[cactuswings 2285] Re Quartzite I-10 Freeway A/C I/D

 

   On 17.3.13 i logged the following;

 

58-3086/[N130AZ] U-8 USArmy

 

'123517' / [123516] F9F

 

N68255 B18/C45

 

N952Z B18/C45

 

[130053/N88944] HUP-2

 

And a couple of Cessnas i think.

 

regards

Peter

 

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From: Paul

To: cactus-wings@googlegroups.com

Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 12:30 AM

Subject: [cactuswings 2268] Quartzite I-10 Freeway A/C I/D

Whilst I cannot answer your reg / serial number query Barry, I started looking on Google Earth to find where this place that you refer to, may be.

 

Quartzite AZ on 'West Main Event Lane' just north of west bound exit of J 17 on the I –10 there is what seems to be remains of a dirt strip with a very extensive area of scrapped cars boats and lots of RV s and a few planes thrown in.

 

Whilst I don't' know if is this place that you saw the Learjet and US Army Beech that you refer to, at this quite large scrapping area is a what I would guess is an ex US Navy Banshee or a Panther and a Baron right close by and further north up the 'runway' is possibly 2 x Beech 18's remains and a couple of other airframes scattered elsewhere, sadly of which I cannot identify their types from a satellite photo image. 

 

So again maybe somebody can know the IDs of these as well please.

 

So super sleuths anybody able to help,          Paul

 

From: barry ambrose

Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 6:43 PM

To: cactus-wings@googlegroups.com

Subject: [cactuswings 2267] Req Quartzite I-10 Freeway A/C I/D

 

Driving  along the I-10 freeway sunday toward LA I saw around 4 or 5 aircraft sitting in a remote sandy area just passed exit 17 for Quartzite. One of these was a Learjet and a US Army Beech (Travel Air)....has anbody out got any I/D's for all these aircraft and the US Army UH-1 on the Phoenix bound side of the I-10 which sits on top of an old truck!
 
Any help would be great!!
 
Cheers,
 
Barry