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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. |
John Vogel shared this fine image of Beech 18 N9109R; he came across it during the 2015 the California Capital Airshow but the image below dates from the year before.
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Fascinated by the unknown DC-3 of SLM - Surinam Airways on Frits Klinkhamer's photo page, Ravin Raktoe sent this postcard (postmarked 1975) as an addition.  Ravin wrote (webmaster's translation): "During my research on a different subject I stumbled upon Mr Klinkhamer's photo on your website, about an unknown DC-3 in Surinam dating from 1973-1974. The aircraft seemed similar to me and though it does not help to identify the aeroplane, I thought it a nice gesture to send the postcard (stamped 1975) all the same!" |
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Paul J. Hooper wrote me: "Just read Karl Hayes' excellent notes on DC-6 N1037F on your website. My own shot of the aircraft, attached, was taken at Laredo,TX on 04Sep1988. I was told during my time at Laredo that the aircraft had just completed a flight from the East Coast - non-stop!"  |
Nigel Aylmer:"I visited Virginia Beach on 24Nov15 . The Beech 18 was still on a pallet outside. Hope somebody can confirm its identity from these pictures of L/H side..." More info on its identity on "Searching for..." |
While this is about the '..true identity of the Chinook at Datangshan..', I post it here rather for my files on
the Aviation Museum at Datangshan...  Someone (anonymous by request) wrote me in Nov.2015: |
Gerben Groothuis sent me this photo of a 2004 visit to the Lone Star Museum in Galveston,TX  At first I could not find any details for this Lockheed L.18, not for N43 - but I did find a N43RS and N43WT... See Gerben's gallery on his Propliners & Warbirds page here and what I found in Peter J. Marson's Air-Britain publication 'The Lockheed Twins'. And after doggedly following its trail on the internet I found it was scrapped and parts of it were used as canvas for artwork!  Michael Bludworth wrote me in Feb.2016: "I photographed that Lodestar N43WT at HOU (11Mar94) and later, at Galveston-GLS, in the mid '90s. In my mind that aircraft was taken apart by 2000 and disposed of. Here is a shot at HOU (above) and later at Galveston-GLS: N43WT".  |
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Every now and then I find opportunity to reminisce about an aviation magazine now gone!
 More on my page Brian Stainer's Aviation Photo News and what I found on Alan W. Hall's 'Aviation News' |
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I recently received an inquiry, sans images, of two DC-3s seen at Fortaleza, Brazil earlier this month (Feb.2016). The query was about their identities; it became apparent that five DC-3s have been stored over the years, some were scrapped or moved away. Due to the lack of an image I use here a Google Maps screen dump. The unravelling of this mystery can be found on my Q&A-page!  "Both are listed in World Military Out of Service 2015/16: (42-32842) - Douglas C-47 - PT-AOB - Mar06 - Nov13 (2021) - Douglas C-47 - ex 43-48327 - PT-KYW (fuselage) - 1996 - Nov13" In Scramble aviation magazine #460 (Sep.2017; Dutch Aviation Society) I read in the 'Propliner-section' that both DC-3's were transported from Fortaleza, somewhere between 2014-2016, down south to join the collection of one Eloy Biesuz (who also has 737-200 PP-SMH ex/ VASP and he also has a 737-300 and a Learjet). In Oct/Nov.2019 a photo on Facebook showed a DC-3 preserved at Pacatuba,Brazil with 'KYW' under the wing. It was understood this DC-3 is PT-KZF - probably a wing (or both wings) of KYW was/were used in the restoration for display. |
 David Fidler wrote me in Dec.2015:"I just read your page about Chandler Memorial (Gila River), a place I have been to quite a few times since my first visit in 1989! My last time was probably 10 years ago, when T&G were still there and all their old DC-7s still present. I flew out of Phoenix-PHX in July 2015 and was able to take these photos through the American B738 window. They show the Biegert DC-4s nave not changed since your photos in 2008 and there still seem to be two Harpoons plus probably the Howard 500 stored with the DC-7. These photo may show enough detail to recognise what is there." |
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Michael Bludworth sent me an image (taken in 2005?) of a Martin 404 in USCG colours, which I mentioned as missing from my visit in 2015 to the 1940 Air Terminal Museum. It seems the museum was close to finalizing a deal with the owner, did maintenance work on it, but then suddenly that deal collapsed and it was flown to Victoria,TX where it came to rest... without much of a future it seems.  Martin 404 N404CG '1282' 'Arlington', in front of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum "This Martin 404 was intended for the museum but for whatever reasons, the owner decided to let it rot down in Victoria - it's still there. And this was after extensive repairs were expended!" Michael (volunteer at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum) Found an image on Flickr.com of this 404 at Victoria,TX in 2010 |
Nigel Hitchman wrote me in response to my visit to the Lone Star Museum at Galveston,TX in Nov.2015  Nigel wrote: "Here are the Tiger Moth, B-58 Hustler and a Staggerwing that you didn't mention back in your report, as seen by me in 2011; all of these damamged by the floodwater, but the Staggerwing don't seem to have suffered so much!" |
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Gerben Groothuis sent me this image recently.
See Gerben's gallery of Propliners & Warbirds on my website
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In an attempt to identify the operator of C-46 N335CA (and N336CA) I thought Kris Air might be the one; but
Alexandre Avrane sent me a 1980 image of N335CA in Kris Air livery that seems to cancel out this theory...
 Photo credit: Collection M.Gilliand, via ATDB.aero (SIN Oct.1980). |
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Rand Peck provided me with a very welcome update (feedback on my laborious write ups and sharing ones personal aviation memories are always most welcome!) on a DC-3, suffering from prolonged inactivity at a rather remote location... He wrote: "Unfortunately, Mike Farrey's DC-3 N33623 in Mason,NH still languishes in the same position that you last saw her. I flew her many times with Mike, visiting air shows throughout New England; she was a beautiful machine! Thanks very much for the inspiration to get out and see more." 
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Ron Mak sent me this photograph in Feb.2016; he wrote (Webmaster's translation): 
From that TAHS reference book (published 2007) I also learned that OY-KND was delivered new to SAS on 11Aug1957 and was subsequently named 'Rolf Viking'. Ron Mak has a multiple pages on my website, go and have a look: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE Niels Helmø-Larsen was soon to respond through Yahoo's Classic-Propliners forum:
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Mads Oyen sent me this image; he wrote: "..when looking through old pictures, I realized that an An-2 I snapped in Bukavu right after the sacking of the town by Nkunda's forces was IL-registered, and as far as I know, the only explanation for that plane being in Bukavu would be Victor Bout's network. I took this picture in July 2004, right after Laurent Nkunda had taken Bukavu, and as a result UN staff and property was destroyed by mobs all over the county. Victor Bout was very active in the region and the UN arms embargo people were training is to look for his planes, esspecially EL- registered planes."
Help on information and background would be greatly welcomed! EMAIL Pls copy the URL of this page in your message. I have an extensive dossier on my website on Victor Bout, of the days when he was still at large. I did some extensive searching on the Internet, but was unable to find anything on (An-2) EL-ALS. The suspicion that the registration is fake, and used for illegal transports (indeed, perhaps for the infamous Mr Victor Bout!), is carried by what I found on my own website: Also note: the EL-registry for Liberia was replaced by A8, after register was cancelled by the United Nations due to illegal use! Could EL-ALS perhaps be the following airframe (for that matter it could also be the other An-2 in the photo or any other An-2 for that matter): ATDB.aero: Wikipedia: Roy Blewett soon replied, through Classic-Propliners Yahoo forum: |
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By late-2015 I read that the air museum at Lancaster,CA had closed and its assets were made available for disposal. This was brought home once more by below article; A few years ago I was treated on a very nice tour hear. Pity to see it go.  |
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Gerben Groothuis wrote me on 22Jan2016 and sent these images: "Though too late to see it actually arrive, I was glad to see 'Bataan' on 20Jan16 at almost the same spot at Chino where I saw her parked in 1995!" 
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Fred Streep sent me this recent, Dec.2015, image taken of Antonovs sunning in the Ethiopian heat!  Nearest to the camera is An-26B-100 ET-AMP (c/n 12610) of Suhura Airways (formed by Suhura Ismail for exclusive khat transportation; started operations on 01Apr2009, but may have ceased services in 2012 ?) If we continue down the line we see 3X-GFC, An-26B-100 c/n 5405 (latest report: operator GR Avia, stored) And next is 3X-GET, another An-26B-100 (c/n 4104) of GR Avia; also reported as stored. Behind the row of Antonovs An-26s is Antonov An-12 9U-BHS: c/n ??? Reported to be operated by Air Navette. (Additional aircraft data by ATDB.aero) Dire Dawa is one of two chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa). It is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woreda of Gurgura. Dire Dawa lies in the eastern part of the nation, on the Dechatu River, at the foot of a ring of cliffs that has been described as "somewhat like a cluster of tea-leaves in the bottom of a slop-basin." At a latitude and longitude of 9°36′N 41°52′ECoordinates: 9°36′N 41°52′E, it is the second largest city in Ethiopia. The city is an industrial centre, home to several markets and the Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport. [Wikipedia] |
The item on the submerged Beech 18, further down this page, went on a tangent, identifying the fate of
another Beech AT-11. John Hess provided additional info and these images.  Taken at Grand Island,NY (near Buffalo/ Niagara Falls), 20Jul2012 It started with this info by Ken Swartz: John Bennet replied: John Hess added to the above images: |
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Preston Young paid a visit to the aviation museum at Greybull,WY and he posted images on Facebook's Fire Bomber website. I am assuming these were taken shortly before posting them, mid-january 2016.  I was here in 2014 and have written something about this museum, see Visit to Greybull,WY 2014 and PAGE TWO. |
This was posted on Facebook (16Jan2016)... 
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Luke Rogers posted these images on Facebook ('Warbird Information Exchange - WIX'), with a request for information. The fact that it is a C-123 is evident, but where did it come from? What is its USAF serial? Luke came across this C-123 Provider on 08Jan2016 in Bangkok, at the 'Caterpillar dealership', wherever that is. 
It seems that this ex/ USAF 54-698 was involved insome sort of 'special ops': |
 Something offered to me by a friend of a friend: a book about the Fokker XXI by Reynout Siertsema. Haven't seen it yet, so I cannot endorse it, but maybe something to pursue for those interested in this aircraft or aviation era. Available through the shop of the 'Nationaal Militair Museum' and webshop of http://beeldinboek.nl/ |
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Paul Weston flew 'propliner' transports in Alaska decades ago; he was also a keen photographer. Here is one of the updates
I have made today on the webpage dedicated to his material he shared with me.  Fairchild C-119 taking off from Ambler's 2.500 ft gravel dirtstrip |
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John Vogel sent me this update from California in June 2015 on N917AU, as seen through
changes since ..
Note from Webmaster- I came across BuNo.150510 at Hawkins & Powers; at Greybull,WY in 1994; I don't have that photo online yet, some day probably, but my records show it as 'in desert storage as 150510/22-24 Spanish AF'. UPDATE DEC.2023: Airstrike Firefighters P-3A's N917AU/T17, N921AU/T21, N923AU/T23 along with spare parts and miscellaneous machinery/equipment will be offered for sale at a court ordered auction on 20Dec2023 at Sacramento McClellan Airport. |
Hurricane Andrew, 1992 Florida. This image was posted on Facebook and brought back memories because shortly after the
hurricane blew its path of destruction I visited the area: Florida 1992 Andrew wrote the following caption with the photo: "The B-17 and B-23 were tied down on the ramp, both broke free and weathervaned, moving backwards on their wheels, across the airport, through the boundary fence, across a road, across the RR tracks, and finally stopped when they ran into the trees! In 2005 an update on the B-23 Dragon: "After Hurricane Andrew B-23 SD/P was dismantled, and later dismantled further, and stripped of paint; it then moved to Polk City where the fuselage is stored outside with little change from the bare fuselage picture shown on Airliners.net" |
Brad Huculiak wrote me from La Ronge (Saskatchewan): "A classic DeHavilland line-up from the Transwest Air ramp in La Ronge, SK Canada (Oct 25th, 2015)".  'Single' Otter is C-FPEM (S/N 438) -Blackmuir’s Camps And the DHC-2 Beaver is C-GMAQ (S/N 234) - Adventure Destinations |
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Gerben Groothuis toured the US Eastcoast and took a good dose of vintage aeroplanes; he shared some with
me, but also expressed hope to identify some unidentified airframes (for help EMAIL).
Gerben shared more images of this trip on my page Photos by Friends & Guests (43) |
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Terry Fletcher sent me this update of
Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine, which he recently visited. I had visited this museum in 2011 (see MY REPORT) and Terry found some additions!
Terry's visit dates from 3rd October 2015. |
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