Ex JA8751. Delivered to Piedmont Airlines in December 1969, sold to Provincetown-Boston Airlines in June 1982 and Simmons Airlines operating for American Eagle in 1985. Stored at Tucson in basic American Eagle colours. To Servicios Aereos Litoral as XA-ROL in July 1989, registered N4246K in 1991 but withdrawn and stored at Greenwood Mississippi, still as XA-ROL, and scrapped.

I wasn't aware at the time I photographed it that it was an old friend. Back in 1982 I had flown two sectors on it when it was operating as N269P with Provincetown-Boston Airlines in Florida.

Ex Simmons Airlines with whom it operated as American Eagle. After about 30 months of storage in TUS it went to Servicios Aereos Litoral Jul 89 as XA-ROL. On a personal note this aircraft was my one and only YS-11 ride in Dec 82, with PBA - Provincetown-Boston Airline. We met again at Marana AZ in 1990 when it was stored there as XA-ROL.

Sold in the US in 1991. Became N4246K.

My reason for a day trip from Miami to Naples (which started with a flight on DC-3 N137PB) was to obtain my passenger rating on the NAMC YS-11. This was the aircraft I was to fly Naples-Tampa-Naples on. The return to Miami was on a Cessna 402 N36911. A nice day out.

Delivered as "Ohio Valley Pacemaker to Piedmont in 12.69, sold to PBA 6.82 and then to Simmons 7.85. Became XA-ROL in 8.89, wfu as N4246K at Greenwood, MS 4.91 and later scrapped