Originally Posted by
LTNman
Would have loved to have seen that in the flesh. Must have been one of the last ones flying.
There was a significant C-97 commercial operator of several of them out of Miami into the mid-1990s. They were based on the north side of the airport, in the old Cockroach Corner, right alongside the main taxyway. They had a major accident at Mexico City in 1987, coming down on a populated area, and Boeing said they "didn't realise there were any still in service". As they were quite prominent at a major US airport I felt it didn't say much for Boeing's understanding.