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Twenty-eight Boeing 727s from 19 different
operators were seen over the course of our
stay in Miami. Highlights included CP-1276 of
Lloyd Aero Boliviano, 6Y-JMP of Air Jamaica
and OB-1301 of Haiti Trans Air.
Tar Air Cargo Boeing 707 LV-MZE was
one of 22 different examples of the type
seen. Other interesting 707s logged were
Tampa Colombia’s HK-3333X, Avianca’s
HK-1402, Lan Chile’s CC-CEB and HC-BHY
of Ecuatoriana. We also noted 62-4130, a
US Air Force VC-135B. Several DC-8s hit the
logbooks, including OB-1222 of Aeronaves
del Perú, HK3490X from Tampa Cargo and
N1809E of Surinam Airways.Widebody airliners included DC-10s from
Aeromexico (XA-DUG), Scanair (SE-DHT),
Viasa (YV-135C) and Lufthansa (D-ADFO).
El Al and Virgin Atlantic Airways both
operated 747s (4X-AXF and G-VIRG) into
Miami – and we also saw Delta, United and
TACA International Airlines 767s.
Other widebodies noted were Eastern
Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar N330EA
and Airbus A300s from American Airlines
(N70054), Viasa (YV-161V), Continental
Airlines (N212EA) and Air Jamaica (F-BVGP)- plus it was great to see British Airways
Concorde G-BOAF.
Propliner highlights were a pair of Super
Constellations, HI-548CT of Aerochago
Airlines and HI-515CT of AMSA (Aerolineas
Mundo SA), which landed within an hour of
each other. We also noted DC-6s N95BL
of APA International Air of the Dominican
Republic, N98BL of Aerial Transit and N841TA
of Trans-Air-Link – which also operated the
sole DC-7C seen, N869TA.
One of the oddest events we observed
during the trip involved a C-46. We’d noticed
a wingless and engineless airframe was
being worked on when a US Army CH-54
Skycrane arrived, picked it up and took it
away. Confusion has always remained over
the correct identity of the aircraft.
It was supposed to go to the Museum of
Aviation at Robins AFB in Georgia but, while
ying along the coast of Florida, one of the
ropes securing it under the helicopter worked
loose and it had to be dropped in the sea.
Honduran Air Force Lockheed L-188
Electra 555 and C-130A Hercules 559 also
visited during our stay, as did Venezuelan
Air Force Hercules 5320 and USAF C-20A
86-0201.HOMEWARD-BOUND
First call on our nal day was Kendall-Tamiami
Executive Airport to see the Weeks Air
Museum, where we found Mosquito NX35MK,
Avro 504J N3182G, Dewoitine D.26 N282DW
and Grumman J2F-6 Duck N1214N. Out
on the air eld were C-46s N625CL and
HI-495SP, DC-7C HI-524CT and Lockheed
Lodestar N896JB.
Then it was back to Miami to return the car
and book in for Pan Am ight PA2048 to New
York. Airbus A300 N212PA had us back in the
‘Big Apple’ in around two hours and, following
a change of terminal, we boarded Boeing 747-
136 G-BBPU for ight BA172 to Manchester,
arriving back in the UK after a ight time of
5hr 58m.
Then it was time to post off the rolls of
slide lm and review what had been an
excellent trip.82 Aviation News incorporating Classic Aircraft February 2016Cargo Aereas Dominicana Curtiss C-46A Commando HI-495SP at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport.One of the aircraft seen at Kendall-Tamiami airport was N896JB – built as a Lockheed Lodestar
it was converted to a Howard 500 con guration in 1961 and used by a number of owners as a
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