Corporate B-24

[jtramo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEgJ2ZOTRY

Cool old video, at 2:58 there is a 24 modified into corporate transport. Anyone know who she is?

[Chris Brame]

That's the CAF's Ol' 927 when it was N1503 with the Continental Can Co. That logo on the nose has three concentric Cs.

(Recognize the narrator's voice? He went on to be worried about the Beaver...)

[shrike]

Family history has my dad flying that for CCC, but alas, no documantation.

[The Inspector]

The Red and Silver B-35 Bonanza @ 05:15 has a wooden prop.

I think that when CCC traded in the LB-30 for the first JETSTAR, the airplane went to Morrison-Knudsen Construction for a while before going to PEMEX Mexican oil and later traded back for a DC-6.

And if you want to read up on a clever airplane that didn't have a chance, check out the Call-air line.

[JohnB]

Morrison-Knudsen had another civil B-24, parts of which are now at Hill, IIRC.

They did a lot of work in Alaska (DEW Line?) and they must have liked the toughness of 24s in corporate work.

In the late 70s they had a JetStar II, and a DH/HS/BH 125...they had two but lost one on approach to boise circa 1970.
Last time I flew through there, I think I saw their 125 on the fire or rescue training pit.

[Tiger Tim]

Two questions:

1. Anyone know what the stylish oval window is going into?
2. When traveling at 300mph in a converted B-26, would that be an Invader or Marauder?

-Tim

[The Inspector]

The oval windows were installed in CCC's Martin B-26. A retired friend of mine worked @ I think it was CAL-AERO doing the mods on the Martins for CANCO. He said the airplane had a huge, private club style leather tufted semi-circular couch that took up the whole aft fuselage, he also said the thing had enough radio gear to navigate to Mars and back. Pictures of the 26 are online through GOOGLE

[Dave Smith]

According to the FAA tail number site, that 1953 Cessna 170B N4627C is still current after 58 years!