Just starting up the left land engine.

slide scan from the NK collection. - Air South operated a total of three Fairchild F-27's between 1973 and 1975. C/n 117, which is shown here after its Air South services, sits in storage at Marana waiting for its next assignment as F-ODBY with Air Polynesie / Air Tahiti, which should last ten years from 1978 till 1988. The aircraft was finally registered as F-GIHR and noted as such in storage at Dinard in 1997, all white, shortly before being broken up.

Photographer: Al Rodriguez. K25 slide scan. Built 1951 as N441A for Eastern, stored 1962. Southern Airways N257S 1964, Shawnee Airlines 1976, Air South 1977, Florida Airlines 1978, Ocean Airways 1980. Withdrawn Sarasota, FL for spares use 1981, donated to Airport Fire Service 1983. Last noted 1986, subsequently scrapped.

Crashed July 7, 1987 at Cuidad del Camargo, Mexico.

This classic piston-engined airliner was seen at Atlanta amidst the jets.

Ex N1038C of Commuter Airlines.

On a scheduled service for Air South who operated the aircraft from February 1974 until sale in March 1977. Later to F-ODBY and F-GIHR.

Early production Beech 99 operated by Air South from new in November 1968 until sale in April 1976.