Comments on: Plane Convoy

By: Helipilot

Helipilot — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:05:20 +0000

Those are Caravelles and they had just been sold for scrap, the owner took then to a place about 30 miles away to have then as attractions on a place where kids go swimming, there are sitting there today and they both had complete cockpit instrumentation, one of those Caravelles landed in the dirt, in the Sonoran Desert after it had been flown from South America with tons of cocaine on board, , at night many years ago, it was abandoned there and Air Force picked it up an flew it back, they never really used it so they sold it.

By: John

John — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:32:52 +0000

Perhaps this plane is the same type?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:32:16 +0000

One of the FAM units based at the airport has 727s and DC-9s on charge. However, there are two planes parked on a crude apron that have the general arrangement of an SE210 (i.e., elevators mounted midway up the vertical stabilizer, 2 engines mounted on rear fuselage). The DC9 and SE210 are both 104ft in length and have two engines attached to the rear fuselage so it would be hard to tell them apart from the air without the wings, elevators and vertical stabilizer( DC9 has elevators mounted on top of the vertical stabilizer). The FAM operated SE210s at some point but probably not for a long while since the last SE210s (in the world) were retired in 2005. SE210 might be a good call because they would probably not be airworthy, would need to be hauled out and would not show up in lists of current aircraft.

By: SeattleMatt

SeattleMatt — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:58:36 +0000

My guess is that they are Sud SE210 Caravelles. Specifically, I think one of them might be this plane.

By: Søren H. M.

Søren H. M. — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:44:59 +0000

If you look at the position of the engines it’s clear that it’s not 737s since they have the engines on the wings. I think that DC-9 is a good guess, since they have the engines on the sides of the rear end of the fuselage, like these two being transported :).

By: nova72

nova72 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:04:49 +0000

I notice that base too, I counted 33 helicopters there.
A bit further south… check out the yellow DC-8.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Not sure but it might be from DHL Cargo like this one seen here…

By: James

James — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:35:22 +0000

Good spotting of the airbase drR.

There’s a couple of 727s on the tarmac, but it’s over an image seam so they could even be the same planes?

I fixed the Wichita link, thanks.

By: dr.R.

dr.R. — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:09:55 +0000

So I guess it’s pure coincidence that there is an airbase complete with ghost planes nearby? Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

What I didn’t know, though, is that Wichita, Kansas, is so close to the Isle of Man!