Airplane spotting New Years trip

[steve dickey]

Took a quick day trip to Phoenix to visit some friends and wanted to update my files on
the birds roosting @ Globe airport that I had not seen in over a decade.
On the way home stopped @ Santa Teresa airport to update my files on the Invader there.
Scott, feel free to use images for registry unless you need higher rez.

Hu-16C/G-111: 137915











A-26: 44-34526












SUPER R4D-8

[steve dickey]

Does anyone have pix of A-26 44-34526 in Civil paint?
Thanks.

[WallyB]

Does anyone have pix of A-26 44-34526 in Civil paint?
Thanks.

N827W

[The Inspector]

Depressing and sad, a collective waste............

[steve dickey]

Thanks Wally! Do you have any of A-2644-34555 shown in a previous post?
Thanks

[cooper9411]

Cool pictures, thanks. What a sad scene, the A26 sitting there looking neglected.

[Fouga23]

What's with the weird nose and windscreen on the A-26?

[cooper9411]

What's with the weird nose and windscreen on the A-26?

The nose was changed because it looks to be one of On Mark's conversions. I'm not quite sure about the windscreen.

[K5DH]

What's with the weird nose and windscreen on the A-26?

It's a pressurized On-Mark Marksman conversion.

From Wikipedia: "Further development continued into the 1960s into what became the On Mark Marksman. The major difference was the addition of full pressurisation. Improvements were also made to the cockpit with the incorporation of Douglas DC-6 flat glass windscreens and cockpit side windows. A replacement fuselage roof structure was added from the new windscreens, tapering back to the original tail section. In January 1961 the first Marksman conversion (registered N100Y) first flew. A Supplementary Type Certificate was issued in January 1961 and deliveries commenced soon after. With the third Marksman conversion (registered N400E), On Mark further altered the upper fuselage by creating a constant interior height to provide a headroom of about 6 ft in the passenger cabin. By 1964, six Marksman conversions had been carried out for civil customers, the final seventh and eighth being of a special purpose version with terrain-following radar and cargo-dropping hatch for low level air-drops, designed by and delivered to CIA-associated companies."

[steve dickey]

Cool pictures, thanks. What a sad scene, the A26 sitting there looking neglected.

Last I heard is the ring spar is cracked and it was only given a special ferry permit to where she now sits. Would take a lot of dough to see this one back in the air, and I sure would like to see that but.....
Plus its for sale!

[WallyB]

Thanks Wally! Do you have any of A-2644-34555 shown in a previous post?
Thanks

edit: Wrong airplane !

Last edited by WallyB on Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:09 am, edited 1 time in total.

[steve dickey]

Thanks Wally! Do you have any of A-2644-34555 shown in a previous post?
Thanks

N26HK

Hey Wally ain't that N126HP? http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26-4434520.html

Looking for 44-34555 http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26-4434555.html

Thanks

[WallyB]

Hey Wally ain't that N126HP? http://www.warbirdregistry.org/a26registry/a26-4434520.html

Ooops, yes it is - the "HP" on the tail ought to have been a real big clue but that's what careless googling does for you.

[cooper9411]

Cool pictures, thanks. What a sad scene, the A26 sitting there looking neglected.

Last I heard is the ring spar is cracked and it was only given a special ferry permit to where she now sits. Would take a lot of dough to see this one back in the air, and I sure would like to see that but.....
Plus its for sale!

Any idea as to what the asking price is?

[steve dickey]

Unknown. But I'll wager its higher than its worth in its current state!