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Re: Grayson Country Airport, Texas

Posted by Ron Henry on Mon Jun 24, 2002 02:15:48 PM

In reply top Grayson Country Airport, Texas posted by Tulio on Sat Jun 22, 2002 08:11:12 AM

: On my way back home, I stopped at this former AFB (Perrin
: AFB), Sherman, TX.
:
: I saw a Douglas DC-7 Carvair conversion, and shot a few pi
: cs; same for a Convair C-131 and a Convair either a 440 or
: a 580
:
: When asking for permission to take the pictures, a very ni
: ce guy indicated that they had some fighters inside a hang
: ar, and said I was welcome to go in.
:
: This is what I saw:
:
: MiG-17F N-217SH
: MiG-21 N-9307
: MiG-21 N-21EV
: NAA F-86L N-3169W (52-4239) pristine, although engineless.
:
: L-29 N-29NR
: Iskra N-604J
: Iskra N-718J
:
: All of the above, at the "Fightertown Aviation, Inc." hang
: ar (903) 786 - 2666.
:
: Another hangar, different group (RB Airframes, Inc) (903)
: 786 - 9777 had:
:
: Vought F4U-5N, NX-43RW (Lone Star Flight Museum)
: Hawker Fury NX-24SF (one of the Iraqi Furies), in Royal Au
: stralian Navy colors.
:
: There was a DC-3/C-47 being overhauled, panels, wings, etc
: . removed, corrosion treatment being provided, and a new p
: aint job applied. This one (no N-number visible) belongs t
: o the Cavanaugh Museum in Addison, TX.
:
: There was, finally, another Iskra, this time, no N-number
: visible, being re-fit, new instrumentation, removal of mil
: itary equipment, etc. I was told by Terry Rogers, of RB Ai
: rframes, that this particular Iskra shows on the Jane's ai
: rplane identification booklet, in overall black. Now it is
: white overall, with wavy green camo lines, kind of a wint
: er camo scheme.
:
: I had a great time, so much so, that I did not pay too muc
: h attention to the bunch of aerobatic planes practising fo
: r the North Texas Aerobatic Competition to be held today a
: nd tomorrow!
:
: Saludos!
:
: Tulio


Tulio

The Carvairs (about 2 dozen built) were conversions of
DC-4s. The concept was Freddie Laker's, and the work was done by his company, Aviation Traders, in UK. IIRC, he had the idea of doing the same conversion to -6s and -7s, but it never came about. Carvairs are now very rare - I think there's only 2, or maybe 3, active in the world.

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