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Old 27th Aug 2020, 18:27
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There was an Ecuadorian CL-44 there in '84 I think. Also a Hellcat which was a project for someone on the airfield - believe Kermit has it in his restoration queue now. Quite a few Electras also.

I was waiting for a Virgin flight one evening, in the early 90s I think, with a nice view over the airfield to the NE. To my great delight, one of the KC-97s taxied out and began to take off from 8L, the only time I've ever see one do so. (saw a couple of ANG examples overfly here in the mid-70s, magic!). Sadly the excellent glazing precluded hearing those magnificent R-4360s at full chat and in any case both outboard engines emitted huge gouts of white smoke not long after brakes off, the take off was abandoned and it taxied back to the ramp... Just remembered Agro Air had a nasty crash with one of them...

I've only ever seen two propliners arrive with a prop feathered - DC-7 and an Electra at Miami on the same day. The DC-7 did a sort of overhead join as I recall.
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