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Originally Posted by KNS
There was an episode of 'Ice Pilots' several years ago (Buffalo Airways up in Canada). They were searching for a CL-215 Amphib (the older ones with radial engines) because they were scarce but sought after. They found one down in Columbia (not the one in the photo).
They flew down to South America to inspect the plane and anxious to buy if it checked out. They found the plane in not too bad of shape but the logbooks were a mess. They walked away.]
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One of the airplanes we bought for the company I used to work at was a Cessna 206 Turbo with a factory hole in it that was sold new to the South Korean government. It was crated and shipped to them and wings and tail put back on, and flew for several years. It was taken apart, and shipped to Belize and the hole in the floor was covered with plug, and seat installed. It was used to transport tourists around for several years. It was sold and flown to Honduras and finally we made an offer on it. We told them if the log books were all done right, and the airplane passed our local mechanics approval we would transfer the full purchase as soon as the mechanic said it a go.
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some reason none of the local pilots wanted to go to Honduras and and fly across 1,500 miles of jungle and the Gulf of Mexico to get the airplane up here. They found a transport pilot and he flew it up to Oklahoma City, and it passed the inspection, and the logs were not perfect, but good enough. The deal was done, and that 206 is still in regular use in Baton Rouge, LA.