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Survivors 2007 Update
 

A survey of surviving classic transport aircraft

by Roy Blewett

This is the third 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. Earlier batches of updates, can be found as follows....

Period May 2007 - April 2008

Period May 2008 - April 2009

 
Latest updates September 2009
 

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

552 249 Royal Air Force of Oman . Arrived Masirah 08Mar09 for use by fire crews; total time 29,571 hrs.

 

Boeing 707/720

PP-BRG 19586 Beta Cargo. Withdrawn from use at Campinas-Viracopos, SP; tt 82,160 hrs.

PP-BRI 19776 Beta Cargo. Withdrawn from use at Manaus , AM; tt 67,731 hrs.

NEW 5A-DJU 18889 Libyan Arab. Seen stored at Tripoli in May09 with 5A-DHL.

X 5N-KHA 18867 Amako Air. Broken up at Kinshasa by Aug09.

9G-OAL 19350 Aerogem. Sold to Trast Aero as EX-120 and noted at Ras al Khaimah Feb09.

X 9Q-CKB 19844 Hewa Bora. Noted Kinshasa Mar08 cut in two; gone by Aug09 presumed broken up.

 

Canadair CL-215

C-FTUU 1011 Air Spray. Leased to Türk Hava Kurumu and ferried St Johns-Santa Maria 10May09 and subsequently via Cascais and Malta to Ankara- Güvercinlik. Reg'd TC-TKL 04Jun09..

C-FTUW 1030 Air Spray. Leased to Türk Hava Kurumu and ferried St Johns-Santa Maria 10May09 and subsequently via Cascais and Malta to Ankara- Güvercinlik. Reg'd TC-TKK 04Jun09

C-FTXB 1007 Buffalo Airways. Leased to Türk Hava Kurumu and ferried St Johns-Santa Maria 14Mar09 and subsequently via Malta , where it arrived on 20Mar09 and went u/s; departed 04Apr09 for THK's main base at Ankara-Güvercinlik.

C-GFNF 1027 Buffalo Airways. Leased to Türk Hava Kurumu and ferried St Johns-Santa Maria 14Mar09 and subsequently via Malta 20-21 Mar09 en route to Turkey .

C-GOFR 1104 Air Spray. Sold to Buffalo Airways for lease to Türk Hava Kurumu and ferried Goose Bay-Reykjavík-Nantes-Dubrovnik 27-28Apr09 en route to Turkey .

 

Consolidated Catalina

C-FNJE CV-437 Recovered from the crash site at Lake Sitidgi , NT , by Don & Greg Wieben to their farm in Fairview , AB [T].

C HP-425 This Catalina, shipped from Ephrata , WA , to Ardmore [ZK] in 2001, has now been identified as PBY-5A c/n 1696, ex N9535C and Bu48334. Its hull is on display with Classic Flyers at Tauranga [ZK].

 

Convair 240/340

NEW N1342N 254 [C-131A]. Abandoned drug runner; seen stored at Acklins-Spring Point [C6] in Apr07.

N3417 48 C&M Airways. Sold to Frontera Flight Holdings and reg cx 06Aug09 as exported to Mexico .

N73137* 88 Became XA-UJI with Aeronaves TSM, Saltillo , COA.

YV2476 [580] noted in Venezuela 27Mar09.

De Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide

NEW F-BHGR 6844 Magnús Porsteinsson. Acquired from La Ferté Alais in 2006 and arrived at Icelandic Aviation Museum , Akureyri, Jun07 for restoration as TF-ISM , one of two D.H.89s that served with Flugfélag Íslands 1945-55.

 

De Havilland D.H.104 Dove

LV-LES 04237 C/n now known.

 

Douglas DC-3

NEW CF-ILQ 12377 Crashed near Rupert River , QC , 09Jan64 ; wreck remains extant and noted Jun09.

NEW TAM-37 Seen dumped at Trinidad-Jorge Heinrich Arauz in May09.

KP208 33419/16671 Airborne Forces Museum . Trucked 28May09 from Aldershot to Colchester [T] for restoration and eventual display at Merville Barracks.

NEW N2028 6164 Failed drug runner; wreck seen at Myanguana [C6] May09 and present since at least 2001.

BL.2-8/90 32849/16101 Royal Thai AF. Roaded to Lop Buri for restoration and eventual display at the Crown Prince's private collection in Bangkok [T].

BL.2-23/11 25762/14317 Royal Thai AF. Roaded from Lop Buri to Nakhon Pathom [T] by Nov07 and now displayed by the roadside.

TC-27 4280 General Pache c o Museum . Reported now on display at Museu Aeropostal, the location of which is not yet known.

T-101 25455/14010 Museo Tecnológico Aeroespacial. Reported now on display at the newly-opened El Calafate IAP, SCZ.

N146RD 32897/16149 Dodson. To Lee County Mosquito Control District, Fort Myers , FL , and reg'd 18May09.

N763A 4894 Prairie Aviation Museum . Sold to Antique Aircraft Restorations and ferried Bloomington-Piatt County-Lagrange-Marion County-Marathon, FL, 23Apr09. Reg'd 04May09 to Thomas F. Kirby, Marathon , FL.

N843MB 13228 State of Florida . Sold to Basler Turbo Conversions and regd 15May09. Seen stored at Oshkosh - Wittman Regional , WI , 12May09.

N851M* 43302 Transnorthern. Regd N29TN 29May09 to May Investments LLC, Anchorage , AK .

N922CA* 2204 Dakota Air Services. Leased to Breitling and regd HB-IRJ Apr09 to Super Constellation Flyers Association. Ferried Opa Locka-Ocala-Savannah-Dulles-Auburn/Lewiston-Québec-Sept Iles-Kuujjuak-Iqaluit-Narsarsuaq-Reykjavík-Wick-Aarhus-Epinal-Basel 03-16May09.

N932H 34368/17101 Basler; converted to BT-67 (#53) for Clean Gulf Associates. Ferried Oshkosh-Goderich , ON [C] 15May09. Registered 22Jul09 to Airborne Support, Houma/Terrebonne, LA. (DC-3s noted on BT-67 production line in May09 were N56KS, N907Z and N47DK.)

N943DJ 7313 Don Jones. Sold and regd 03Jun09 to JM Air LLC, Phoenix , AZ. Flew Oshkosh-Sioux Falls-Salt Lake City-Oakland-Santa Rosa, CA, 12-14Aug09.

N8383 26299/14854 Now on display at Turin-Casselle in period L.A.I. markings as I-LEON .

X N10005 25527/14052 Lee County Mosquito District. Broken up; nose recovered for display at the museum in Best [PH], where it arrived on 13Jun09.

N88874* 12693 Basler Turbo Conversions. Seen stored at Oshkosh - Wittman Regional , WI , 12May09.

N99857 43332 Charles Clements. Sold to Transnorthern for spares and ferried Tamiami to Anchorage 30Apr-04May09; regd 04Jun09 to Transnorthern LLC, Anchorage , AK . N27TN reserved.

PK-OAZ 19623 ex Airfast. Acquired by Garuda for display at their headquarters in Jakarta-Soerkano Hatta and roaded there from Halim on 14Jun09; seen on display Aug09.

79001 9001 Flygvapenmuseum. Wreck transported by barge and road from Musko naval base to Linköping-Malmen AB 26-29May09 for continued storage. When the museum re-opens in 2010, 79001 will form the centre-piece of a new exhibition hall.

79002 9103 Skokloster Castle . Roaded to Karlsborg [T] for display at Karlsborgs Fästningsmuseum, another fortress museum.

C 6025 19531 Turkish AF. Displayed on the gate at the Turkish AF logistics base south-east of Kayseri (not Erkilet AB ) and noted Mar09. Satellite imagery suggests a second camouflaged C-47 is displayed inside the base.

NEW 6035/HvHO-035 10132 Turkish AF. Noted Mar09 in use as a ground instructional airframe at Erciyes University , Kayseri [T].

6039 13436 Turkish AF. Previously displayed at Incirlik AB, noted stored at Ankara-Etimesgut Mar09.

X 6045 19729 Turkish AF. Sunk 26Jan09 off Akcakoca.

NEW 6095 13444 Turkish AF. Noted Mar09 stored at Kayseri-Erkilet AB in 222 Sqn hangar area, with 6059 and four others. An additional C-47 is stored in the 221 Sqn hangar area.

ZS-GPL 9581 Springbok Historic Flight. Sold to Indigo Air, Zanzibar , and regd 5H-DAK 17Apr09.

ZS-MAP 32644 /15896 Rossair. Sold to National Test Pilots School , Mojave, CA and regd N882TP 10Jul09.

ZS-OJI* 32961/16213 Dodson International. Became YV2119, noted at Caracas Jul09.

 

Douglas DC-6

X N1037F 43688 Universal Airlines. Sold to Mark Hudson Feb09 and broken up; forward fuselage trucked to Hudson 's personal museum at Yukon , OK .

N2907F 44636 Northern Air Cargo. Sold to Everts Air Cargo for parts and ferried Anchorage-Fairbanks 02May09.

N6174C* 44075 Northern Air Cargo. Sold to Everts Air Cargo and ferried Anchorage-Fairbanks 01May09.

 

Douglas DC-7

N838D 45347 TBM-Butler. Performed last flight 26Mar09 and withdrawn from use (location?).

Douglas DC-8

C EK-86021 45953 Air-van Airlines. It remains uncertain whether these markings were ever taken up; almost certainly became 3X-GDN (cf) with Guinee Express Aviation, which was first noted stored Tripoli in Nov04 and seen again in May09.

N700UP 45900 UPS. Ferried Philadelphia-Roswell , NM , 19May09 for storage.

N708UP 46048 UPS. Flown to Roswell , NM , for storage by Apr09; also first noted at Roswell in Apr09 were N755UP (46055), N798UP (45898), N811UP (46089), N818UP (46108), N874UP (46074).

N814AX* 46041 Airborne Express. Ferried Cincinnati to Lima-Jorge Chávez [ OB ] 28May09 as N814AX, despite being cancelled 21May09 as exported to Ghana .

N819AX* 45927 Airborne Express. Ferried Cincinnati to Lima-Jorge Chávez [ OB ] 16May09; reg cx 21May09 as exported to Ghana .

N828AX* 45999 Airborne Express. Ferried Cincinnati to Lima-Jorge Chávez [ OB ] 12May09; reg cx 21May09 as exported to Ghana .

9G-MKA 45804 MK Airlines. Sold to Aviodrome for eventual display in KLM markings as PH-DCZ .

 

Fairchild C-123 Packet

N4254H 20052 Air America Foundation. Sold in Alaska and regd to Compass Rose Inc, Wasilla , AK 22Jul08. Routed Columbus , GA , to Lebanon , MO , 23Apr09 on delivery and seen 29May09 circuit-bashing at Palmer, AK.

 

FMA I.A.50 Guaraní II

T-110 20 Argentine AF. Now displayed at Paraná-Gral. Justo José de Urquiza, ER.

X T-116 8 Universidad del Litoral. Destroyed by vandals 22May09.

C T-117 9 Argentine AF. Corrected c/n for the aircraft on display at Aeroclub San Francisco, CB.

C T-118 10 Argentine AF. Displayed in the town of Crespo , ER [T].

T-126 26 Argentine AF. Now displayed in the town of Diamante , ER [T].

T-129 22 Argentine AF. Now displayed at Estancia Santa Romana, Villa Reynolds, SL [T].

 

Fokker F-27 Friendship

X D-AELC 10438 WDL. Broken up at Cologne/Bonn 02Feb09, with D-AELF (cn 10323)

X D-AELE 10477 WDL. Broken up at Cologne/Bonn 04Feb09.

X D-AELI 10514 WDL. Broken up at Cologne/Bonn 03Feb09.

D-AELM 10450 WDL. Sold to Aviation Friends Cologne/Bonn for eventual display as D-ACGN .

NEW D-BAKJ 10321 WDL. Broken up at Essen Feb05; fuselage sold to tuifly and converted for use as a mobile exhibit.

N19XD 10372 19th Hole. Sold in Kenya and ferried Coeur d'Alene-Fargo-Thunder Bay-Moossonee-Kuujjuak-Iqaluit-Sondre Stromfjord-Keflavík-Wick-Kemble-Verona-Athens 03-07May09. Reg cx 19May09 as sold in Kenya .

PT-LAF 10177 TAM. Roaded Guarulhos-São Carlos, SP, for restoration and eventual display at Asas de um Sonho.

VT-ROY* 10184 Was trucked to Delhi where it is now in use as a ground instructional airframe at the Indian Institute of Aeronautical Engineering .

 

Note: 19th Hole has acquired another batch of Fedex F-27s: N702FE (10350), N703FE (10420), N713FE (10615), N729FE (1385) and N742FE (10349) were all regd to19th Hole on 15Apr09, then re-regd as N19AQ, N19AU, N19AY, N19NN and N19QQ respectively on 09Jul09.

 

Ford Tri-Motor

N8419 58 Kalamzoo Air Zoo. First flight following restoration at Alma-Gratiot Community, MI, took place on 25Aug09.

 

Grumman Albatross

N7027Z G384 Jay Koven. Donated to Cavanaugh Flight Museum , Addison, TX, in 2009 and regd to them 16Mar09.

 

Hawker Siddeley H.S.748

G-BIUV 1701 ex-Emerald. Acquired by International Air Parts and ferried Blackpool-Torrejón-Arrecife 12-13Mar09 en route to Africa for operation by Elysian Airlines; regn cx 22Apr09 as sold in Guinea as 3X-GEW. Lease fell through and ferried Conakry-Accra-Bangui-Nairobi Wilson [5Y] 25-26Jul09.

X G-BVOV 1777 ex-Emerald. Broken up at Blackpool ; fuselage trucked away 26May09 for use at a diving centre near Carnforth.

G-SOEI 1689 ex-Emerald. Regd N784D 26Jul09 and painted as such, but remains stored at Blackpool .

N748D 1559 Aerowings. Reg cx 26Apr09 as transferred to UK , but no UK markings taken up. Remains parked at Southend, still painted as N748D, in a deteriorating condition.

X VH-AYS 1608 Ross Hornblower. Broken up at Southend in May09.

ZS-DBM 1736 Stars Away. Reg cx 05May09 as sold in Ghana .

 

Lockheed Neptune

X N442NA 726-7286 Neptune Aviation. Crashed into Stockton Pass , UT , in bad weather during a ferry flight from Missoula-Alamogordo.

 

Lockheed Constellation

CF-RNR 4544 Museum of Flight . Rolled out post restoration 17Apr09 at Griffiss , NY , in period Trans Canada colours as CF-TGE . Dismantled and roaded to Seattle-Boeing Field , WA , 24Aug-04Sep09.

N4257L 4335 Helena Vo-Tech. Sold to Evergreen International for eventual display at their museum at McMinnville , OR .

141311 4435 Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum . Acquired by the Naval Air Museum , Barbers Point , HI , pending the raising of sufficient funds to cover its transportation.

 

Nord 2501 Noratlas

NEW 115/63-VA 115 Seen on display at 1er Régiment du train parachutiste at Toulouse-Francazal, Apr09.

 

Nord 262

72 72 French Navy. Performed the last operational French Navy Nord 262 flight, on 25Feb09. Withdrawn from use, along with 45, 46, 52, 60, 63, 69, 70, 71, 73, 79 and 100.

 

Percival Prince

C-GJIE P57/21 Toronto Aviation Museum . To Skywagon City and roaded from Downsview to Brechin, ON in Oct06.

 

Vickers Viscount

X G-AOJD 153 Jersey Airport Fire Service. Broken up Mar 03.

PP-ARJ 15 Previously on display at a children's playground in Piracicaba , seen 23Mar09 on display at Cine Avio, Araçariguama, SP.

X 9Q-CON 382 Global Airways. Reported to have been broken up in May08.