I had not known about the nacelle conversions that had been done by <acronym title="Albury (ABX / YMAY), Australia - New South Wales">ABX</acronym>. When I first saw a shot of one it drove me crazy.It had a DC-8-61 registration but it looked like a 63. It took me a couple of months before I found ou...
Jump to postThere were only three fuselage lengths for the DC-8.
10-50 150ft 6in
62 157ft 5in
61,63 187ft 4in
All of the German Cargo 73s went to Emery. A couple of those are now with ATI.
Next time you want to call someone a jerk you might want to look in the mirror first. You knew the lot was private property and you knew they didn't
allow photography there but you went anyway. And now your'e mad because they asked you to leave? Get a life!
YIP hasn't been owned by U of M for quite some time. It is owned by Wayne County and is operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority as is DTW.
Jump to postYou must remember that <acronym title="Detroit - Willow Run (YIP / KYIP), USA - Michigan">YIP</acronym> was built during <acronym title="Canair (Canada)">WW</acronym> <acronym title="Business Air (United Kingdom)">II</acronym> as the airport for Ford's B-24 bomber plant. At that time the airlines we...
Jump to postHad to change my vacation from Florida to Maine due to Francis. Just wondering if anyone has any info on spotting/photography at BGR.
Thanks!
Just received more info from a friend. Registration is D-ALAL and yes it is silver.
Jump to postBetter shots of them do exist. I have seen them on some of the slide auction sites.
Jump to postThere was a lot of glare but I'm pretty sure it was silver.
Jump to postI just returned from DTW. There is a Spirit Airbus sitting in front of their hangar. Didn't catch the reg.
Jump to postOf course you are talking about jets. Do you know the only airline that operated all of Boeing's propellor airliners?
Jump to postI had plans to fly on <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (FLL / KFLL), USA - Florida">FLL</acronym> on 9/11 and <acronym title...
Jump to postWe had booked a <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International (FLL / KFLL), USA - Florida">FLL</acronym> flight on <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> for 9/11 for our vacat...
Jump to postI saw this aircraft this past Saturday at <acronym title="Dayton - James M. Cox Dayton International (DAY / KDAY), USA - Ohio">DAY</acronym>.It was parked at an FBO. The gate to the ramp right next to it was open and blocked by a police car. I thought perhaps they might be waiting for someone who wo...
Jump to postMy Michigan plate reads DC8 JET. A friend of mine has a plate that reads BOEING.
Jump to postDelta also flew connies to Detroit. I have an old slide taken at YIP and there is a Delta Connie sitting at a gate behind some American Convairs.
Jump to postI can understand putting everything else on the belt but why your wallet?
Jump to postThanks for the excellent information. It would be great if we could get this kind of info from other locations as well. It would make thinks a bit easier for all of us. Thanks Again!
Jump to postGreat News! I had planned to attend to see the BAX DC-8 so getting to see Kerry's 757 will be a nice bonus. Don't suppose it will end up somewhere where I can get a half decent shot of it.
Jump to postLet us hope that the info provided by Highflier92660 is true and that we will have this excellent aviation movie available soon. The aircraft used in the was a C-54 leased from supplimental carrier Transocean. At that time the DC-7s and B377s were front line aircraft being used by the major carriers...
Jump to postYou would think after all this time they would have released it by now. I can't think of any logical reason why they haven't unless they did in fact loose the master. I'm getting to the point where I might have to by one of those bootleg versions on ebay.
Jump to postAnyone remember many years ago a show called San Francisco International. It starred Lloyd Bridges. As I recall it lasted about 4 weeks.
Jump to postHas to be hurricane relief. Zantop, Murray and USA Jet usually fly auto parts.
Can't imagine they would need that many plane loads of auto parts at this time.
Zantop had an Electra in as well. Also noticed another Murray Air is due in at 7:04.
Jump to postIt was Murray Air. They had two flights into TPA today from BUF. Don't know why.
Jump to postOver the years I have found that most corporations and high profile people do not want you to take photos of their aircraft. This is mostly for security reasons but there are some companies that don't want their stockholders to know they are flying around on these planes. The only time I have ever b...
Jump to postI am wondering how many <acronym title="Air Madagascar">MD</acronym>-11s are in storage. Are there enough to make it even worth thinking about? The lists that I have checked are outdated so it's hard to tell how many are still sitting around. Also I think some of those in storage have already been s...
Jump to postTogo and Gabon both operated DC-8-50s as presidential transports.
Gabon replaced it's aircraft with a DC-8-63 and had it converted to a 73.
The Omani Government also had a DC-8-63 and had it converted to a 73.
I just took in a couple of rolls to a local camera store. The clerk said she would have to send it to Kodak and it would take 7-10 working days. I have no idea where Kodak is sending it. She also asked me if I wanted plastic or cardboard mounts.
Jump to postGee a place by the airport where you can park and watch planes. What a novel idea!
Jump to postFlyteComm shows an arrival at SYR from Burlington, VT which is NE from there.
Perhaps that's it.
Most likely it is the one in <acronym title="Anchorage - Ted Stevens International (ANC / PANC), USA - Alaska">ANC</acronym>. It is owned by Maurice Carlson.At one time there were two of them there. I don't recall what happened to the other one. If I remember correctly they were operated under some ...
Jump to postI'll throw another Detroit area long gone airport at ya. Haggerty Field which was located at Ford Road and Wyoming in Dearborn. I remember seeing it shown on some old road maps but I never was able to find anything about it.
Jump to postWell I have been waiting all these years for a new DC-8 kit so a few months more isn't going to kill me. Thanks for the info!
Jump to postThanks for the info on the NAS Oceana show. Sorry to say it is a bit of a drive from Detroit.
Jump to postI heard mention of a US Aviation Musuem air show on Oct 1-3 in Euclid Ohio. I can't find any info on it anywhere. Does anyone know anything about it?
Thanks,
Karl
I have just developed an interest in the TU-204. Does anyone know how many have been built and how many airlines operate them?
Thanks
Karl
Thought I heard somewhere that Kalitta had leased a couple of ex UPS 747s.
Jump to postMy first airliner kit was a Monogram TWA DC-3. My favorate kit was a Revell United DC-7 that had all of the ground equipment. The only diecast I have are some F-4 Phantoms.
Jump to postMinicraft is supposed to come out with 1/144 kits of the DC-8-61, 63 and 73.
Any ideas on the release dates?
Suppose one of the airlines operating 737-300s wanted to sell them. Say <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> was interested in them but all of the others have <acronym title="Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)">RR</acronym> engines as opposed to NWs P&Ws. Would it be possible to re e...
Jump to postBefore you board the aircraft perhaps you could look out the terminal window
and see the reg painted on the side of the plane!
The guys here in Detroit have been kicking that around lately. They fly into <acronym title="Detroit - Willow Run (YIP / KYIP), USA - Michigan">YIP</acronym> a lot. We traced the callsign to C & M Airways which is based in Texas. They have the DC-9 and about 5 or 6 <acronym title="Cargolux (Luxembou...
Jump to postI am wondering where they got that shade of blue. In all of the photos that I have of aircraft in that paint scheme the blue is very dark, almost black. I agree that it should have been painted back into the North Central colors. Considering all of the people that visit The Henry Ford each year I gu...
Jump to postI would say <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> is taking some action. I am booked on <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> <acronym title="Detroit - Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW / KDTW), USA - Michigan">DTW</acronym>-<acronym title="Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood ...
Jump to postThe Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24s at it's Willow Run plant in Ypsilanti Michigan.
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