On the TV news an item showing the two ex-kidnapped women disembarking from an executive jet apparently at Quito showed them clearly walking past a parked Canberra.
Something doesn’t seem to add up here. Is there actually a Canberra at Quito (in Equador) or must the location have been somewhere else (for instance Argentina)?
By: APC104 - 2nd October 2012 at 00:03
The external museum aircraft are parked at the Northern end of the runway next to what I remember to also be the VIP area. I think there was an old Herc too. If you tour the national museums of Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina the Canberra gets pride of place in all three.
If you’ve landed into Quito, by the time you see that Canberra the thrust reversers are screaming and your heart is probably just starting to calm down!!!!!
By: APC104 - 2nd October 2012 at 00:03
The external museum aircraft are parked at the Northern end of the runway next to what I remember to also be the VIP area. I think there was an old Herc too. If you tour the national museums of Ecuador, Chile, and Argentina the Canberra gets pride of place in all three.
If you’ve landed into Quito, by the time you see that Canberra the thrust reversers are screaming and your heart is probably just starting to calm down!!!!!
By: HP111 - 1st October 2012 at 18:34
Thanks for the info, I am obviously getting my information confused.
By: HP111 - 1st October 2012 at 18:34
Thanks for the info, I am obviously getting my information confused.
By: pagen01 - 1st October 2012 at 18:14
Looks like the FAE museum is at Quito as well, unsure if the Canberra listed (509, actually 409) is one of the pair shown above, http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Latin_America/Ecuador/Quito/Museo_de_la_FAE.htm
By: pagen01 - 1st October 2012 at 18:14
Looks like the FAE museum is at Quito as well, unsure if the Canberra listed (509, actually 409) is one of the pair shown above, http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Latin_America/Ecuador/Quito/Museo_de_la_FAE.htm
By: pagen01 - 1st October 2012 at 18:06
Indeed the Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana operated its six Canberra B.6s from its base at Quito.
By: pagen01 - 1st October 2012 at 18:06
Indeed the Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana operated its six Canberra B.6s from its base at Quito.
By: SimonDav - 1st October 2012 at 17:52
would it be one of these two perhaps?
By: SimonDav - 1st October 2012 at 17:52
would it be one of these two perhaps?
By: scorpion63 - 1st October 2012 at 17:52
Why not, Equador was a big Canberra operator for many years
By: scorpion63 - 1st October 2012 at 17:52
Why not, Equador was a big Canberra operator for many years
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