https://www.local10.com/news/international/2-rescued-after-cargo-plane-…
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd October 2019 at 20:37
Last time I was there was 2002 while bumbling around with a friend in a 172, still a couple of DC-6s I think.
Shame that things change (like this site)… and this DC-3 which presumably is a write off.?
By: farnboroughrob - 22nd October 2019 at 19:34
There were N437GB, N138FS, N15MA, N705GB DC-3’s plus a Canadian Basler conversion, and Convairs N345GS,N145GT, N343GS. These were the old pistons but there was also a pair of YS-11’s and a pair on An-12’s. I first went in 1990 and is is unrecoginisable today.
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd October 2019 at 18:45
Any other piston transports at Opa Locka still? First time I went in 1984, there were quite a number of Douglases and we had a minor road accident which resulted in a conversation about the Lockheed Constitution which had ended its days there…
By: farnboroughrob - 22nd October 2019 at 18:14
Really sad to hear this as I saw it at Opa Locka only the day before in company with 4 others. There are still Convairs going at Opa Locka and Miami too, but sadly one Dak less now.
By: Prop Strike - 22nd October 2019 at 00:55
So, about 195 flyers left.
This tally is about the most accurate out there.
”Not Included: N16005 of the Lyon Air Museum and N1944A of the Fantasy of Flight collection – both are not currently operated. C-FKGL ditched in a lake on June 21, 2019. N59314 suffered fuselage and tailwheel damage in a hard landing on August 1, 2019. HK-2820 was damaged in a runway overrun on August 15, 2019. N437GB ditched in the Atlantic Ocean on October 18, 2019, while on approach to Nassau, Bahamas.”
Great work from John Terrell.
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October 21, 2019 at 11:42 pm