N342GS Convair C-131F
Returning to Opa-locka from San Juan, Puerto Rico. This was the aircraft's first commercial rotation since 29 November 2023 and I'm not sure if there are any piston-engined Convairs still flying commercially other than the Conquest ones.
NOTE: Conquest Air flew its three C-131s to Tamiami Airport (TMB) at the end of March/early April 2025, as Opa-locka Airport sought to bring the final propliner actvities at the airport to an end.
Former US Navy serial 141016, delivered 31 January 1956. This aircraft spent most of its life as a VIP transport for senior naval personnel. As of January 1984 it had amassed 20,057 flying hours. On 14 February 1985 it was placed in storage at AMARC, later graduating to display on the base's Celebrity Row. In January 2012 it was sold to ARM (Aircraft Restoration and Marketing), Tucson. Altogether this aircraft spent 31 years and 6 months in AMARC and the surrounding yards before flying out from Davis-Monthan AFB on 25 August 2016.
The name "Truman" reflects the fact that former President Harry Truman flew as a passenger on this machine in October 1962, from Kansas City to Las Vegas and back.
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N342GS Convair C-131F
Returning to Opa-locka from San Juan, Puerto Rico. This was the aircraft's first commercial rotation since 29 November 2023 and I'm not sure if there are any piston-engined Convairs still flying commercially other than the Conquest ones.
NOTE: Conquest Air flew its three C-131s to Tamiami Airport (TMB) at the end of March/early April 2025, as Opa-locka Airport sought to bring the final propliner actvities at the airport to an end.
Former US Navy serial 141016, delivered 31 January 1956. This aircraft spent most of its life as a VIP transport for senior naval personnel. As of January 1984 it had amassed 20,057 flying hours. On 14 February 1985 it was placed in storage at AMARC, later graduating to display on the base's Celebrity Row. In January 2012 it was sold to ARM (Aircraft Restoration and Marketing), Tucson. Altogether this aircraft spent 31 years and 6 months in AMARC and the surrounding yards before flying out from Davis-Monthan AFB on 25 August 2016.
The name "Truman" reflects the fact that former President Harry Truman flew as a passenger on this machine in October 1962, from Kansas City to Las Vegas and back.
www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php?option=com_content&a...