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Old 08-12-2009, 10:54 AM
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Trying to remember if this is the color scheme of a 18 used for freight out of FCM and MSP.

Fiery plane crash in Eden Prairie kills 2 | StarTribune.com

sad either way.
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Old 08-12-2009, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Flying Low View Post
Trying to remember if this is the color scheme of a 18 used for freight out of FCM and MSP.

Fiery plane crash in Eden Prairie kills 2 | StarTribune.com

sad either way.
Owned by Navair, pretty airplane nonetheless
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Old 08-12-2009, 05:31 PM
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sounds like it Vmc'ed into the ground.

RIP brothers.
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Old 08-12-2009, 05:59 PM
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yeah the airplane was once owned by aviation charters. it was one of two 18s that flew freight out of flying cloud, minneapolis, and duluth. it was sold about a year ago and it hadn't flown in years until this morning. very sad story. i used to work for them and the 18s were neat airplanes but very loud and dirty.
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Old 08-12-2009, 06:29 PM
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yeah the airplane was once owned by aviation charters. it was one of two 18s that flew freight out of flying cloud, minneapolis, and duluth. it was sold about a year ago and it hadn't flown in years until this morning. very sad story. i used to work for them and the 18s were neat airplanes but very loud and dirty.

You used to work for shirley?
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Old 08-12-2009, 06:49 PM
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Sad thing is, when I saw Beech and FCM, I thought of Shirley's ops first. They still in business?
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yeah i worked there for 2 years. 2001-2003. the place was never the same after the wellstone crash. thats also the first thing i thought it was roger and shirleys plane.
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The Super Pickle was the primary freight hauler B18 and the one that crashed was used for parts for as long as I remember. A guy from WI bought the parts plane a year ago and must have tried to ferry it out.

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I remember seeing that parked outside just between executive and modern avionics. Was a cool looking airplane.
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Very sad to hear of the loss of two fellow aviators.
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