Nov2015.

L.100-30, N903SJ (c/n 382-4590) of Southern Air Transport, with N904SJ.
@Tucson IAP,AZ 06-1993. My (RL) photo. R19Sep97 Lynden Air Cargo, Alaska rr N403LC. Seen
('Ln'/last noted) 09Jul01 @ANC. Same 23Jul03. Has oper'd in Africa for UN a/w, ret to Lynden AC,
ln SNN-ANC 27Feb17. Opb UN, ferry thru Azores 12Dec18.
Here's a photo on Airhistory.net "Line up in sequence, N902SJ, N903SJ and N904SJ former Southern Air
Transport Hercules aircraft. All stored awaiting new owners." On 23 July 1995 @Tucson Int'l (KTUS/TUS).

N531BA, Tanker 67 (ex/56-0531; c/n 182-3139) of TBM/Butler @Redmond,OR May 1996. My (RL) photo.
Ln 26Apr04 Redmond,OR (homebase of TBM/Butler Aviation, Cal Butler Founder died 2004. Bt TBM of Tulare,CA)
on 02Oct06 & R09Nov06. Pic'd 12may08 @Visalia by me (have to look it up!), still T67. Ln March 2011 @Visalia.

Lockheed L.100-30 Hercules, N107AK (c/n 382-4472), of Markair, photo by Ralph Kunadt (1990).
Ex/ Alaska International Air. From my (RL) database: 'S9-BAS Trans Afrik, ln Accra 26Nov04 +UN t/t.
On Airliners.net @Recife 27Nov04. Crashed in landing accident Lokichoggio,Kenya 10Jun05'.

C-130E, 62-1850 (c/n 382-3814) AFRes/USAF. 'Tanker 5'. By MSgt (Ret.) Benjamin Knowles, 1994.
'This C-130 from Little Rock AFB was retired to AMARG during September 2008 and is stored with the PCN/Inventory No. AACF0294.' ¬ Airhistory.net

C-130A, N134HP (ex/ 57-0511; c/n 3218) 'Rhode Island ANG', of Hawkins & Powers (H&P). @Greybull,WY
My (RL) photo, Aug.1994.

Lockheed C-130A Hercules, N130HP (c/n 1A-3146) 'Tanker 130' (Hawkins & Powers, H&P). @Redmond,OR.
Photo by Benjamin Knowles, Aug.1994.
See also my page TANKER 130 DOWN! for more details on that sad event
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Lockheed C-130A Hercules, N130HP (c/n 182-3146) 'Tanker 130' (Hawkins & Powers, H&P). Greybull,WY.
My (RL) photo, Aug.1994.
'Former USAF 56-538. To Hawkins and Powers as N134FF in 1988. Reregistered as N130HP in 1989.
Converted to a firebomber. Crashed when its wings came off (broke in mid air) while on a firefighting mission at Walker,CA in 2002. The three crew on board were killed.'

Lockheed C-130A, 57-0479 (c/n 182-3186; ex/ USAF). Butler, for spares. @Redmond,OR. RL photo, May 1996.
As N479TM to TBM Inc and used for parts, during a US Govt. plan to better equip firefighting companies but
the C-130s proved expensive to operate when the gorvernment stopped the program soon after.

Douglas DC-3A-453/C-53C N999Z (c/n 4976). Traded with Steve Nation in 2000. No date/location.
From my (RL) files: NC33697 United Al, not dlvd but to USAAF as C-53C (only 17 built); ret Reconstruction
Finance Corp (RFC) awaiting sale. Bt Nov.'45 Braniff reg'd NC45340; bt Southern Aws 31dec52 rr N62SA;
bt Jimmy William Acft Sales 20May67; various owners. N999Z owned by A.H. Kilgus (1990s?).
Derelict San Juan March'82, on FAA Register '96. Ex/N62SA.

Douglas C-47B, G-AMRA (c/n 26735/15290), of Air Atlantique @Coventry 12Aug2000. RL photo.
My files: G-AMRA Air Atlantique, Ex/XE280. Operated flights out of Coventry (CVT), later rebranded
Atlantic Airlines. Last service 16dec99 STN-GLA, ferried to Coventry, stored. Aircraft up for Check 4, deemed
too expensive. Ex/ 43-49474 + KK151. But made fully operational since check ended 22jul00. Ln 06Jul02, last passenger public transport Dak, full AA c/s of black lower surfaces & green/white. Pic'd 31May03 CVT (have to
look that up!). R26May07 RVL Aviation Ltd, Coventry (plus G-ANAF + G-AMPA). Reported 26Sep10 @CVT flying.
Pic'd 18JUL11 CVT (again, have to look that up!).
Bt July 2013 Air Service Berlin reg'd D-CXXX. Arvd 30Jul2013 at Berlin. Offered for sale in march 2019.

Douglas C-53 (w/ Hyper engines), N147M (c/n 7313), 'Billion Dollar One'. By Norris Graser.
@Oshkosh/Basler, slide stamped 'Oct.1997'.
From my (RL) files: N943DJ Basler Turbo Conversions, reg'd in Nov.'93, previously owned by Kalamazoo Avtn Historical Museum, Michigan. Ex/N47L. Ln Oshkosh Aug.'96 for BT-67 conversion. R/r N943DJ (Basler) 25jun99.
Noted with Hyper engines, panoramic windows & undercarriage doors; owner quoted as Don Jones of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Als reported as owned/opb 'Spirit Enterprises' @Fond du Lac. Ln 29/30jul00 Oshkosh & Fond du Lac.
Ln 01Aug03 EAA Oshkosh 'the Spirit of Enterprise'. Same 24Jun04 @Oshkosh (OSH). Same July 2010, but now named 'Spirit of Benovia' - normally based at Phoenix Sky Harbor but summers @Sta.Rosa for owner's winery is located... Rr N8336C for JM Air of Phoenix,AZ but seen at Marana,AZ 20Mar16. Since 2018 new c/s,
Chinese CAT livery, pics @Photo by Friends & Guests #57 (by John Vogel).
Pic'd C-53C Skytrooper N8336C (c/n 7313) by me (RL) 05Jun19 D-Day Duxford.
Pic'd 31May24 @NorthWeald by me at 'D-Day 80 event', in new c/s 'Spirit of Douglas'.
In 2024 rumored for a new owner in New Zealand, EMAIL me!

Douglas C-47B, G-AMPZ (c/n32872/16124) 'KN442 RAF' of Air Atlantique. @Coventry 12Aug2000. RL photo.
Previous identities: 44-76540 KN442 G-AMPZ OD-AEQ G-AMPZ G-41-3-66 (PH-RIC) TF-AIV.

Douglas DC-3C/C-47A, G-DAKK (c/n 9798), South Coast Airways @Bournemouth 09Aug2000. RL photo.

Douglas DC-3C/C-47A, G-DAKK (c/n 9798), South Coast Airways @Bournemoth09Aug2000. RL photo.
See also a specific profile I made, remembering South Coast Airways.

Curtiss C-46F Commando, N1651M (c/n 22399) of Methow w/ 'Alaska Airlines' titles.
@Ephrata,WA May 1996. My (RL) photo.
From my files: N1651M Evans Aviation, Seattle,WA. Ex/44-78576. Pic'd Ephrata,WA May '96. At Kenai 9/97 + serious engine problems, Methow not able/willing to pay: now for sale. Ln Kenai 27Jun'98. Rr Everts Air Fuel
(still reg'd N1651M) 10nov98. Ln 9jun99 Fairbanks, 1 engine, std. Ln 02jun01 Fairbanks. Expect to be operational
in 2002, according to Rob Everts, Dec01. Ln 20Jul02 FAI operational? Not so, not expected until 2003 (by Marty
Hall). Pic'd 31Jul03 FAI, no.2 engine removed. Ln 20Apr04 FAI, tail removed. I came across it in 2012, yet
again in the Everts' hangar at Fairbanks, HERE...

Curtiss R5C (C-46 c/n 421), '39611/15' US Marines. Nat'l Naval Avtn Museum @Pensacola,FL. RL photo Oct.1993.
Previous identities 43-47350 | XT-??? (for CNAC) | N8364C | N1382N.

Curtiss C-46A, N1419Z (c/n 30228) 'Maid of Money' of Everts Air Fuel @Fairbanks,AK Aug.1995. (RL photo)
In the background Douglas C-118B N451CE (cn/ 43712), also of Everts Air Fuel.
C/n 30228 is ex/N808Z and it as large cargodoor, able to transport cars! Ln Kenai 25jun00. Crashed 21dec00
on its way from Nondalton,AK to Kenai, when forced to reroute due weather it crashed against steep slope near
Crescent River, 10 mls SE Mt Redoubt; both crew fatal.

C-46A, N1419Z (c/n 30228) 'Maid of Money', a better look on the insignia. A fine tradition by Everts.
@Fairbanks,AK Aug.1995 / RL photo.

C-14F N1837M (c/n 22388), 'Hot Stuff' of Everts Air Fuel @Fairbanks, Aug.1995. RL photo.
I love the tradition by Everts to name the aircraft with a cartoon!
From my (RL) files: Bt 1979 CF-FNC North Coast Air Svcs. Ln 27jun00 Fairbanks. Same 02jun01.
Operational in Dec.'01. Landed 09Jul02 Iliamna,AK due lh-engine fire, no injuries. Pic'd 31Jul03 FAI.
Pic'd 12Jun06 at Fairbanks 2003. On my Photos by Friends & Guests #49 Everts' you'll C-46 N1837M with
a wing from CF-NAU (Photo credit: Tom Singfield).
Pic'd 19Jun12 at Fairbanks while in maintenance. See also Guestphotos #64 by Walter van Brempt (2022).
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'Originally USAAF 44-78565, CF-FNC was sold to Everts Air Fuel in 1990'.

C-46F, CF-FNC (c/n 22388, wfu). '37M', Northland Air Manitoba. Photo by Ralph Kunadt, 1990.
'The 1980s were still a time of big radial engines in Winnipeg. Local carriers like Ilford Riverton/Air Manitoba and Aero Trades Western had DC-3s, DC-4s, C-46s and a PBY kept busy flying north. CF-FNC was acquired by Ilford Riverton in 1982 and sold by Air Manitoba in 1990. It returned to Alaska with Everts Air Fuel as N1837M.

Curtiss C-46F, N1822M (c/n 22521) 'Salmon Ella' of Everts Air Fuel'. Fairbanks,AK 08-1995. RL photo.

C-46F N1822M (c/n 22521), of Everts Air Fuel @Fairbanks Aug.1995. RL photo.

Curtiss C-46R Commano, N7848B (c/n 273) 'Dumbo' of Everts Air Fuel. @Kenai, Aug.1995 (RL photo)

Same as above, C-46R N7848B (RL photo)
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C-46R, N7848B 'Dumbo' of Everts Air Fuel @Kenai,AK Aug.1995. RL photo.

C-46F, N5370N (c/n 22601) of Rich International. No data on where, when (Miami? 1970s? and by whom. EMAIL
'Originally the USAAF in 1945. To Slick Airways in 1950, Aaxico in 1957, Capitol in 1960, Zantop in July 1966, Universal in September 1966 and finally Rich in 1971. In 1985 to Corp. Asesoramiento Aeronautico as HP-1058 and finally to Aeronica as YN-CBC. ¬Airhistory.net
Another source: ' To Rich International in 1971 then to Bellomy-Lawson Aviation in 1984. Sold as HP-1058 then to Aeronica as YN-CBC in 1985. Withdrawn from use at Managua by 1994 and scrapped.'

Curtiss C-46D, 44-77575/13 (c/n 20443) 'Dinjan', Preserved at Castle AFB Museum,CA. RL photo 1996.
Ex/ N812 + NC112 + NC24 + N14 + N21 + N24010 + N230GB.

Curtiss Commando, possibly C-46D N54514 (c/n 33285) of Everts, stored. Fairbanks,AK Aug.1995. RL photo.

C-46D, 477635/X606 (44-77635; c/n 33031) 'groan'. Pima Air Museum,AZ 09-1993. RL photo.
'Delivered in 1945. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1958. To the museum in 1969. Moved inside hangar 4
by 1997'. '

C-46D, 44-77635 (c/n 33415) 'Syracuse Sharkrat'/X606/'groan'. Pima Air Musem,AZ. RL photo, 09-1993.
'Preserved in the markings of 5th Combat Cargo Squadron, Townsville, Australia, 1944.'

Curtiss C-46 Commando, C46-045 Taiwan AF (preserved). C/n (msn): tot known.
Photo by Benjamin Yu, one time correspondent in RoC/Taiwan for trading slides.
Photo by Fred Willemsen on Airhistory.net, 18Aug2000.

Boeing 307, N19903 (c/n 2003) preserved at Pima Air & Space Museum. RL photo, 06-1993.
>> 'Clipper Flying Cloud' has been beautifully restored by Boeing in 2001 and this very interesting piece of
aviation history is currently on display at the NASM Udvar-Hazy Center.

B-26C Invader, C-GXGY (c/n 28987). 'Tanker 10' of Air Spray. @Red Deer, Alberta 26Aug1999. RL photo.
From my (RL) files: During Sep06 being prepared for Classic Aircraft Museum Inc, Hillsboro,OR. Reg canx Nov06. Rereg N26PJ 2007 for Premier Jets Inc. of Hillsboro,OR.

'Tanker 56' of Air Spray

B-26C Invader, C-FOVC (c/n 28776) 'Safe Passage' of Air Spray @Red Deer,Alberta 26Aug1999. RL photo.
From my files: Ln @Red Deer 13May05, 1st year A-26s being inactive. Pic'd 27Jun06 (reddeer06-airspray),
std -lh engine. "Safe Passage" was again noted ('Ln') May 2011 std @Red Deer, complete.
EMAIL updates.

B-26C Invader, C-FZTC (c/n 29136), 'Tanker 13' of Air Spray @Red Deer, Alberta 26Aug1999. RL photo. My files: Ln Red Deer 13May05, 1st year these A-26s being inactive. Pic'd 27Jun06 std Red Deer (reddeer06-airspray).
Ln in May 2011 Red Deer stred, complete.

B-26B Invader, C-GWLT (c/n 28057), 'Tanker 98' of Air Spray @Red Deer 26Aug199. RL photo.

You may also be interested in my page for (vintage) TANKER ID's

B-26C Invader, C-FAGO (c/n 28735), Tanker 36 of Air Spray @Red Deer 26Aug1999. RL photo.

A-26 Invader (JD-1), 446928/UH-2 (VU-5 US Navy) preserved Pendacola Nat'l Naval Museum. RL photo 10-1993.

A-26C-45-DT Invader, 44-35732 (c/n 29011) @Warner Robins Air Museum,GA 23Jul2001. RL photo.

A-26C Invader, 44-35440 (c/n 28719) preserved at Travis AFB museum,CA. RL photo 1996.

RB-26K, 64-1765 (c/n .....) preserved at Pima Air & Space Museum, Arzona. My (RL) photo, 06-1993.

A-26C, "43-652/TA" (c/n 18799), preserved Travis AFB museum, California. RL photo 1996.

B-26K, 64-17640 (cn .....) preserved at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota 1994. RL photo.

A-26?, N240P. No data on where, when or by whom (by Steve Nation?).

A-26C, CF-BMS (c/n 18504) 'Tanker 22' of Conair, preserved @Victoria,BC. RL photo, 09Aug1999.
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A-26C, CF-BMS (c/n 18504) 'Tanker 22' of Conair.

A-26, N3428G/F Tanker 29, traded with Steve Nation in 2000.

A-26B, '435648/BC-64'), ex/ 41-39472 USAF. Preserved @Castle AFB museum,CA 1996. RL photo.