By: Newforest - 22nd January 2012 at 16:41
That close to the 310 and you didn’t check the c/n? Never mind, always next time or maybe someone else will remember when they visit. I only drove by in a bus and didn’t have time to stop.:)
By: darren - 22nd January 2012 at 16:05
Following up on a few points:
Firstly, Tin Triangle and Wieeso are right regarding the Kingfisher. Below is the float version at Santiago, Chile.
Secondly, I’ve had a look at the link Laurence and you’re right. I must’ve made a mistake when trying to translate from Spanish at the museum.
Finally, nice photo Mark12. I tried to get to Playa Giron myself, but the disinterested sales assistant at the bus station was too bothered with watching the TV than selling me a ticket. Result – she sold me a ticket to Varadero, the main tourist resort and refused to change it once I’d realised her mistake – a throwback to the old-style customer service from Eastern Europe! Consequently, I never made it there.
Anyway, here’s the last of my photos from Cuba.
More wreckage from the downed U2, this time the engine cowling at the museum in Trinidad. The engine is also on display at the Museum of the Revolution in Havana.
By: J Boyle - 22nd January 2012 at 01:34
The 310 is nice and appears to retain its factory original paint scheme.
It’s a A,B or C so it dates from the late 50s.
They were expensive in their day, being a revolutionary must have paid well. 🙂
By: darren - 22nd January 2012 at 00:52
They were well-preserved at the time of my visit. To be honest Newforest, I’ve yet to visit a national military museum, in a rich or poor country, where everything was less than pristine.
In addition to the aircraft, the Museo del Aire does have a large, and disturbing, display on flight CU455, a Cubana DC8 brought down in mid-air in 1976 by 2 bombs resulting in the loss of all 78 lives.
The Cessna 310 piloted by Che Guevara
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