New additions to the database are marked with NEW and deletions with X . Corrections are marked C . Otherwise the format below should be self explanatory.
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair
X N898AT 20 Brooks Fuel. Undershot on landing at Nixon Fork Mine, AK, 30May07 and destroyed.
BAC One-Eleven
G-AVMZ 153 European Aircharter. Broken up at Hurn and fuselage sold to Hillside Nurseries, Alton [T]; noted Feb08.
G-AWYV 178 European Aircharter. Broken up at Hurn and fuselage sold to Hillside Nurseries, Alton [T]; noted Feb08.
N101PC 73 Sky King, Inc. Noted stored Atwater-Castle Oct07.
YR-CJL 86 Jetex. Sold to Government of Mali as TZ-BSB ; active Dec07.
Boeing 707/720
HL7402 18160 Korean Air Lines. A very welcome report dated Feb07 confirms this 720 is still in use as a cabin trainer at Seoul-Gimpo [closed].
X 81-0892 19382 See next entry.
01-2005 19382 E-8C #P16; USAF/Georgia ANG 116thACW. C/n now known.
VH-XBA 17696 Qantas Foundation Monument . Flown Sydney to Longreach 10Jun07 for permanent display.
A20-261 21261 Royal Australian Air Force. Reg'd N707QJ 12Jul07 to Thomas M. Vaughan, West Suffield , CT. Temporary CofA issued and ferried Amberley-Darwin-Male-Cairo-Manston 16-19Jul07 for installation of hush-kits. Rumoured to be becoming G-RAAF.
A20-623 19623 Royal Australian Air Force. Flown Richmond-East Sale-Hobart-Richmond on a crew training detail and withdrawn from service 31Oct07. Current stored Richmond , NSW, for spares.
1415 19522 South African AF. Withdrawn from use and flown Waterkloof to Makhado AB (formerly Louis Trichardt) in Oct07 for disposal.
1417 19917 South African AF. Donated to South African AF Museum and flown to Swartkop 02Nov07.
5N-KHA 19967 Amako Airlines. Seen parked at Kinshasa-N'djili [9Q] Jul07 in poor condition; aircraft has apparently been impounded. Still present Mar08.
5V-TGE 21049 Government of Togo . Sold to Government of Mali Mar07 and re-reg'd TZ-TAC ; active Dec07.
C 5Y-BBX 18588 Kenya Airways. Fuselage continues to be in use as a cabin trainer at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta IAP; noted Mar08.
9Q-CLK 17702 Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo . Now active, and flown to Lanseria for interior refit 19Aug07. Despite being impounded by South African courts, the aircraft was flown out 31Oct07. Seen hangared at Kinshasa-N'djili Mar08.
Bristol Britannia
G-AOVF 13237 RAF Museum . Previously part of the British Airways collection at Cosford, following the collection's disposal, the aircraft has been painted in period RAF markings as XM497 ; noted Dec07.
Canadair CL-44
C TN-235 37 Seen parked at Brazzaville in Jul07 with no markings, so clearly not destroyed at N'djili in 2000.
Canadair CL-215
X I-SRME 1049 SOREM. Crashed into Lake Terkos [TC] during a training flight 04Oct07.
NEW YV-O-INC-1 1062 Instituto Nacional de Canalizaciones. Noted stored at Puerto Ordaz Feb07.
Consolidated Catalina
C-FIZU 2019 Ferried Gander to St Anthon, NL, 24Aug07; to be preserved at a memorial in the town centre.
C-FOFI CV-343 Hans Lauridsen. Reserved marks N343CV not taken up and reg'd N413PB 09Oct07.
C-GFFC CV-483 Buffalo Airways. Sold to Flying Cat Aviation, Durham , NH , and reg'd N483CV (with c/n of “013”) 04Oct07. The aircraft is located at Sanford , ME , having ferried there in Sep06.
CC-CNP 2029 ATA Aerocondor. Sold to Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd., North Ryde , NSW, and re-reg'd VH-CAT 27Jul07; due to ferry from Seia [CS] to Australia in Spring 2008.
N2763A 21232 Bob Schlaefli. Sold to Yanks Air Museum , Chino , CA ; dismantled and trucked to Chino during the summer and currently stored awaiting reassembly.
N31235 1788 Bob Schlaefli. Sold to Palm Springs Air Museum and ferried Moses Lake-Sacramento-Palm Springs , CA 31Jul07.
Convair 240/340
C-FIWN 126 Kelowna Flightcraft. Ferried Minot , SD , to Pontiac , MI , 23Dec07. Sold to Pionair Australia and reg'd VH-PDX 14Jan08.
C-FKFS 343 Convair 5800 #5. Delivered to Gulf & Caribbean Cargo and reg'd N361FL 16Feb07.
C-GKFQ 86 Kelowna Flightcraft. Ferried Kelowna-Pontiac , MI , 15Oct07. Sold to Pionair Australia and reg'd VH-PDW 29Oct07.
C FAB-74 367/135 Bolivian AF. Sighting in Survivors relates to CL-66B c/n 4 (see below, under HP-1468APP). This airframe is now marked as TAM-74 and was noted wfu at La Paz-El Alto Oct07.
HK-3969X 466/ 137 Convair 580 conversion number added. Reg'd YV-OTC and re-reg'd YV2079 , although no sightings yet reported.
HP-1445APP 7 Aeroperlas. Sold to Parkwood Finance Corp. as YV190T, but not taken up; last reported stored Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert Apr07.
HP-1468APP 4 Aeroperlas. Sold to Parkwood Finance Corp. as YV191T, but not taken up; sold to Bolivian AF as FAB-74 and in service by Feb06.
HP-1473APP 9 Aeroperlas. Sold to Parkwood Finance Corp. as YV192T, but seen at Panama City-Tocumen IAP Nov07 as HP-1473 .
N131CR 271 Airborne Resources. Sold to Airborne Imaging, Midlothian/Waxahachie-Midway Regional, TX and reg'd to them as long ago as 26Apr06.
N145GT 256 To Kestrel, Inc.; noted stored at Gainesville MAP, TX, Oct07.
N153PA 304 Air Tahoma. Sold to Desert Air and ferried to Alaska 31Mar-02Apr07; now based at Anchorage-Ted Stevens IAP, AK.
N327UW 53-16 Matata USA, Inc. Cancelled from the USCAR Oct06 as sold in Panama City and noted as HP-1614 at Panama City-Tocumen IAP, Nov07.
N723ES 217/54 Contract Air Cargo. Sold to Province of Saskatechewan and reg'd C-GSKQ 17Jan08; presumably currently undergoing tanker conversion at Kelowna , BC .
N73137 88 C&M Airways. Sale reported on USCAR to Frontera Flight Holdings, Dover , DE ; cancelled as transferred to Mexico 14Jan08, but registration N73137 reserved the same day!
Convair 880
C N8806E 22-00-21 ...is the correct identity of the Convair 880 in use as the venue for a strip club at Lisbon-Portela [CS]. It was still present in Dec07.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
NEW Two aircraft seen preserved on an airfield at Ranghe Zhen , China , Aug07.
Dassault Flamant
F-AZFS 217 Association Air Memorial. Reported stored unmarked but covered in graffiti, in the village of Saint-Roman-au-Mont-d'Or Apr06.
De Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide
NEW 2307 6899 Museo do Ar. Stored at Sintra.
G-AEML 6337 Armada Investments. Sold to Fundación Infante de Orleáns, Madrid-Cuatro Vientos and reg'd 07Feb08.
De Havilland D.H.104 Dove
G-ALCU 04022 Midland Air Museum . Now displayed in Dunlop Aviation Division colours as G-ALVD.
NEW N772S 04467 Tommy Hudson. Ferried Sarasota-Bessemer , AL , for restoration as long ago as Nov93. Reg'd 05Feb08 to Thomas C. Hudson Jr.; believed to be the world's only airworthy Riley Dove 400.
HW204 04081 VSM Aerospace Institute. Confirmed as being the Dove at VSM's premises in the city of Bangalore , but operations moved by Mar06 to Sri Ramaya School in the northern suburbs of Bangalore , close to Jakkur airfield. Operations moved again (!) to Yelahanka AFS by Sep07 when the aircraft was noted there, unmarked.
De Havilland D.H.106 Comet
XV238 06009 G-ALYW. Hunting Contract Services. Sold to Van Vliet Trucks BV, Niewerkerk an der IJssel [PH], Jul07.
De Havilland D.H.114 Heron
XR442/G-HRON 14102 M.E.C. Coghlan. Sold to Happy H. Miles/Albany Aero Club in Mar06 and transported to Albany , OR , for restoration to flying condition.
N16720 14065 Barron Thomas Aviation. Sold to Happy H. Miles on 13Dec07 (presumably for spares) and reg'd to Albany Aero Club, Albany , OR , 01Feb08.
ZK-UFO 04169 To Classic Aircraft Museum, Tauranga, and displayed as NZ1802 .
De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou
N149HF 85 Army Aviation Heritage Foundation. Sold to Cavanaugh Flight Museum and arrived Addison , TX , 06Mar08.
N5463 119 Operation Blessing International. Noted parked at Goma [9Q] Jul07; still present Mar08.
C PK-YRO 24 Trigana. The accident occurred at Mamit [P2] on 10Oct06.
Douglas DC-2
N1934D 1368 Museum of Flight . Ferried Van Nuys-Sacramento-Eugene-Boeing Field 07Jun07.
Douglas DC-3
NEW 7252 ? Republic of China AF. Noted Jun07 stored dismantled in Hangar 1 at Pingtung AB.
CF-OOW 13342 Sold to Enterprise Airlines, Red Lake , ON .
CF-QHY 26005 /14560 Plummers Sioux Narrows Airways. Sold to First Nations Transportation and reg'd 14Aug07. Noted active at Gimli , MB , Sep07.
NEW C-GCXD 25612 /14167 Aviation Boréal. Noted stored at Val d'Or , QC , Jun07.
C-GGKG 43354 To Transnorthern Airlines as N28TN ; arrived Northway , AK , on delivery 06Jun07.
ES-AKE 34445 /16697 Ake Janss o n. Restored as 9Q-CUK Apr07 and now based at Västerås with the Västerås Flygmuseum.
G-AMSV 32820 /16072 Atlantic Reconnaissance. Sold in Ireland and reg'd N347DK to DC3 Holding Inc., Wilmington, DE, 12Feb08.
HC-BOT 9831 Aeroshell. Noted stored at Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar in Oct07.
HK-2663 10201 Aerolineas Llaneras. Sold to Aeca for services between Caracas and Los Roques and reg'd YV211T Jul06; noted active Dec07.
315 26178/14733 Honduras AF. To Museo del Aire, Tegucigalpa-Tincontin and painted in period TACA colours as XH-TAZ ; noted Nov07.
N12BA 10335 Southwind Airlines. Sold to Frank Moss and flown Providenciales to Miami IAP, FL, 14Dec07 (and Panama City to Key West 04Apr08); reg'd to Yesterday's Wings Inc., Wilmington , DE , 01Feb08.
NEW N32AL 33368/16620 Brian & Pomposa Porterfield; noted stored at Kotzebue , AK , Jul07.
N47SJ 25689/14424 Global Aircraft Industries. Sold to Estrella Warbirds Museum and reg'd to Gooney Bird Group Inc., Paso Robles, CA, 19Jul07. Flown to Paso Robles and restored in period USAAF markings as 348608/U5-B.
NEW N62CC 13798 Last reported at Knoxville , TN , Aug01, this aircraft was reg'd to Air Classics of Sheffield, MA, in Aug04. It has since been photographed at Sheffield -Czmelak Field so is presumably based there and active.
N101KC 11639 Dreamflight. Sold to TAM Museum ‘Asas de um sonho' and flown to Brazil ; it was noted at Cuiabá, MTO [PP] 04Aug07, en route to São Carlos , SP [PP]. Cancelled from the USCAR 04Sep07 as sold in Brazil .
N130D 19800 Florida Air Cargo. Towed from Punta Gorda-Charlotte County , FL , to Punta Gorda-Shell Creek , FL , 19Dec07 for continued storage.
N200MX 4082 Cheyenne Airways. Sold to Bobby L. Willis for static display on his ranch near Farmington , NM . Ferried by Bill Dempsay and Brooks Pettit Rantoul-Burlington-Farmington and onwards to the ranch 16Nov06.
N215CM 26792/15347 Global Aircraft Industries. Sold to American Aeroanutical Foundation, Camarillo , CA , 22Feb08; along with N269LM (26054/ 14609) which is to be broken up for parts.
N232GB 26268/14823 Basler Turbo Conversions; now confirmed as BT-67 #51. Sold to ALCI Aviation and reg'd C-FTGI 26Mar08. Ferried Oshkosh to Oshawa , ON , 28Mar08, and onwards to Houston-Hobby , TX , 03Apr08.
N353MM 11655 Sold to Daniel D. Merritt & Eric W. Thun Nov06; noted Puyallup-Thun Field , WA , as early as Jun 06 .
N760 3269 Loaned to Flight Path Museum at Los Angeles IAP, CA., and noted displayed there by Oct06.
N840MB 9670/ 45 Customer now known to be Policia Nacional de Colombia.
N877MG 20806 Sold to John T. Sessions Historic Foundation and ferried Plattsburg-Rochester-Kalamazoo-Oshkosh-Billings-Pullman, WA-Everett 23-27Apr07 for refurbishment. Will be restored in period Pan American colours.
NEW N2217D 33174/16426 Airlease Ltd. Re-discovered dismantled at Ongkarak [HS].
C N2312G 33216/16468 Specialty Restaurants; fake markings 459838 no longer worn. Sold to Indiana Air Search and Rescue for rebuild to flying condition.
N19915 7347 Larry Perkins. Sold to Proud Bird Restaurant and trucked to the restaurant site off Los Angeles IAP, CA, 01Aug07.
N33639 4085 Dr Knox Herndon/Mobile D-Day Museum. Now known to be based in the Fayetteville , GA , area. Noted Oct07, still trailer-mounted and in use as a travelling exhibit.
C N40 38 6 26120/14675/ 35 Basler Turbo Conversions (not N40836 as listed). USAF contract ended and ferried Fort Lauderdale-Oshkosh 27Feb07. Sold to Triumph Airways, Oshawa , ON , as C-GEAJ and ferried Oshkosh-Oshawa 17Aug07; named “Steffi”. Flew St Johns -Santa Maria-Evora [CS] 31Aug-01Sep07.
N79017 19227/ 50 Basler Turbo Conversions; converted to BT-67 (#50) and reg'd C-GAWI 31Jul07 to Triumph Airways, Oshawa, ON, for operation on behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar Research as “Polar 5”. Flew Oshawa-Goose Bay-Reykjavík-Dublin-Bremerhaven 29-31Aug07 for installation of mission equipment. Returned to Oshawa 02-04Oct07, routing via Reykjavík and Goose Bay , and ferried Oshawa-Nassau 03Nov07 en route to Antarctica .
42-92990 12852 Jimmy Dolittle Air & Spare Museum . Successfully airlifted from Vacaville to Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA, on 6Dec06.
459838 see N2312G.
C PK-GDC 20041 Re-surfaced in 2007 in the garden of a private residence in the Armadale suburb of Perth , WA , having been dismantled at Perth-Jandakot in May03.
PP-ANN 1992 is displayed at the Cidade da Criança, São Bernardo do Campo , SP, and in use as a cinema. The park closed in 2006 for major refurbishment and recently announced it was to reopen in Aug08; the announcement mentioned the DC-3 as an attraction, so it can be assumed to survive.
C PP-VBT 25588/14143 DC-3 Night Club ; displayed on poles outside the club just north of the town of Garibaldi , RS. It was still present Aug06.
PT-KZF 20224 Taxi Aereo Fortazela. Donated to the City of Pacatuba for eventual display at Apoena Eco Park , currently under construction at Pacatuba, CE.
TF-ISB 9860 Icelandic DC-3 Friends. Roaded to Keflavík 14Oct07 for restoration.
NEW TT-LAC 9036 Chad AF. Noted dumped at N'djamena in Feb08 with TT-LAJ (9802).
VH-BPL 12873 Qantas Founders Outback Museum . Now on display in period Qantas markings as VH-EAP.
XB-JSJ 9276 Sold to World Jet of Delaware and reg'd N8WJ 06Aug07; seen as such at Fort Lauderdale-Executive , FL , Feb08.
109 32710/15962 El Salvador AF; c/n confirmed. Noted on display at San Salvador-Ilopango Nov07.
110 33546/16798 El Salvador AF; c/n now known. VC-47D. Transferred to Autoridad de Aviacion Civil and noted in use as a ground trainer at San Salvador-Ilopango Nov07.
X 112 33534/16786 El Salvador AF; probable c/n C-47B. Last reported on display at San Salvador-Ilopango Nov98; presumed broken up.
114 20745 El Salvador AF; c/n now known. C-47B. Noted pole-mounted on display at San Salvador-Ilopnago Nov07.
115 25418/13973 El Salvador AF; c/n confirmed.
C 117 25409/13964 El Salvador AF. Not destroyed, but transported to Ilopango for storage, pending rebuild.
C 118 33238/16490 El Salvador AF. Not destroyed, but transported to Ilopango for rebuild; expected to fly in 2008.
NEW 71248 19539 ex-Yugoslav AF. ‘Discovered' at Rajlovac [T9] and donated by the Bosnian Government to Batterie Merville for display in the town of Merville-Franceville , France. Roaded to Caen-Carpiquet [F] 28Nov-06Dec07for restoration in its original USAAF markings, 43-15073. Interestingly, this airframe was once OK-XDM, the registration used on the DC-3 preserved outside the CSA head office in Prague .
NEW 71253 Partizan Monument , Podzemlje [S5]. Undated photograph on the the Slovenian Tourist Board website; last reported in 1998 but likely to be still present.
XA-RPE 2137 Basler Turbo Conversions. Sold to Tulsa Air & Space Museum : this DC-3 was originally delivered to American Air Lines as Flagship Tulsa. Will be roaded to Tulsa , OK , during Summer for restoration.
YV-500C 6135 Aeroejecutivos. Re-reg'd YV202T Mar06.
YV-670C 13074 Aerovenca. Still stored at Valencia 01Dec07.
YV-911C 32761/16013 Sol América. Re-reg'd YV1415 Mar06, but noted at stored at Valencia 01Dec07, still as YV-911C.
YV-912C 25951/14506 LAC, noted at Valencia 01Dec07 so no longer stored at Maracay .
YV-1179C 11775 Aeroejecutivos. C/n now known, ex HK-3348. Re-reg'd YV201T Jun06 and seen at Caracas Nov07.
1840 12386 Venezuelan AF Historic Flight. Seen displayed at the Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aerea in Maracay [T] 30Nov07.
ZS-OJI 32961 /16213 Dodson International Aviation. Seen parked at Caracas [YV] 30Nov07; cancelled from the South African register 14Feb08. Reg'd N9562N 20Feb08 to Dee Cee Tres Sales & Leasing Corp. and cancelled next day as exported to Venezuela .
5R-MMA 13368 Madagascar AF. Noted off airport at Antananarivo in a derelict condition Apr08, with 5R-MMB (19104), 5R-MME (27188/ 15743), 5R-MMF (11726) and 5R-MMG (19525). The latter still has its engines installed. All wear the last three of the c/n on the fin with the last two of the registration on the fuselage, except 5R-MME which is marked ‘927' on the fin, this being the last three of the original USAAF serial.
9Q-CYC 18977 Seen parked at Kinshasa-N'djili Jul07 and again in Mar08.
In addition, the ForSea Foundation has announced that four ex-Royal Thai AF C-47s (and six S-58T helicopters) currently stored at Lop Buri are to be sunk on 08May08, about a kilometer off Bang Tao Beach on Phuket island to create an artificial dive reef. The C-47s are BL.2-36/14, BL.2-37/14, BL.2-47/18 and BL.2-50/19.
Douglas DC-4
NEW 450 10303 Royal Saudi AF. To Saudi Royal Aviation Museum and seen displayed Riyadh [T] (on the site of the old airport) Jan08.
X N82FA 35960 Brooks Fuel. Crashed 17Jan07 five miles west of Nenaka , AK , after in flight uncontained engine fire.
N3054V 10547 Sold to Brooks Fuel, Fairbanks , AK .
Douglas DC-6
HK-1700 44419 Orion Air Cargo. Sold to Aeroejecutivos as YV212T , but seen stored at Villavicencio with no registration Oct07,Nov07,Dec07.
HK-4046X 43708 Air Colombia . Sold to Aeroejecutivos as YV214T , although still at Villavicencio Feb07.
N233HP 44661 Everts Air Fuel. Ferried Ephrata-Everett 29Oct07 (and presumably onwards to Fairbanks IAP, AK).
N578AS 44650 Jim MacIvor/Nighthawk Air Systems. Flown from San Antonio-Stinson Field to its new base at Marion-Zuehl , TX , in 2005.
N680AG 43714 Sale reported to Aero Credit SA, Panama Feb07. Aircraft was noted stored at Bucaramanga , still as HK-3644X, in Dec07.
X N97039 43044 TBM. Sold to Everts Air Cargo for parts and broken up Redmond , OR , May07.
X XA-TDR 44633 Acquired by Everts Air Cargo and broken up for parts at Mesa-Falcon Field , AZ , 09-19Nov07.
C YS-39C 45217 is located at San Salvador- Comalapa ; noted Nov07.
Douglas DC-7
X N6318C 44282 TBM. Broken up at Redmond , OR , May07.
X N8216H 44927 Sudan Army. Broken up at Port Sudan by Feb07.
Douglas DC-8
HB-IGH 46067 Jet Aviation. Ferried Basel-Tucson-Goodyear , AZ , 15-16Dec07 and sold to Aero Turbine; reg'd N274AT to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 19Dec07.
HK-4176 45945 TAMPA Colombia . Returned to lessor and reg'd N945GE 16May 06 . Noted stored Marana-Pinal Air Park , AZ , Nov07.
X HK-4277 45976 TAMPA Colombia . Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Miami 04Feb07; noted 16Jun07 being broken up.
N436NA 46082 NASA. Restored to N817NA Nov07.
N750UP 45950 UPS Airlines. Noted stored at Roswell , NM , Nov07 with N809UP (46109) and N866UP (45966).
N811AX 46133 Airborne Express. Sold to Cargoplus Aviation, Ostend , Mar07; reg'd 9G-AXA and operated by Air Cargo Express.
N812AX 46126 Airborne Express. Sold to Farhad Azima, founder of Heavylift International Airlines, and reg'd 07Jan08; ferried Cincinnati-Shannon-Ras al Khaimah [A6] 01-04Mar08.
N815AX 46097 Airborne Express. Sold to Cargoplus Aviation, Ostend , Mar07; reg'd 9G-AXB and operated by Air Cargo Express. Entered service Nov07 following overhaul at Lima.
N826AX 46061 Airborne Express. Sold to Johnsons Air, Accra , Nov07 as 9G-SIM and ferried Oscoda-Shannon-Brussels 01-06Dec07. Operated for DHL Aviation, Bahrain .
N870TV 46086 Aero Turbine. Ferried Kingman-Goodyear 24Mar07. Sold to BETA Cargo and ferried Goodyear-Miami-Lima 23-24Jan08; to become PP-BEM .
NEW N1776R 45602 Sectioned fuselage photographed at Jeddah [HZ] Nov07; the aircraft was wfu here in Mar81.
NEW OB-1222 45992 Aeronaves del Peru. Noted stored Barranquilla [HK], Sep06.
NEW OB-1300 45861 Aeronaves del Peru. Noted stored Barranquilla [HK], Sep06.
ST-UAA 46162 United African Airlines. Sold to Gabon Cargo Airlines as TR-LIC ; noted active Jan08.
S9-PSD 45820 Hewa Bora Airways. Reg'd 9Q-CHL by Nov07 and seen in service at Johannesburg Dec07.
ZS-PAE 46012 Sold to Espace Aviation in May 06 as 9Q-CTA. Presumably not taken up as the aircraft was still at Johannesburg in Feb07 with main spar damage. Still present Jul07.
ZS-POL 46110 African International. Sold to Transair Cargo Service caApr07 as 9Q-CJG and noted in service at Kinshasa-N'djili Jul07.
X 9 G-MKC 45692 MK Airlines. Broken up at Filton Feb08.
9 G-MKK 46022 MK Airlines. Reg'd 9J-MKK for operation on domestic cargo services in Zambia .
C 9Q-CAN 45858 Kinshasa Airways (not 9Q-CNA as listed). Seen stored at Kinshasa-N'djili Jul07.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
N15501 10955 Ex Hawkins & Powers. Sold to Hans O. Lauridsen and ferried to Glendale , AZ , in Dec06 to join the Lauridsen Air Museum . The museum has since relocated to Wicksburg , AZ.
Fairchild C-123 Provider
N8190B 20144 Hawkins & Powers Aviation. Sold to Mid-America Transportation & Aviation Museum and ferried Greybull to Sioux City , IA , 15Aug07.
Fokker F-27 Friendship
D-ADUP 10686 SkyTeam. Sold to Aircraft Sales & Services Ltd, Karachi , and reg'd AP-BHZ ; entered service Sep07 flying between Karachi , Lahore and Hyderabad .
F-BPUH 10382 Miniliner. Entered service by May07, as I-MLHT .
G-JEAD 10627 BAC Express. Sold in Kenya and flown Bergamo to Nairobi-Wilson (presumably with stops en route) 27Oct-01Nov07.
HA-LAE 10425 Farner Hungary . Sold to Miniliner for spares and noted hangared at Bergamo-Orio al Serio [I] in Feb08.
I-MLRT 10377 Adria Cargo. Returned from lease to Miniliner.
N280EA 10394 Scenic Airlines. Sold to Air Panama as HP-1606PST and seen at Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert 29Nov07 with parts missing.
N703FE 10420 Fedex. We were right to be sceptical about the reported this aircraft was stored at Spokane , as it was seen active in new Fedex colours in Jun07.
N716FE 10471 Fedex. Sold to Air Panama as HP-1604PST .
N719FE 10467 Fedex. Sold to Air Panama as HP-1605PST and seen at Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert 29Nov07 with parts missing.
N722FE 10472 Fedex. Donated to Purdue Homeland Security Institute and ferried from Kinston-Columbus MAP, IN, 21Nov06. Aircraft is/will be located at Indiana National Guard facility at Camp Atterbury .
N725FE 10658 Fedex. Sold to Air Panama and seen at Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert 29Nov07.
NEW C-7 10157 Fuselage recovered and trucked to Eindhoven for use a truck-mounted load trainer.
X PJ-FHA 559 Sunk off Watamula 25Feb07 as a training aid for airport rescue crews.
PT-LAG 10197 Reported stored Brasília Sep07.
VT-ROY 10184 and VT-SSC (10674) dismantled at Mumbai and roaded away from the airport 03Nov07. Potentially V .
905 10490 Nigerian AF. Confirmed still stored at Benin City , Jan08.
907 10653 Nigerian AF. Confirmed still stored at Benin City , Jan08.
X 9G-AIR 10266 Sobel Air Ghana . Reportedly broken up.
9G-SOB 10287 Sobel Air Ghana . Sold to Air Oubangui as TL-AOS .
Grumman Albatross
C 1265 ? Identity of the Royal Thai Navy HU-16 displayed on the gate at U Tapao. It is ex-Bu151265, one of two supplied from USAF stocks, but the c/n is unknown.
N43GL G367 Lonny McClung. Sold to Catalina Flying Boats, Long Beach, CA and delivered to Long Beach-Daugherty Field by 27Dec07; reg'd 08Jan08.
Hawker Siddeley H.S.748
X C-FMAK 1668 Calm Air. Broken up at Thompson , MB , in late-2007.
G-BGMN 1766 Emerald Aiways. Sold to Zoom Airways as S2-ADW and departed Blackpool 11May07 on delivery, routing Blackpool-Nice-Heraklion-Sharm el Sheikh-Doha-Karachi-Ahmedabad-Dhaka.
G-ORCP 1647 Emerald Airways. Sold to Zoom Airways as S2-AEE May07.
SE-LEK 1725 West Air Sweden . Sold to Air Creebec and seen at Timmins , ON , Jun07; reg'd C-FPJR 23Aug07.
SE-LIB 1776 West Air Sweden . Sold to 748 Air Services following end of lease to Alaire and ferried Palma-Malta-Luxor-Khartoum-Wilson 28-30Nov07; reg'd 5Y-HAJ and noted at Wilson 01Feb08.
SE-LIC 1778 West Air Sweden . Returned from Alaire lease 04Aug07 and stored at Lidköping. Sold to 748 Air Services as 5Y-BVQ and ferried Lidköping-Sofia-Luxor-Khartoum-Wilson 23-25Feb08.
X S2-ABE 1658 Best Air. Crashed on a UN flight in southern Sudan Oct06.
VT-EFQ 546 To VSM Aerospace School at Yelahanka as a ground instructional airframe; noted Sep07.
3D-MKX 19 Malu Aviation. Ferried Rand-Kinshasa as long ago as 01Mar03, but no subsequent reports.
3D-POZ 1602 GGG Aviation. Sold to Guinee Air Cargo as 3X-GEE .
Junkers Ju52
NEW (G-BFHF) 166 Acquired by Aviodrome from Paul Allen and arrived at Lelystad 24Mar07. Rolled out 1May07 in period German markings as 1Z+IK . The airframe had been in storage in the UK , marked as D-ADAM.
Lockheed L.12 Electra Junior
F-BUIE 1226 Phillipe Denis. Reg'd NC18130 17Sep 02 to Spike Nasmyth, Hacienda Heights , CA . Flew Caen-Staverton-Wick-Reykjavík 02-04Sep07 at the start of its ferry flight to its new home, finally arriving at Monroe-Firstair Field, WA, on 21Oct07. Nasmyth is a Los Angeles-based author and former Vietnam War F-4 pilot who, following the war, made a living out of flying floatplanes in British Columbia and, then, Thailand .
NC18125 1222 Colgate W. Darden III. Sold to Peter Ramm and reg'd CF-MZE 25Jul07 to Invicta Research Inc. t/a Invicta Air. New base is Niagara District , ON .
Lockheed Lodestar
N880V 414-6124 Ironworker Supply, Inc. Reg'd N41CW 28Nov06 and seen stored at Gainesville MAP, TX, Oct07. For sale through Classic Wings; tt 4,389 hrs.
Lockheed Ventura and Lockheed-Vega Harpoon
N234P 237-5336 Taylor Engery. Damaged beyond repair at New Orleans-Lakefront in Hurricane Katrina and donated Feb08 to Orange County Great Park, a 4,700 acre multi-activity leisure facility being built on the site of MCAS El Toro at Irvine, CA. The aircraft will eventually go on display at an aircraft museum within the park.
C N7257C 15-1236 International Air Response . Sold to a private individual in 2005 and trucked from Chandler-Memorial to Mesa-Falcon Field 27Dec07 for restoration to flying condition.
N7486C 15-1385 To Italian AF/6°Deposito Centrale A.M., Fiumicino [T] by Mar 06 .
N7670C 15-1438 Hirth Air Tankers. Sold to Dave Hanson and reg'd to Warbird Aircraft Sales LLC and Dave's Custom Sheetmetal/Aircraft LLC 24Sep07; ferried Buffalo to Heber City MAP, UT, 09Oct07.
Lockheed Neptune
N712AU 726-7286 Neptune Aviation. Undertook first post-refurbishment test flight on 06Dec07. Will become N442NA .
Lockheed Constellation
CF-RNR 4544 Museum of Flight . Trucked from Toronto to Griffiss , NY , 06Jun07 to be prepared for display in Seattle .
F-BRAD 4519 Aeroscope. Restored in period Air France colours as F-BGNJ ; rolled out 14Apr07.
N1005C 4557 AMC Museum . Restored as a C-121C (although authentic nose cone yet to be sourced) and put on display as 54-0315 in Jul07.
N1104W 4196 National Air & Space Museum . Towed into the Udvar-Hazy Center at Chantilly-Dulles IAP 30Nov07 for display. The aircraft has since been painted into its original USAF markings as 54-0177 .
All three of Maurice Roundy's Starliners – N974R (c/n 1040), N7316C (1018) and N8083H (1038) – together with a quantity of spares and associated documentation, were sold at auction on 18Dec07 to Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung. The organisation signed a letter of intent the same evening with Auburn/Lewiston MAP, ME, to construct a 50,000 sq ft hangar and has since announced its intention of returning N7316C to airworthy condition. N974R (at Polk City ) and N8083H are expected to be broken up for parts. When complete, N7316C will join the organisation's Ju52 on the European air show and pleasure flying circuit; form an orderly queue...
Lockheed 188 Electra
V LN-FON 1128 Atlantic Airlines. Broken up at Coventry Feb08.
OE-ILA 1145 Buffalo Airways. Reg'd C-GLBA 03Jul07.
OE-ILB 1039 Buffalo Airways. Reg'd C-FBAQ 03Jul07.
XA-AEG 1147 Jet Cargo. Damaged by ground equipment whilst parked at Panama City-Tocumen IAP on 30Mar07; noted stored Nov07.
Martin 4-O-4
N636X 14135 Airliners of America . Donated to Planes of Fame and flown Camarillo to Valle-Grand Canyon , AZ , 29Feb08 for display.
NAMC YS-11
JA8766 2142 Japan Air Commuter. Sold to Asian Spirit and reg'd RP-C3338 27Apr07.
JA8768 2147 Japan Air Commuter. Sold to Asian Spirit and reg'd RP-C3339 27Apr07.
RP-C2677 2092 Aboitiz Air. Registration now known; noted stored engineless at Manila in Dec07.
C RP-C3585 2149 Aboitiz Air. C/n now confirmed.
Nord 2500 Noratlas
C 5356 186 German AF. Fuselage salvaged and put on display at Wittekind barracks, Wildeshausen [T]. Still present Jan08, although the grounds in which the aircraft is situated were sold to a private owner in Jun07.
Nord 262
F-BOHH 49 Aero Stock. Became 9Q-CUM .
F-BPNU 38 Aero Stock. Sold to Malu Aviation as 9Q-CPM and ferried Le Bourget-Perpignan-Algiers at start of delivery flight, 2Mar07. Seen in service at Kisangani Mar08.
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
VH-EVB 586 Twin Pionair. Ferried to Sydney-Bankstown 03Aug07 and noted on display at the Australian Aviation Museum , Sep07,Dec07.
Siebel 204
ADD 315 315 N.C.702; ex FrenchAF. Noted stored at Hradec Kralove [OK] Sep07.
Short SC-5 Belfast
9L-LDQ SH.1819 Heavylift. Re-reg'd RP-C8020 .
Sud-Est Caravelle
C 3D-KIK 251 Kiki Lemaire. Wreck still extant at Gisenyi [9XR] and noted Jul07.
X 9Q-CPI 169 Waltair. Noted parked at Kinshasa-Ndjili Jul07 but gone by Mar08; presumably broken up.
Vickers Viscount
NEW HK-1267 441 TAC Colombia . Noted derelict at Bucaramanga Dec07; aircraft crashed here on 14Dec77 .
C 3D-JAP 382 Global Airways. Re-reg'd 9Q-CON and seen parked at Kinshasa-N'djili Mar08, in poor condition and.
3D-PFI 170 Pegasus Aviation. Re-reg'd 9Q-COD and seen parked on the military ramp at Lubumbashi Jul07, in good condition. Almost certainly now operated by the Congolese Air Force.
9Q-CUW 391 Seen parked on the military ramp at Kinshasa-N'djili Jul07 in poor condition although complete. Owner is reportedly Gen Jean Numbi, former head of the Air Force and now Inspector General of Police. Still present Mar08. |