Aircraft Photo of RM1 | Percival P.66 Pembroke C.51 | Belgium - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	RM1
Military Code:	OT-ZAA
Other Marks:	1
Aircraft Original Type:	Percival P.50 Prince
Aircraft Generic Type:	Percival P.50/54/57/66 Prince/Pembroke
Aircraft Version:	Percival P.66 Pembroke C.51
C/n (msn):	14
Operator Titles:	Belgium - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	Groningen - EeldeMap
Country:	Netherlands
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EHGG IATA: GRQ Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	March 1954 to December 1975
Photo from:	Kas van Zonneveld Collection
Photo ID:	221001

Photo Comment
Manufactured in 1954 and suffered quite a lot of incidents before being sold to Air America Inc. (not the one that was active in Vietnam). In 1983 it was impounded after it was "leased to people who got in trouble with Federal Drug Authorities". Apparently the Pembroke was an ideal "doper" and sold to the runners for $50.000 each. It could carry a dozen bales of marajuana and the big doors enabled a quick drop on a runway and even the belly doors were used for air drops. After its military life, the aircraft was reregistered N51973. It was seen in 2007 at Essex County Airport in Caldwell, NJ. This photo was added on 6 March 2020, and has since been viewed 377 times.

Photo Comment

Manufactured in 1954 and suffered quite a lot of incidents before being sold to Air America Inc. (not the one that was active in Vietnam). In 1983 it was impounded after it was "leased to people who got in trouble with Federal Drug Authorities". Apparently the Pembroke was an ideal "doper" and sold to the runners for $50.000 each. It could carry a dozen bales of marajuana and the big doors enabled a quick drop on a runway and even the belly doors were used for air drops. After its military life, the aircraft was reregistered N51973. It was seen in 2007 at Essex County Airport in Caldwell, NJ.

This photo was added on 6 March 2020, and has since been viewed 377 times.

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