Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:47 pm
T J Johansen wrote:AviaS199 wrote:A few months ago, I was hanging around Dan Webb's bookstore in Oakland (a great place). One of the customers told us about the time, back in '74, when he was changing planes on the Canary Islands. He looked out the window of the terminal and saw numerous CASA 2.111s and HA-1112s lined up, waiting to be scrapped. According to his story, the Canary Islands were the end of the line for the '40's-era Spanish warbirds.
Can anyone corroborate?
This photo from airliners.net show one Casa in 1969. I participated on a thread at a Norwegian forum some time ago where I believe another photo was posted of CASA 2.111s in the Canaries. Unfortunately that forum is currently down. Here is the other one though!
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled ... 0492989/L/
T J
Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:21 pm
Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:15 pm
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?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.
Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:31 pm
bdk wrote: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?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.
Sat Aug 08, 2009 1:46 pm
Chris wrote:Just a quick note on the CAF Heinkel which I had the Opportunity to fly in several times a a flight mechanic. It wasn't quite as benign as you might think. It did have some strange habits and the drum type brakes sucked. As a mechanic you should think about this. German design Spanish built with British engines. SAE, metric and British Standard. The tools alone put you over gross weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:29 pm
Chris wrote:Just a quick note on the CAF Heinkel which I had the Opportunity to fly in several times a a flight mechanic. It wasn't quite as benign as you might think. It did have some strange habits ...
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