Neil's Nostalgia
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Visits to the United States in 1966 & 1968
• Stateside Adventures • Photos: © Neil Aird |
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A varied selection of favourite images aircraft and airports - Days gone by. The big and the small.
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N9926Z (4379) E38 ex 91474 and N9927Z (2688) E39 ex 85869 Grumman TBM-3 Avengers of Aircraft Specialties Inc., bake in the desert sun at Mesa, Arizona on 08 September 1968. N9926Z was destroyed by fire on take off 06 June 1970 at White River, AZ in a non-fatal runway accident. N9927Z ended up as F-AZJA and lives on in France.
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| N3426G/A17 North American A-26C Invader (28776) ex 44-35497 shares the grass with two Grumman TBM-3 Avenger aircraft, N3249G/A14 (4064) ex 91159 later C-GLEN with Forest Protection Ltd, and N9010C/A13 (?) ex 53200 then C-GLEL. In the distance a Johnson DC-3, one of four present. I caught up with the Invader again at Red Deer, Alberta where it served as C-FOVC with Air Spray Ltd. |
