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| By Mark Nankivil |
The
Aero Experience looks back on our coverage of the recent Southern Tour with a look
at visits to Gainesville, TX, Dallas-Fort-Worth and Fort Smith, AR. We visited the iconic ATL-98
Carvair, Miss 1944, at Gainesville Municipal Airport, TX. The Carvair was
originally manufactured as C-54 44-9023 and was registered for civilian use
under several operators before being converted to the Carvair aircraft No. 9
(of 21) and used by British Air Ferries. The Carvair employed an open-nose
configuration for loading cars for cross-channel flights and other bulk cargo
operations flown by other carriers. It is hoped that it will return to flying
status in the future.
The
Aero Experience Southern Tour included a stop at the Vintage Flying Museum at
Fort Worth's Meacham Field. We caught the Douglas A-26K, Special Kay, taking
off on a Saturday and her return when we went back on Sunday. The museum staff
was great, and there were some magnificent aircraft on display. Some of the
flyable aircraft we saw were tenants and not necessarily part of the Museum
itself. The EA-3B Skywarrior was recently restored. Also featured here are the
Douglas C-47, Southern Cross; Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvard; the
Commemorative Air Force B-24, Diamond Lil; a Lockheed T-33 (RCAF Silver Star),
Piaggio P.136L1 Royal Gull amphibian; Douglas A-26B Invader, Night Mission; and
Stinson L-5 Sentinel.
At Ft.
Smith Regional Airport, we found military aircraft on the TAC Air apron,
including this T-38 Talon and F/A-18C Hornet.
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