Jeff also wrote: "There were two other Harpoons there, four C-54s, and a DC-7." It was still around in Jan.2015, as this photo by Jeff Nordin (from Facebook 'Fire Bombers') illustrates. N7086C was probably still around here as Chris Pasley's photo on show two PV-2 Harpoons parked here (date shown there as 06Mar2010). It will most likely be transported to Fresno in the not too distant future. This probably explains why it was moved out of the grass and in front of the hangar earlier this year. On 10Oct07 it was sold to William Dietzel of the United States Airpower Museum at Fresno/Yosemite Airport near Fresno,CA. Source: The Lockheed Twins, written by Paul J.Marson (Air-Britain, 2001).Īad van der Voet (of ) provided the following update: In 1985 it was registered to Military Aircraft Restorations Corporation in 1985. Through various operators it ended up with T&G inc for the 1981 - 1983 seasons, then was stored here at Chandler. It was rebuilt with a RALCO metal bellytank and in Aug79 registered to RALCO with airtanker id '112'. In this capacity it served B&B Flying Service ('D20') and later D&D Aero ('F43'). In 1961 it was sold to Larabee & Rabinette and converted to a 'Borate Bomber' to fight fires from the air. It was sold in 1957 and tailnumber N7086C was assigned to it. Larkens has written an excellent book about this period with a vast number of excellent photos: Surplus U.S. It was stored during 1950 - 1951 among the vast numbers of WW2 airplanes at nearby Litchfield Park. It was delivered with serial 37444 to the US Navy on 01May45. N7086C is a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon with c/n 15-1410. He was very understanding, even mentioned the name 'Propliners' himself, told me not to drive to the other aircraft for fear of getting a flat tire (much rubbish around from previous scrappings) and show respect for the owners, the Indian community. There is this hangar, with N7086C parked outside, within an enclosed area.īut soon after I took this photo, a guard stepped outside. There certainly is a very limited amount of buildings on this 'airport'.
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