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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 06 Mar 2018, 10:23 |
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Joined: 08/07/17 Posts: 438 Post Likes: +800 Location: Houston, TX
Aircraft: B737,RV8,T28,B17,C47
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Night freight, Beech 18s? Tell us more! I did the night freight thing (canceled checks, early '90s) in Cessna 310s... Beech 18s would've been cooler.
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 06 Mar 2018, 18:02 |
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Joined: 11/22/17 Posts: 5 Post Likes: +1
Aircraft: Bonanza K35
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Thanks all. Hey John, I Flew the BE-18 for about 4 years all tailwheel. The last year I mostly flew a one-of-a-kind Turbo prop that Connie Kalitta and D. Howard built. A BE-18 G model with the (6') Volpar fuselage extension, original Beech wing with 840shp Garretts on it, a Westwind pointy cargo nose and a surfboard skag on the Belly. If the fuselage wasn't so straight it would look like a LoadStar. All the BE-18s were great birds (after the spar straps installed), fun to fly and handled great as long as they were not overloaded. The P&W R985 is a super motor, only shut one down and that was because of an oil sensor crack. The P&W R-2800 on the Convair however was a different story! Arnie G
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 06 Mar 2018, 18:07 |
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Joined: 11/22/17 Posts: 5 Post Likes: +1
Aircraft: Bonanza K35
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BTW, Who did you fly the cancelled checks for?? In the early '8os, Corporate Air out of Hartford had the connector route...?
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 06 Mar 2018, 23:08 |
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Joined: 08/07/17 Posts: 438 Post Likes: +800 Location: Houston, TX
Aircraft: B737,RV8,T28,B17,C47
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I flew for U.S. Check, ‘90-93. Company was based Columbus, OH, but I flew out of Omaha. Good outfit to fly for, but hauling checks all night long seems to have dried up and gone away. When I was in college around ‘89-90 in Monroe, LA, the nightly UPS run to Jackson, MS was in an assortment of Beech 18s; started with a D18S, then alternated a G and H18. I bagged a few rides after helping load the freight. Then there were a few jumpseat rides TUL-MCI in a R-2800 powered CV-240... fun stuff!
Ain’t it crazy how Kalitta and D Howard could take a classic looking G18 and turn into such a beast!
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 07 Mar 2018, 08:36 |
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Joined: 11/22/17 Posts: 5 Post Likes: +1
Aircraft: Bonanza K35
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Hi Forrest and to the others that sent a welcome.
Yep, as far as I know there are no more check routes - all computerized now. I flew both the BE-18 (mail & Emery) and R2800 Convairs for Providence Airlines out of RI, each aircraft for about 3 years. In between those 2 aircraft I went out to fly with Kalitta for about 2 years (78-80) where I flew that beast 231LJ and Connie checked me out in his Lear 23 - the biggest jet he had at the time. Glad to chat with another night time freighter, it certainly was a “unique path” to put it nicely! Did you keep flying professionally - if so where did you go?
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 18:23 |
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Joined: 08/07/17 Posts: 438 Post Likes: +800 Location: Houston, TX
Aircraft: B737,RV8,T28,B17,C47
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Username Protected wrote: Hi Forrest and to the others that sent a welcome.
Yep, as far as I know there are no more check routes - all computerized now. I flew both the BE-18 (mail & Emery) and R2800 Convairs for Providence Airlines out of RI, each aircraft for about 3 years. In between those 2 aircraft I went out to fly with Kalitta for about 2 years (78-80) where I flew that beast 231LJ and Connie checked me out in his Lear 23 - the biggest jet he had at the time. Glad to chat with another night time freighter, it certainly was a “unique path” to put it nicely! Did you keep flying professionally - if so where did you go? Whoops! Time delay... yeah, I kept at it, got hired at Continental, now United, 737 captain. I keep flying and time building, thinking someday I'll be able to get a real airline job!
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 19 Mar 2018, 20:12 |
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Joined: 03/17/08 Posts: 6077 Post Likes: +12517 Location: KMCW
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We should start a forum header called the "Dog Pound" where us old has been freight hounds would hang out...
But I insist that it be a "no kill" shelter.
_________________ Tailwinds, Doug Rozendaal MCW Be Nice, Kind, I don't care, be something, just don't be a jerk ;-)
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 26 Mar 2018, 11:01 |
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Joined: 04/04/12 Posts: 2382 Post Likes: +556 Location: O32 Central Cali.
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Welcome freight dog, Congrats on the career and enjoying flying again. Let’s hear some stories in a thread. I’m not worthy to start the thread. MC
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 26 Mar 2018, 11:17 |
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Joined: 09/16/10 Posts: 8892 Post Likes: +1956
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Arnold, welcome to BT! Hope your engine changes goes smoothly.
_________________ If you think nobody cares about you. Try not paying your income tax.
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Post subject: Re: Started career in BE-18, now back to Beech Posted: 28 Mar 2018, 20:28 |
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Joined: 01/29/09 Posts: 4699 Post Likes: +2407 Company: retired corporate mostly Location: Chico,California KCIC/CL56
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I had to go look... Attachment: N231LJ.jpg That's a heck of a mod!
Please login or Register for a free account via the link in the red bar above to download files.
_________________ Jeff
soloed in a land of Superhomers/1959 Cessna 150, retired with Proline 21/ CJ4.
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