On a regular basis people sent me photos, to share their enthusiasm for vintage airliners or to illustrate a question. These photos have been lingering in a scrapbook or a discarded box somewhere and/or probably wouldn't find their way to Online-use or publication. To prevent them from getting lost, with permission of the sender, I would like to share them on this page. Photos already online (personal websites, airliners.net, jetphotos.net, etc) are not meant to be included here. |
Raymond also told me that DC-3 G-DAKK, next to N473DC on the photo, is still for sale, inquiries are regularly made and referred to owner Tony Holden but as yet a sale has not been made. For more (2009) photos taken at the Aviodrome, see HERE.. And more on C-47A N473DC see HERE.. A 2017 (photo) update on G-DAKK can be found on South Coast Airways. |
When I mistook the Grumman SCAN-30 Widgeon (CF-ODR) for a Grumman Goose (CF-MPG) in my report on a visit ot Ottawa's Canada Aviation Museum, he quickly set me straight with the correct data and sent a fine image of the actual C-FMPG...![]() Fred wrote: "CF-MPG is a G-21A Goose which was operated by the RCMP. Here is a photo as I saw and photographed it in Prince Rupert, B.C. on 07 June 90. " |
Fred Barnes wrote me in Oct.2009: Rodney Kozar of http://noorduynnorseman.com thinks the unidentified Norseman is c/n 427, ex CF-GYY. Any further confirmation would be useful. There is a possiblility that the other Norseman frame is c/n 423, ex CF-GTP. Their histories can be found on www.norsemanhistory.ca/Aircraft.htm |
Gary Wenko sent me this very early warbird question..: "I have a question of historical interest, which I believe with your help can be answered..? Herewith are 2 photographs of a fighter aircraft of the First World War, a Fokker D.VIII. Two different sources tell me different things: one tells me these photos are of a Dutch aircraft and the other tells me they are photos of an aircraft in Holland, photographed with Japanese markings applied prior to shipment to Japan circa 1920... It is a fact that the Japanese had aircraft during this period to include a Fokker D.VIII." ![]() Gary: "I am with the understanding the Dutch roundel was orange, with no white surround. Japanese roundels were red with a white surround, so you can understand the problem!" Stig Jarlevik provided following interesting information: Herman Dekker, authority on the Dutch Registry and markings, added: |
More on the biggest windvane ever on my 2003 visit to Alaska and the Yukon! |
![]() Jaap Haasnoot sent me this photo which he took upon a visit in 2008 at Aero Union's base in Chico,CA. A 'sensitive' military contract was the reason why I wasn't allowed in the hangar upon my visit here in May 2008.. The P-3A Orion land-based maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft is operational in the airforces of ten countries. Spain has 7 P-3 Orions in its inventory, these Orions came from Norway. When looking at this photo I thought it was of those. Or maybe one of those meant for the Brazilean air force. But no... P-3A 22-24 is indeed an ex/ Spanish AF aircraft. but I found 22-24 to have been stored at Greybull,WY for many years. A photo can be seen on my Guest pages (18) as Aero union's latest airtanker, #17 (N917AU). John Vogel from California sent me a nice 2015 update; see Photo by Friends & Guests p.44 |
Ben Cogger sent me these images in Oct. 2009 ![]() |
Ben wrote: "My name is Ben Cogger and I am the son of Don Cogger, former owner and operator of Alaska Air Guides, which was based off Lake Hood from the 1970’s into the 1990’s. I am a big fan of historical aviation and my family has many photos from the aforementioned decades. Here are some to enjoy." |
![]() My JP Airline Fleets edition 1986 seems to be the first one listing this company : Founded 1954, President Donald Cogger Ben added: "The black and red Beaver actually belongs to a friend of yours: Bill de Creeft from Homer, AK. I used to wash airplanes for him when we lived down there." Something on veteran bus pilot Bill de Creeft can be read on my Alaska 2006 page. |
Ben provided the following historical details: More photos provided by Ben Cogger at my page Photos by Friends & Guests (22) and PAGE 24 |
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On my very first page dedicated to material sent in by Friends & Guests, an issue was raised to identify a low flying DC-4. It was determined to be N898AL of Brooks Fuel. Subsequently the question was put forward what had happened to this radial-engined workhorse... ![]() By use of Google Maps and Google Earth, it was concluded that there is no trace anymore of N898AL at Kivalina. Credit for the images: the smaller ones come from Flick.com by Roland Adams (2005) and the larger one on PicasaWeb by aJ (2002)
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![]() Roger Soupart sent me this photo: "This weekend (31Oct-01Nov), I was in Madrid. Visible from the Aeroclub building were long lines of retired Spanish Airforce CASA 212s. They are going to be scrapped, or given to African and South American countries. There are some heatwaves, as I had to use a 600 mm tele, and the photo shows only a few of those around. One of the aircraft is showing the Spanish Cross on the entire rudder, something I have never seen before." Photo © Roger Soupart |
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On my website, in the Bill Hill Collection gallery, I have a photo of this C-47 operated by Delta Air Transport (DAT) , reg'd OO-VDF. |
![]() Gordon Reid sent me these photos in Nov.2009; he wrote- "With DC-2 'PH-AJU' in mind, I thought you might be interested in these shots I took of the TAA DC-3 VH-AES, carrying special markings to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1934 Mildenhall to Melbourne air race. VH-AES has flown disguised as DC-2 PH-AJU before, when they were making the film of the race, about 20 years ago; although, at that time it actually carried the registration PH-AJU. These photos were taken on final approach into Melbourne-MEL, 25Oct09." |
Frits Klinkhamer sent me this image in Sep.2009, after he got hold of a collection of vintage black & white propliner photos. While the Douglas DC-2 has been identified, the operator Marshall Airways is a bit of a mystery. Stig Jarlevik helped with information on Marshall Airways, he wrote: "Marshall Airways Pty Ltd is given a very brief mention in Volume 1 of the DC-3 book (since they only operated one single Douglas DC-2 perhaps they don't deserve more?). The text is: Sydney and Bankstown, NSW. DC-2 VH-CDZ as used for charter and joy-rides until 1955." Matt Miller added: "It should also be pointed out that Marshall bought many of the remaining RAAF DC-2s in 1946. Most were used for spares but, on the other hand, some of them still exist today. An example is A30-14 in the Netherlands."
www.wimparmentier.nl/produktielijst_dc2.html
Rod Cork added this on Yahoo's Classic Propliner forum:
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Jacques Hémet
did me the honour of sending these images, of aircraft at one time employed by the French Armée de l'Air. ![]() This picture was taken at Reghaïa air base, close to and east of Algers, Algeria. |
Wikipedia had limited information on Siebel and none on this type of aircraft: "Siebel, originally Flugzeugbau Halle, was a German aircraft manufacturer in Halle an der Saale. Elsewhere, Cyril Defever refers to it as Siebel Si-204: "photos of SNCAC NC 701 Martinet, a Si 204 built after war in France. Three were delivered to Sweden for aerial Mapping in '47-'49. Two ex Armée de l'Air were delivered later, one of this being used before in the old African colonies. The NC 701 ended their operational life in Sweden in the late 60's." aircraftwalkaround.hobbyvista.com/siebel/siebel.htm |
![]() Maintenance of DC 3 F-BFGX at Hunting facilities in Jo'burg. F-BFGX is now preserved at the Technik Museum, Speyer, Germany (in Air Inter livery). |
Geophysical data acquisition equipment onboard F-BFGX (high sensivity magnetometer). |
Jacques Hémet
also sent these images of Hémet's DC-3 F-OCUY (c/n 7390):
![]() Picture taken on Jean Mayen airstrip. Jan Mayen Island is a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean, 55 km (34 miles) long (southwest-northeast) and 373 km2 (144 mi2) in area, partly covered by glaciers [Wikipedia, more...] |
![]() F-OCUY was re-registered F-BJBY in 1980, it crashed on 21apr1981 (report on ASN). This was not the only one that disappeared without trace over the Mediterranean... see DC-3 ECT-025. |
![]() I bought the plane with a C of A delivered by Koratinsk,i who was FAA inspector (the plane was US registered at the time) Kurfiss used that plane (not the only one, I presume) to make inflight porno movies, which were for sale at the Frankfurt terminal sex shop! ![]() Maybe a copy can be found on the web..?" "This C-53 had been converted to an executive configuration by Remmert Werner (features such as a retractable tail gear, A 12 Sperry autopilot - hydraulic actuated door/stair - airline Collins Radio etc...). An 12-autopilot was the main reason of my purchase, because the use of the plane for geophysical survey (very low time airframe too)." |
Oleg sent me this tale of an An-12 preserved (if that is the word for it) at (Expo di) Asmara: "Just happened to stumble upon your webpage, concerning a somewhat castrated hull of AN-12 CUB now on display at the recreational park grounds in the Southern suburbs of Asmara, Eritrea. Part of my history: in 1986 I was serving with the Soviet Military Advisers team and in August I had got new assignment to Asmara. Once I was accompanying our Commanding General on his visit to the Asmara AF Base. There at the outskirts of the field we saw a damaged Soviet AN-12. The plane had been hit by a couple of small fragments of shrapnel produced by explosion of some EPLF rocket. It was an interesting case – one of those splinters penetrated forward starboard section skin hitting oxygen equipment package located on rear bulkhead of the pressurized passengers’ cabin (just aft of flight deck). Small punctures – critical damage: flight deck and pressurized cabin were burned-down. Relief squadron commander declared the aircraft beyond salvage and decided to cannibalize her. The plane had been gradually stripped of engines, avionics, landing gears, etc. when our General happened to pass by… Bang! Generals are prone to have sparks of genius: the plane would be converted into the make-shift Barracks for the enlisted personnel of the Soviet signal detachment at the Advisers’ Group HQ (Kagnew Station)! The inventive moron would not be bothered by the fact that signal platoon troops had been already billeted in the rather comfortable rooms (in the former US Officers’ Club house). General just had his whim! In the next few days AF technicians dismantled wings and horizontal stabilizer, then two Signals warrant-officers were dispatched to prepare the airframe for towing into the down-town. They simply hacked the tail section off (down to the loading ramp) using simple axe and a push-pull felling saw! One thing should be kept in mind – Asmara lays at an altitude of approximately 2.500 meters ASL, if I’m not mistaken. Therefore it is rather cold at night – and our soldiers had to sleep in their winter field jackets and Army shapkas, sometimes even covering themselves with mattresses against cold and moisture mountain air... During day time, it was all different and African sun was heating the aircraft metal mercilessly and the night shift signal operators had to strip off even their underwear trying to get some sleep in extricating oven heat! Courtesy Google Earth I can present the following photo to illustrate Oleg's story: |
In gallery of Searching For there is the saga of the disappearance of DC-3 ECT-025. While on this subject, another DC-3 disappearance was brought to my attention. Lothar Grim sent me this and wrote: |
John P. Stewart helped me a while ago in identifying derelict Beech 18s at Big Lake (near Wasilla) in Alaska. He knew he'd photographed one, N888E, while still active. In Sep.2009 he sent me that photo... ![]() John wrote: "I found the scanned image of N888E while in service with Alaska Aeronautical Industries. This was shot at ANC 9/68. This was shot at the commuter gate just before boarding passengers. Note the Western Connie in the background -ahhh- the good old days!" ![]() |
Lorne Brett sent me this image in Sep.2009; it was taken in 1997.
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More on this aircraft, and others, on my page ABANDONED PLANE WRECKS OF THE NORTH |
Sam Warren Jr sent me these photos, of what seems to be a DC-4 during landing 'touching' ('touch-and-go'?) a van with its right maingear... Following suggestion was sent to me: SEE ALSO THIS ITEM ON N96361 (this tailnumber N96361 has been erroneously quoted for N6816D c/n 27368) Jürgen Scherbarth sent me this image of N96361, taken at Arlington, WA. in Aug.1982; the cheatline does not match with the photos above, concluding that above 'rogue landing' did not involve N96361... ![]()
But this one matches! Jürgen wrote (Dec.2011):
Nicolai Musante found the incident even made it onto WIKIPEDIA!
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UPDATE on C-FEKF: From Aviation-Safety Network (ASN): May 5th, 2016 C-FEKF of Conair Aviation at Manning Airport,ALB: On the Yahoo Airtanker forum a message stated:
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Ron Mak sent me this 'jungle shot' in Sep. 2009:
![]() Ron added: "Here is a Catalina in the Amazon; I came across 6509 on one of my many travels through South America. The photo was take at Tabatinga in Brazil on 05Nov1977. At this point three countries meet: Peru, Colombia and Brazil." [Joe Baugher's website has the following info on this Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina: part of a batch numbering 46450/46638, serial 46456 (c/n 1820) went to Brazil in 1944 as FAB 6509; it was redesignated PA-10 in 1945 and sold in USA as N4582T; presently (Oct.2009) located at Floyd Bennett Field, NYC under restoration, on loan, from MCAS Quantico Museum. -Webmaster] Ron: "I departed the following day from Leticia and enjoyed a flight onboard an Aeropesca C-46 for some 4 hours, and all that time nothing but jungle below us, a remarkable experience!" ![]() As explained on the first page of Ron's photos, two Curtis C-46A Commando's have flown in Colombia with tailnumber HK-388: c/n 25796 was destroyed somewhere and c/n 26796, Aeropesca's, seems to have vanished, its ultimate fate obscured... |
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