Survivors Aviation Traders Carvair
9j-paa seen @ rand airport, south africa on august 18, 2011.
the zambian-registered 9j-paa, 21st , final carvair built, in south africa phoebus apollo aviation. aircraft on display @ rand airport, sits near other uncommon aircraft such boeing 747sp. although removed zambian register, owner plans return skies air shows. second (n89fa / miss 1944 , 9th carvair) based in gainesville, texas @ kgle gainesville municipal airport, , flies gator global flying services on ad-hoc cargo charters throughout united states. aircraft participated in 2005 world freefall convention in rantoul, illinois, setting record largest number of people fly in carvair when carried 80 skydivers , 5 crew altitude of 10,500 feet. piloted captain john harms , captain chris rice, climb took 38 minutes. skydivers exited large freight door @ rear of aircraft.
another carvair (n898at, 20th built) had been airworthy, written off after crashing while landing on 30 may 2007 @ airstrip @ nixon fork mine in alaska. satellite imagery (google earth) dated september 2006 , still visible in 2014 shows wreckage of 7th carvair on sand , gravel bar @ 67°1′16.63″n 146°31′53.51″w / 67.0212861°n 146.5315306°w / 67.0212861; -146.5315306 in chandalar river near venetie, alaska.
the cockpit section of 8th carvair, cf-epv remains near former halesworth airfield in suffolk, england. 18th carvair, ex aviaco / dominicana hi-172, rumored still exist @ hotel el embajador in santo domingo in dominican republic, bar/discothèque.
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