South American Aviation Renaissance?
Posted: 01
September
0225 Local
Attention
Aviation fanatics: Looks like some
regional development organization, the SARDC (South American Resource
Development Corporation), is buying up every spare, worn out, tired old
commercial airframe that is up for sale.
All it has to be is in flying condition.
They’ve given preference to Boeing airframes, but they’re taking
McDonnell Douglas, and Airbus as well.
They’re not exactly paying top dollar, but they’ll take anything, as
long as it has wings and engines and most everything on board works, they’ll
pay for it. Between you and me they’re
not even looking for avionics!
Apparently
the SARDC is looking to build a regional airline for South America. They’re looking for the developing world’s
cast off airliners to do it, relatively cheaply. I, for one, am not sure I’ll be a paying
passenger on some of these “high mileage” aircraft. By “high mileage”, this author means “wings
are about to fall off. Good buy for a
one way ticket on an “express elevator to hell”…
