Airspray A-26C airtanker Red Deer JUNE 1998
Airspray Ltd Douglas A-26C Invader C-GHLX (44-35948) airtanker-32 fires up both her R2800-Double Wasp radial engines at Red Deer Industrial Airport (Alberta – Canada) and taxies out for a training flight. (June 1998)
Buffalo Airways PBY-5A YZF JUNE 1998
Buffalo Airways Ltd. Consolidated PBY-5A Canso C-FNJE (CV437) airtanker-702, warming up both engines at Yellowknife airtanker base. The a/c came in for a crew rotation, fuel and took off again. (June 1998)
MATS C-121A ConnieEnroute from Antwerpen to Texel JUL 1998
Enroute from Antwerpen to the Dutch Island of Texel, onboard the MATS C-121A-LO Constellation N494TW (c/n 2601). Crew consisted of Frank Lang, Larry Henderson and Bob Leisten. (July 1998) (PS: It takes a real pilot to handle 3 tails at once)
MATS C-121A Connie Antwerp 1998
The Constellation Group – MATS Connie, Lockheed C-121A-LO N494TW (2601) fires up her massive 4 Curtiss-Wright R3350-749C18BD1 Cyclone radial engines at Antwerp (Belgium) airport. Connie crew are veteran Captain Frank Lang, co-pilot Larry Henderson and F/E Bob Leisten are busy at work. (July 1998)…..Welcome aboard…..we are glad you’ve joined us for this historic flight!
Grace Air Boeing C-97G Kenai JUNE 1994
Grace Air Ltd Boeing C-97G Stratocruiser N117GA (s/n 52-2718), ‘Spirit of Corpus Christi’, fires up all four massive Pratt & Whitney R-4360B Wasp Major radial engines for yet another salmon run to Bethel Alaska. ( Kenai Airport – June 1994). This a/c is now with the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation (BAHF)at Floyd Bennet Field NY …Read more »
Woods Air DC-6B Palmer JUNE 1994
Woods Air Fuel Inc. Douglas DC-6B N861TA (43522) ex: Universal fires up her engines at Palmer Airport, Alaska. (June 1994). Unfortunatly this a/c was written off at Nixon Fork mine during its take-off run. (Jan 1998)
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