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FAIRCHILD HILLER FH-227 (N2707R)
After doing quite a bit of checking in FA's photo gallery, I have not been able to find even one pic of an F-27 wearing Piedmont paint, so I dug out this 50-year-old Kodak 127 film B & W of Piedmont's N2707R, named "James River Pacemaker," flying over Gravelly Point Park while on its short final to Washington's National Airport (now KDCA). This half-century old print, snapped with a Kodak Brownie camera, was pretty faded, but I scanned it and then used an editing program to beef up the contrast in order to make it viewable again.
A special Thank You to FA member "skyhawkrg" for providing me with the name of the location where I took this photo. I took this way back in the 60s while my family was visiting Washington, D.C., and I was not able to remember the correct name of Gravelly Point Park, so skyhawkrg provided the name to me.
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The Winston-Salem based Piedmont flew both types of Fairchild aircraft: the F-27 Friendship seen in this picture and also the longer FH-227. (Am I right, Dave S., or do I have my facts confused?)
Great resurrection of an old photo!
Dave, I was doing a bit of research on N2707R this morning. I found info on two F27s registered as N2707: one registered N2707 and the other formerly registered N2707R. As of right now, I am still unable to definitively determine which one of those had previously been PAI's "James River Pacemaker"; however, either way, the news wasn't good. After ending its service with the original Piedmont Airlines (PAI), this F27 had gone on to one of two other airlines. The info I tracked revealed that "JRP" either went to an airline on the west coast and then crashed in Alaska as N2707 in the mid 60s or it went to Air Manila, received a new reg. #, and crashed in the Philippine Republic in the late 60s. No injuries or fatalities in either crash, but in both crashes the F27 was written off, so no matter which one it was, the James River Pacemaker did not survive its flying years unscathed.
Chris, Hi and Thanks for the detailed info. I did enter "F27" when I uploaded this pic but the FA identifier came up "Fairchild Hiller 227." Piedmont Airlines operated both F27s and FH227s, and their F27s had the model prominently displayed on the tail as seen here. I appreciate getting the more detailed info from you about the F27s. Thanks, Chris.
Roy ... my earliest pictures with the Kodak Brownie were all B & W, not because there wasn't color film back then (lol), but because I was a kid and B & W film was all I could afford to buy. I really wish these 127 film pics had been color film. I hesitate to post them because no one really likes B & W nowadays, but hey, what the heck, these aren't "nowadays" pics, so they are what they are. TYVM for your support and positive comment, Roy.
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