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Possible A.O. Spray Plane?
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Ran across this when doing some research on D-18 C-45 aircraft. Back in the 60's time frame, I almost went to work for a company that was heavily modifying D-18s.
(longer nose tricycle gear, turboprop engines, new instrument panel, electronics, and interior). Some decades later, a part of the mod,. (to the wing spar), resulted in scrapping many D-18s
The mod eventually caused corrosion, and the cost of repair often exceeded the total cost of the aircraft.
"N5454V was operated by ARPA’s Combat Development and Test Center in Thailand as a sprayer aircraft for “aerial application of
herbicides (Minutes ExCom AAM of 11 June 63, in: UTD/CIA/B3F4); this aircraft was “disguised” as a private agricultural plane.
I wonder exactly what herbicides and where?
"Fate: sold for scrap at Tainan on 10 December 74 (Summary of aircraft sales, in: UTD/CIA/B40F6); the cancellation “as scrapped” was requested on 19 December 74
(Letter by Clyde S. Carter dated 19 December 74, in: UTD/CIA/B17F3); the registration was canceled on 24 December 74 as scrapped."
And, it looked like there might be some relationship to Air America. Seems that they operated a heck of a lot of D-18s in and around Vietnam.
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