One of four ex-Zantop Electras used for spares for MHD's P-3 fleet

Stored in a hard to find corner of this airfield together with three other ex Zantop L-188's, N282F, N286F and N340HA.

New to Eastern Al as N5527 on 16 Apr 1959. To SAM Colombia as HK691 on 27 Nov 1970. Back to Eastern as N99583 on 23 Mar 1977 and onwards to Aeroservicios de California as XA-SAM in Apr 1977. To American Jet Industries (AJI) on 07 Feb 1978 and converted to a freighter. To Hawaiian Air Cargo as N346HA on 14 Nov 1978. To Zantop International on 02 Feb 1980. Leased to Fred Olsen from Aug 1995 to Aug 1996. To TMC Airlines on 01 Nov 1998. Airline ceased ops in 2005 and it was noted at YIP without props on 31 Aug 2005. To Buffalo Airways for spares. To Keystone Heights Airport FL 14Nov 14 stored.

K25 slide scan. Built 1959 as N5532 for Eastern. Hawaiian Air Cargo N346HA 1978 after freighter conversion, Zantop International 1980, operational until around 2000. Ferried to Keystone Heights, FL for storage 2014. Some effort was needed to access an elevated standpoint to show the titles.

After arriving from Michigan in November 2014, the engines were removed from the aircraft and used to ferry N340HA from Ypsilanti, Michigan to Florida.

Pilots do a flyby down the runway before landing after the ferry flight from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sadly, this airplane hasn't flown since arriving in Florida.

Still in basic Zantop colors, this Electra taxis to the ramp after completion of a successful ferry flight from Ypsilanti, Michigan.