Hi everyone
I’m new to the forum although I have been browsing it some time and it seems the levels of knowledge here is far better than other places!
I am trying to ID the two aircraft below, I know they are both Beechcraft 18’s but I don’t know the registrations and history of both aircraft. If anyone can shed some light on them for me I’d be very grateful.
Near the old airport in Jeddah. 13th January 2004
Ambouli, Djibouti. 27th June 2005
Richard
By: Rolf Keller - 11th August 2009 at 21:14
I got a b/w picture of Beech D.18S NC80014, taken at Basel-Birsfelden (1st airport at Basel, Switzerland, activ from 1929 until about 1950. All scheduled and charter traffic changed to Basel-Mulhouse – now EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg) by 1946.)
It seems that NC80014 is A-74, later registered as F-OAHI (?) and F-BEHI – but I’m not able to verify the whole story due to the lack of data even in the web… Does anyone know the full history of this airframe?
At the moment the picture is visible at URL www.bsl-mlh-planes.net/bilder/01_pic/large/14l.jpg .
It will later on be integrated in the framework of www.bsl-mlh-planes.net, the website about the aviation photography at our base airport.
Thanks for every help.
Rolf
By: REF - 30th December 2006 at 22:17
Tim
Thank you very much for that. You would not believe how long it has taken me to find that out!
Richard
By: Consul - 30th December 2006 at 22:11
Hi REF,
I’ll try and help you a little more :rolleyes:
Their identities are:
Jeddah machine = Beech TC-45H N9535Z which had been used by a mining company until the early 1970s but when the US owner declined to pay storage fees it was utilized for display here.
Djibouti = Beech D18S F-BEHI.
The source for this information is the superb “Beech 18 – a civilian and military history” by the renowned (and very helpful) Beech 18 guru Bob Parmeter.
Regards
Tim
By: Peter - 30th December 2006 at 21:51
Look like Beech 18s to me…
Second one for sure…
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December 30, 2006 at 9:03 pm