Originally Posted by
PaperTiger
..... they were quite active until one C-97 ploughed in at MEX killing scores on the ground.
I recall that. The Boeing spokesman said "we didn't know these old aircraft were still in use", and the media faithfully trotted this out. Quite how Boeing didn't know about it's own products operating out of a mainstream US airport I never quite understood. I presume that's the modern
PR department for you.