bdk wrote:
T J Johansen wrote:
Just to prove that the guy in the store wasn't full of it, here is the photo from 1974 showing a pair of Heinkels on the ramp at Las Palmas.
Why would they go to the Canary Islands for scrapping? Do they have an aluminum foundry there? Maybe they just pushed them into a pit, or into the ocean?
Brandon, the aircraft probably didn't go to the Canary Islands in 1974 for scrapping. They were probably there on active service taking part in the Western Sahara Campaign, as part of 46 group based at Gando Air Base, which is where the picture was taken. (Gando Air Base occupies the eastern side of the airport, with the civilian airport using the western side. 2 parallel runways, both 10,000 ft long).
One of the CASA 2.111's may in fact be the Cavanaugh Flight Museum aircraft (B2-I-27), as it was based at Gando with 46 Group from 29th January 1974, until 21st January 1975, when it returned to Seville. It flew a total of 85 hours during the year providing "ground troops with reconnaissance, aerial supplied provisioning and ground attack capabilities".
Can anyone zoom in on the aircraft, and see if they are still wearing the two tone green camo scheme they were given during the making of the Battle of Britain movie in 1968?
Julian