By: Newforest - 31st July 2013 at 15:11
This BCAL tribute page shows some Carvairs under construction.
By: Newforest - 24th July 2013 at 08:50
Hold that obituary!! Thanks.
By: Thunderbird167 - 23rd July 2013 at 19:36
http://aviationtraderscarvair.com/n89fa.htm
Was due to go to Africa in 2012
By: Newforest - 23rd July 2013 at 18:54
Might be jumping the gun, but it looks as though the obituary could be written for the Carvair? I haven’t found when the last Carvair was flown and no one seems able to provide that information. The company Custom Air Service seems to be a ghost on the internet but Phoebus Apollo appears to have a life and I particurlarly liked their ‘mission statement’!
By: Propstrike - 19th July 2013 at 21:54
Not heard of any recent activity so now would seem a good time to accept any information. The only two candidates that appear to be airworthy would appear to be N89FA and 9J-PAA, so any news?
maybe one flyer, seemingly, though the info may be dated.
Serial Construction no. Owner and notes
CF-EPV 8/10448 Cockpit section on display at small business centre at former Halesworth Airfield near Bungay, Suffolk, UK.
N83FA 5/10365 Crashed and destroyed at Griffin, Georgia, in April 1997 while in service with Academy Airlines. Remains still present.
N89FA 9/27249 Airworthy. Custom Air Service, Gainesville, Texas. Named Fat Annie – Miss 1944.
N103 7/10273 Crashed and destroyed near Venetia, Alaska, in 1997 while in service with Great Arctic Airways.
N898AT 20/42994 Brooks Fuel, Fairbanks, Alaska. Written off in landing accident at Nixon Fork Gold Mine, near McGrath, Alaska, 5/07.
9J-PAA 21/27314 Stored by Phoebus Apollo at Rand, Johannesburg. Ex N5459M.
From here http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/Carvair%20Photographs.htm
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July 19, 2013 at 6:46 pm