Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair by Aviation Traders
Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / B / C / D / E / F
35.81 metres/117 feet 6 inches same as the DC-4 on which it was based. Could be a D based on it being 19 cm beneath
Purpose or Role in Game
Prop cargo hauler (Transported cars and their passengers across the Channel and later was a normal freighter)
Why should this aircraft be added?
A unique airframe using surplus WW2 DC-4’s converted by Aviation Traders, founded by the pioneer Sir Freddie Laker (Please, if you don’t know who he is have a read about him, a real game changer for the way we all got the chance to fly)
Airlines that use it
Special characteristics or variants
Just a really unique plane with an odd shape, very important in aviation history and one that saw service across the globe even with only 21 produced. Would be a lovely little event plane for the majority of playable airports and for a potential retro future airport.
Optional: Links or references
Aviation Traders Carvair - Wikipediahttps://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/aviation-traders-carvair-plane-cmd
Remembering the curious-looking Aviation Traders Carvair
2 cracking videos on the aircraft,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-AX80ayMuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V07psEOVPjg
This one is in storage at Gainesville in Texas, chap who took the photo said he’d seen it at Southend in 1978 - Link. Top photo from 2024,
The above’s history - (27249) Delivered to United States Army Air Force 1/11/45 as 44-9023; transfered to Reconstruction Finance Corporation 11/15/45 as N88816; Bought by Douglas Aircraft Company 12/1/45, converted to DC-4 conversion No.9; bought by Western Air Lines 10/16/46; bought by Guest Aerovias Mexico 12/1/56 as XA-MAA; leased to Aerovias Panama Airways 9/11/57 as HP-256; re-registered 1958 as HP-268; returned to Guest Aerovias Mexico 3/60; bought by The Babb Company 3/22/60 as N9326R; bought by Lloyd Aereo Boliviano 4/1/60 as CP-682; bought by International Aircraft Services 1/17/62 as N9326R. bought by Aviation Traders Ltd 10/24/62 as G-ASHZ, converted to ATL-98 Carvair; first flight as ATL-98 6/8/63; bought by British United Air Ferries 7/15/63, named “Maasburg”; renamed “Fat Annie” 10/1/70; leased to Red Cross 7/78; returned to British United Air Ferries 9/7/78; bought by Falcon Airways 6/1/79 as N89FA; repossessed by Mercantile National Bank of Dallas 3/21/80; bought by Nasco Leasing Corporation 10/10/80; repossessed by Mercantile National Bank of Dallas 1/7/81; bought by James R Blumenthal 12/7/82; bought by NCBA Inc 8/19/86; bought by Robert D McSwiggen 3/19/87; WFU and stored Griffin, Geroria; leased to Academy Airlines 12/96; returned to Robert D McSwiggen 12/00; bought by Avigon Inc 2/01; bought by Aflfred K Nippert Jr 7/02; re-registered to Gator Global Flying Services 1/9/03. Link
