MIA Ramp Tour 4-26-13

[yankees368]

As promised, here are my shots from my ramp tour earlier this week. The set is a part of another story which will be going up tomorrow. Enjoy!

http://www.nycaviation.com/photo-gal...iami-ramp-tour

[wunaladreamin]

707JT?!?! Do you know her status? Is she fixable?

[yankees368]

It sure didn't look like it right now. The horizontal stabilizer is missing, so that's probably our answer right there.

[Zee71]

Nice set Jason. Were you shooting through a window on the bus or whatever you were in? BTW the Aerolineas Argentinas A340 is sweet.

[yankees368]

Yea, a majority of the tour was on a bus with windows that I wanted to smash out. Some parts like the landing shots and the Dreamlifter were outside of the bus.

[NickPeterman]

707JT?!?! Do you know her status? Is she fixable?

I am trying to remember what exactly I was told was the issue, but they needed some nature of spar or rear bulkhead, and they weren't having luck finding one. Granted, take this with a grain of salt, as it was 2nd hand from someone in MIA. They seemed somewhat optimistic at the time, but that was months ago.

[megatop412]

Cool. How many times a year do they have that tour? Seems like they just had one in January didn't they

[yankees368]

Not sure, but this tour was a part of a bigger event.

[Aviation.High.Guy]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiice!

[Cary]

I am trying to remember what exactly I was told was the issue, but they needed some nature of spar or rear bulkhead, and they weren't having luck finding one. Granted, take this with a grain of salt, as it was 2nd hand from someone in MIA. They seemed somewhat optimistic at the time, but that was months ago.

Horizontal stabilizer spar

[MarkLawrence]

The original spar that was made for 707JT had an issue - it went back to the manufacturer - it should be due back very soon if not back in MIA already. It will be fitted and 707JT will be back in the air again. Info from a contact at Commercial where the repairs are being done.

[NickPeterman]

Good news! And I was kinda..sorta...maybe a little bit correct-ish in my recollection

[727C47]

I have a wee bit of time in the IFL CV580's, great little company, they fly 4 727s also,along with the CV5800 (stretch 580), in the late 90's we flew a mess of DC3s,and piston Convair 340s all over the hemisphere, God bless it, those were fun,and challenging times, thanks for the pictures !!!

[JDANDO]

Great stuff. The Dreamlifter sure is an interesting plane!