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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: Four Commanders in Harare?

If you have GoogleEarth, search for Harare Charles Prince, which is an airport to the north of Harare, Zimbabwe.   

At the threshold of runway 24, the eastern-most twin seems to be a Commander. The Piper Apache (or earlier Aztec) to its left shows its stubby wings and seems to be in proportion to the Commander. The Commander image shows the taper of the wings and the small protuberances at the trailing edge, the latter being the engine nacelles protruding past the wing’s trailing edge, which might not be unique to Commanders but, looking at the fuselage forward of the wing’s leading edge, it appears as if the propellers would be exactly behind the cockpit row of seats. If these identifying features are accurate, then there is another Commander immediately east of the intersection of runways 24 and 32. The one further east of that Commander, with its nose partially into the hangar, might be a Commander if the nose is partly obscured by the hangar’s shadow, but it’s larger than the previous two. It might be a 685 or even a turbo-prop. Finally, look at the plane in the rough east of runway 32’s threshold. Is that an abandoned Commander?  

Does anyone have on-the-ground information about these planes? Sir Barry?  

Nico  

   

   

   

   

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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: Four Commanders in Harare?

Nico,

 I seen yours and agree.  How bout El Dorado International Airport it's a large airport NW of Bogota Colubia, I found what appears to be (2) near the Learjet and 1 a little farther away on the ramp, they seem pretty easy to spot with the tell tailed foreward tapered wing. What do you think?

 b

  

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If you have GoogleEarth, search for Harare Charles Prince, which is an airport to the north of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Harare, Zimbabwe.  

At the threshold of runway 24, the eastern-most twin seems to be a Commander. The Piper Apache (or earlier Aztec) to its left shows its stubby wings and seems to be in proportion to the Commander. The Commander image shows the taper of the wings and the small protuberances at the trailing edge, the latter being the engine nacelles protruding past the wing’s trailing edge, which might not be unique to Commanders but, looking at the fuselage forward of the wing’s leading edge, it appears as if the propellers would be exactly behind the cockpit row of seats. If these identifying features are accurate, then there is another Commander immediately east of the intersection of runways 24 and 32. The one further east of that Commander, with its nose partially into the hangar, might be a Commander if the nose is partly obscured by the hangar’s shadow, but it’s larger tha  n the  previous two. It might be a 685 or even a turbo-prop. Finally, look at the plane in the rough east of runway 32’s threshold. Is that an abandoned Commander? 

Does anyone have on-the-ground information about these planes? Sir Barry? 

Nico 

  

  

  

 

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BertBerry1(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: Four Commanders in Harare?

One of these may be SN 1168-88 ZS-CTC 680F, WFU at Harare Charles Prince 06/1994.

  

 There are several listed in there, not telling which ones are on the ramp.  If you find out, I like to know as well.

  

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Bert



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barry.collman(at)air-brit
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject: Four Commanders in Harare?

Hi,

  

 The one Bert mentioned is the only one I can find on my  database as being noted at Harare-Charles Prince airport, in  Zimbabwe.

  

 I haven't had time to check Google Earth and see if  there are indeed three others there, but will do so at my earliest opportunity.  But, in what year were the images taken? Last time I checked my own address, my  old Merc was parked on the drive and I sold that three or four years  ago!

  

 Best Regards,

 Barry

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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: Four Commanders in Harare?

Barry,  

There is no guarantee when those images were taken, but judging from the high resolution of the images, one can deduce that they were taken pretty recently, whatever that means.   

Nico  

   

         

  

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Hi,  

    

   

    

The one Bert mentioned is the only one I can find on my database as being noted at Harare-Charles Prince airport, in Zimbabwe.  

    

   

    

I haven't had time to check Google Earth and see if there are indeed three others there, but will do so at my earliest opportunity. But, in what year were the images taken? Last time I checked my own address, my old Merc was parked on the drive and I sold that three or four years ago!  

    

   

    

Best Regards,  

    

Barry  

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