Spantax CV-990 at PMI
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Spantax CV-990 at PMI
Hola Amigos,
I´m going to have a stopover at PMI next month. Is there any possibility to visit the Spantax CV-990 parked at the end of the airport suffering a sad fate ?
My very first flight as a passenger was on a Spantax CV-990 back in June ´77 (CGN-GRO), when I was still a little boy. I love this everplane ever since, and still remember the view out of the cockpit onto the impressive GE-Engines lighted by the rotating beacon every second (it was a night flight...). I probably will never know, but maybe the one now parked at Palma was the first plane that ever took me to the sky, and made me decide to become a pilot. (well, later it turned out that I became an aircraft engineer, but it was reasonably close
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Is there any possibility to get to this plane and take some photographs ? Any ground ops people from PMI around ?
muchos gracias
I´m going to have a stopover at PMI next month. Is there any possibility to visit the Spantax CV-990 parked at the end of the airport suffering a sad fate ?
My very first flight as a passenger was on a Spantax CV-990 back in June ´77 (CGN-GRO), when I was still a little boy. I love this everplane ever since, and still remember the view out of the cockpit onto the impressive GE-Engines lighted by the rotating beacon every second (it was a night flight...). I probably will never know, but maybe the one now parked at Palma was the first plane that ever took me to the sky, and made me decide to become a pilot. (well, later it turned out that I became an aircraft engineer, but it was reasonably close
)Is there any possibility to get to this plane and take some photographs ? Any ground ops people from PMI around ?
muchos gracias
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The old bird is still there slowly decaying under the sun. it is i think on the military portion of the airport, not 100 % sure. if so, it could probably be visited anyway, specially if you show nice manners and the genuine thrill you portray so they let you take some pictures. i think it has been used for firefighting training purposes but the last time i was in lepa it was still recognizable.
you could consider contacting AENA in Palma and asking...if you find anyone that speaks english...i can help you there if you want a letter translated...i flew also with spantax as pax as a young aspiring pilot...madrid-new york and back. in the cockpit the whole trip both ways...lots of fond memories too!!
Buena Suerte
you could consider contacting AENA in Palma and asking...if you find anyone that speaks english...i can help you there if you want a letter translated...i flew also with spantax as pax as a young aspiring pilot...madrid-new york and back. in the cockpit the whole trip both ways...lots of fond memories too!!
Buena Suerte
