On the mend from back surgery, and this brought a smile to my eyes. An envelope came from Anders today. Thank you Mr. Anders. You said you were going to send something cool, and you did!!!! Thank you !!!! It had a whole sheet of SAAB Scania decal stickers, and a nice factory SAAB 340 Airliner picture.
Anders the one in the pic is a SF340A model. The shiny polished prop spinners are from British made Dowty propellers. Ours were S340B models the F for Fairchild aircraft who designed and built the wings early on was dropped from the designation. Ours had Hamilton Standard props, and Hamilton Sundstrand prop reduction gearboxes. Both used a version of General Electrics CT-7 gas coupled turboshaft engine
The oldest SF340A model i worked on was serial number 010 or the 10th aircraft to leave the Linkoping Sweden factory. It was there for a 50K check and lots of exray inspections. We also had serial number 340. It had a special decal as the 340th 340 built.
I love these aircraft. They were the first ones i worked on when i stepped foot in the hangars for the airline on august 21st 1995. A salvage company purchased the remaining 12 we have in storage, and are stripping them of useful parts, and cutting them up for scrap. It hurts to drive by them every morning on my way to work only to see less and less of them there. Now i understand how these old pilots and crews during WW2 feel towards the old birds they flew and worked on when they happen to see one at an air show.
Anyhoo heres pix. They dont do it justice with the glare.
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