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Working at Southend Airport in the 'Seventies produced some great opportunities. Just before N80FA departed on its ferry flight to Texas, I was able to fix up an air-to-air session from Cessna 172 G-ATLN. We flew as fast as possible, the Carvair as slow as it could with everything down. I can still hear those P&Ws roaring over the sound of my open window and the general racket in the Cessna. I even sold my car to one of the Falcon directors who duly loaded and flew home to the States with it - truly Car-via-air as Freddie Laker originally intended. This aircraft crashed in Alaska in 1997 as N103; another of the few remaining Carvairs suffered a similar fate up there in May 2007, so now only two survive.
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Comments (85)
I used to work with some ex-ATEL guys, who all waxed lyrical about the Carvair. Great Blokes, I would love to see a Carvair end up back in the UK,
What a chance you had to do this.
Spencer Wilmot.
I live in Denton, Texas my Dad owns a Citabria. We fly up to the Gainsville municipal airport when we are landing I saw this big plane and was wondering what it was I later found out by this picture it was a carvair! It looks like it is in very good condition. It was sitting next to a DC-3!
Really great picture and a historic subject, thanks for sharing it.
You get to see Golfingers' Rolls Royce hoisted into the front of the plane.
Thanks for posting this image !
Without the information here, I never would have been able to identify the plane in that movie.
The first time I saw a picture of this model I thought it was a photoshop done for fun.... When I realised it was a real airplane, I was very astonished to see that the 747's form was not totally new. But frankly, this plane is not even 2% as gracious as the Jumbo..... it looks like a very problematic 747!
Btw I just love this message:
"A visitor from United States posted Wed October 20, 2010:
Looks like a 747 and DC-4 had a baby!!! :D" So sweet!!
Marc T.