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Survivors 2007 Update
 

A survey of surviving classic transport aircraft

by Roy Blewett

This is the second batch of updates to the third Gatwick Aviation Society edition of Survivors, published in April, 2007. It will be expanded every month or so with new information, as it becomes available. An earlier batch of updates, covering the period May, 2007-April, 2008 can be found here on this website.
 
Latest updates October 2008
 

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.

 

BAC One-Eleven

YR-MIA 260 Mia Airlines. To TZ-BSA by Jun08.

 

Boeing 707/720

X N720H 18384 Honeywell International. Broken up at Phoenix , AZ , 21Jun08.

A20-624 19624 Royal Australian AF. Performed the final RAAF 707 flight on 30Jun08 and wfu at RAAF Richmond, NSW.

Note: The Israel AF 707 squadron moved from Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion to Nevatim AB on 25Aug08.

 

Consolidated Catalina

N285RA Israel AF Museum; arrived Hatzerim 12Jun08.

 

Convair 240/340

N131CW 205 Commemorative Air Force. Sold to Ironworker Supply, Westlake Village, CA and according to flight tracking software, ferried Camarillo-“KVTU” 09Jun08. “KVTU” does not exist as an ICAO code but it could represent Oxnard-Ventura County , CA ( Westlake Village is in Ventura County ).

N145GT 256 John M. Pentecost. Flew Panama City-Opa Locka 15Aug08.

X N581HG 19 Trans-air-Link. Broken up at Miami - Opa Locka , FL , Nov07, with N583HG (65).

X N587X 361 Air Tahoma. Crashed shortly after taking off from Lockbourne-Rickenbacker , OH , 01Sep08.

X N2823F 313 Sold for scrap 10Aug08 and broken up at Waco-Connally Field , TX .

ZK-PAL 501 Pionair. Sold to Pionair Australia and reg'd VH-PAL 21Aug08.

ZS-ARV 228 Rovos Air. Withdrawn from use and put up for sale, along with ZS-BRV (c/n 215) following closure of Rovos' air operation.

 

Convair 880

X N8806E* 22-00-21 Broken up 30Apr08.

 

De Havilland D.H.104 Dove

NEW OE-BVM 04488 Noted on display at the Techniches Museum , Vienna [T] May06.

 

De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou

N600NC 237 Pen Turbo. Sold to Palm Beach Aviation and ferried Cape May- Norfolk- Laurinburg/Maxton-Palm Beach 31Jul-01Aug08. Reg'd to Palm Beach Aviation Inc., Boca Raton , FL , 04Aug08 and now in use as a paradrop platform.

 

Douglas DC-3

NEW HK-3993P 26343/14898 Noted on display at the National Transport Museum , Calí.

NEW FAC670 Colombian AF. Noted on display at Madrid-BAM. Unlikely to be the real FAC670 as this crashed at Calí on 03Aug81 .

NEW FAC1120 12446 Colombian AF. Hulk noted on the dump at Madrid-BAM in Jun08 with FAC1660.

C PNC-0258 35259/15781/ 48 Colombian National Police/SAPOL. Not PNC-0257 (see N840MB).

LV-BEH 26794/15349 Was due to ferry Mendoza-San Fernando-Morón 05May08.

(TC-20) 20158 Museo Aeronáutico y Espacio. Now displayed in period Aerolineas Argentinas colours as LV-ADF .

N53ST 9380 Prescott Precision Die. Donated to NEW warbird group at Mesa-Falcon Field , AZ , and seen there Jun08.

NEW N68CW 25980/14535 Culver Love. Sold to Aviation Business Corp. and noted at Cahokia-St Louis Downtown, IL, May08.

NEW N75T 12715 Noted displayed at Colegio de la Salle, Bogota [HK][T]. The aircraft has an interesting pedigree, having been incorrectly registered as c/n 12726 in 1956!

N79MA 4089 Missionair. Sold to World War II Airborne Demonstration Team, McAlester-Regional , OK , and painted in 100thTCS markings as 414089 ‘8C-A' Jun08 and named “Betty B. Boop” . WW2ADS's first DC-3, N751A, has also had a repainted and now operates in 301stTCS markings as 292277 “Boogie Baby” .

N232GB 26268/14823/ 51 BT-67 #51. Delivered to Bell Aerospace 15Mar08 and reg'd C-FTGI 26Mar08 to ALCI Aviation, Oshawa , ON . Ferried Oshkosh-Oshawa 28Mar08. Aircraft is operated in airborne survey configuration by ALCI on behalf Bell , based at Houston-Ellington Field , TX .

N840MB 9670/ 45 Basler Turbo Conversions. Delivered to Colombian National Police/SAPOL as PNC-0257; c/n checked Jun08.

N2312G 33216/16468 Illinois Air Search & Rescue. Roaded Nashville-Thomaston , GA , 12Jul08 for restoration to flying condition by Mark McSwiggan.

N7500A 11693 Jeff Swaine. Hulk noted at Punta Gorda-Shell Creek Airpark, FL, Apr08.

NEW NC91016 11853 Reeve Aleutian . Crashed 29May65 on take-off from Nikolski , AK ; airframe remained present as recently as 2004.

NEW PK-GDH 13639 Dakota III. In use as a ground instructional airframe Sekolah Menengah Teknologi Penerbangang at Jl. Prof. Jokosutuno No.1, Jakarta ; noted Sep08. Facility is also known as SMK Negeri 29.

6009 19308 Turkish AF. Noted on display in the Istanbul suburb of Büyükçekmece in Mar07.

71248* 19539 Batterie Merville. Noted May08 re-assambled for display in Merville [T]; formally unveiled as 43-15073 ‘9X-O' on 07Jun08, named “The SNAFU Special” .

ZS-CRV 13331 Rovos Air. Sold to Namibia Commercial Aviation on closure of Rovos' air operation.

ZS-LVR 20475 Nelair. Sold to Skyclass and ferried Nelspruit-Rand 23Aug08.

6884 12064 South African AF. Roaded from Ysterplaat to Bokriver 06Jul08 for use as a survival trainer; 6864 (c/n 12580) is/was due to follow.

XA-RPE 2137 Basler Turbo Conversions. Sold to Tulsa Air & Space Museum and roaded to Tulsa , OK , 25-28Aug08 for restoration in original American Air Lines “Flagship Tulsa ” colours as NC18141 .

NEW 3D-ATH 9410 Interocean. Noted derelict at Mbuji-Mayi [9Q] Nov06.

 

Douglas DC-4

NEW HK-112 18377 Located in a paintball park in Bogota . Internet searches for paintball parks in Bogota reveal one called “El Avión”...

N8502R 27367 TBM. Sold to Brooks Fuel and ferried Visalia-Sequoia Field to Kingman , AZ , 29Jul08 for pre-delivery checks.

 

Douglas DC-6

NEW FAC908 Colombian AF. Hulk noted on the dump at Madrid-BAM in Aug08 with FAC909 (43841) and FAC910 (44895)

MM61922 43216 Italian AF. Seen dismantled May08 at Aosta-Corrado Rex awaiting reassembly for use by fire crews.

N233HP 44661 Everts Air Fuel. Repainted at Paine Field , WA , as N747CE by May08, although still not registered as of 18Oct08.

N779TA 44529 Northern Air Cargo. Withdrawn from service by Jun08 and stored at Fairbanks IAP, AK.

N1377K 44596 Northern Air Cargo. Noted stored at Fairbanks IAP, AK, by Jun08.

N6174C 44075 Northern Air Cargo. Performed NAC's final DC-6 flight 30Sep08.

N43872 44665 Northern Air Cargo. Withdrawn from service at Anchorage , AK , by Jun08 and used for spares recovery.

N51599 44662 Everts Air Fuel. Flown Fairbanks to Paine Field , WA , 06Aug08 for overhaul prior to service entry.

N99330 43576 Northern Air Cargo. Withdrawn from service by Jun08 and stored at Fairbanks IAP, AK.

 

Douglas DC-8

EC-EMD 46023 Cygnus Air. Sold to Transair Cargo Service and departed from storage at Châteauroux 02May08 as 3X-GEN . Noted at Kinshasa-N'djili in service Jun08 as 9Q-CJH .

EC-EMX 45921 Cygnus Air. Withdrawn from use and flown Madrid-Châteauroux 11Mar08. Sold to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation as 3X-GEP and ferried to Johannesburg 20Aug08.

N436NA 46082 NASA. Reverted to N817NA although according to the on-line USCAR, N436NA was never officially registered.

N701UP 45938 UPS Airlines. Ferried Louisville to Roswell , NM , 26Aug08 for storage.

N702UP 45902 UPS Airlines. Arrived Roswell , NM , 21Aug08 for storage.

N803UP 46073 UPS Airlines. Arrived Roswell , NM , 21Aug08 for storage.

N806UP 46006 UPS Airlines. Ferried Louisville to Roswell , NM , 26Aug08 for storage.

N812AX* 46126 Heavylift International. Cancelled 16Jun08 as A6-HLC .

N814AX 46041 ABX Air. Noted stored at Cincinnati-North Kentucky IAP, KY, by Apr08 with N819AX (45927) and N828AX (45999).

N816AX 46093 Airborne Express. Sold to Race Aviation and ferried Cincinnati-Oscoda , MI , 10Jun08. Cancelled 19Jun08 as 9G-.

TR-LIC* 46162 Gabon Cargo Airlines. Sold to Avient as Z-ALB and noted in service Jun08.

9 G-MKT 45764 Hewa Bora Airlines. Registered 9Q-CHM by Jun08.

9T-TDA 45753 Government of DRC. Reported to Hewa Bora Airlines as 9Q-CAQ .

 

Douglas C-133 Cargomaster

N199AB 45164 Donated to Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum and ferried Anchorage-McChord AFB (participating in the Open House there) 28Aug08 and onwards to Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA, 30Aug08. Will be displayed as 56-1999 .

 

Fokker F-27 Friendship

AP-BDB 10292 PIA; to Pakistan Navy as AR-NZX.

AP-BHE 10630 PIA. Reverted to 4R-EXG. Sold or leased to Voyager Airlines as S2-AEM and noted at Chittagong in Apr08.

NEW C-FTPA 104 Crashed 29Jul82; recovered for use by fire crews at Saskatoon-John C. Diefenbaker, SK.

6-7904 566 Iranian Army. C/n now known; type is FH-227B.

X G-JEAD* 10627 BAC Leasing. Sold to Fly 540 as 5Y-BVF and noted at Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta IAP in May08. Crashed on landing at K20 [6O] 13Aug08.

N705FE 10367 Mountain Air Cargo. Flew last service Santo Domingo to San Juan 09Jan08 and ferried to Kinston next day. Donated to Hickory Aviation Museum and flown to Hickory , NC , 10Feb08.

N725FE* 10658 Air Panama ; became HP-1631PST, but still stored at Panama City-Marcos A. Gelabert as N725FE in Apr08 .

N730FE 10386 Fedex. Cancelled May08 as sold in Panama .

TC-MBE 10639 MNG Cargo. Blown by high winds into a hangar at Coventry [G] in Jan07 and damaged beyond repair. Broken up on site and roaded away on 14Jul08.

3C-QSJ 10149 Sold to Aerospace Trust Management LLC and reg'd N32180 25Jun08; noted at Malta 13Aug08.

 

Ford Tri-Motor

NC9612 55 Dolph Overton III. Ferried to Goldsboro-Wayne MAP, NC, in preparation for sale by auction on 17Jan09.

 

Grumman Albatross

N7141S G99 Sold to N44HQ LLC and reg'd N44HQ 15Aug08.

 

Handley Page Herald

X G-BEYF 175 Broken up at Bournemouth-Hurn 04Jul08.

 

Hawker Siddeley H.S.748

G-AYIM 1687 Emerald. Sold to Janes Aviation and ferried Blackpool-Southend 20Mar08.

G-BGMO 1767 Emerald. Sold to Fly Away Airlines and reg'd S2-AAX ; ferried Blackpool-Nice-Heraklion-Sharm el Sheikh on start of delivery flight 25-27Apr08.

BL.5-2/26 1715 Royal Thai AF. Roaded to Sukhotai Palace , Bangkok [T] and placed on display in the Crown Prince's private collection.

 

Lockheed Ventura and Lockheed-Vega Harpoon

NEW N1000X 137-4688 RB-34. Currently under restoration at Sanford , FL , for the Naval Air Station Sanford Memorial Park .

 

Lockheed Neptune

X N4235T 726-7285 Neptune Aviation. Crashed on take-off from Reno , NV , 01Sep08.

 

Lockheed 188 Electra

X N5507 1012 Zantop. Broken up at Ypsilanti-Willow Run, MI, in 2007, along with N284F (1104), N340HA (1109), N341HA (1035), N5510L (1014) and N5522 (1033).

 

NAMC YS-11

JA8763 2135 Sold to Air Phoenix as HS-APA and delivered to Bangkok-Don Muang 19Mar08. The airline is reported to have suspended operations by Jun08.

 

Sud-Est Caravelle

10506 211 Mexican AF. Sold, with 10507 (c/n 232) to Parque Aviacuatico los Manatiales and roaded to Jilotepec de Abasolo; noted displayed there in Apr08, 10506 is inside the park and 10507 in the main car park.

 

Vickers Viscount

NEW CF-THB 219 Don Fyk. Acquired in 1982 and noted Apr07 on display at Fyk's house in Garland , MB [T].