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MIACO
MIACO, Malta International Aviation Company, was set up by three companies (I.A.D.COM, ATC Inc. and Diamond Leasing Corp) who leased aircraft, mainly to oil companies operating in the Middle East and North Africa, and starting operating from Malta in late March 1967.
The company first set up base at Hal-Far, an airfield still under the control of the British Services. Although a military airfield, by the late sixties it was considered as a satellite to Luqa. It would again come into extensive use during Jan-Mar 69, when all aircraft activity was transferred to Hal-Far, whilst Luqa’s runway were re-surfaced. After this, with the exception of the staging of the yearly Air Rally of Malta, Hal-Far would quiet down considerably, and MIACO personnel had the airfield pretty much to themselves.
Unfortunately, during it’s seventeen years of operations, the company would face a number of situations which would threaten its existence. Although never mentioned in aviation circles, the first blow came a little over a year later in May 1968. Strike action by employees delayed the departure of a LAVCO DC-6 that was urgently needed in Libya by Sunday the 12th. This resulted in the management sacking the striking workers, asking LAVCO, their biggest customer, to reduce to flow of aircraft being sent to Malta, and having to consider whether to continue operating from Malta. The issue, however, was resolved, with MIACO even taking back the sacked workers.
The following year saw Colonel Gaddafi came to power in a coup in September, who expelled not just the US military, but also American oil companies.
In September 1978, with the withdrawal of the British fast approaching, the Miaco management was given just fifteen days to vacate their premises, which also disrupted plans were signing of contracts was concerned. Working to find a suitable location, as an alternative to leaving the island, Miaco was offered a site that once housed Royal Air Force Maintenance Unit (MU) No. 103, on the outskirts of the village of Safi. To add insult to injury, both the gate in the perimeter fence for the aircraft to pass through, and a taxi-way which ran from the runway to the said gate, had to be constructed at Miaco’s expense.
Further bad news came the following year in the shape of the overthrowing of the Shah in Iran in 1979. But the final death-knell came when the Egyptian government set up its own airline to offer technical support for oil drilling-related work. In February 1985, the axe fell, and the company went into voluntary liquidation.
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Although the list of aircraft seen at MIACO is comprehensive, without access to the company’s files, no claim can ever be made that this is complete. Maltese registered aircraft (9H-) have not been listed, since they have nowhere else to go for maintenance purposes. Exceptions will be made for first time visits and/or colour scheme changes. Aircraft types: A - B | AIRCRAFT | OPERATOR | REGISTRATION | HISTORY | NOTES | | Aero Commander | Kenting | CF-SAU | | From Hal-Far to Luqa on 26.01.74. | | Aero Commander 560A | | N491F | c/n 398 pi N2743B | Seen in Lavco, Arax A/ls (returned to Miaco in these titles on 16.10.73) and Pyramid A/ls titles. Test flown in Jan 76 overall white w/blue cheatline, and left Malta around the 12th. Seen in Pyramid A/Ls titles between 19 Mar 83 & 29 Jul 86. transported to scrapyard in November 1987. | | Beech C-45H | Esso Standard Oil of Libya, Inc. | N176L | AF-540 | | | Beech C-45H | Diamond Leasing Inc | N186L | c/n AF-310. | Lsd to LAVCO, 01.67. | | Beech C-45H | ATC Inc. | N495F | c/n AF-888, N114G. Lavco titles until summer 1972, then Zapata titles after re-furbishment. Placed in storage w/o titles, late summer 1972. | After being sold to a scrap yard, the aircraft was again at Hal-Far with the International Fire & Safety School – Malta in March 1992. When this company ceased operations, the aircraft was given to the Malta Aviation Museum Foundation for restoration to static exhibition. | | Beech D-18S | Diamond Leasing Inc. | N496F | c/n A-827. pi N1827D | Was being used for spares by 29.06.74. Aircraft abandoned when MIACO moved to Safi in September 1978. By 1983, only the wing remained. | | Beech 18 | | N5967C | Crashed at Sarir, 29.12.70. | | | Bell 206 | Okanagan | C-GOKX | c/n 30680 | At Miaco during December 1977. |
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Aircraft types: C
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| Cessna 170B |
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N3548D |
c/n 27091 |
This aircraft was previously listed as N3595D, but with the same c/n. This is quite likely a typing error, but confirmation will be appreciated. |
| Cessna 180B |
Diamond Leasing Inc. |
N492F |
c/n 50602 |
Flown with Lavco titles. |
| Cessna 185 |
Diamond Leasing Inc. |
N9954X |
c/n 0154 |
Flown with Lavco titles. Re-registered N493F, observed at MIACO as such. It was crated towards end of April 84 for shipping to new owner. Since re-registered N185. |
| Cessna 185A |
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N494F |
c/n 0253 |
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| Cessna 185 |
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N2555Z |
c/n 0555. |
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| Cessna 404 Titan II |
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F-GDMR |
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Arr on 30 Apr 84. Carried “CGG” on fin. |
| C. Catalina (PBY-5A) |
Geoterrex |
CF-MIR |
c/n 1997. Bu 46633 US Navy 5 Jan 45; SoC May 56, st Litchfield Park, AZ; N10023 Trade Ayre, New Jersey, R 1956; CF-MIR Miron & Freres, Cartierville, Quebec per 1956; conv to Super Catalina, designated Super Canso SIC 1000; CF-MIR Laurentian Air Services, Sept, 1964, sold; Survair pur?; converted for the aerial survey role; N608FF, Firefly Inc.; Aeroservice Corp ?; Barringer Research; CF-MIR Questor Surveys, pur?; Geoterrex Surveys/Terra Surveys pur?; G-BLSC Plane Sailing Air Displays* pur 1984; Plane Sailing Air Displays VR-BPS rr; Plane Sailing Air Displays VP-BPS rr. Damaged during water-loop during take off on Southampton Water, July 1998. On long-term rebuild at Lee on Solent in Hampshire, England; Super Catalina Restorations pur? * Displayed in RAF Coastal Command colours as JV928/Y of 210 Squadron and later as 9754/P of 162 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. Flown to South and Central America and back in 1994. Represented Coastal Command in 1995 during 50th Anniversary of VE Day Flypast over Central London and the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace. |
For servicing by Miaco. Left Miaco on 09.04.77. Equipped with MAD boom. |
| C. Catalina (PBY-5A) |
Geoterrex |
N4760C |
c/n 1547 built by Consolidated at San Diego to contract number NXa 13595 dated October 1942; US Navy as BuAer 33993; 18.08.43 diverted to the USAAF as 43-43847; 01.08.44 To 3704th Base Unit, Keesler AAFld, MS; 22.08.44 To 30th Weather Squadron, Keesler AAFld, MS (Air Transportation Command); 24.08.44 To Presque Isle AAFld, ME; 01.09.44; To 1380th Base Unit, Presque Isle AAFld, ME 31.10.44; To Northern Atlantic Division (Air Transportation Command); 11.01.45 Returned to US from service with the Northern Atlantic Division (Air Transportation Command); 10.02.45 To 3704th Base Unit, Keesler AAFld, MS (Air Transportation Command); 14.11.45 Dropped from USAAF inventory transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp, Biloxi, MS 1945-1946?;
Registered N4760C; Late 1940s – 1970s Alaska Coastal Airlines of Juneau, then Alaska Airlines of Seattle; converted by Steward-Davis to a Wright Cyclone-powered Super Catalina; 1972 briefly owned by Stan Burnstein of Continental Aviation Company, Tulsa; several different registered owners who appear to be parts of the same organisation, namely Geoterrex/Terra Surveys of Ottawa, Ontario; still in the white, black, red and gold Golden Nugget livery of Alaska Airlines; later changed to a natural metal finish; ,suffered port engine failure on 22.03.83; wheels up landing in a field at Lynn, south-east of Granton, Wisconsin, resulting in a badly crumpled starboard wing, broken port wingtip and battered hull; No injuries, but aircraft substantially damaged; removable items salvaged, but hulk was initially left with the local farmer on; Catalina remains acquired by warbird collector and trader David Tallichet of Chino; stored in Kansas; trucked to McChord Air Force Base in Washington State; rebuild started 12.87; eventual static display as OA-10A Catalina 44-34033 of C Flight, 4th Air Rescue Squadron based at McChord in the early-1950s; Cyclone engines to be replaced with Twin Wasps and re-nstallation of a standard PBY-5 type fin and rudder, blisters and bow turret. |
Entered Miaco on 31.01.80. |
| Cessna 310 |
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N1720 |
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Being overhauled March 76. |
| Convair 440 |
ATC. Inc |
N985 |
c/n 448. D-ACYL Lufthansa del 13.08.57; YU-ADR JAT bt 17.03.69; WFU & stored 1973; N985 ATC Inc. bt 05.76; OMCO Petroleum Company lsd 05.76; Crashed after engine caught fire on take off, Cairo Eygpt 30.11.76 |
Departed Malta on 01.10.76 after overhaul at MIACO. |
| Convair 440 |
ATC. Inc |
N90908 |
c/n 490. PK-GCT Garuda Indonesian Airways del 13.01.59; N90908 Tri-9 Corporation bt 24.10.72; International Aviation Development Corporation bt 3.76; ATC Inc bt 7.77; N827AA American Airlines bt 9.78; Air Resorts Airlines bt 5.11.92; WFU & stored Carlsbad, California. |
Departed Hal-Far for Luqa on 18.09.78 |
| Convair 580 |
Esso Standard Oil Libya Inc. |
N2004 |
C/n 18 |
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| Convair 580 |
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N5590L |
c/n 41 N73122 Frontier Airlines – TAM-72 Bolivian AF bt 11.07.75 – N5590L Chevron Overseas Petroleum Inc. bt 02.80 – 5590 Inc 08.87 – Northrop Corporation lsd 08.87 – N777TL Northrop Corp. rr 08.88 – Meyer Company bt 02.89 – Northrop Corp lsd 02.89 - ? – 9Q-CRU Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation rr? – Overran runway during an aborted take-off on 01.04.97 at Tshikapa and struck an embankment. |
Last noted in Malta during July 83. |
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Aircraft types: DC-4 & 6 | AIRCRAFT | OPERATOR | REGISTRATION | HISTORY | NOTES | | DC-4/C-54A-10-DC | I.A.D.COM. | N3454 | c/n 10335 42-72230 US AF del 27.06.44; Douglas Aircraft Company bt 17.06.46; Converted to DC-4, conversion no. 23; N88922 Pan American World A/Ws “Clipper Radiant” bt 01.03.47; Pan American World A/Ws “Clipper Nurnberg” nn; HB-ILC Balair AG bt 17.06.60; G-ASFY Air Ferry Ltd bt 03.63; N3454 International Aviation Development bt 25.11.68; LAVCO (Libyan Aviation Company) bt 02.09.69; WFU & broken up, Hal-Far, Malta | | | DC-4-1009 | | N6304D | c/n 42911 N6402 Northwest Airlines del. 09.03.46; ZS-CIH Trek Airways “Louis Trichardt” bt 04.58; LX-SAF Luxair “Ville de Luxembourg” bt 01.12.61; Universal Trading Corp. bt 05.64; EI-ANL Shannon Air lsd 30.05.64; Alitalia lsd 10.65; British Airports Authority impounded 02.66; Universal Trading Corp. ret 03.66; EI-APK Aer Turas “Monarch of Munster” bt 12.66; N6304D Int. Av. Dev. Corp. bt 10.06.69; ATC Inc. bt 02.09.69; Pan American UAR Oil Company lsd 1970; ATC Inc ret .71; wfu & stored Hal-Far 02.77 | Left behind when MIACO moved to Safi in September 1978. Aircraft taken to Luqa Airport fire dump in Mar/Apr 1983. Seen in Malta when operating with Luxair, date unknown. | | DC-4/C-54E-DO | | N88887 | c/n 27289 44-9063 US AF del 16.03.45; N88887 Reconstruction Finance Corp. tfd 30.08.45; Douglas Aircraft Company ret 16.11.45; Converted to DC-4, conversion no. 14; Pan American World Airways “Clipper Monsoon” bt 08.02.46; HB-ILU Swissair “Unterwalden” bt 02.04.52; “Nidwlden” nn; Balair AG tfd 1959; EI-ARS Aer Turas “City of Galaway” bt 12.12.69; LN-TUR Norwegian Overseas Airways ntu; International Red Cross lsd 07.72; Aer Turas ret 10.72; Air Falcon bt 04.77; N88887 Globe Aero Ltd Inc bt 08.77; Royce Wayne McCarty bt 11.01.78; wfu & stored Malta; Ludwig C. Vogel Inc bt 19.12.78; Transair Ltd lsd 02.80; Rebecca S Ruccius bt 18.11.82; ZS-LMH National Air Cargo bt 08.83; N88887 National Air Cargo rr 24.07.87; EL-AJP Liberia World Airways rr 12.87; Danzas Air lsd 12.87; Galaxy Enterprises bt 10.88; N88887 Rebecca S Ruccius bt 11.88 Warren Basler bt 24.05.89; US AF Museum bt 12.01.90; wfu & placed on display Frankfurt, Germany. | Seen in Malta as both EI-ARS and N88887. | | DC-6A/B | | 5N-ATD | c/n 44059 N90774 * American Airlines "Flagship Missouri" del 08.05.53; American Airlines "Flagship St Louis' nn; F B Ayer & Associates bt 09.02.60; Reynolds Metals Company bt 02.60; N992 Reynolds Metals Company rr 05.60; XC-MEX Banco de Mexico bt 07.65; ETP-10001 Fuem Acrea Mexicana tfd .68; XC-MEX Banco de Mexico ret .72; N88975 Atlas Aircraft Corporation bt 04.08.77; cvtd to DC-6A/B 05.78; Intercontinental Airlines "Vivian' bt 07.08.78; 5N-ATD Air Vanni lsd 15.08.78; Intercontinental Airlines "Valerie" ret .79; WFU & stored Lagos, Nigeria .80; Broken up. | Left for Hal-Far/Miaco on 22.11.78, returned on 11.12.78 with Autair titles. * Interestingly, there was also a DC-7 registered N90774, c/n 45118. It was first registered as N90774 on 11.05.63, being broken up Miami, 02.78.. | | DC-6B | | 5N-ATF | | Arrived in March 69. Afterwards sold and re-registered to Air America as N1535. | | DC-6B(F) | NWA | N19CA | c/n 43744 OY-KME Scandinavian Airlines System "Arild Viking" del 18.11.52: HS-TGA Thai International "Suranaree" lsd 15.04.60; OY-KME Scandinavian Airlines System ret 04.01.61; TF-ISC Icelandair TF-ISC Icelandair "Skyfaxi' lsd 25.02.61; Icelandair "Skyfaxi" bt 23.06.61; N19CA Concare Aircraft Leasing Corporation bt 03.73; cvtd to DC-6B(F); New World Air Charter bt 07.75; WFU & stored Lamaca, Cyprus .78; Damaged beyond repair 07.79. | 08.07.77 | | DC-6 | | N90703 | c/n 42865 N90703 American Airlines – G-ARFU Field Aircraft Services ntu – JY-ACF Air Jordan – N90703 Diamond Leasing Inc; Operated with Lavco titles. WFU 1971 Hal-Far, Malta. | 6th production DC-6. Left behind when MIACO moved to Safi in 1978. Continuously vandalized and broken into, until taken over by the International Fire & Safety School – Malta. Aircraft completely destroyed by being repeatedly set on fire. | | DC-6/C-118A | | N92860 | c/n 44619 53-3248 United States Air Force del 07.02.55; WFU & stored Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona 05.75; Allied Aircraft Sales bt 12.05.76; N92860 Leland Evans bt .77; Kenair lsd 02.78; Nigerian Trade Wings lsd 07.78; Leland Evans ret 08.08.78; Nigerian Trade Wings lsd 23.09.78; Leland Evans ret 21.12.78; Yankee Aircraft Traders bt .79; WFU Safi, Malta; Carolina Aircraft Corporation bt 03.81; WFU & stored Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Intercontinental Aircraft Lease bt 09.83; Destroyed by fire after overshooting small strip San Manuel, Arizona 28.04.84. | Arr Miaco on 03.07.78 with “UPOLS” titles. “UPOLS” removed by 04.07 and dep Miaco. Seen again between 10.08.78, and 22.09.78 and on 27.01.79 | | DC-6A/B | Southern Air Transport | N93459 | c/n 45550 B-1006 Civil Air Transport del 30.09.58; XW-PFZ Royal Air Lao bt .68; N93459 Southern Air Transport bt .72; cvtd to DC-6A/B 09.73; Trans Continental Airlines bt 07.78; G-SIXC Air Atlantique bt 20.03.87; Used for film in Berlin, July 1994, as Air France a/c F-BBDG; Atlantic Cargo nn 09.95; Atlantic Airlines mgd 03.98. Declared emergency over southern part of Jutland Denmark, on 26.02.04, when two engines had to be shut down in mid-air. Diverted to Esbjerg and carried out a successful emergency landing. | Fourth from last DC-6 built. Landed at Luqa on 03.01.74, then proceeded to Hal-Far on same day. Also seen as G-SIXC with Air Atlantic titles between 06-07.07.91 at Luqa. |
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Aircraft types: DHC | AIRCRAFT | OPERATOR | REGISTRATION | HISTORY | NOTES | | DHC-2 Beaver | | N563 | c/n 639. Del 03/09/54; N2734A Egyptian American Oil Company; N563 Amerada Petroleum Corp of Libya, Tripoli, Libya; USCAR 1970; CF-ZVR overflew Exeter, UK., 21/03/71; Newfoundland & Labrador Airways, 05/71; Labrador Airways Ltd., Goose Bay, NFLD; Goose Bay Air Service, 04/83; C-FZVR Provincial Express Inc., Goose Bay, NFLD; Air Labrador - Wings of the North, Goose Bay, NFLD; Labrador Airways Ltd., Goose Bay, LB; Regd 21/01/92; Blue Water Aviation Services Ltd., Pine Falls, MB; Based Silver Falls, MB; Regd 30/04/97; Canx 12/09/97; Northern Dene Airways Ltd., Prince Albert, SK; Based Stoney Rapids, SK; Canx 11/03/98; Air Thelon Ltd., Yellowknife, NT; Regd 06/05/98; Pierre Brossard, Brossard, QC; Based Beloeil, QC; Regd 18/05/2001; Current. | These three Beavers arrived at Hal-Far in late 1970, and placed on the Canadian register by March 1971. Exact arrival and departure dates unknown. | | DHC-2 Beaver | | N564 | c/n 1033. Del 19/03/57; N564; CF-ZVP; Oasis Oil Company of Libya; Overflew Exeter, UK., 21/03/71; Bannock Aerospace., regd 05/71; Air Mont Laurier; Tamarac Air Services 1982; C-FZVP Air Melançon Inc., Ste-Anne-du-Lac, PQ; Regd 11/10/94; Current. | | | DHC-2 Beaver | | N999R | c/n 1063. Del 26/07/57; CF-JZW De Havilland demonstrator; N999R; CF-ZVQ Bannock Aerospace; Regd 05/71; Noted at Exeter 20/03/71; Air Schefferville in 1983; N5359J regd 06/84; Bonanza Christian Retreat, Anchorage, AK; Noted 09/95 at Lake Hood on tundra tires, Direquair markings over painted, starboard door replaced, some unpainted re-skinning evident, has been in this state for several years! Current status? | | | DHC-6 | Esso Standard Oil Libya, Inc. | N2005 | c/n 257 | |
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Aircraft types: F - G | AIRCRAFT | OPERATOR | REGISTRATION | HISTORY | NOTES | | Fairchild F.27A | | N27PX | c/n 28 r/o 28.11.58 N1500 Continental Can Company del 13.01.59; Miami Aviation Corporation bt 20.09.65; N15001 Miami Aviation Corporation rr 27.09.65; Aspen Airways lsd 01.12.65; Aspen Airways bt 14.04.66; West Coast Airlines lsd 01.07.66; Aspen Airways ret 12.66; Carco Air Services bt 16.03.67; Pacific Air Lines Isd 16.03.67; Air West mgd 07.03.68; Percell Jones Leasing Company bt 06.06.69; Air West lsd 06.06.69; Hughes Airwest nn 01.04.70; Aspen Airways bt 30.03.73; Ward International Aircraft bt 02.74; N27PX Ward International Aircraft rr 11.02.74; Ward Export Aircraft Inc tfd 13.12.74; Aero Service Corporation bt 09.01.75; Ward International Aircraft bt 21.05.76; Brown & Root Inc lsd 01.09.76; Ward International Aircraft ret 31.12.76; Interlease Trading Corporation bt 11.04.78; 5T-CJY Air Mauritanie bt 05.78; Damaged beyond repair 14.03.79; WFU & stored | At Hal-Far between 12 Dec 75 – 21 Jan 76. | | Fairchild F.27 | | N916 | c/n 22 r/o 23.10.58; N2706 West Coast Airlines del l2.12.58; Air West mgd 07.03.68; Hughes Airwest nn 01.04.70; N709WA Ward International Aircraft bt 07.10.72; N7OOBP Business Aviation Corporation bt 11.11.74; LTV Aerospace Corporation bt 05.02.75; Ward International Aircraft bt 01.07.75; Brown & Root Inc. Isd 01.11.75; Ward International Aircraft ret 31.12.75; N27WA Ward International Aircraft - ntu; HZ-TA2 Talud bin Abdul Aziz 'Sara' bt 06 197_?; HZ-SN5 Talud bin Abdul Aziz rr .80; N916 ATC Inc bt 08.81; Pyramid Airlines lsd 08.81; ATC Ine ret 04.82; (see notes); Britt Airways bt 11.83; N386BA Britt Airways rr 02.85; Continental Express mgd 01.09.90; WFU & stored .91 | Entered MIACO as HZ-SN5 on 17 July 1981, rr N916 and re-sprayed in Pyramid A/Ls livery. Dep Malta on 17 Sept. Again photographed w/Pyramid A/Ls titles in June 83. Left Malta on 30 Nov 83. | | Fairchild F.27A | | N927 | c/n 41 r/o 01.02.59 N20OKC Executive Properties Inc del 13. 3.59; Kimberley-Clark Corporation lsd 13. 03.59; The Cushman Family bt 11. 3.59; Kimberely-Clark Corporation lsd 11.03.59; The Cushman Family ret 05.06.61; First Presbyterian Church of Wilkesboro bt 05.06.61; Kimberley-Clark Corporation lsd 05. 06.61; First Presbyterian Church of Wilkesboro ret 03.69; Cvtd to F-27F .70; Executive Properties Inc bt 25.03.71; OB-M950 Pesquera Humboldt SA bt 11.03.71; Cvtd to F-27J .74; Ministerio de Pesquerio bt .74; N927 ATC Inc bt 08.81; Pyramid Airlines lsd 06.82; Rockwell International Corporation bt 09.84; N64NR Rockwell International Corporation rr 02.85 | Not listed in the production list is the following – lsd Lauda Air, sub-lsd to Air Sinai between March – May 83. Departed Malta after test flight on 23.03.83 in Lauda Air/Air Sinai colours. Ret after end of lease, and dep Malta on 15.05.83 in Pyramid A/Ls livery. Entered Safi on 13 Feb 84. Dep ? Returned on 27 Jul 84, dep on 25 Sept 84. | | Fokker F.27 | | N10625 | C/n 10275 | Op/Lsd by Aramco/Oasis Oil Co. | | Fairchild SA.227 Merlin III | S.N.A.S. | HZ-SN6 | c/n AT-007, pi N2610. | Arr on 9 Jul 84, entered Miaco on the 10th. | | Grumman Widgeon | | N750M | | Believed crated to owners in the UK, mid-eighties. | | Grumman Widgeon | Arax Airlines | N3103Q | pi N58337. | Photographed with Arax titles on 27 August 1971. Believed crated to owners in UK, mid-eighties. |
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Aircraft types: N | AIRCRAFT | OPERATOR | REGISTRATION | HISTORY | NOTES | | NAMC YS-11-205 | Pyramid A/ls | N159P | c/n 2057 JA8691 NAMC; N159P Piedmont Airlines “New York Pacemaker” del 19.08.68; Pyramid Airlines lsd 11.12.77 – Pyramid Airlines bt. 30.04.78; Provincetown Boston Airlines bt 05.84; wfu & stored; US & Associates Inc. bt 06.04.92; Broken Up Hyannis Massachusetts 07.93 | Departed Malta for the US on 26.05.84 | | NAMC YS-11-621 | Reeve Aleutians | N169RV | c/n 2169 ff 26.01.73; TR-LPN Trans Gabon - ntu; TR-KIB Gabonese Air Force del 14.02.73; N169RV Reeve Aleutian Airways bt 01.80; 9Y-THO Air Caribbean bt 21.02.95 | Arr at Safi on 18 Feb 80. | | NAMC YS-11-205 | Pyramid Airlines | N187P | c/n 2061 JA8694 NAMC; N187P Piedmont Airlines “Long Island Pacemaker” del 31.08.68; Pyramid Airlines “Red Sea Pacemaker” bt 30.04.78; Provincetown Boston Airlines bt 05.84; wfu & stored; US & Associates Inc. bt 06.04.92; Broken Up Hyannis Massachusetts 07.93 | Departed Malta for the US on 26.05.84. | | NAMC YS-11-205 | Pyramid Airlines | N219P | c/n 2109 JA8470 NAMC; N219P Piedmont Airlines “Garden State Pacemaker” del 01.10.69; Pyramid Airlines bt 27.08.82; Provincetown Boston Airlines bt 05.84; wfu & stored Hyannis Massachusetts; US & Associates Inc. bt 06.04.92 | At Miaco for maintenance between 30 Jan-8 Feb 84. Departed Malta for the US on 26.05.84 | | NAMC YS-11-309 | Pyramid Airlines | N924 | c/n 2129 JQ2129 NAMC – TR-KIA Gabon Government del 29.03.71 – N924 Pyramid Airlines “Suez Canal Pacemaker” bt 12.79 – Provincetown Boston Airlines bt 05.84; wfu & stored Hyannis Massachusetts; US & Associates Inc. bt 06.04.92; Broken Up 07.93 | Arr on 15 Mar 84, entered Miaco same day. Departed Malta for the US on 25.05.84. |
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Aircraft types: P – Z | AIRCRAFT | OPERATOR | REGISTRATION | HISTORY | NOTES | | P. PC-6 | Viking | C-GXIJ | Arr from Algeria on 31.03.84 w/ ONCHO/OMS, and playboy bunny on fin. Ob at MIACO between 10.04.84 02.01.85. Again entered MIACO on 10.04.85 | | | P. PC-6 | Viking | C-GXIK | | Ob at MIACO on 07.06.83. Seen landing at Luqa on 27 Feb. 84, after test flt? Dep on 1 Mar. | | P. Navajo | | G-BGSO | | At MIACO on 10.09.84 | | P. Navajo | Pyramid A/Ls | N65220 | | Arr on 01 Aug 84, Dep Malta 20 Sept 84. Ex-Pyramid A/Ls. Pilot reported undercarriage problems during test flight, after only two green lights came on. Flew close to control tower who reported all three wheels were down. | | P. Navajo | Tibaldi Airlines | ST-AIN | ex N59935 | At MIACO on 12.03.84. Rr N59935, left Malta 27 Sept 84. | | SAN Jodel DR.1050M1 | | 5A-CAA | | C/n 625. MAS records list this aircraft as landing at Luqa from Hal-Far on 15.02.72. |
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