Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Your Sunday Morning Turboprop Noise

A Convair-5800:



The base aircraft type for the -5800, the C-131, served in the U.S. armed forces for forty years.
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2 comments:

seafury said...

Ahh Convairs. I'll start at the beginning first airline ride, age 8 North Central airlines Convair 580. as a CAP cadet in 1973, a Convair C131, from Milwaukee to Patrick AFB in FL. Before joining the Army, I worked as a loader for a small cargo airline in Milwaukee that operated a Fairchild F27 and we did ground handling for a number of night cargo operators. Beech 18's Cessna 207's DC-3's but our main job was loading Convair 600's for SMB Stage Lines on an emery Air freight contract. Got to ride the jump seat from MKE to BNA. (Nashville TN) My favorite prop airliner.
The Convair 5800 stretch seemed to work well enough but it's time had past. Not many operators
could afford them and the time for small night cargo airlines was rapidly coming to an end. Still a few in the Caribbean, and Canada. not sure if Kelowna Flightcraft still operates them. It's a shame though. Nice airplane.

4/30/2023 11:05 AM
Old NFO said...

I was a bit confused as the C-131 was powered by a pair of R-2800s, until I looked it up. It's a mod off the 131! And like many others, went from recip to turboprop. It's obviously been hard used over the years.

4/30/2023 4:14 PM

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