The Gringos Name??
The guy that brought the aircraft to Luanda was Keith Irwin and was from Randpark Ridge outside of Jo-Burg in South Africa. He had made a deal to haul deisel fuel to the diamond mines for those so called Generals in Angola. Yes he did name the airline "Air Angols". The aircraft was leased or perhaps stolen from an outfit at the Opolaka airport in Miami.The Aircraft N844AA was an Ex American Airlines bird and was converted to a fuel hauler while in Namibia. The "FIRM" in Florida was there on the feild at Opolaka and they had several aircraft in there possession along with a large staff of Mechanics and helper's and an active telephone at the time.
Last edited by fesmokie; 14th Jun 2003 at 04:52.