Thai scrapyard

after 1945. a shame

Any jeep restorers out there!![ATTACH=CONFIG]233786[/ATTACH],there are five in the yard!

The street view is out of date but here you go 12degs 50 mins N, 100degs 54 mins E. It shows a Fairchild provider but that went ages ago and there have been several since .

Have you got the Google Earth co-ordinates o the yard please?

Since 2010 http://www.fanjetaviation.com

Martin

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There are tow more fan trainers there now.Also a covered storage area has been built and shelving installedwith many previously unseen parts displayed.As far as I can see all the spares are American in origan and a lot are new parts such as the P&W cylinder heads and others to numerous to add!!

This yard changes very often. They had HS748 HS-THH here for many years, and a G222 was here a while ago.

There were two Fantrainers in Jly13, one falsely marked D-EATP in a blue/white scheme, and another believed to have been c/n 033. I have no idea which one(s) are there at the moment, but one has appeared at Pattaya Sheep Farm, and two others at a yard in Nakhon Pathom (along with a C-47, Cessna 150, UH-1, Bird Dog and R-22). Not sure how many are still at Takhli (I checked the hangar there in sep07, but they have since been moved outside).

As to the four Chantras I list (6, 9, 10 & 11), all were confirmed in Nov13 from the RTAF serials painted on (they were still in their blue/white RTAF marks). The dataplate for a Chantra is in a similar place to the Chipmunk fuselage number plate, at the back of the rear cockpit. A typical example can be seen on the photo at this link http://www.thai-aviation.net/images/AirForceF/F17/Chantra_F17_03_17_03_RTAFM_dataplatea.jpg

Any confirmed data very welcome.

Steve

I’ve taken a quick look at the thai-aviation.net site listed above and I notice

Jomtien, ‘US Camping’ store

is listed as having 4 Chantras and two Fantrainer’s one un-reg and the other reg D-EATP, wasn’t the Fantrainer here first noted as D-EATP, and with that Chantra in US colours……

Hi Steve, I think AB and myself were referring the Fan Trainers in general becoming a ‘failure’

Yes the wreck is a Chantra. Lots of Fantrainers around now that the Takhli store has been emptied. Another one near Jomtien at the Pattaya Sheep Farm!

All can be found on my website at www.thai-aviation.net.

Steve darke

Why did the Fan trainer turn out to be a bust?

Good question. Anyone got a sensible answer?

Why did the Fan trainer turn out to be a bust?

Thanks wl745. I believe the Thai Police had some Airtourers and I think one is on display at their HQ in Bangkok.

It would appear to be 100%military .The fan trainer has no engine in it but it could be one of several lying about .It is resting on its wheels.

I would love to see the paperwork needed to get the Fantrainer on the British register. Out of interest are there any Airtourer/Airtrainer bits in the scrapyard? Vested interest as I have an Airtourer here in the UK.

Want me to put a bid in for you!!

Are you not tempted to buy any of this?

Ditti. I’d grab that Fan-trainer asap ’cause it’s going to be a very rare plane in the near future.

Are you not tempted to buy any of this?

Ta :eagerness:

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Heres a few more from the yard.Its location is about 10k south of pattay on Sukhumvit road,on google earth it shows a Avro 748 but this is long gone.