N39 (FAA Convair 580) KBFI 3/8

[NLovis]

Senga bringin it out again. Nice :borat:

[Mayi757]

Thanks John and Senga for the information.

Senga the 727-100 I saw had winglets, I'd have to look thru my slides but I'm pretty sure it did, unless they took them off after storage. Like the shots & funny that precise 727 was one of your first pics (what plane doesn't Senga have? ;) )

It's odd yet kind of cool the FAA has these dedicated aircraft and they're old vintage 8) . What specific purpose do they serve, you guys know?

[seahawks7757]

Very nice shots. Wonder what the FAA is up to.

Well if it were heading for JNU my guess would be that it has to do with the RNP approaches that AS is working on getting approved at several airports up there in Alaska!

[SengaB]

Mario,
By the time you saw it N40 had been fitted with winglets. When I saw it in the hanger at KACY it had the winglets there too.

Yes that trip to KMGM was one of my very first trips out- maybe even my first. I didn't even know what it was that I shot. I just knew it was the FAA's plane based on the titles.

There's a lot of planes I don't have :)

Senga

[Tom_Turner]

Holy Sugar honey iced tea! WoW! Not that is going to be a catch of the year canidate if you ask me. Grey scale that shot man. It would be totally in era.

Built in 1957, but color film/TV etc was generally available for most of its service life... its not a DC-3 :lol: (wish the FAA had kept that fleet flying..) Interesting though that the Convair props appear to have outlived the 727s....

Tom