Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Think the Connie at Faro was torched by local youths or something. Sad... ..
I think it was the Malta one that was set on fire by imbeciles.
Various of the Connies used in Biafra seem to have transited Faro, closest mainland Europe airport to West Africa. My guess is there were some ex-TAP Connie engineers there, from the Portuguese airline being one of the last to use their fleet in mainstream service. I think they used to come in at night and repaint the reg before dawn.
Another unusual place ? In the Expo 86 showgrounds at Vancouver in 1986, a pioneer Trans-Canada Lockheed 10A Electra from the 1930s. Not only must it have been got there on a barge, it was the centrepiece inside the Air Canada pavilion at the Expo, and in their theatrical show every half hour the props were spun up (be electric motors I think), with P&W radial engine sound effects added.