USA 1980s - CURTISS
C-46 COMMANDO WWII military-surplus Curtiss C-46s were by now coming to the end of their civil careers, some going to aviation museums. A selection of my C-46 photos taken during the 1980s |
Aero Norte Colombia's C-46F
HK2716X at Miami, Florida in September 1981 |
Aerolineas Mundo C-46A
HI-495SP visiting Tamiami, Florida in August 1989 from Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic |
Also at Tamiami, Florida
in August 1989 was Miami Air Lease C-46D N625CL |
Long-time Miami resident,
C-46A N355M seen there in October 1981 between freight runs |
Challenge Air Transport
C-46A N9900Z pulls away from the Customs ramp at Miami, October 1981 |
Caribbean Air Services
C-46F N1871C at home base San Juan, Puerto Rico in October 1981 |
Caribbean Air Services
C-46F N7560U wears an earlier Casair paint scheme at San Juan October 1981 |
The Caribbean sun had
faded the paintwork on Casair's C-46A N9840F at San Juan, Puerto Rico October
1981 |
Alaskan scenery doesn't get much better than
this: Everts Air Fuel's ramp at Fairbanks Airport, September 1981 |
Everts Air Fuel's Commando liquid fuel tankers
delivered diesel, oil and other fuels to isolated Arctic communities. C-46As N1548V and N1419Z at Fairbanks in September 1981 |
Cliff Everts' C-46 storage area at Fairbanks:
C-46D N54584 in faded Japanese Self Defence Force dayglo matkings was
one of several ferried up to Fairbanks for parts use |
Confederate Air Force Oklahoma Wing's C-46F
N78774 The Tinker Belle seen at
Norman, Oklahoma in November 1981. The name refers to Tinker Air Force Base at Oklahoma City. It was one of two former Zantop C-46s purchased by the CAF. |
A welcome sight on approach to a warbird
airshow at Madera, California in August 1989 |
N78774 was now with CAF Southern California
Wing, repainted as China Doll |
C-46D 44-77635 at Pima Air and Space Museum,
Tucson, Arizona in 1981. This was one of the last USAF C-46s at the
neighbouring Davis Monthan AFB storage area and has been displayed at Pima since the museum opened in 1975. Painted in wartime markings with nose art "Syracuse Shackrack" |