This example was in pretty rough condition, the weather was clearly getting at her, but she maintained an air of grace most retired aircraft seem to do. Looking over her, getting close, touching the skin, you could almost hear echo's of her former life.
I give you ZK-CPT 'Merchant Courier'...
This is one of my favorite shots. It begs so many questions to be asked because what you are looking at is not some mass made machine metal panel, someone somewhere curved that metal, snipped the edge to bring it across neatly, and screwed each of the bolts in to keep it in place. This is one of those shots that for me brings CPT to life, it speaks about her past and how she came to be.
Of course another view would be its just a bit of metal sitting in a field attached to other bits of metal.
Of course I pushed...
You can really see the deterioration here..
I missed the Argosy parked up past Woodburne, I only saw that on the taxi out, I was gutted. But at least I now know she is there, next time I'll spend some time with her.
