Look Back on The Aero Experience Southwest Tour: Gainesville, TX and Fort Smith, AR

By Fed Harl

The Aero Experience looks back on our recent Southwest Tour visits to Gainesville, TX 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. We also saw an assortment of agricultural application aircraft, business jets and general aviation aircraft. At Ft. Smith Regional Airport, we found military aircraft on the TacAir apron, including this T-38 Talon and F/A-18C Hornet.

General Aviation (And More) Week In Review

By The Aero Experience Team

The Aero Experience has had another busy week providing more coverage of the Midwest Aviation community. While pursuing these events and stories, we usually find general aviation aircraft that may be of interest to our audience. In this edition of our general aviation week in review, we have a look at aircraft from:

Farmington, MO Regional Airport:

St. Louis Downtown Airport, Cahokia, IL:

...and a preview of upcoming coverage of our Southwest Tour