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Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 10:58
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Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 11:32
Why did 9Q-COA have such a large nose radome?
Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 11:37
It was a T2 .
I think only two were modified and the the type was axed in defense cuts.
I think the replacement was the E3 Andover but there were E1 Argosys as well, so maybe it was those replaced by the Andover.
This was in the various cuts in the mid seventies that saw a lot of type withdrawn from existing roles or removed completely
***EDIT*** Acording to stuff I just read...there were only two and they were abandoned in defense cuts as they were not successful.
The E1 Argosys continued until replaced by Andovers in 1978
Garry
I think only two were modified and the the type was axed in defense cuts.
I think the replacement was the E3 Andover but there were E1 Argosys as well, so maybe it was those replaced by the Andover.
This was in the various cuts in the mid seventies that saw a lot of type withdrawn from existing roles or removed completely
***EDIT*** Acording to stuff I just read...there were only two and they were abandoned in defense cuts as they were not successful.
The E1 Argosys continued until replaced by Andovers in 1978
Garry
Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 13:38
Thanks Garry
As usual you dug up interesting stuff - there are two aircaft in there that amused me - one is the Argosy T2 which is already addressed the toehr is non british - Listed under Martin 202/404 is a shot of another airline from which I am an alumni - Ocean Airways - the problem is the aircraft isnt a Martin 404 but a Convair 240
http://www.airlines-airliners.de/airlin ... n478kw.jpg
It was a Sunshine Airways Cv240 that Ocean bought - it never flew revenue due to the fact that on its first proving run , with the FAA onboard - the left engine caught fire taxying out from St Pete and burnt off the wing - needless to say that was the end of Ocean Airways - The photo appears to have been taken at Key West probably late 1979 prior to being flown to KPIE.
Leif
As usual you dug up interesting stuff - there are two aircaft in there that amused me - one is the Argosy T2 which is already addressed the toehr is non british - Listed under Martin 202/404 is a shot of another airline from which I am an alumni - Ocean Airways - the problem is the aircraft isnt a Martin 404 but a Convair 240
http://www.airlines-airliners.de/airlin ... n478kw.jpg
It was a Sunshine Airways Cv240 that Ocean bought - it never flew revenue due to the fact that on its first proving run , with the FAA onboard - the left engine caught fire taxying out from St Pete and burnt off the wing - needless to say that was the end of Ocean Airways - The photo appears to have been taken at Key West probably late 1979 prior to being flown to KPIE.
Leif
Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 13:50
Cheers Leif
Yes...........not the best career move
Reminds me of the KLM interest in the Britannia and the airline reps aboard G-ALRX when a turbine disintegrated leading to an en extinguishable wing fire and a forced landing on the tidal mud of the Bristol Channel.
KLM couldn't go home quick enough and no order either. :sad:
Garry
Yes...........not the best career move
Reminds me of the KLM interest in the Britannia and the airline reps aboard G-ALRX when a turbine disintegrated leading to an en extinguishable wing fire and a forced landing on the tidal mud of the Bristol Channel.
KLM couldn't go home quick enough and no order either. :sad:
Garry
Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 14:26
