062. EC-AVP Douglas DC-7 TASsa Transportes Aereos (stored) PMI 11SEP65
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 05-Mar-15, plus DeNoise AI 02-Mar-23.
Delivered new to United Airlines as N6325C in Jan-55. It was in service with United for just over 5 years and was traded in to the Douglas Aircraft Company in Apr-60.
The aircraft was stored and sold to California Airmotive in Sep-63. It continued in storage until May-64 when it was sold to TAS SA Transportes Aereos (Trabajos Aereos del Sahara SA) with the temporary registration EC-WVP, becoming EC-AVP later the same month.
TASSA ceased trading in Jul-65 and the aircraft was stored at Palma, Majorca, with the rest of the TASsa fleet. It was broken up there in 1970.
Note: This photo was taken about 3 months after TASSA had ceased operations and the aircraft would never fly again (just as well with all that FOD on the ramp!). If you look under the aircraft, along the line of props 1 & 2, you can see that props 3 & 4 are feathered.
062. EC-AVP Douglas DC-7 TASsa Transportes Aereos (stored) PMI 11SEP65
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 05-Mar-15, plus DeNoise AI 02-Mar-23.
Delivered new to United Airlines as N6325C in Jan-55. It was in service with United for just over 5 years and was traded in to the Douglas Aircraft Company in Apr-60.
The aircraft was stored and sold to California Airmotive in Sep-63. It continued in storage until May-64 when it was sold to TAS SA Transportes Aereos (Trabajos Aereos del Sahara SA) with the temporary registration EC-WVP, becoming EC-AVP later the same month.
TASSA ceased trading in Jul-65 and the aircraft was stored at Palma, Majorca, with the rest of the TASsa fleet. It was broken up there in 1970.
Note: This photo was taken about 3 months after TASSA had ceased operations and the aircraft would never fly again (just as well with all that FOD on the ramp!). If you look under the aircraft, along the line of props 1 & 2, you can see that props 3 & 4 are feathered.