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Planes

I was taking some photos with Bruce for a radio fund raising project last week. While I was at it, I took this photo of the hangar. There was just one plane in the hangar. Two of the planes in Shell were out flying that day. There was one in Sucua, and for most of last week, two planes in Quito. Normally there is just one plane based in Sucua. At the moment, we only have five planes which are operational. Last Friday HC-BXB was involved in an incident while taxiing. The pilot was turning around at the end of the runway when the nose gear sunk into a soft spot. It was enough the cause the prop to strike the ground. The prop was damaged, and the plane is still in Cumay until we get approval from the Civil Aviation Department to move it.