Scandinavian Sugarbabe


				Douglas A/B-26 Invader Scandinavian Sugarbabe



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Sugarland Express

This feature contains shots taken at Duxford Legends in 2009.

The Scandanavian Historic Flight were gracious enough to let me do a walk round and enter the aircraft to take these wonderful shots

The Scandinavian Historic Flight A-26B, N-167B "Sugarland Express", was built in 1944 as a trainer version with dual controls. It served with the U.S. Air Force as a trainer and never saw combat. After its military career it was converted to a "Monarch 26" fast executive transport. This involved fitting a new rear wing spar to accommodate a cabin. It still has this interior, but on the outside it is restored to the looks of the U.S. 9th Air Force in WWII in Europe. The aircraft was acquired by SHF in 1986, and after a major restoration involving, among other things, extensive work to give the aircraft its military looks back, it was flown across the Atlantic to Norway in 1988. Since then, the lnvader has flown in many airshows all over Europe and serves as a fast crew transport for SHF.

This page, exterior

Walk round

Airborne

Interior

Serial #: 44-34602
Construction #: 27881
Civil Registration:
N8392H
N167B
Model(s):
A-26B
TA-26B
TB-26B
VB-26B
Rock Island Monarch 26
Name: Sugarland Express
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002

History:
Delivered to USAF as 44-34602.
- SOC: July 1, 1958.
- Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ.
Jack Lysdale Flying Service, St. Paul, MN, 1964.
- Registered as N8392H.
Stahmann Farms Inc., Las Cruces, NM, 1966-1987.
- Conversion to Rock Island Monarch 26 configuration started, Hutchinson, KS.
- Finished by Hamilton Aircraft, Tucson, AZ.
RLS 51 Ltd, San Francisco, CA, 1987-2001.
- Restored to military configuration with 8 Gun nose, Grand Junction, CO, 1987.
- Delivered Oslo, Norway, May 1988
- Registered as N167B, Feb. 1989
- Operated by Scandinavian Historical Flight, Oslo, Norway
- Flies as 434602/BC-602 Sugarland Express.
Joda LLC, Town And Country, MO, Feb. 8, 2001-2002.

Aircraft particulars

( As of December 2010 )

Airframe: 5919 Hrs TTSNEW

Engines: Pratt & Whitney R-2800-79 2000 H.P. Each
                 LH: 84 Hrs SMOH by Precision Engines, Seattle, WA
                 RH: 84 Hrs SMOH by Precision Engines, Seattle, WA

Propellers: Three Blade Hamilton Standard Hydromatic 33D50
                 LH: Overhauled in May 2006
                 RH: Overhauled in May 2006

Exterior: Overall Silver with WWII Europe 9^th Air Force Markings:
Painted in 2007

Interior: Executive Interior with 6 Reclining Seats in cabin, Air Stair Door: Interior Refurbished in 2007.

Avionics:
Dual IFR Panels
Garmin 430 GPS/Nav/Comm
Edo Aire HSI
Garmin Mode S Transponder
3 Way Garmin Intercom

Equipment:
2000 PSI Oxygen for Crew and all Passengers
Heater – Installed in Nose: Fan for Ground Operation
Baggage Compartment in Nose and Rear
DC-6 Wheels and Brakes with Recent Discs, Bearings and Pads
Recent Goodyear Tires
Dummy 8-50 caliber Browning Machine Guns in Nose and 6 in the wings

MISC.
Dual Controls
Total of 800 Gallon Capacity (4 wing tanks)

Pilots

NAME:	Lars Ness
NATIONALITY:	Norwegian

PILOT LICENSE:

ATPL-A

DISPLAY AUTHORIZATION:

UK and Norwegian

LOW LEVEL WAIVER:

50 Feet

DISPLAY AIRCRAFT:

P-51 Mustang, A-26 Invader, AT-6 Harvard

RATINGS:

Captain A-26 Invader, Captain B-737 300-900

EXPERIENCE:

14000 hours total flying time

HISTORY:

Flight Scool USA
Instructor & cargo pilot USA
Cropduster pilot USA
Aerobatic instructor and competition pilot USA
Ambulance pilot northern Norway
Airline pilot Braathens Safe and SAS Norway
Has been with SHF since 1989

NAME:	Jan Jonsson
NATIONALITY:	Swedish

PILOT LICENSE: ATPL

DISPLAY AUTHORIZATION:
UK DA

LOW LEVEL WAIVER:
200ft

DISPLAY AIRCRAFT: P-51 Mustang , A-26 Invader

RATINGS:
Douglas A-26, AVRO RJ/BAe 146, SFI, SE land/sea, Cessna SET

EXPERIENCE:
9300 hrs

HISTORY:
Member of SHF since 1993

Engelstad, Paal
Crew Chief

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