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Scramble 459
9Y-GEO 06 9Y-KIN 22
9Y-JMC 01, 10, 13 9Y-MBJ 03
9Y-JMD 20 9Y-POS 24
9Y-JME 08, 27, 29 9Y-TAB 17
GOL:
PR-GGL 04 PR-GUK 18
PR-GTE 25 PR-GUZ 11
A nice C-130 to start the month with, arriving from Puerto
Rico and it left some hours later to Port of Spain. On the civil
side a classic Boeing 737 on the 4th from Argyle, St Vincent
and the Grenadines. It diverted from Georgetown and stayed
for three hours before it departed to Georgetown again.
World Atlantic helped out SLM on the 14th as one of their
Boeing 737s had had a bird hit at Curacao. The military CN235
on the 18th seems new for the region and stopped by for just
45 minutes from and to Cayenne. It came again the next day
and even stayed the night. From the 25th Fly Allways started
their twice-weekly regular service to Curacao, finally using
their Fokker 70s on scheduled basis, although only PZ-TFA
was used so far. It partly fills a gap Insel Air left behind on the
route. The Beech on the 26th was an ambulance flight, prob-
ably not too urgent considering the type. It went to Colombia
via Porlamar, Venezuela. Maybe the patient returned already
the 28th as another one could be seen. On the 28th a Puerto
Rico Air Guard C-130 arrived as AOG with an unserviceable
engine. It came from Puerto Rico but it is not known where
it was heading to. On the 30th a sistership brought a new
engine from San Juan.
Left out were KLM, Surinam Airways and Fly Allways. The
Dornier PZ-TVE was parked all three months.
Credits: Danny de Kiewit, Andrew Muller.
Serial 65-0966 is part of the 198th Airlift Squadron, based at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. This Hercules was con-
verted to WC-130H for weather reconnaissance (“Hurricane Hunter”). (Paramaribo, 30 June 2017, Raoul Renold de Miranda)
Originally designed in the United States by Aero Commander, the Westwind II is a refined version of the IAI1124 built by Israeli company IAI.
The history of this frame is unfortunately incomplete as to the previous operators. It was built in 1985 and delivered in that same year to the
first owner as N422AW. It changed registrations a few timed until November 2015 when it took up the current registration C6-IRM. Although
it carries a logo, a search on the web did not gave a result as to which company the logo belongs to. (Paramaribo, 7 April 2017, Andrew Muller)
