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Historical Commander

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:10 am

One of the Central Air pilots that flies into AAO told us that one of their Commanders was once owned by Howard Hughes.  Hughes would often fly the commander around Las Vegas ignoring all ATC, and basically just sight seeing.

Last week, this plane was wrecked in Wisconsin (?) when the plane was on final about 3 miles out from the runway.  The throttle was at 50% power, and the plane had plenty of fuel.
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Re: Historical Commander

Postby Jakemaster » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:47 am

what commander?
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Re: Historical Commander

Postby The Ruptured Duck » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:49 pm

Rockwell Aero Commander.

Very little was known about Hughes in the time he bought the plane, so its no wonder that we know even less about it
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