More Vintage Photos

[JMA]

Keep 'em coming.  So great, thanks for sharing DonV.

[donv]

680E... and if google is to be believed, possibly still active!

[Barry Collman]

A 900, maybe at the factory? Definitely new, or almost new.

I think that's s/n 96021, N5896N. Retained by Gulfstream from new in December 1982 until sold to B&D Aircraft Co., of Asheville, NC in November 1983 and believed operated for Coca Cola Bottling Co. Re-Registered N900TN, then N908TN and sold in May 1985. Was eventually sold in April 1990 to a guy in Asuncion, Paraguay, but seemingly never Registered there. Another one where its history has ended shrouded in mystery 

[donv]

Barry, you mean 15021, right?

Must have sold as part of the "fire sale?"

[donv]

680V, I think? Or 680W? I'm not sure how to tell the difference.

Photo: George Poling

[donv]

Another 680V, I think. I was just walking around that very ramp this afternoon, learning about the history of some of those buildings. The fuel mushroom is now being operated by Aero Air, although they aren't selling fuel directly from it (you need to get it from one of their trucks).

Photo: George Poling

[JMA]

Any guesses model here?  Still gets me that technically 1995 is vintage these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1niT6edsHo

[donv]

I'm going to guess 840. The paint sort of looks like something you'd see on a 690, but that interior shot looks 840 to me, and the wing looks too long to be a 690... but I don't have high confidence.

Bruce or Barry will probably be along shortly to give us the serial number!

[JMA]

HA Im sure they will 

Another interesting read:

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1321137.html

[donv]

That is interesting. I didn't realize that Downtown Airpark was so sketchy.

Interestingly, according to my database, XB-DSA is a 980, sn 95046, and still operating in Mexico, now as XB-DIV.

N9945S is a 1000, serial number 96025, and lost to time.

I also found this part interesting:

"Londono in turn went to Caribbean Air and Marine Services (“CAMS”) to replace Air North as intermediary to Basler and as exporter of the aircraft to Colombia.   Unbeknownst to Londono, however, CAMS was in fact a fictitious business operated by the FBI as part of an undercover sting operation aimed at Londono's money laundering operations."

[Bruce Byerly]

Any guesses model here?  Still gets me that technically 1995 is vintage these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1niT6edsHo

Looks like the policia destroyed a King Air in the process 

Has dowty’s on it. For sure an 840 or 980. Man could those things carry the cocaine or what?!

[JMA]

Legit funny Bruce..... Kilos and Kilos!

Love the little American Flag sticker put on the nose.  That doesn't cause any red flags.

[donv]

I couldn't figure out what the story was with the King Air. The Commander looks like it could have been (and probably was) flown out of there, though, at least once they were done looking at the right prop and engine.

Legit funny Bruce..... Kilos and Kilos!

Love the little American Flag sticker put on the nose.  That doesn't cause any red flags.

[JMA]

Picked this up on ebay, should be a good read.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304571010080?hash=item46e9d8cc20:g:QJEAAOSwJFVeKpp3&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4CFk1wTdgBbgps%2FIAiZMj0mkdctCrjw%2BcYtX0Ux7n73YjsHLBin%2Br9HpG2tJnz1OV0GZ5r2gejTLvpurgE1%2FwERJ%2FogEi3diKX4RaXxl3VZVn62UZVvepSJ1YBWeSrefrOvKlYaC24Lk66hPVaAyMxBv08wTkbZ7wow7qz2o%2FxLQlKdZm3oKHi2h2WRw22eKOEIclvelyjmPBkZcnL3TF2Je72WLAjjym9AkVAlpGHmlUf7Z4Fk9I3tZApE1Ex%2FCjxsXboSl9oYL4YjoaRqaTJcNmKpfuScWBaZ3Oz45BFwc%7Ctkp%3ABFBMgJvE-IFh

[donv]

Scan the article and post it here!