C46 Commando HK-3150
Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:35 pm
Some sad news.
All of the C46's in the world just got a little bit more valuable.
Curtiss C46 Reg. HK-3150 which had been parked at Bogata El Dorado, Columbia for many years, was evidently scrapped in Sept of 2019. I had always hoped it was going to be saved as it was intact and not stripped, and being in Columbia, there is a lot of support for radials. I suspect the airport probably inherited it for lack of storage fees. Sounds like they didn't even salvage the engines, what a waste, the entire air-frame could have probably been auctioned off for more than scrap aluminum pricing.
See link below:
17 September 2019 - Broken up for scrap between 07:00 and 12:00 LT with engines installed, using a mechanical shovel, on the apron abeam of runway 13R threshold at Bogota El Dorado, Colombia.
http://curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pa ... -3679.html
All of the C46's in the world just got a little bit more valuable.
Curtiss C46 Reg. HK-3150 which had been parked at Bogata El Dorado, Columbia for many years, was evidently scrapped in Sept of 2019. I had always hoped it was going to be saved as it was intact and not stripped, and being in Columbia, there is a lot of support for radials. I suspect the airport probably inherited it for lack of storage fees. Sounds like they didn't even salvage the engines, what a waste, the entire air-frame could have probably been auctioned off for more than scrap aluminum pricing.
See link below:
17 September 2019 - Broken up for scrap between 07:00 and 12:00 LT with engines installed, using a mechanical shovel, on the apron abeam of runway 13R threshold at Bogota El Dorado, Colombia.
http://curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pa ... -3679.html
Re: C46 Commando HK-3150
Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:27 am
