Unidentified DC-3, Hans van der Vlist collection. In the distance we can see a thoroughfare road.
Hans wrote me in Dec.2024: "Can you or your readers help me to identify this Dakota?
I photographed this DC-3 on 01Nov1992 at Craig Mun'l Airport in Florida. Today also known as
Jacksonville Executive Airport (KCRG). EMAIL
The red-rimmed cockpit windows, some on the fuselage and red patch on the engine could be a clue..?
Could it be a former Naples Airlines & Provincetown-Boston Airline DC-3?

Airnav.com: Jacksonville Executive Airport at Craig

More or less the same question for these two

KLM DC-7CF PH-DSE, the 'Cargo Queen' hauling livestock; where & when please...
EMAIL

Looking at the digging and sand in the background, this may be the same location. New ramp in development?

The Caravelle in the background seems one operated by Sterling Airways. And Edwin thought this was in Denmark.

SOLVED

Believed to be is NC86583 by deduction; see bottom of this item)

The website Veterans Air (link above) provided a better portrait:

From the website: He was twenty-two years old – yes, 22 – when he founded an all-veterans non-scheduled air service in 1945. They flew freight and passengers out of Newark Air Depot (NJ) and Teterboro under two names….Veterans Air Express and Veterans Air Line. For easy reference, I call them both Veterans Air. The adventurous troop of mostly men and a few women which my Dad assembled for this endeavor are the object of my research."

Use link above to read more

Veterans Air Express seemed short lived; no identity to the DC-3 / C-47 but the fleet counted 2 DC-4s
and 2 DC-3s: C-47A NC86583 (c/n 19411; scrapped 1976) and C-47B NC58121 (c/n 34353; destroyed 1948)

I did found historical data on this air operator on ATDB.aero, the online aviation database
'Veteran Airways (Veterans Air Express). Based Westerly/Newark @Rhode Island.
Dates 1945-1946. Declared bankrupt on 09Dec46.'
Screendump from ATD.aero (data last updated 2014)

NC58121 (msn 34353/17086) was destroyed after a beach landing

From ASN aviation-safety.net/wikibase/336598
"The DC-3 left Teterboro for a flight to Miami and San Juan. They passed the US coast near Atlantic City and the
flight continued over sea to Miami. The Florida coast was not sighted however. After heading west, the crew observed
the Berry Group Islands (Bahamas). Since they didn't have enough fuel to reach Nassau, a forced belly landing was carried out on a beach. The surf later damaged the aircraft beyond repair. Although it cannot be proven, it was thought that the crew were asleep during part of the flight and that the autopilot precessed and turned the plane westward."
Nil fatalities (23 occupants: 4 crew, 19 pax). Date: 04Oct1948.

This accident report is also on www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-douglas-c-47b-dk-haines-cay

Since this C-47 has different titles (and not Gaye Lyn painted on), it follow that 'Gaye Lyn' is NC86583

This is confirmed by www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier (though the name 'Gaye Lyn' cannot be detected.

NC86583 (msn 19411) met its demise in Venezuela where it flew as YV-C-AZX, YV-C-TGB and YV-144C.

UNSOLVED

SOLVED

FAIRCHILD/ KAISER-FRAZER C-119 FLYING IDENTITIES

During the 1990s I stumbled on identities of stored propliners at Greybull,WY and when I started my website,
ca.20 years ago, one of the first webpages I compiled was about Greybull Visit and a sepaerate page for the identities.
Research by fora resulted in many shared photos and data but SoMe killed the fora and subsequest adequate research.
But others continued, and by 2022 I was copied in the final exchange by Michael Roeser and Paul Seymour.
In Feb.2023 I compared data and reached conclusions plus compiled this see the the result of a virtual C-119 Diaspora

Notes:
N3003 c/n 10872/10737 moved to the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum. Also has H&P falsified c/n plates.
N3003 c/n 10737 std GEY in RCAF c/s, for parts. Spray painted reg faintly visible on boom. No presence >2006.
C/n 10824 was displayed as '06' (on this list), at some point @KGEY Museum falsely marked as 'N5216R Tanker 136'.
The real N5216R (c/n 10956) went to an air museum @ Battle Mountain,NV (closed) and in recent years to Alaska.
N5215R c/n 10773 is on display at KGEY Museum of Flight & Aerial Firefighting (allegedly closed) as '06' RCAF c/s.
N8505A c/n 179: would welcome sightings; was used for parts and may well have been scrapped.

These 2 C-119s would be N8094 (c/n 10994) and N8505A (c/n 179) .
The museum C-119s would be c/n 10824 (false 'N5216R Tanker 136') & c/n 10773 as '06' in RCAF markings. ¬02-2023

For more details, images & information see my pages Greybull Log Reports (since 1990s) and Greybull 2014 Revisited.

SOLVED

Kenneth I. Swartz visited in Dec.2021 the Vince O’Connor Aircraft Collection (Uxbridge, Ontario)

Convair 580 nose? The identity of this mystery blue and white CV580 in Vince O’Conner’s yard has been solved.
Ken wrote me in Sep.2021: I received this note from Erik Johannesson: "The Convair nose in Uxbridge is C-FARO
SN 382. There were only two in that scheme, the other one (C-GKFZ SN 79) crashed in the Congo in 1999."

"This aircraft was built as a Convair 440 in 1957 and imported to Canada in 1987 as a Convair 580 by Air Niagara Express Inc. based at Lester B Pearson Int'll Aiport (YYZ) and first registered to the company on "1988-04-06”.
The registration for this aircraft was cancelled on "1998-05-08” but I believe Air Niagara Express went out of business before this date in the early to mid-1990s. The aircraft was finally deleted from the register on "2012-03-21"

And another at Uxbridge, Ontario:

Convair wreck / forward fuselage?
Other (identified) aircraft documented by Ken Swartz on his propliner gallery on my website.

SOLVED(?)

Einar Johannessen shared this photo on Facebook, trying to identify this USAF C-54 O-22488.

I think this is C-54D 42-27488

SOLVED

Ron Mak wrote: 'Sending you 2 slide scans of a CV240 / T29(?). Probably ex/ USAF. I ran into them in
Costa Rica during november 1980; no registration, but with titles'The Spirit of St. Lucia' on her nose.
Hopefully this may lead to a proper tailnumber and history!'

Convair VT-29A, N87962 (c/n 188)
The titles in the nose may refer to the isle of St.Lucia or to St.Lucie Airport in Florida, that mystery remains...

Peter van Oostrum wrote me 01Mar21: "I am on a kind of pre-pension and so I have time to finally put all my slides in a DB; scanning will follow later. Working back, I am now in South America in 1982, my first trip there! On San Jose (SJO, C.R.) I photographed a Convair 240 and noted it on the spot as N87962. This is the CV240 / T-29 that Ron, the one with the blue tail, also photographed. No misunderstanding possible! Slides match exactly (right side). The registration is in very small, white letters under the stabilo. Unfortunately I cannot read it properly on the slide. But, as said, I wrote down the registration myself at the time. The date was 17 - 4 - 1982."

History by ATDB.aero on N87962, c/n 188 ex/ 49-1921 'ultimate fate obscure'.

Before Peter van Oostrum wrote me the above email I had spent considerable time on reserach, in coöperation with others. Here's some of that for safekeeping¬ At first I worked from the (correct) assumption this could be T-29A/VT-29A c/n 188. Cooperativa de Servicios Aereos bt 27Jul84 (ex/ N87962), reg'd TI-ARN for Trans Carga, wfu & std @San Jose, Costa Rica (source TAHS). Here's where I went wrong, following reregistration as TI-ARN, identified as T-29C c/n 359... History of CV240 / T-29A c/n 188 by The Convairliners Story (1997). Correct as 49-1921, correct for rr to N87962 for Hillcrest Aircraft Corporation (compared to ATDB.aero), incorrect for reregistration TI-ARN. ATDB has TI-ARN as T-29C c/n 359. Note: there is no tailnumber mentioned above for Cooperative de Servicios Aereos [sic] upon purchase 27Jul84. The correct spelling reads: COOPERATIVA DE SERVICIOS AEREOS and was Panama based. (Source) ATDB.aero has for VT-29A c/n 188 N87962 (ex/ 49-1921) 'Ultimate fate obscure' (Mexico, Cooperativa de Servicios Aéreos) - no link to TI-ARN. It has no info on this operator, allegedly Mexican? To exclude TI-ARN Ron Mak added a photo of TI-ARN and my continued research on a different tangent resulted in interesting whereabouts. See further down.

ATDB.aero has TransCarga operating 1988-1992, only 2 aircraft: CV240 TI-ARN cn359 and L.188CF N107DH
--www.abcdlist.nl/cv240.html has cn188 only as T-29A 49-1921, cvtd VT-29A, N87962 .... and
-- ... cn359 T-29C 52-1120 N9440A N9390A [B/U]


Convair T-29C/CV240 TI-ARN (c/n 359) by ATDB.aero (12-2020)

Some conclusions: As per ASN report, TI-1086C crashed in 1974, in Nicaragua. ASN states it was repaired so the Convair on Ron Mak’s pix, taken in 1980, could be TI-1086C (but unlikely). ATDB.aero has TI-1086C as CV440 c/n 359, N87962 as VT-29A c/n 188. It would help if we could find images of TI-1086C. I could find none. Considering what Daniel wrote (below), the link with APSA, could be TI-1086C but I still wonder about those titles. We have estalblished it is VT-29A N87962 c/n188. Both ATDB has TI-ARN (CV240 c/n 359) and Convairliners Story (CV240 but c/n 188, +'Dagoberto' name) not as ex/TI-1086C. They, TI-1086C & TI-ARN, are not the same. Trans Cargo Cargo attempted a start up in 1988, while Ron's photo is dated 1980. 'Convairliners' has CV440 cn359 as ex/ Delta AL N4821C, various owners, TI-1086C Aeroservicios Puntarenas SA acquired 11Aug71, and we can assume flew on with APSA until it ceased operating in 1979. That would match. The plane in the Tango India VIP Club is quite probably TI-ARN (T-29 c/n 359). Conclusion: TI-1086C was with APSA (not repaired from crash '74?) destroyed or 'ultimate fate obscured' & TI-ARN resides in Tango India VIP club, while the 'Blue Tail Convair is N87962' . See my note further down on the search leading to Mexico, for VT-29 c/n 188 and TI-1086C.

'Spirit of St. Lucia'-titles enlarged:

Perhaps it is The Spirit of St.Lucie, which could refer to Fort Pierce-St Lucie in Florida..?
Or acquired from an owner/operator at St.Lucia, flown over to SJO/MROC but never got operational?
While this stored Convairliner, converted for freight, may well be TI-1086C, the titles remain a mystery.

Ron Mak wrote me some time later: "Two days later, at Panama Tocumen, I saw another Convair T-29,
with tailnumber N9048N, with a black/blue tailfin. But found this another dead end (online)".

My thoughts on this 'St.Lucia' or St.Lucie', it's probably the best clue to identify this aircraft.. Saint Lucia is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. The island was previously called Iyonola, the name given to the island by the native Arawaks. [en.wikipedia.org:_Saint_Lucia] The Arawak are a group of indigenous peoples of South America and of the Caribbean. The bibliography of the Wikipedia site has the only reference to St.Lucia: Jesse, C., (2000). The Amerindians in St. Lucia (Iouanalao). St. Lucia: Archaeological and Historical Society. [en.wikipedia.org:_Arawak] I had hoped to have found the link St.Lucia vs a Convair operator, but these CV440s are well accounted for.

Seems ex/ USAF colours: metal under, top white. But the tailfin has been made very dark (blue or black).
I have not been able to find a similar dark-tailed T-29 photo on the internet; looks similar to Trans Air
Link (TAL) Convair's but those (3) were CV580's and show no windows. And Convair CV600 N55AP has the
same tail too, but also its underside (fuselage) and a much different door (A.Net 1994 by G.Helmer)

"My feeling about the St.Lucie T-29, given the dates and the hastily painted dark blue tail, is that it is one of several borrowed by the CIA at MASDC for ops in Nicaragua/El Salvador at the time of the civil wars there.
Not an inch of evidence though.."
'FAP-201' in the background?

Daniel Umaña sent me this for the wing in the background on one of Ron's photos.

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More on TI-ARN, its research resulted in its whereabout anno 2021!

Ron wrote me 05Dec20: '..started searching in my archive, and found TI-ARN of Trans Carga, photographed
by my friend Pierre Alan Petit in march 1989 at San Jose, Costa Rica.'

It does not match Ron's Blue Tail Convair at all, look at those antennae! The paint scheme is basically the same, minus
the black line above the windows and the black tail. The photo by Jorge Rafael Solano Rodríguez, the Convair
in scaffolding, has no cheatline either. Clues for TI-ARN being the plane in the strip club, see further down.

I ran the name by Daniel Umaña, he replied: "Capt. Dagoberto Mora was the copilot of a DC-3 accident that occurred in Costa Rica in 1984. The aircraft had his name and Capt. Taylor Sanabria on the other side. Below the name you can read (hardly) qdDg (='que de Dios goce') which would be translated to something like "he is with God". From ASN Aviation Safety Network: 'Thursday 19 April 1984 ¬ Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3), TI-SAA (c/n 4231) of Servicios Aéreos Nacionales - SANSA'. "A Douglas C-47 transport plane was destroyed when it flew into the side of the Cerro Alto Santa Rosa, near the Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica at an altitude of about 2300m. All four on board were killed." ASN has a copy of the article in La Nación, which includes the names of the crew: Taylor Sanabria Bermudez (35), copilot Dagoberto Mora Arias (23), senior cabin attendant (loadmaster?) Felipe Gonzalez Rodriguez (24), engineer Guillermo Orozco Martinez (54). Also the identity of the aircraft was mentioned: "El avion, matricula TI-SAA, .." Notes on TI-ARN & TI-1086C: --A photo appears on www.aviacioncr.net with text TI-ARN (as CV340) being converted to a restaurant --ATDB.aero has TI-ARN as T-29C c/n 359 ('Scrapped -after use as restaurant at La Uruca ?'- at SJO) --Site www.abcdlist.nl/cv340.html also has TI-ARN as c/n 359 (359 440-38 N4821C TI-1086C TI-ARN [B/U] --ASN has CV440 c/n 359 crashed 'Feb.74 & repaired as TI-1086C in Nicaragua; Aviation Safety Network --ATDB.aero has TI-1086C CV‑440 cn359 as 'Destroyed?', operated for Aeroservicios Puntarenas SA-APSA --The ConvairLiners Story (Air-Britain publication, 1997) has: CV440 cn359 as ex/ Delta AL N4821C, various owners, TI-1086C Aeroservicios Puntarenas SA, dbr 15Jul74 T-29C/CV240 cn359 52-1120 USAF, Aircraft Surplus Co 1978, Rr N9440A (various owners), b/u 02Aug80 Daniel Umaña wrote me: "I uploaded a photo this morning to a Facebook group of former COOPESA mechanics. They confirmed the Convair operated for Aeroservicios Puntarenas - APSA with registration TI-1086C. It was later converted to freighter for Trans Carga but the airline was never granted operation permissions. The aircraft was left on the ramp for a few years until it was sold." Trans Carga in Costa Rica should not be confused with Transcarga International Airways C. A., which is a cargo airline based in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates domestic charter cargo services and was founded in 1998.[Wikipedia] ASN had as a source an article from La Nacion, with this drawing. It is in close proximity of the airport. ASN also states 'Aircraft damage: Substantial' + 'Aircraft fate: Repaired' + 'Location: 1,5 km (0.9 mls) S of Managua-Las Mercedes Airport (MGA)' ASN is the only source I could find stating TI-1086C was repaired after this crash in 1974. Could it be TI-1086C went to Panama or Mexico, and thus disappeared from the face of the earth? Wouldn't have been the only one, see our N87962! Was Cooperativa de Servicios Aéreos fake, for running contraband? ATDB.aero has TI-1086C as destroyed at Mangua.

From Piston Engined Airliners by TAHS, 2007:

Top: if c/n 188 was acquired by Cooperative de Servicios Aereos [sic] in 1984 and flown out, it could fit.
There is no tailnumber to this change of owner. Change to TI-ARN is not correct (=c/n 359).
Middle: I could find no images of N9440A nor N9390A, but the scrap date does not match Ron's photo
Bottom: Arawak AL would be fitting with 'The Spirit of St.Lucia'-titles, but we lack photos. TI-1086C was repaired.

Repeated conclusion: TI-1086C was with APSA (not repaired from crash '74?) destroyed or 'ultimate
fate obscured' & TI-ARN resides in Tango India VIP club, while the 'Blue Tail Convair is N87962' .

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So why did I initially pursue TI-ARN as Ron's mystery Convair? I was wrong but it lead to something!
This photo appears on www.aviacioncr.net while TI-ARN (as CV340) is being converted to a restaurant.

There is little to adequately compare it to Ron's photos, I think. (Link)

Daniel Umaña wrote: "The (above) photo was taken in 1996; the aircraft was going to be scrapped, but was bought by some investors to use it as part of a restaurant in San Jose. The Convair was the main attraction for a few years, then the restaurant closed and now it's part of a strip club. Do you by any chance know where the placard with the serial number would be located on the Convair 240? I wasn't able to find any photos with a visible registration number, I have photos of the cockpit too, but no signs there either." www.aviacioncr.net/foto A list of TI- reg'd Convairs (from The Convairliner Story) CV340 cn160 TI-1015C -- converted to CV580 and went to KF Aerospace (-ATDB) CV340 cn176 TI-1016C -- nil found (-ATDB) CV440 cn 17 TI-1018C -- reg found but DC-6 (-ATDB) CV440 c/n 5 TI-1060C -- to N2286 (Varney C A King;B M Hodges), ultimate fate obscure (-ATDB) CV440 cn359 TI-1086C <<< CV440 cn210 TI-1091C -- TI-LRG Avianca Costa Rica, as N477KW destroyed nr Colorado,US in 1982 (-ATDB) CV440 cn213 TI-1092C -- TI‑LRH @ Avianca Costa Rica, N478KW, b/u California,US (-ATDB) CV440 cn143 TI-ACA -- CV340 ex/SAHSA HR-SAT, to TG-ACA, destroyed 27/04/1977 in Guatamala (ATDB) CV240 cn147 TI-AOC -- nil found (-ATDB) CV240 cn188 TI-ARN <<< CV440 cn210 TI-LRG -- see above TI-1091C CV440 cn213 TI-LRH -- see above TI-LRH Browsing my early copies of JP Airline Fleets, 1981 & 1984, I found no TI-reg'd Convairs. (Same for Panama). For the result of browsing my 1979-1989 Propliner magazines, see TI-ARN further down. Did not come across TI-1086C. Checking the fleet of LACSA for Convair there were 3 CV340s, 4 CV440s and 3 marked for rereg into TI- Registry but acquisition cancelled: all their fates accounted for (new owner, scrapping locations, et cetera). St.Lucia operators-> Eagle Wings St.Lucia (alias Eagle Air Services), based at Castries (Saint Lucia); operated 1988-2001. It had a C-47B to its name (N10004) plus a Convair CV240: N707AW, c/n 145. Scrapped in MIA, a rich history (PH-TEM, PH-CEM, D-BOBA, N2402Z, N8328C, N1011F, N100W, N707AW - but no names to tie it to a Latin American owner/operator. My JP Airline Fleet editions '81 & '84 show the country prefix to be 'J6' but St.Lucia Airways (JP '81) was apparently the only operator reg'd to State of St.Lucia and a mix of VQ- and N- reg'd aircraft alongside 2 J6- reg'd HS.114 Herons. JP '84 showed 3 Islanders (J6-LAS, 2x N- reg'd) and J6-SLF, a 707-323C freighter. No Convairliners. Something interesting for Santa Lucia Airways (from ATDB), operated 1974-1987 and 'Formed by David Tokoph (Aviation Consultants) and implicated in "Iran-Contra Scandal" carrying illegal arm sales to Iran. Possibly traded as Caribbean Air Transport (qv) from 1/4/87.' Colonial allocation seems to be VQ-L, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_registration_prefixes

We continue my search for TI-ARN c/n 359.
I managed to find the website of the stripclub, located in an industrial zone of San Jose.
Website: tangoindiavip.com and Facebook

'TI - Tango India'is probably a reference to the TI- tailnumber.

The insignia is a reference to the plane

Tango India VIP club, interior with airplane. Note the aircraft does have a cheatline here, above the windows.
The wing and engine appear to me to be from another type (smaller) of aircraft.
I count 10 windows, matching the number on Ron's photo. Shiny sheetmetal closing a door opening?
This could be TI-ARN, the former identity TI-1086C cust be a mistake. But TI-ARN is not Ron's 'Blue Tail Convair'.

Two more TI-ARN photos, provided by Daniel: "A friend sent me a couple of photos of TI-ARN, looks like it
had the same pilot name on both sides of the cockpit."

Convair T-29C of SANSA
SANSA is Servicios Aéreos Nacionales SA, operated between 1980 - 2012. Was formed by Lacsa and became
feeder carrier of Grupo TACA in 1999. TI-ARN was their only Convair. (-ATDB)
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Browsing my Propliner magazine copies (1st issue, jan-mar 1979 -> 1989), looking for a dark-tailed Convair
at San Jose in Costa Rica I only came across TI-ARN:

TI-ARN in Propliner Magazine, Summer 1988
As far as I noticed (browsing these magazines is a slow process with much distraction) this was the first report
of a visit to Costa Rica, including San Jose. There is no mention of another Convair at SJO/MROC at that time.

TI-ARN in Propliner Magazine, Winter 1988. No mention of a Convair present defying identification.

Ron Mak's propliners on my website PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR

REPEATeD CONCLUSION: TI-1086C was with APSA (not repaired from crash '74?) destroyed or 'ultimate fate obscured' & TI-ARN resides in Tango India VIP club, while the 'Blue Tail Convair is N87962' .

Here's the history of CV240 c/n 239 (ex/ 51-3811, N91704) from 'The Convairliners Story' (Air-Britain, 1997)

ATDB.aero has 'VY-LLA' as a "faked mark, drug runner".

Ron Mak's propliners on my website PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR

UNSOLVED

Rolf Larsson sent me these two Li-2 photos with hope for identification

Rolf wrote: "probably both taken in Czechoslovakia, sofar defied identification. The Li-2 with the OK-roundel
on the fin was taken by my friend Jonny Andersson in Kamenný mlýn on 11May1983. Still there? If not, fate?"
EMAIL
A quote from www.planes.cz (need to register/login) was sent to me in 12-2024: 'ST (?) says (no c/n known):
Czech AF "in natural metal c/s; opb Army unit 3999 at KoÜice; donated at the end of service in apr66 to
Czechoslovak Radio; bought by Jednota a local food company and dismantled 01jun66 at BTS and transported
to the city; later transferred to Kamenny Mlyn, near a local restaurant; photo apr81; broken up in 1987".'
A better photo (but no identification) on www.planes.cz/cs/photo/1071747/li2-preserved-mimo-letiste:
"From the end of the 1960s, the decommissioned Li-2 stood in the area of the Kamenný mlyn roadhouse on road
No. 2 from Malacky to Bratislava"."

In www.airhistory.net/files/st/beriev_lisunov_myasishchev_sukhoi.pdf I had 3 hits on 'Czechoslovakia'.
But all three concerned crashes where the airframes were (likely) fully destroyed.
On that pdf.doc I found the same text 'Li-2 Czechoslovak AF. A photo shows in natural metal c/s; ....
..... later transferred to Kamenny Mlyn, near a local restaurant; photo apr81; broken up in 1987.'

"I have no info at all regarding the other Li-2 (red star on the fin), any clues? It almost looks at it was taken at
the same location as the one in Kamenný mlýn, could it be the same one but pictured earlier or later than May 1983?"

Images on Google Earth don't go further back than 2002, then and at present shows no aeroplane on display.
Kamenný mlýn on Google Maps pinpoints Kamenný mlyn, Trnava, Slowakia - but seems 2 different locations.
Kamenný mlyn on Google Earth has a nearby airfield: Piešťany Airport next to Kuchyna. G.Earth + G.Maps don't
show hi-res imagery. Here's a candidate, ca.175km NE of Kamenný mlyn at Banska Bystrica...

Li-2 (c/n 23442105) at open air museum of SNP in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. [Website] Also: muzeumsnp.sk
Airliners.net has a photo with the following caption: 'This Li-2 was delivered to the Czechoslovak AF as D-29 in
August 1952 and wfu (as 2105) in August 1966. The plane has been displayed in these fake Soviet markings in the grounds of the Museum of Slovak National Uprising since approximately January 1985.'
But...
Airliners.net has another Li-2 (OK-BYQ, c/n 23442309), in metal c/s 'preserved at the Letecké Múzeum Slávnica of Aeroklub Dubnica', aprox. 60km from Kamenný mlýn... So, yes both Li-2 photos Rolf sent could be the same aircraft
but they could two different airframes, both moved to another location: the distances for ground transport are doable!

>>>From my own files 'OK-BYQ transported 20July2008 from Nova Dubnica to Slavnica airfield for
continued preservation. Ln 12Jul11 restored and preserved @Dubnica nad Vahom Airfield, Slovak Republic.'

SOLVED

Alfredo Rodriguez‎ shared some Convair images on Facebook:
"Convair 580 abandoned. At Oro Negro airport (SVON/CBS) Cabimas, Zulia state, Venezuela. July 31, 2011."

I tried googling YV-2448 + YV-2446 + YV-2448C + YV-2446C: nil found. Fake registry?
Same, no hits, for googling 'convair oro negro'. Hence a candidate for this gallery!
In below detailed research I concluded it to be CV580 c/n 176, ex/ C-GFHF.

I tried Airliners.net for a search on 'Convair' + 'Venezuela' but showed no photos of a Convair in this livery.
The same for Airhistory.net (browsed 44 pages of Convair pics); or perhaps this C-GFHF (c/n 176) is a candidate?

Yes, gotcha! A photo on Airliners.net shows the same livery while with Hydro-Québec (C-GFHF) in June 2000!
Except, C-GFHF (/n 176) is still active, as HK-4334 with Aviheco, according ATDB.aero...
ATDB.aero shows a fleet of 5 Convair (CV580) with Hydro-Québec.
C-GFHH (c/n 109), also ex/ Hydro-Québec, but according to ATDB scrapped in Canada. See further down.
C-GQBP (c/n 137) went from H-Q to Pionair Australia, its status is 'VH-PDL Derelict at SYD-Bankstown' (ATDB).
C-GTTA (c/n 501) is the last of the H-Q Convairs, via Australia ended up at Abbotsford (C-GYXS), derelict.
A process of deduction:
We can eliminate C-GYXS, as there is a 2015 photo stored at Abbotsford. Airhistory.net
C-GTTA, as C-GYXS stored at Abbotsford (2015) on Airhistory.net
C-GQBP Airhistory.net has a 2006 photo of VH-PDL in Australia. What are the chances it went to Venezuela?
C-GFHH (c/n 109) crashlanded Sep.2000 at La Grande, Canada (Airliners.net)
C-GFHF, back to this c/n 176 as the likely candidate!
Aviheco reads like a helicopter company. www.aviheco.com is dead

I did find a photo of HK-4334, on JetPhotos.com, dated Dec.2006: stored at Bogota, Colombia "Stored in BOG for quite a while now. Two years after the ramp tour this bird still live in the same place awaiting for its return flight someday."
I found on antonakis.co.uk/registers/colombia/20120220.txt 'Reg: HK-4334 Date Reg: 20-SEP-04 Owner: AVIONES
Y HELICOPTEROS DE COLOMBIA "AVIHECO S. A." Status: PROVISIONAL'. So CV580 c/n 176 probably never operated for AviHeCo; and what are the chances it flew out to Mexico, had another provisional (or fake) registration painted on... ? Very likely I would say!

Alfredo Rodriguez shared a close up of the registration: YV-2448!

Responses:
"First noted there in Jan.'10 according to Google Earth, so probably moved in 2009 from Colombia." ¬A.Avrane/ATDB
'.. that last escape hatch is notably unpainted, comparing HK-4334 on JetPhotos.com and this YV-2448.' ¬F. Streep
And '..the Convair was reg'd 25May04 as HK-4334X for Aviheco SA - Aviones y Helicopteros de Colombia.
That was revised on 20Sep04 to HK-4334. In April 2008 this CV580 was still at Bogotá, but gone in in Nov. 2009.
In Jan. 2010 it was first sighted at Oro Negro near Cabimas gezien.' ¬A. van der Voet/Airhistory.net

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Grumman G-73 Mallard at Victoria IAP-YYJ - (Photo: Ken Swartz, 2007).
Bill Bailey provided the identity here: "N628SS c/n J-28, originally N2970, flown by VISS in the US Virgin Islands. It was heavily damaged by Hurricane Hugo in Sep.'89 and it never flew again, It drifted around to various owners
until finally ending up in Victoria in March, 2006." (ASN aviation-safety.net report).
Website www.jetphotos.com has a photo showing the destruction of Mallards N628SS, N655SS and N632SS.
Registration Cancel Date: 2007-06-13.

From Ken's gallery on my website.

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Hard to read '9410' in this..? A better photo would be welcomed (EMAIL)

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Beaver c/n 556 (C-GEYZ) & Otter c/n 380 (RCAF 9410), plus an upper right a wing marked 'GHYJ'. The latter
of interest because 'that Otter' is still in operational service!

Otter c/n 126 (CF-PNV), ex/ La Ronge Aviation Services. Ex/ RAF in the Antarctic!

Otter c/n 271 (CF-MPW), ex/ RCMP. Karl E. Hayes confirmed it as '271', not '270' (see box further down).

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Otter c/n 271 (CF-MPW) and Otter c/n 326 (CF-ORI).

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Mike Smyth sent me this photo IN oCT.2019 with hope to get this Convair identified!

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Part of a photo by Chris Hale (a selfie was cropped) was published on Facebook for the unidentified Beech 18 we
see here at Nome,AK. Photo taken 29Jun19.

It does not look like a crashed wreck, but if it is I may have two candidates:

Bob Parmerter reacted with the proper identification: "Ruud, it's C-45H N460K AF-753. I have a 2008 photo
of it there showing the registration and 2 portholes with sheet metal cutout."

This webpage has N460K incorrectly attributed to Taigh Ramey (Stockton,CA:)
www.oldprops.ukhome.net/Beech 2018 USA Census
FAA's N-inquiry page has Gussic Ventures Inc as last owner and Reg Cancel date 13Nov91.

Andreas B. Morgner shared this photo with me, Oct.2019:

Andreas found this photo on www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/comments/c94c53/junkyard_in_nome_alaska/

Check out www.google.com/maps/place/Nome

So none of those below which I thought to be candidates hit the mark. Oh well. So you don't make the same mistake:
Beech C-45 N765D (c/n A-818) crashed & burned 1997 according to a photo on:
www.airhistory.net/photo/127409/N765D (1981)
And:
Beechcraft G18 N340K (BA-605) crashed less than 10km outside Nome on its way to Gambell on a mail flight. www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-beechcraft-g18-nome Date: 1995, operator Bering Air.

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Christopher Koberg published a series of images on Facebook's Aviation Wrecks & Relics, in March 2019; he wrote:
"Photos taken July 6, 2017 at Wade's Salvage Inc in Atco New Jersey. An amazing jumble of scrapped airplanes
and ground vehicles." One photo esspecially drew my attention:

I found Wade Salvage (or Wade's) near Berlin,NJ - a little east of Philadelphia.
It looks like a DC-4/6/7 to me there in the back. That all black nose: an early FAA colour-scheme perhaps?
Anyone with an identity (or any information at all, previous owner, location) of this propliner? EMAIL

Through the Facebook page of Wade Salvage I came across a link to Munchel Photography, who had visited this
salvage yard for a photo opportunity. More 'propliners', as well as cars and busses and whatnot, was photographed.

Andy Patsalides has this on his Flickr.com account. Taken on June 18, 2018.

Bill Dolan wrote: "The badge on the side identifies it as an Federal Aviation administration aircraft. Hard to tell what model."

Hector Vazquez sent me this photo, taken in 2015:

Douglas wreck at Wade Salvage, Atco,NJ (2015).
The badge seems to be of the FAA:

And few more proplinere here at Wade's Salvage..

Also a DC-4/6/7 candidate, different from the above but equally unidentified! Probably (see outline of
the cheatline) the same DC-6 as below.

Such a surprise to me to find so many plane wrecks ('propliners') here @Wade's Salvage (Atco,NJ)!

It has a distinctive cheatline: John Adkins found a likely candidate in DC-6B N90756 (c/n 43268)

Another plane wreck, marked '994'. Distinctive difference in the cockpit windows, a British design?

Andy Patsalides visited this salvage yard 18Jun18 and also noted the cockpit of 53-0210* ( (see note below: 52-210*),
a Boeing KC-97G, and several jets.
Nigel Aylmer wrote me in March 2019: "I looked at the photo of the airframe marked 99-4. I think the engines are nothing to do
with the airframe as I believe it is a Convair 880, possibly N804AJ, which was destroyed by the FAA at Atlantic City, NJ.
See the Munchel collection of pictures again: Convair 880 N807AJ is also in the Wade yard, full nose section laying on left side .
Also at least one Grumman C-1 Trader. Convair 880 N801AJ is with the Teterboro NJ museum."
Reactions? EMAIL please, thank you.


The adress, 382 Jackson Road

For UPDATE/REPORT from proplinerinfoexchange.com (NOV14-2021), pics dating 06Nov2020 by Dave Broom.
Ralph Pettersen has the following wit the link above: "A Super Constellation nose section is most likely former NASA C-121G N420NA, which has escaped the notice of enthusiasts for 50+ years. A KC-97 nose section numbered 0210 is most likely KC-97G 52-210* (see
note above: 53-210*) and a C-133 nose section is most likely C-133A 56-2011. The C-133A was used by the FAA at its Atlantic City
facility for wide body post-crash external fuel fire testing in the late 1970s. Before seeing Dave’s photos, I had never heard about
the salvage yard.it’s definitely on my bucket list to visit! Check out Dave's Flickr post to see all 155 photos."

*)= On KC-97 210 being from FY 52- or 53- I consulted Joe Baughers USAF Serials and found 53-210 fitting in the batch
53-106/365 but its individual history lacking (53-119 and 53-211 are mentioned) while FY 52- has for the KC-97 batches
52-826/849, 860-893, 894-929 and 930-938. So 52-210 seems unlikely.

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See also Ron Mak's propliner galleries on my website: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE

The socalled DC-6 SWINGTAILS explained on my website HERE...

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An unidentified 'Lockheed Twin' (Lockheed Lodestar, allegedly) at the 2018 Burning Man manifestation.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6109353/
EMAIL write in subject #burning man 2018

In 2019 documented by Sean Keating (his gallery on my website) near California's Salton Sea. You'll find added info.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is an airframe hauled from the Aero Traders salvage yard near Ocotillo Wells;
several Lockheed airframes seen from aerial photos, but little or nothing on their previous identities.
More on this location, west of the Salton Sea, on my Photos by Friends & Guests #54

This Lodestar-turned-art seems to have moved to the UK!

This photo by Nick Pearson was shared on FB's 'Aviation Wrecks and relics' in August 2022.
It seems too unique for 2 of these to exist, one in California and the other in the UK...
Nick wrote on Aug.5th: 'Artwork found in the grounds of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire'.
The identity of this Lodestar was never established, nor was the artist is ever mentioned.

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The airfield at Zuehl, Texas (not far from San Antonio) has several airframes stored, but these two initially defied
identification (could be recent additions). Photos shared by Scott Kordes on Facebook's 'General Aviation Junkyard'.

DC-6 forward fuselage, red cheatline, @Zuehl,TX - photo Scott Kordes
That red cheatline must bring candidates for a former operator, surely..?! READ ON!
EMAIL
Other identified airframes stored at Marion-Zuehl are: DC-6 N578AS, Beech 18s N9549Z & N9NK.

DC-6 forward fuselage, '616' on wheeldoor, @Zuehl,TX - photo Scott Kordes

I knew that the owner of these airframes here at Marion-Zuehl Airfield had someting to do with Nighthawk Air Systems, formerly based on Willow Rin (YIP Airport). This was the basis for my research into these 2 airframes.
Comparing the red cheatline and white nose radome I found N111AP a candidate; this I found confirmed on ATDB.
N111AP is DC-6B/F (c/n 45218); history according to ATDB: DC-6B N6582C for Northeast AL, to Olympic
(SX-DAP), Concare Aircraft Leasing (N111AP), to Zantop Int'l AL (converted to freighter in april 1973), to
Trans Air Link (leased & returned), to Express net AL (N111AP), to Nighthawk Air Systems - 'Unused.
Scrapped at YIP (nose section to San Antonio-Marion Zuehl, TX).

In my own files I found it was already reported here at Zuehl in august 2009!

Then '616', which I initially thought had something to do with a US Navy BuNo. but by searching for '616' on
www.abcdlist.nl/douglas_longbeach_05.html I stumbled on DC-6A N616SE (c/n 44070) and again found this
confirmed on ATDB.aero: 'Express net AL, to NighthawkAir Systems - Unused. Scrapped at YIP
(nose section to San Antonio-Marion Zuehl,TX)'.
This airframe was previously operated by Flying Tigers (N34954 - ordered but unused), Japan Airlines-JAL (JA6203), Transavia Airlines (PH-TRG), Germanair (D-ABAY), Transportflug (same), Elbeflug (same),
Belair Airlines (HB-IBV, but unused), Span East AL (N616SE), Express net AL and Nighthawks AS (same).

I think a local resident, James P. MacIvor, owns these airframes; he worked for or owned Nighthawk AS.
His name was mentioned in newspapers when local residents opposed the move of these propliners to Zuehl airfield.

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Gerben Groothuis shared a number of images taken during 2017 in the US, struggling with their identities...


Unidentified Beech 18 at Nashua-Boire Airport,NH. (07Jun2017)

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Gerben wrote: 'Not many B-29/B-50’s left, so one would expect these would have been identified. But no so.
I suspect this nose section stems from China Lake, or perhaps it is a replica used for a Hollywood film..?'

Someone offered: ".. Probably either 44-70049 or 44-84084". Based on johnweeks.com/b29/index.
"I think it’s neither of those as the cockpits were still with both of the B-29s at Borrego Springs last year and
this nose has been at Chino for ages." ¬Nigel Hitchman

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"Obviously no propliners, but one of these Maroccan T-28 Trojans can be read/identified: N128RM (ex CN-AEK/52)
Details on N128RM: www.aerialvisuals.ca (Which indicates the yellow airframe above -Webmaster)

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Unidentified Beechcraft 18/C-45’s in the American Airpower Museum (Farmingdale,NY)

The names on these planes have little significance; "Sack Time (Sally)" (C-47, below) is a tribute to WW2 B-24
while the name "Slick Chick" is also a tribute, to WW2 B-17 bomber (albeit here without the nose art).
Probably been from a collector for whom fun was more important than authenticity.
Perhaps all from same collector? Jeff Clyman?
A famous nose art painter was Eugene 'Gene' Townsend, go see 32ndbombsquadron.com/32ndart

Unidentified Beechcraft 18/C-45’s in the American Airpower Museum (Farmingdale,NY)
Titles that can be read: 'The Cockpit' + 'Slick Chick' + (no.3 has badge of AAM) + 'American Airpower Museum'

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Grant Newman visited the 'Civil Aviation Museum of China', in Beijing, on 20Sep2017.
He found the below aircraft defied identification... Help would be appreciated! (EMAIL - state url of page)

Curtiss C-46 Commando
Little hope to identify this one as numerous attempts have been made, afaik.

Lisinov Li-2

Lisinov Li-2, 38068 or 38043??????

Again not much to identify this airframe of a Y-5
Jürgen Scherbarth put an identification to this one (05Apr18): "The Y-5 at the Civil Aviation Museum in Beijing carried serial (B-)8807 back in 2011… (also cited as 8207, see below)".

Table provided by Jürgen Scherbarth

STATUS: SOLVED

Charlie's Hangar Surf Hostel DC-3(s)... These images were sent to me by Juergen Scherbarth last month.
These DC-3 defy identification as yet, several people have attempted to contact the right people but apparently to no avail

Juergen wrote here: "At least since 2014 two unidentified and disassembled C-47 fuselages, with detached wings and engines, were present at the current location. Note attached GE image dating 2015.
According to my information they’re still waiting to be identified.
Maybe ex/ PAF C-47s from former Nichols AB, Manila...?"
Full address: Surfers Road Urbiztondo, San Juan La Union, Philippines

Ron Mak also noted these and added these images:

The adress is Surfer's Road, Brgy. Urbiztondo - 2514 San Juan (La Union).

STATUS: SOLVED

Gerben Groothuis sent me these 2 images (dating from Feb.2017) for identification

With the above photo Gerben wrote: "can you help with the identification of the C-131 (or T-29) nose found stored
at the Pima Air Museum? I know about the TS-2A next to it, that's N425DF/136583/D-401."

STATUS: SOLVED

Bare metal HU-16 @Western International (Tucson AZ)
For the research of my USA 2017 pages (Tucson's salvage yards) I came across this one but had the same
problem with identification! But soon solved: HU-16C BuNo.142428 - details on Tucson's salvage yards

Gordon responded to my initial idea of an inflight accident and immediate diversion to Logan:
"Whatever happened to that Boxcar,it happened right there on that spot.
Notice that the blades are not feathered, there is NO tip damage to the blades (prop was still) and notice that there are NO scratch marks on the pavement indicating that the blade tip was NOT dragged (caused by the movement of the plane and the fallen engine).
That is a 4360 Wasp, a heavy engine; there is still much weight being taken to support that engine.
I think some high reach bucket truck fell on the top engine mount, destroying it and the engine then slowly bent downward.
This could not possible be an inflight accident, the plane would have crashed!
Iit almost looks like it was parked there as typical and then the accident occurred There are no fluids on the ground, e.g. oil, fire retardant. It is clean below the engine and that's odd!
And that gash in the fuselage could have been caused by some high reach bucket falling onto the engine and root at wing And then into the fuselage causing the gash.
Notice too that the side of the cowling is wrinkled, that is not much damage for the severity of the engine mount problem!
That little inspection door was left open; whatever occurred was already done and Mr Waltz is sort of looking at it like: "Oh Well...shit happens!"
Why is it not roped off and the wing supported by wing jacks, defueled, etc???"

Photo observations:
I zoomed in on the high resolution version I had scanned, to make these comments.
So, he has on a rather warm coat and gloves, and the hat is typical of one of 2 that he would wear in the winter. The hat on the photo is lined and had ear flaps. The other would be a navy watch cap.
On the opposite side of the aircraft I believe there are 3 trucks, and another person.
Just to the left of the outboard prop blade are what looks to be 3 single vehicle tires, 2 boots, and pant cuffs (a person), and what looks to be a set of dual wheels for a truck. To the right of my dad is another wheel that looks to me to be a truck wheel.
As I zoom in on the prop, it looks like there might be some prop damage on the trailing edge of the prop blade right in front of my Dad’s face.
Next I think that the observation that there was impact from above may correct, as it appears the engine mount strut is intact, and there is sheet metal missing back to the wheel well. The engine cover damage on the top and side would support this idea.
As I zoom in it looks the frame, that the engine mount strut is bolted to, is broken and bent forward.
What I am going to call a bulk head (that all of the lines and wires are going to), in the photo of the not broken engine is about vertical, and it is at about a 45 in the bent engine photo.
If there was impact from the top at an angle towards the fuselage, the prop blade that is by the 'U' could have caused the gash in the fuselage...
This sure is a puzzle!"

Peter worked on the unit badge found on this photo (top right corner):

"This is a blow up and about 15 minutes of playing with the photo tool I have, trying to enhance the image of the unit emblem.
I first cut the section out of the original photo. Then I copied it onto a larger photo space, made a mirror copy. I moved the mirror copy as close as I cold get (my cropping was a little off, hence the white stripe in the middle.
Then I futzed with the image adjustment tools in an attempt to get as much to stand out as I could."

I (Webmaster, RL) checked my bookcase and found in 'United States Military Aviation: The Air Force' (Robert J. Archer, Midland Counties Publications, 1980) in the chapter on Military Airlift Command a page with the badges of 12 MAC Wings and found among them the one for 317th TAW a close match...
Meanwhile Peter did his own research and found a link (http://flightlineinsignia.com/product-category/usaf-insignia/airlift/wings-groups-oss-airlift/page/3/) and provided a coloured image of the same badge:

Peter wrote: "The 317th Airlift Grp is out of Dyess Airforce Base in Texas. I e-mailed the Website Manager, and asked to have my e-mail passed on to the 317 AG History Office. We shall see what happens!"
In my book the 317th was part of the 21st Air Force and the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing was based at Pope AFB, North Carolina. At that time (as I said the book was published in 1980) the 317th TAW was equipped with Lockheed C-130E's and flying the 39th Tac Airlift Squadron, the 40th TAS and 41st TAS.

In Alwyn T. Lloyd's book 'Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar' (AeroFax, Ian Allen Publishing, 2005) I found reference to 317th TCG based in Europe at Rhein-Main AB, West Germany (1952-1953), Neubiberg AB, West Germany (1953-1957) and Evreux-Fauville AB, France (1957-1958).
But we are looking at an event before this European period, as determined from Peter's family album.

This incident ('occurrance') is not listed in the online Aviation Safety Database for Boston (renamed Logan Int'l Airport in 1944): https://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=BOS
I searched for 'Boston' and 'Logan' on Joe Baugher's webpages www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1946-48.html + 1949 + 1950 and up to 1955 but found nothing relevant to this subject. The production of C-119s ended in 1955.

Peter volunteered on the period the photo may have been taken: "As far as the incident date is concerned I no believe my guess of 1949 to 1950 was incorrect as the 317th History shows C-119's were used starting in 1952. See www.dyess.af.mil/Portals/145/Docs/AFD-150210-038.pdf "

Someone suggested "Hanscom AFB is about 20 miles NW of Logan Field. Is it possible that the guy wearing the Logan Airport coat just happens to be standing at Hanscom AFB when that photo was taken?"
1954-Jul-26: C-119F, 51-8113, 6520FTS, 6520TSG, L G Hanscom Fld, MA, AFCRC, 1, Olsen, Arnold H, USA MA, 20mi N of Boston,MA.

From: www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=boston&Submit8=Go&offset=75
Note from Webmaster: the person in the photo is a civilian! It is more likely to find a military aircraft at a civilian airport (particulalrly when that airport has an Air National Guard unit based), rather than the other way around..?
Also, would an aircraft damaged as such be repaired?
C-119F 51-8113 (c/n 116) has the following on Joe Baugher's website: 'converted to C-119J in 1955 and to C-119G in 1957. Officially designated C-119J sometime after Jun 1957. To Italian AF in 1964 as MM-8113 with code 46-49.'

Peter Waltz forwarded the email he received in Oct.2017 upon his query
From: Logan Airport <aviationinquiries>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 8:22 AM
Subj: Damaged C 119 at Logan some time between 1952 to 1957
" Good Morning Mr. Waltz: Thank you for your inquiry. We regret that there are no logs or records that we have access to that would shed any light on an incident involving a Fairchild, C-119 aircraft damage.
During that period, the airport was not under the control of the Massachusetts Port Authority.
We might suggest a review of the Boston Globe Archives or else the New England Aviation History website."

Ulco wrote me in july 2017 (translation by RL/Webmaster):
"Here are 4 photos which I took, as a young boy, in 1983 during a vacation in Texas. We drove from
San Antonio towards the border of van Mexico (El Paso). It could be Brownsville.
The quality of the images are poor, tailnumbers are hard or impossible to read.
I could make out: N320...? And N6110."
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Mike Smyth wrote an interesting comment on the above: "I’m sure that the DC-4 is N32DR ex/ CF-KAD, c/n 18356.
It was stored at McAllen, not Brownsville, and scrapped there around 1982. The attached picture which was taken
at Alexandria, Louisiana in May 1981 by Stuart Jessop (LINK) and it certainly looks like the same aircraft."
Further down there are a few more pics of this DC-4.

>>>Ulco wrote me an update in Sep.2021: 'I can confirm that the location was indeed McAllen airport!
The exact photo location is on https://goo.gl/maps/41ycYdbR5oCWYjcj9 "

DC-3 N6110 sits on the right. A C-46 in the center and an unidentified type on the far left (same cheatline as C-46?)
Since both have the same, orange, cheatline, they could be N516AC and N777AF of AirTram Leasing.

N6110 is, according ATDB.aero, is another plane with its fate obscure... Its history: USAF C-47A
(42-23805), Av Q (CU-T3), Nat'l Gypsum Co (N66B), Parker Pen Co (N61A), Rockford Newspapers (N6110, but
also as N6110, w/ FAA reg'd 22Jan1982 for Air-Tram Leasing Inc, dereg'd 19Aug1985: exported to Panama).
So this registration to Martin W Thomas (reg'd 26Jul78) as N2020, may never actually took place- fate unknown.
Note the 1983 context in N6110's history and above photo.

So at least for 3 C-46s AirTram Leasing may be the common denominator here...
AirTram Leasing (Air-Tram Leasing USA). 1984-1988 HQ: Florida.

This is a mirrored image but I have corrected the C-46 on the insert (also for contrast): N7366N most likely.
The DC-4 is believed to be N32DR (see further above and further down).

Alfonso Flores replied on the top photo: "That C-46 beside DC-3 N6110 looks as N516AC, impounded in the same
year, 1985, as C-46 N7366N of Air Tram Leasing (see also Alfonso's message below) near San Luis Potosí, México."
--> But Ulco showed that it could also be C-46F N777AF, see further down

About that insert, showing N7366N:

C-46 N7366N at McAllen by Zane Adams; also an AirTram Leasing aircraft. At McAllen in 1983.
From warbirdinformationexchange.org forum, posted 2008

More about the Douglas DC-4 here:

N320.. (?) can be read. Or N380.? I think N32DR is the correct answer (see further above Mike's comment).
So we have here a DC-3 (N6110), a DC-4 (N32DR) and a C-46 (N7366?) plus one unidentified type.
The location established as not Brownsville but McAllen, also in Texas.
History from Aerotransport.org (per 14apr2019):

For further comments: EMAIL

CONCLUSION (by 17SEP2021):
DC-3 = N6110
C-46 (orange cheatline) = N516AC or N777AF (maybe both)
C-46 (white) = N7366N
DC-4 = N32DR

Ron Mak sent a suggestion for the DC-4 soon after me posting this (now not believed to be the correct aircraft/tail):

Ron wrote (webmaster's translation: "N3802 DC-4 I saw at at Fort Lauderdale on 30Oct1978 and a year later again,
on 27Oct1979, when I took this slide. Seems to fit: a lot of blue (ex/ Nordair?) and the tail looks similar."
Yes, N3802 seems to have the same tail, as if a different tail has been fitted on the fuselage.
Compare nov.1976 and oct.1977 images on Airliners.net. They all show a similar scene: "the left hand outboard
wing on the ground in the very same spot. But it had to be refitted of course, to make it to Texas by 1983.
But the '02' on the nosewheeldoor had been lost by then.

Btw, the DC-3 behind the DC-4 on Ron's photo is N48FN (c/n 4306, C-47 of Florida National A/W), later
to become N781T of TolAir Services, to become restaurant Los Aviones (SJU Barranquitas, along N780T at
18 10 29 N 66 19 54 W).
That restaurant Los Aviones, which also had CV440 N912AL besides DC-3C N781T and C-47B N780T, closed due
to the damage created by Hurricane Irma (Sep.2017). The fate of these propliners, at an off-airport location, again in the balance...