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.
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
Thanks very much to QuePee for digging those out so quickly.
What I’m looking for above all is a photo of the EAAS Magister G-AKPF fuselage displayed in a hangar on its only outing in 20 years. It’s also the only thing I can remember that day (apart from the CIBA-GEIGY stand on the other side of the hangar!).
Below is another extract from the programme with the scantest of details about it.
I’d go along with the Magister too. Here’s a couple of photos from the Turkish Air Force Museum of the Magister and the Ugar for comparison.
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