By: Newforest - 30th December 2015 at 21:58
Might need to be registered, but works OK for me without.
By: Carpetbagger - 30th December 2015 at 13:37
Link not working for me…
By: fragamort - 30th December 2015 at 13:27
Southern Comfort was her in Belgium at EBNM end August 2015 for few days. Some picts to be seen here :
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9iogw01lbi504aa/AABcX_s0o2ERQWvq1neM1WN5a?dl=0
By: Howard500 - 18th June 2013 at 01:09
Any more news?
By: Howard500 - 14th June 2013 at 14:39
Just a quick update here. She spent most of last week in the hangar.
Tuesday saw both engines making lots of blue smoke!
Back in the hangar for some more work – hopefully to grace the skies once again very soon.
DD
Fantastic news hopefully il get to see her fly!
By: Duchess_Driver - 14th June 2013 at 13:22
Just a quick update here. She spent most of last week in the hangar.
Tuesday saw both engines making lots of blue smoke!
Back in the hangar for some more work – hopefully to grace the skies once again very soon.
DD
By: philip turland - 10th June 2013 at 09:07
Hi
very kind words newforest – very flattering.
I have been watching. Thread Starter Howard500 is helping me out at brunters and i asked him to do a little digging to see what he could find out for me.
been very busy with painting of G-BKGL and also needed to keep him busy.
that is a super pic guinness – may i use it in a futer beech restorations newsletter please – full credit of course.
lets hope someone steps up and buys this one. shame it is all part of a liquidation and no paperwork available.
philip
By: Newforest - 6th June 2013 at 20:17
Looking ready to go or maybe not. 😮
What news of the airport? Is it closed, open, sold or what?
I would have thought Philip Turland might have contributed to this thead as he probably knows more than all of us put together about Beech’s. 🙂
By: Guinness - 6th June 2013 at 19:55
It has been hangared at Weston for some considerable time but was moved to external parking a few days ago.
I managed to get a photo of it today and it still looks might impressive:-
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/306033/20481521
By: Short finals - 4th June 2013 at 19:06
It is still at Weston and was among the assets put up for sale when the airfield was put up for disposal over a year ago. I think there are issues with the availability of some of the aircraft’s records, which if true would no doubt complicate sale as a flyable aircraft. See this link for a report as of late 2011:
http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?7736-Weston
By: T J Johansen - 4th June 2013 at 11:00
I am fairly certain I saw an ad for the sale of this Beech not so long ago. Or possibly for an auction of this and a couple of other airframes.
T J
By: Newforest - 3rd June 2013 at 19:14
It was looking pretty good in 2007. :applause:
By: Mike J - 3rd June 2013 at 18:40
CofA expired back in 2006
By: Dr. John Smith - 3rd June 2013 at 17:32
Most recent info I can find is THIS: “G -BSZC / 5111701A (cn AF-258) (Ex USAF 51-11701) “Southern Comfort”, Seen here at St Angelo, Enniskillen in 1996, currently resides at Weston Executive Airport, Leixlip. Despite many visits to this site, I’ve yet to see her…
Source: http://community.irishplanespottersclub.net/gallery/image/396-beech-18/
There’s a discussion forum there, it may repay you to repost your question there also. By the way, the accompanying picture is not current but dated 1996. The most recent picture I can find online is dated 5 Sep 2009:
Beech C-45H Expeditor (Beech 18) – Click here for larger image
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