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This aircraft was last reported stored at St. Louis Downtown Airport in 2022, and can be seen there on Google Earth imagery date 11/2022.

Cochise Airlines were a regional commuter airline based at Tucson and operated between 1971 and 1982. Behind is N23AZ c/n TC-260. N25AZ had only been delivered new this very month Oct 1978. To Air Virginia in Apr 1984. Renamed as AVAir on 15 May 1985. To Air Midwest in Feb 1986 and to Nashville Eagle in Jan 1988. WFU at Greenwood, MS in Dec 1990 and cancelled as broken up on 04 Feb 1991.

Delivered to Cochise Airlines in October 1978, the "City of Yuma" is pictured as the airline was withdrawing it from service. Cochise ceased flying in 1982 and the aircraft was bought by Air Virginia in April 1984. After the airline changed their name to AVAir, the Metro was written off in a non-fatal accident when both engines failed in icing conditions and the aircraft was damaged during a forced landing on December 17, 1987.

Cochise Airlines was based in Tucson, AZ from 1971 to 1981. This Metro was delivered new to them in 1978 and has been in Australia since 1996 as VH-MKS

This Metropolitan was Finnair's OH-LRE from 2.57 and was sold to Cosmopolitan Airlines in 4.80, taking up N136CA. Briefly leased to Cochise (bankrupt 4.82) and bought by Laredo Air in 3.88; after numerous further leases still in pax config, wound up at St Louis Bi-State Parks Airport, MO and reported preserved in basic Renown c/s, noted 2015