Garstonboy's Commando Photos (Don't worry - it's the C-46!)
Jan 21, 2021 19:05:44 GMT 1
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Not a particularly popular aircraft in its day, either with spotters or crews, but more than 1100 of them were built, and many survived into the 1990s. Here are some random photos taken in different parts of the world.
We'll start close to home and a regular visitor to Speke in days gone by were one of the three C-46s of Fred Olsen, whose aircraft were used to change the whaling ships' crews when they came into Liverpool.
Shannon has always been a major centre for MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul), and this was the case even in the 1960s. Here
an anonymous Nigerian example is seen inside one of the hangars.
And this is one which they prepared earlier sitting outside the same hangar.
This Seaboard World example was a based at Frankfurt, seen here in 1964.
Brazil saw a lot of C-46 operations, but they were retired earlier than those in other South American countries. This one was sitting on the apron at Jacarepagua, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The airport is now closed, but there are rumours of it becoming the next F1 track to replace Interlagos.
Now long gone from the cargo area of Miami, the Rich C-46s regularly ran cargo services to The Caribbean and Central America.
Bolivia operated a lot of C-46s, mainly to bring meat from the Altiplano up to La Paz. Here my friend Hans Wiesman poses with a couple of local ladies.
We once did a demo to this company in the town of Mitu in Colombia, near the Brazilian border. Even today, there are no roads into or out of this town. You can only reach it by river or air. The airfield now has a paved runway, but it was just graded soil when we were there.
An unidentified C-46 sits forlorn in a remote corner of Mitu. We could have got closer in theory, but having seen a live anaconda some years previously on the other side of the border which had recently eaten a cow and took five people to lift it, I decided against it!
A very tidy example, seen at the international airport at San Jose in Costa Rica.
When the Bahamas Island of Norman Cay was owned by the drug baron Carlos Lehder, it probably rivalled Miami for traffic. However, this C-46 didn't quite make it. And no, I have no idea who the lady is! (Photo Credit Hans Wiesman)
Last but not least, a rather ignominious end for this beast. I came out of my hotel to find this sitting in a garden next door. I believe that it was a night club/bar for a brief period, and that it has now been moved to a nearby park. So now the tricky bit - a little quiz! Where is it? I'll post the answer in a couple of days, but in the meantime, feel free to have a punt!
We'll start close to home and a regular visitor to Speke in days gone by were one of the three C-46s of Fred Olsen, whose aircraft were used to change the whaling ships' crews when they came into Liverpool.
Shannon has always been a major centre for MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul), and this was the case even in the 1960s. Here
an anonymous Nigerian example is seen inside one of the hangars.
And this is one which they prepared earlier sitting outside the same hangar.
This Seaboard World example was a based at Frankfurt, seen here in 1964.
Brazil saw a lot of C-46 operations, but they were retired earlier than those in other South American countries. This one was sitting on the apron at Jacarepagua, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The airport is now closed, but there are rumours of it becoming the next F1 track to replace Interlagos.
Now long gone from the cargo area of Miami, the Rich C-46s regularly ran cargo services to The Caribbean and Central America.
Bolivia operated a lot of C-46s, mainly to bring meat from the Altiplano up to La Paz. Here my friend Hans Wiesman poses with a couple of local ladies.
We once did a demo to this company in the town of Mitu in Colombia, near the Brazilian border. Even today, there are no roads into or out of this town. You can only reach it by river or air. The airfield now has a paved runway, but it was just graded soil when we were there.
An unidentified C-46 sits forlorn in a remote corner of Mitu. We could have got closer in theory, but having seen a live anaconda some years previously on the other side of the border which had recently eaten a cow and took five people to lift it, I decided against it!
A very tidy example, seen at the international airport at San Jose in Costa Rica.
When the Bahamas Island of Norman Cay was owned by the drug baron Carlos Lehder, it probably rivalled Miami for traffic. However, this C-46 didn't quite make it. And no, I have no idea who the lady is! (Photo Credit Hans Wiesman)
Last but not least, a rather ignominious end for this beast. I came out of my hotel to find this sitting in a garden next door. I believe that it was a night club/bar for a brief period, and that it has now been moved to a nearby park. So now the tricky bit - a little quiz! Where is it? I'll post the answer in a couple of days, but in the meantime, feel free to have a punt!
