El Salvador (YS) current aircraft

[RaphaelB]

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

[Mike]

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

[andygolfer]

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

Andy

[acw367]

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

[PorkScratching]

Love the Bonanzas and backdrops.

[RaphaelB]

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

[tb2]

Excellent photos.

More please!

[Twinpin]

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

[Mike]

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

[RaphaelB]

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.

[RaphaelB]

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

[Wallie]

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

[RaphaelB]

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

[Mike]

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?

[mikee7]

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

[RaphaelB]

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.

[Mike]

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.