Meddle:

Good Day!

Tks for the info & data.That nature DNA will prob show S.W Missouri, Midwest USA area since it spent there some 15 yrs or so.

FAS FG-1D Folks: Good Day! It was some 79 degrees (F) & sunny in the Midwest today..for Aug temps… that’s a plus around here!

Back to our FAS 201 tale. Did Lt. Gilberto Sanchez Ponce come back to fly FAS 201 once fixed?? Did FAS 201 got fix in place?? We do not believe so. By March ’58 when the fund$$ were authorized for the repair FAS was also struggling with FG-1D parts & maintaining the 19 aircraft already at home. Five more airframes were ordered just for parts plus the repair of FAS 201 c. March ’58. The five spare FG-1Ds took a long time to arrive, so long that FAS was forced to contract IRAN maint for about 7 aircraft of the fleet with SALAS of Costa Rica c.May ’60, (Now COPESA) plus placing some 10 aircraft in long temp outdoor storage. Drawing via AEC. c. 2012. 2 B Cont…