Missing Beechcraft plane found in Venezuela
The Venezuelan press reports that the Venezuelan Strategic Command for Integral Defense of the Plains (REDI) and the National Anti-Drug Office have located the Beechcraft Kingair 200 in the state of Apure. The plane had been stolen from the AILI (JBQ) airport in northern Santo Domingo on Sunday, 23 October at 3:20am.
As reported in El Nacional of Venezuela, Armed Forces Major General Jose Gregorio Perez Escalona, chief of the REDI, said that one person has been arrested in connection with the case. The N871C plane, valued at US$2.5 million was located in the Las Matas sector, 54 miles east of Elorza, says El Nacional. The General said that the airplane had been stolen from the Santo Domingo airport when the operations were closed. The Ministry of Interior and Justice supplied a photo showing how it had been camouflaged.
Localizan en Apure avioneta robada en Rep?blica Dominicana | Regiones | El Nacional.com
Just goes to show you that sometimes things turn out just fine....
HB
I don't know if anyone agrees with me, but these images look so staged.
Look at the angle of the props.Not even same airplane in photos
Look at the angle of the props.
Look at the angle of the props.
I would agree. The second picture is the plane, not the first.From that first picture I just have to know if this is some type of "Carrier capable" Beech 99 with fold up wing tips. No matter how many times I look at picture the port wing appears to "end" a couple feet outboard of the engine nacelle.
The nose looks different in both pictures, the height is different, attitude is different, (may have changed weight of contents when moving?) and plain don't look right, course I could be going blind or just plain stir crazy
About the props, not sure what system the Beech uses, electric or hydraulic on that plane but either way they are likely "free wheeling" when non powered, but the fact they appear to be in perfect "synch" in first picture (maybe was easier to get canvas on that way, and BTW, where did a fitted canvas appear from?) seems odd.
Hey, without a conspiracy what fun is a "found" plane?