So Far From Home

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 11/26/2016 at 22:51 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Not sure if Iever posted this here. Here is a picture I took of a number of former Chalk’s International Airways Grumman Albatrosses seen sitting in the dessert. It was considered the longest operating airline in the world when it shut down in 2005.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > f86sabre 11/26/2016 at 22:56

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What type aircraft? do you think they wound up scrapped?

f86sabre > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 11/26/2016 at 23:06

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Grumman Albatross. Converted from military work to civilian airliners.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross

Looks like they are still there.

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 11/26/2016 at 23:13

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At a glance, it doesn’t appear there’s even protection for the cowl intake on those, which is a shame. Grumman made some beautiful flying boats, hate to see them rotting in the desert.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > f86sabre 11/26/2016 at 23:27

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Wow. I wonder if they could still be made airworthy.

f86sabre > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 11/26/2016 at 23:32

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Potentially. I think you have to rebuild the spars due to the stress corrosion that brought one of them down.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > f86sabre 11/26/2016 at 23:33

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As in, the wing fell of an Albatross for that reason?

f86sabre > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 11/26/2016 at 23:36

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Afraid so. I don’t think it became an AD until after the accident

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk’s_Ocean_Airways_Flight_101

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 11/27/2016 at 00:14

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Obscure fact: The plane in that crash was in the Miami Vice pilot.

Grindintosecond > f86sabre 11/27/2016 at 13:18

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Shame. such a cool operation.