icefr8dawg
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310R's hell yea. They even had a Q model that they would stuff full of any cargo that could fit in the door. We're talking the good old days tho. They had all sorts of runs for IBM and banks and I think even Kodak.
It all ended with a run called "beaver express." We were doing some work for airnet too. Like 105 down to and back from Philly and their weekend Buffalo fed run in our 402. Radioisotope stuff into and out of IAD.
I think they lost anything in the way of scheduled when Chuck sold the company and they lost his ability to sell. It was purchased by a rich cofee importer who put a couple of former employees in charge of the day to day. Some good guys but none of them had a down and dirty aviation sales background so the scheduled runs evaporated. There were some guys who really knew what they were doing but weren't allowed to make decisions.
Long story short they turned into a charter operator with three operational 310's a 414, 402 and three King airs which through selling aircraft and pissing owners off is now at one 310. Last I saw it was on jacks in the hanger awaiting an engine and one 310 sitting on the ramp missing all sorts of parts. That was year ago tho.
Funny how this business works. Everyone at Mac Dan said there was no cargo work anymore but I wound up at a place that had more work than it could find pilots for. Bank work may be on the decline but there are plenty of checks still in the air every night.
It all ended with a run called "beaver express." We were doing some work for airnet too. Like 105 down to and back from Philly and their weekend Buffalo fed run in our 402. Radioisotope stuff into and out of IAD.
I think they lost anything in the way of scheduled when Chuck sold the company and they lost his ability to sell. It was purchased by a rich cofee importer who put a couple of former employees in charge of the day to day. Some good guys but none of them had a down and dirty aviation sales background so the scheduled runs evaporated. There were some guys who really knew what they were doing but weren't allowed to make decisions.
Long story short they turned into a charter operator with three operational 310's a 414, 402 and three King airs which through selling aircraft and pissing owners off is now at one 310. Last I saw it was on jacks in the hanger awaiting an engine and one 310 sitting on the ramp missing all sorts of parts. That was year ago tho.
Funny how this business works. Everyone at Mac Dan said there was no cargo work anymore but I wound up at a place that had more work than it could find pilots for. Bank work may be on the decline but there are plenty of checks still in the air every night.
