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--> Commander-List message posted by: "Barry Collman" <barry.collman@air-britain.co.uk>
Hi Keith,
My records show that N2636B was noted at Rockford as long ago as July 1998 "in
very poor condition and missing quite a few parts".
If anyone can supply a story for the apparent vandalism, I'm all ears!
Barry C.
----- Original Message -----
From: <CloudCraft@aol.com>
Subject: Commander-List: Disturbing Commander Sighting
| --> Commander-List message posted by: CloudCraft@aol.com
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| First off, I want to congratulate Capt. JimBob on getting his 680 airborne
| again.
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| You've been very resourceful in coming up with engines, etc., and I salute
| your dedication.
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| I heard an extractor exhaust powered twin fly over my house a few days ago
| and paused to realize how rare that sound has become. Don't know if it was a
| Commander or a Beech, just as when I hear radials I don't know what it is, but
| I'm just happy to hear that sound.
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| Now, on to what was supposed to be a happy look at living history that turned
| out to be a tragedy:
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| I was at Rockford, Illinois (KRFD) on Tuesday. Flew the Big Boss Man to a
| meeting with Rubloff Aviation on the North East corner of the field. To my
| thrill I spotted an AC-520 next to (well, a helicopter was in between them) a
| Douglas A-26.
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| From a distance, it was a perfect picture. One of Ted Smith's projects at
| Douglas -- and his first production model Commander. The lineage was so
| apparent in the tail group ... don't know if any of you have seen an early
Commander
| next to an A-20 or A-26, but it's like looking at parents and child and
| seeing the resemblance.
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| Anyway, I was shocked when I got up to N2636B. This is an AC-520, s/n
| 520-148. Both engines are off and the tires are flat. That's not horrible
in
| itself, but the copilot windshield is bashed in and there are 2" diameter,
| pentagon shaped holes punched in the vertical stabilizer and right side aft
| fuselage. There are what look like hatchet gashes on the pilot's side.
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| My first thought was that tornado blown debris hit the airplane, but the
| holes I mentioned were all to consistent in shape and size and were on the
side as
| well as the top of the aft fuselage.
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| Someone has viciously harmed this Commander. Does anyone know the story?
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| Wing Commander Gordon
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