September 16, 2012 at 11:42 pm
This photo was taken at the Paris LBG airshow in 1975
can anyone identify the 2 aircraft.
Thanks for looking.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75122977@N05/6929253877/in/set-72157629100362558
By: Consul - 17th September 2012 at 21:25
I expect Alertken is right – but may also be worth confirming that these weren’t two of the ex Sengalese air force C-47s that passed through/ were stored Le Bourget pending sales by Aero Stock around that time. I recall seeing several stored together around the hangars and one was even put on show statically at a Paris show in the 70’s.
Tim
By: alertken - 17th September 2012 at 17:02
They are probably the last of 14 converted by SECA as avionics trainer C-47D, ex FAF for Aeronavale/56S, 1971-75. Identities on delivery to Nimes-Garon were the last 3 of original USAAF S/N. So all you now need is to work out the sequence of delivery! Does it help that I saw these at LBG, 6/71: 424, 485, 720, 726, 919. (Ignore first batch, 1964, which have 2-digit s/nos.)
(and just to confuse, http://www.ffaa.net/aircraft/dakota/fleet.htm has only 1 (of 15) maybe after 1971, while http://www.netmarine.net/aero/aeronefs/dakota/index.htm has 14 from 1971)