Larry Kraus wrote:
And I though that one of Express Airways' old Beeches had an interesting paint job.This picture is from their Sanford,Florida home base in 1983,or thereabouts.It's a little hard to read in the picture,but under "Sanford and Son" it says "Aerospace Division".
Larry,
I have an almost identical shot I took of that aircraft about a year prior. If I recall the guy that owned those birds used them on a DoD contract to haul dynamite and grenades. I think his name was Harry or Larry. Something like that. In that same line he had a few Tradewind Tprop birds and some single tail ships also. A real potpourri. At the time I stopped by (which I would have to place around '81 or '82) he also had a Connie parked out there. I forget what model though. He was a real piece of work...
The H-19/S-55s were owned by Sanford Helicopters if I recall. I was going to school in Daytona and working for Harry Doan at the time. Sanford was doing H-19s/S-55s and Doan was doing H-34s/S-58s. There was some business relationship for a while and then I think Doan split the sheets. Man, Doan was a story all by himself... Glory days!
I gotta get a Twin Beech!
Great job Taigh!
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