Warbird Information Exchange

I guess this is the best place to post this. If WIXers cant answer this, I give up.

Last June I flew out of Columbus, Ohio going home from the big Waco gathering at MV. As we taxiied out we passed close to the cargo and maint. hangar area and passed a sad, beat up looking old propliner. I think it may have been a V. Viscount but I'm only guessing. I couldn't take a photo since we were in "no electronic gadgets" mode for take off. I didnt think to look for operator's markings. duh

Anybody got a take on this old bird?

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I'm assuming you flew out of CMH (Port Columbus).

Only direlect bird I'm aware of there is the ex-Airborne Express Caravelle-
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Sud-SE-2 ... 1112562/M/

If this isn't it, can you describe it a bit more (high/low wing, number of engines, piston/turboprop/jet, blades on the props if piston or turboprop, T-Tail or Cruiciform, etc).

There were a whole mess of Convair 240's and the like down at Rickenbacker, but I only remember the Caravelle at Port of Columbus.

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Ryan Keough
Stow, MA

Since we're at Columbus with this thread, whatever happened to the museum there and where did the contents of the museum go? They had some nice stuff cover the North American Aviation presence there at Columbus and wondered if they might have had photos, documents and the like in the archives.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

When CANSO talked about propliner then my mind went blank. The Caravelle has been there for years and was given to the Museum around 1982-83. The Ohio History of Flight Museum closed around 1997-98 after the death of Foster Lane. The contents of the Museum was given to the Ohio Historical Society. It has all been in storage since that time.

As the Curator of the Waco Historical Society Air Museum, I have been in contact with the OHS and have tentative approval to bring both the Waco 9 and Waco 10 plus various engines, props and other associated materials to the Waco Museum.

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That's it and I'm caught in a big DUH of lack of noting detail. I distinctly do remember the ridge along the back of the fuselage leading to the tail. I didn't get a good look and other stuff was moving around in the way and then we turned.
I must have been wishful thinking with the propliner assumption. I like those but old jets just blank out.
Thanks guys.
Floats up!

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"I love the smell of 100LL in the morning."