Sorry, no luck. Looked in the DC3 book plus supplements and my JP airline fleets for 1998 to 2002 David Ross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/ http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/airlines.html http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <damiross@attbi.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 15:53 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] REQ: International Air, Texas > Try looking in the registry at landings.com. Use the > multiple field search. > > I will also see if I can find out anything in my DC-3 > monograph by Air Britain when I get home. > -- > David Ross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to solve a riddle dating from my USA trip in Spring 1999. > > At Tulsa, Oklahoma (TUL) on 29/30 March 1999, next to the three ex-Alitalia > > DC-8s I saw a DC-3 wearing primarily silver or grey colours and titles > > "International Air" (perhaps "Airways" or "Airlines"). Also, there might > > have been a word more in the title (like "xxxxx Int'l Air"). > > The N- registration either began with "34" or contained that number > > combination. > > I am sorry that the description is so vague, but the angle at which the > > aircraft was parked prevented me from any further identification. > > > > I have just searched the DC-3 archive at www.airliners.net using the word > > International as a further search string, and I found two pictures that > > could be a hint. These are: > > http://www.airliners.net/open.file/026506/M/ and > > http://www.airliners.net/open.file/026505/M/ , both of which were taken at > > Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City some 5 months prior to my visit to the > > area. > > According to the accompanying text, these show a DC-3 of "International Air" > > which is said to be an Edinburgh, Texas or McAllen, Texas based operation > > (the picture texts contradict each other!). > > While the pictured airframe is probably not the same that I saw (at least > > the colours are not 100% matching what I wrote in my log book), I might have > > seen another aircraft from the same operator. After all, the pics indicate > > that this company *did* operate into that general area. > > > > I have tried searching my database for further info about the company but > > drew a blank. > > Does anyone know more about the company? Preferably I would like a list of > > aircraft operated in early 1999. > > Also, if anyone else visited Tulsa around the same time and could give me a > > positive ID of this sighting, I'd be more than happy (after all, it might > > not be this airline...) > > > > Grasping at straws, I know, but the strangest requests have been answered on > > these lists in the past... > > > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > > > > Rgds > > Jan Broe > > EKCH ATC