Warbird Information Exchange

Anyone interested in parts of a Convair, let me know. Complete airframe. Cv340/C131. will be scrapped end of march unless someone can haul it off. Maybe someone out there has a hacksaw and wants the cockpit at least? no engines or props,
pm me if seriously interested and able!
Simon

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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"

Simon, please check your PMs.

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

PM sent.

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

This one ?

Count me in. I always need aircraft parts.
Jason

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The nose art/aviation artist and general lunatic from Houston, Texas http://www.jasonbarnettartist.com

wallyb yes thats the one.

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"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"

Speaking of Convair 131s, I think there are a bunch of them parked on the southwest side of 9L into Ft. Lauderdale. Wasnt sure what they were but after seeing the above photo, I'm convinced that's what these are. Parked next to a saab also.

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If this is what you saw at Ft.Lauderdale they are YS-11's.


Mark Fidler

I see 'em everyday and am wondering what they are or the story behind them is. Thanks for clarifying.

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"According to the map, we've only gone 4 inches."

The YS-11's at FLL are ex Airborne Express package freighters. They bit the dust when Airborne became ABX Express in 2003. According to the FAA, their current owner is an auction company.

Walt

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If God had intended airplane engines to have horizontally-opposed cylinders, Pratt & Whitney would have built them that way.

There's been several attempts in the past to get the YS-11's back in the air, but lack of reliable DART parts has kept them grounded. Most likely one or two might find a museum one day, but the rest will probably be scrapped, just as most of the former Kitty Hawk International CV-600's and CV-640's have been.