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Posted by Julius Tapsonyi
on 2/6/2008, 9:48 pm, in reply to "Re: UPDATE ON TWO FORMER PAA 747 AT JFK TOWER AIR"
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Dear Mr Singh,
Your reply about rebuilding those planes just makes me think of all the people I worked with at JFK over at hangar 19 ( sheetmetal svs 303)and all the pride and work that was put into keeping those two planes and all the others flying.Its so sad to hear stories like this of our planes.Put all those great people back together one more time.If no one else, these people could have put them back in the condition they deserve to be in.Such a shame about Tower air's facilities, after all they were our hangar 17 and offices before it was their's,it just doesn't seem right.How could we have had such a good thing taken from all of us?Sorry Just ranting,Thanks for the site whoever put it up.
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: Hi Sally I read your comments about those
: two former PAA jets of Tower Air which
: collapsed in 2000. Yes its a real shame and
: a discrace to see how life ended for these
: two work horses N755PA CLIPPER SOVERGIN OF
: THE SEAS & N740PA CLIPPER OCEAN PEARL.
: As far as i know from my sources that these
: two aircraft or air frames will eventually
: be taken to the storage facility like other
: former PAN AM 747 jets. They are beyond
: there flying time now and there frames are
: very run down or badly out of shape and it
: would take a good financial person or even a
: airline company to refurbish or rebuild
: these two charming ladies again. I know the
: Management at JFK are looking into having
: them either dismantled where they sit or
: have them flown out to the Storage facility
: for the scrap man.This is due to the new
: security measures in place at JFK airport
: due to people accessing this area and other
: incidents taken place over the last seven
: years after Sept 11th attacks. I know there
: are many plane spotters and former airline
: staff who try to or go to see these former
: PAA birds but now this area is sealed off to
: the public and Tower Air faciity's will be
: dismantled over time to make way for some
: other project in the near future. I hope
: this info helps you out. If you want more
: info on these two jets My good friend MARK
: Burmedez will be able to post this for you
: on the board . Thank you
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: Willie Singh former PAA pilot
: PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS 1934-1991
: Season greetings
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