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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airplane ID?
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:32 +0200
References: <CA+yJO1DRkMy=u+WeB7zK=6A3b_JtqrCLRBGj8XPnhwPpzpuK3A@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF5Xj6ZFw3oJFUuCuHEGaNKNMvC1TifW+k5d9uskqWsR6A@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Tina,

looks more like a Beechcraft 18 Twin Beech "Expeditor" 
to me - the "Aggie" Geoff suggests has a much more 
boxy, upright, greenhouse of a cockpit.

Expeditors were also flown by the Honduran Airforce


Cheers
Douglas


On 22.05.2013 00:37, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
> Tina I think this may be an Avro Anson
>
>
> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 22 May 2013 07:10, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> Any of you airplane buffs know what kind of plane this is?
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/image/150324376
>>
>> I was told at the time it was a WWII bomber.  I flew in it with a medical
>> mission group to the Mosquito Coast after Hurricane Mitch.  We loaded the
>> plane with so many medical supplies that it had to circle very slowly
>> around and around until it got enough altitude to get over the mountains
>> around Tegucigalpa.  I was the co-pilot ;-)  sat in the seat and wore the
>> earphones, anyway!
>>
>> C&C greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> --
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
>>
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Replies: Reply from ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter) ([Leica] IMG: Airplane ID?)
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