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OCTOBER 3, 2024

A Bonanza was in front of me, to the rear were a Baron, a Saratoga, Cessna 185 on floats, and another Baron, each piled almost to the ceiling with aid supplies. The line of volunteers queued up at my cargo door and a lady reached in, grabbing the first box, and handing it to the volunteer behind her. What came next, I didn’t expect.

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Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It was a follow-up to the earlier Cierva designs combined with the desire to build a more robust and versatile twin-engine helicopter capable of carrying passengers and cargo efficiently. It was designed to carry up to 5 passengers or light cargo up to 450 kilograms.

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Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 22, 2024

From Saigon, my crew and I routinely hauled critical cargo all over South Vietnam. Photo via USAF Archives During preflight, I noticed the ground crew spreading hay and straw on the cargo bay’s floor. Our massive passenger was bellowing loudly, accompanied by a cacophony of hooves stomping on the cargo bay’s metal floor.

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Weight-Shift-Control Tail Cargo Airplanes 52

Vintage Aviation News

AUGUST 26, 2024

The recovery team arrived at the crash site with hand and power saws to cut the Lightning into manageable sections to push into cargo pallets and be pulled with a cable and pulleys onto a landing craft-style barge. He had agreed to the Foundation’s invitation to join them on their recovery mission to retrieve the P-38. Ernest “Pappy” Pruett.

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