Thread: Trackers at West Sale.

And this was them in their heyday ...



catching the wire at night - always lots of fun !!!!

They have been there for many years - unfortunately no one wants to buy them.

They were going to be converted to fire bombers but the deal fell through.

Garry

Hmmm, one of those would be good for the Paintball field.....

A great aircraft - not the best of course - that accolade goes to the C47 - in my opinion - yep I knew of the plan to sell 'em as fire fighters - too much cost to replace the radials with gas turbines (as they do in the states) and the owner wanted too much for 'em anyway - two of these are still in airworthy condition and get turned over on a regular basis - the young (very young) man that I spoke to at the airport had no idea of their history or capabilities and was very interested to learn a thing or two about them, lots of memories for me but it's all in the past now - ah well that's life for you.....
todays rooster tomorrows feather duster.....

More pics from the "good old days"

Unfortunately those airframes are now 50+years old and being laid up for so long they are probably only good for static display or scrap.

Garry

Maybe I'll make the owner an offer and put one in my back yard ... just for the memories.

In cases like that almost always the owner has unrealistically high expectation of the value of the aircraft, so rather than end up restored and loved on static display they stay out in the weather and continue to corrode. Very sad.

Ours needs help...
http://www.qam.com.au/aircraft/tracker/133160.htm