Civilian Aviation

Maybe a country you do not hear from frequently

Raphael Belthrand - MSSS - 14 SEP 2019 - YS-164P by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Raphael Belthrand - MSSS - 14 SEP 2019 - YS-449P by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Raphael Belthrand - MSSS - 14 SEP 2019 - YS-261P 2 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Raphael Belthrand - MSSS - 14 SEP 2019 - YS-179P 2 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

MSSS - 18 AUG 2018 - YS-106P by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-171P MSSS 21 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Raphael

These are excellent photos Raphael, welcome to the forum and we would love to see some more please.

excellent photos and rare indeed, welcome to the forum and as Mike said - more please!

Andy

Nice pictures and lovely scenery in the background. Would like to fly around those hills and forests.

Love the Bonanzas and backdrops.

I always have admired the brit photos of Central America area; so I started doing it myself.


YS-361PE 28 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

The aircraft inside this hangar have been stored for at least ten years (some of them) with no flying. This PA-28-140 was recently put into airworthy condition.

YS-289P 28 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr


At the time of this photo, this PA-28-235 had 18 years of being inactive. This is one of that "hidden" subjects
YS-22C 28 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Before being re-regd as N3805W this PA-32-260 was registered as YS-28C. It's last flight was in 2002. All the airplanes inside this old hangar were owned by an air taxi company that was very popular on 1970/80s. At that time El Salvador was in the middle of a civil war, so land travel was dangerous, many people flew on air taxi to their jobs on the far cities / towns. I am pretty sure this Cherokee Six had more than 9 hours of daily flight these days.

N3805W 28 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

This C-180J got a new life after being put into auction after serving to the police. It was regd as YS-150P in 1982 to the National Cartography Institute, then re-regd as YS-03N for the police, and in 2009 changed back to YS-150P.

Raphael Belthrand - MSSS - 14 SEP 2019 - YS-150P 2 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Another old derelict air taxi. Again, almost 20 years of no flying. This photo was before being scrapped.
YS-38C 21 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

MSSS - 18 AUG 2018 - YS-138P by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Guatemalan registered but based at El Salvador. 260hp engines make a nice sound.
TG-CAM MSSS 21 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

All corporate jets have N regs. A thing of taxes and easier american paperwork

N72LA 21 JUL 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

This was an skydiving saturday; so, cars are in the grass with the crowd.

N679LG 4 AUG 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Need to learn to use ISO/Exposure properly

YS-1100P - MSSS - 11 AUG 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Another Guatemala reg based on neighbor country

TG-EAM - MSSS - 11 AUG 2018 by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Excellent photos.

More please!

Always good to see something from a more exotic location. There must be some goodies to be found in the wrecks and relics category.

Many thanks for the additional photos, the old hangar looks in really bad condition - is it safe to go in there?

Mike wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:57 pm

Many thanks for the additional photos, the old hangar looks in really bad condition - is it safe to go in there?

You will not believe that hangar looked exactly how it looked like in 1969, I think the remaining blue paint on the walls is the original from 1960s. I took a pair of photos of the exterior. I will look into my disks to find more. Hangar was demolished on January this year and a new one took its place.

Inside the dust and scrap in this hangar I found some old aircraft pieces, some showing reg numbers. I did not have my 30D camera with me that time, so my potato phone images are the only reference. If anyone is interested I can find them and post.

YS-290P - MSSS - 19 JAN 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-390P - MSSS - 19 JAN 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-128P - El Salvador - Tonalá - 12 JAN 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-530A - El Salvador - Tonalá - 12 JAN 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-100P - MSSS - 12 JAN 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Never been in El Salvador, but they really have some nice aircrafts.

YS-255-P - MSSS - 21 SEP 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-767-P - MSZT - 14 SEP 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-106-PE - MSSS - 21 SEP 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-200-P - MSSS - 25 JAN 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

N126BK - MSSS - 21 SEP 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-250-P - MSSS - 23 NOV 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

YS-258-PE - MSSS - 5 OCT 2019 - Raphael Belthrand by Cloudrifter, en Flickr

Thanks for the excellent additional photos, it looks like a nice part of the world to live in. Do you travel to any of the other countries in your area with your camera?

Great to see some shots from somewhere different. As everyone else has said more photos if you have them.

Mike wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:03 pm

Thanks for the excellent additional photos, it looks like a nice part of the world to live in. Do you travel to any of the other countries in your area with your camera?

Well; the country business world is slowly getting more confident with the government economy plan, so I think aviation is recovering from hard times (more new aircraft incoming/moving on). Aviation was a bit more sparse ten years ago.

I haven't got the time to go outside (and making airport visits), I just have finished the uni this month, so I hope upcoming months some more activity. Also waiting to COVID-19 times get better and make easier to hang out there!

Rb.

Thanks for the reply, sounds like your economy is slowly getting better but Covid really isn't helping things anywhere in the world, sadly.

Good luck with it all, Raphael.