Ford commercial C-123?

[Curtis Block]

Who owns the C-123 in the Ford commercial. It looks like a nice airplane but I don't remember seeing it in any airshow pics. Is it the same one from the movie "Con Air?"

[cg51]

The C-123 that was used in Con-Air was N709RR owned by Al Redick in Reno, it was sold about 2 years back, not sure if it is the same plane or not!
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=709RR&cmndfind.x=23&cmndfind.y=17

[Tulio]

N709RR (Jailbird) was in a very sad state of abandonment at the Wendover, UT airport, when I saw it in May of this year.

I could e-mail photos, if someone is interested and PM's me with their address.

Saludos,


Tulio

[Tim Landers]

Here is a link to the commercial on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6vgd1nXq6A
Also found this
http://www.ranchhandvietnam.org/csurvivors/

Tim

[vernicator]

N709RR (Jailbird) was in a very sad state of abandonment at the Wendover, UT airport, when I saw it in May of this year.

I could e-mail photos, if someone is interested and PM's me with their address.

Saludos,
Tulio

Tulio, what you saw was actually not the real N709RR but a movie "stand in". Click on the link:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0859861/L/


The real N709RR is seen here last year in Alaska:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1100716/L/

[Tim Landers]

I wonder if it could be this one
C-123K 54-0615 [N546S] James Blumenthal, Kingman, Arizona
He was involved with another Ford commercial
http://www.skydive.tv/Ford%20F-250.htm