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Post by Jeff on Feb 8, 2020 17:32:29 GMT
Of is it just that the local swedish rally driver now has a pilots licence 😁
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Post by billsamuels on Feb 8, 2020 18:53:13 GMT
That’s one heck of a take-off!!
Hope it was worth it.
Bill
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Post by michael on Feb 8, 2020 18:55:03 GMT
N818LD shows as a Bae125-700A on LAAS and FAA Registry.
This appears as said to be a Hawker 800XP
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Post by filair on Feb 8, 2020 21:12:32 GMT
That runway is in better condition than some
of the roads around here!
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Post by foxfire on Feb 8, 2020 21:43:25 GMT
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Post by Jeff on Feb 9, 2020 1:13:43 GMT
And another 😳
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Post by billsamuels on Feb 9, 2020 10:28:26 GMT
“Jesus” indeed...
Utter waste of some perfectly good airplanes!!!
As for the DC-6, that alone should be a criminal offence!!!
Such a waste....
Bill
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Post by airsicksteve on Feb 9, 2020 11:54:51 GMT
Agreed Bill, Nearly all landings by narcotic flights are designed to be a one-shot deal, with the actual hull value in $$$$s being small beer compared to the consignment. As long as the consignment arrives (irrespective of whether the airframe, the pilot / crew survives), the frames and their remains are torched to eliminate forensics.
ASN gives some interesting history of the use of regn N818LD - obviously a narco favourite
HS125 variants are often favoured for their rugged durability in what are homemade strips / jungle clearings, rather than other more fragile e.g. Lear variants. Good payloads are also a factor.
The witnessed and shadowed take off of the latest.Hawker suggests a seized and recovered airframe by the authorities, rather than a Cartel re-using the jet - too much risk compared to what for them would be a modest expense.
Spectacular - nay reckless - under any circumstances...
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Post by foxfire on Feb 9, 2020 17:54:54 GMT
The DC6 landing shown above was a commercial operation, according to Aviation Herald, so apparently was not drug running. |
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Post by rh226 on Feb 9, 2020 18:57:21 GMT
Funny that, using IE, I can't see anything to view. However, switch to Chrome and I can!!
The DC-6, incidentally, was formerly US Navy C-118B BuNo 131609. |
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Post by graham on Feb 10, 2020 7:46:48 GMT
Cracking handbrake turn on the DC-6....
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Post by monarch01 on Feb 10, 2020 19:42:42 GMT
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